The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01
CAREER or the DEMIJOHN.
10 Dirrused y streak OT Happiness From the.
Post once to North Jersey.

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Post once To North Jersey.
The demijohn began it and the demi-
john ended it. More than that, the demi-
john figured con~spicuously at frequent
and regular intervals between the beginning
and the end.
Like all things the career of the demi-
john had a beginning and an end. Il
a a happy beginning. end and in between.
Anything that confers happiness is in
teresting. The deduction follows that the
career OF the demijohn il interesting. IL
ought to be, because il contained a gallon
of happiness, good full measure, and It was
not ~niggardly either in dispensing it.
The career Of the demijohn began al
a point on Broadway not many miles below
the Post Ofice. When first seen by a
watchful guardian Of the public peace it
was trying manfully TO board a Fulton
street horse CaT. A human hand grasped
il a~dectionately around the neck and
another human hand acted as REINFORCE
ment to its basic bulk.
It succeeded in stopping a car and board
ing il and was so happy at its SUCCESS that
it proceeded straightway TO make pas
sengers, conductor and everybody else
happy willy -nilly. Some people. however.
are 50 averse TO being made happy under
any conditions that there 10 no telling what
would have happened IL the journey had
not come to an end when it did at the North
River ferry house.
The boat wa waiting. The demijOhn
went aboard directly. that is to say. as
directly as the width Of the ferry house
would permit As a magnet attracts steel
filings 80 the demijohn attracted all con-
verts to the cult Of happiness.
The two human hands graspinR the
demiiohp .beCook themselves At once to
their proper places as by instinct and many
times two human lips we're pursed to receive
tho happy draught. Things went thus
across the river and continued 90 the train
in spite Of the fact hat il was an Eric train.
Like Mark Tapley Of happy memory tho
demijohn determined 10 be happy under
any conditions.
Happiness continued TO flow until the
train reached = dorsey town. " hiCh for the
present had better remain unnamed. There
the demijohn, the human hands holding IL
and the human legs furnishing the motive
power. the last not "A little unsteady, alighted
successfully and happily.
The combination held its 2igzaR course
70 tho clubhouse, which IN tho pride not
only Of the tow but also Of all North Jersey.
Tins clubhouse in addition To its other at
fractions sported a volunteer fire depart
ment. The doughty fire fighters were
gentlemen all. God bless en-. and tho way
tho spirit Of happiness flowed upon the
arrival Of the demiiOhn amply proved u.
Things vent from happy to happier.
Some one suggested Tom and Jerry. The
suggestion went and To Ut course did the
Tom and Jerry. .
Things had gone from happier to tho supc'-
lative degree. when this desirable climax
! had been reached somebody else discovered
that IL was 4 A.. NJ. that IL was showing.
that no cars were running, and that the
deIniiohn's home was four miles away. s.
H. seemed discouraging, but when every
body IL happy in the mlperlative degree
nothing Ia. actually discouraGing, and great
are the ~esource ~ men. especially when
they are gentlemen hremen. And the
demijohn bbd proved himself a good fell