The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-30
STORIES OF THE STREET.

THE occasional victim of exorbitant
charges is sometimes able to get back
at the perpetrator of the hold-up
Forks hotel man today. Il can re
member how friend of mine, being
fearfully over-charged by the proprie-
tor of railroad eating house, kicked,
but kicked in vain. and then did
mean thing.
He paid about two prices for
quick lunch, simply because the train
did not wait long enough and he didn't
want to have scene. The next day he
sent a telegram, collect to the eating
house man. When the latter opened
the message, he read:
"'You charged me too much for that
lunch
THE eating house man was mad,
but he had paid for the telegram. A
week later he opened another tele-
gram on which he had paid fifty cents,
and read:
"'This is to remind you once more
that the lunch you charged me $3.50
for was an expensive feed'
Having occasion to go down into
Old Mexico the following winter my
friend bethought himself of the lunch.
Now it was singular coincidence that
the restaurant man had mining in
terests in Mexico, and was momentum
lily looking for an important message
or telegram bearing on the case. He
cheerfully paid the messenger boy
s2.75 to get the envelope into his own
hands, land he read-every word cost
ing him money-and pang:
"By an unfortunate circumstance
was one day compelled to dine under
your hospita BILE roof. l stated at that
time you charged me too much, but
you dared me to do my worst when l
kicked. l see you have received all
the kilograms l previously sent you.
1t costs money to get messages from
Mexico, and \ think the price a little
steep, but, as you are to pay for it,
and not /, have no kick coming. Be
a good fellow next time, and don't
fail to remember that you may be en-
tertaining an angel unawares.'
How can a bald-headed man be
charged for having his hair singed?
1t may seem peculiar, but one did in a
Grand Forks shop on Friday evening.
One of the city officials dropped into
barber shop on Third street, on his
way home from East Grand Forks. He
had been in the shop but short time
when in came two members of a farm
er's seeding crew. They had been in
the country evidently for several
weeks, for luxuriant sassafras hung
from their chins.
They told the BARRIERS they wanted
the entire course-hair-cut, shave,
shampoo-and they wanted it served
on the short-order plan. One of the
men was bald-headed, save for small
tuft that pointed upward from the top
of his coco" like church spire, and,
possibly. pipe-ful just below the base
of the skull.
The two men were, hustled into
chairs and given what they needed,
and when they were punched out after
the finish, the BARRIERS charged them
IS cents each. Again we ask:
How can they charge bald-headed
man for haircut, SINCE and sham
| poo?"
1t is told of the son of a wealthy
Fargo family that he has acquired an
| unenviable thirst for Bourbon. Every
effort made by his doting parents to
| cure Hill OI J1o udUlL HAS Ueeu CTOWu-
ed with failure. AS last resort sthe
parents decided week or two ago to
inspire their offspring with fear ol
death.
On a Thursday morning the son
with the thirst was taken to his home
in cab and kind hands placed hin
inside the door. Being unable to stand
he fell PROSTATE upon the floor and Il
was in this condition that his father
found him several minutes later.
In the parlor of the home a coffir
was suspended on two chairs. Sol
was stripped Of his clothing and IL
their stead was attired in shroud, tn,
garments of the dead. Son was thel
very carefully loa in the CONN ant
q portion of the lid was screwed down
Lighted candles were placed round tn
head and one of the servants wa,
called in to hold wake.
After looking the part of the dea.
for time. son awoke and gazing stu
pidly about the room. got his orbs Ol
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