The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-29

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piy skirnlshsd around ahd rot 1 Fent
efal dueation and when he badfeaehl
ca the re oftWent no nan Id amer
lea could sell him pats1 washing
4 don't think YOU bye oyerdfaWb
paidt Mrs Power lie stopped
look At her. What ELI
aInshls 3eyentfui liz; 81, Bowserhts
owned groceries.
ne has brought oSt eve different
he IS the only man that ever beat
q gas company.
he has met mad dogs and earth
Quakes,
".He has been engaged In scientific
discoveries.
Had Made Discoveries.
"He was the first TO discover that Re
a man put rs ear to a hole in the
ground at night he could hcur the graf
Ing sound OF the world turning on It's
axis.
":He made It first known that a rab-
bits hind legs were the longest, So that
he could run backward when tired Of
going ahead.
".lt took Mr.. Bowser five years to;
discover that ~rockroarhes deroured mi.
crobes by the Thousand.
".lt was through bis lndefatigable
efforts that the world came to know
why nature made the cucumber as we
find It.
".During the past ten years Nj. Bow.
ser has been offered various political
nominations, but has always declined.
When the presidency Is offered him,
however, which Is sure to come about,
be may break over Ills rule.
Gle is not q man Of one idea, as,
was pliny, Cicero and Caesar, but has
dealt In hogs, chickens, cows, or.
phans, tramps, FIRE escapes. burglar
alarms, spring tonlcs, hair dyes, busted:
water pipes. gas saving arrangements.
and many other things"
THAT'S as far as ! have gone" said
Mr.. Bowser as be sat down. ct won't.
make more than half q page, but II Il
once get n start the rest will come
along. What criticisms have you 10
maker
Mrs. Bowser had made up her mind
right at the start what to do, and not
the shadow OF q smile had been e
on her face during the reading. When
appealed TO for her opinion she said:
1T would look almost like presunp.
tion on my part to crlticise. l wish YOU
would 60 over TO the druggist. You
know him to be somewhat literary, and
he will surely tell you just what he
thinks"
HE can think only n way unless
be is jealous OF me"
"But I'd drop In and e him any.
how"
Would Ask the Druggist.
"Well, I guess l will. He isn't gen.
orally busy at this hour OF the evening.
I'll ask him to Just run over what; I've
written and tell me what he thinks"
Mrs. BoWser was sorry to see him
60, and yet she had read In the paper
that the Universal was a swinlle, and
she felt that lie needed heroic treat.
meRt. At the end OF half IN hour she
heard n fussing at the front door, and,
thinking some child WINS trying to ring
the bell. she went down the hall and
opened St. There was Mr.. Bowser,
with q man supporting him by either
arm, app one Of them querled:
This Is where he llyes. Isn't IT."
"ies. What on earth has ~happeneds"
"1ie got n shock down In the drug
store. ma'am."
Mr.. Bowser was assisted down the
hall into the sitting room md laid on
the lounge. In hts hand he held the
manuscript. After the men had been
thanked and departed Mrs. Bowser
took the sheets mud found ans extraF
one, md on It the druggist had writ.
ten:
Notice to the Publlc.-The bearer OF
this Is not dangerous. and children can.
stroke him without fear. He Is simply
IN easy mark"
Poor Bowser!" she whispered as she
looked from the cruel words on the
paper to the maj who lay on the
lounge with closed eyes and n hopeless
expression on his ace. NJ. QUAD.