Sharp County record., 1908-09-04
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1 9nClS TICKS WISH TO NOW z OFts q
Uncle Hicks, who drives the omni-
bus of one Of rhe Adirondack resorts
is doing q roaring trade these days.
Every run the omnibus makes be-
tween tie station and the hotel sees
every seat occupied and there is an
early rush to get The dickay seat with
Old Uncle i'm the hope that he viii
hold forth on his recent marvellous eZ,
periences in and about New York
Uncle Hicks, be it known has
lived in the mountains for Is years,
and since his week in the ''motrolopus'
he is inclined to say with Choyoior
'1t don't seem a day 100 much But
the mountain resort was thrown into
CONSERVATION one morning last week
when Uncle Hicks appeared at the
station with a carpet bag wearing his
go-to-meeting raiment and minus the
omnibus
"Me?" he said with the air Of Il
man who has made up his mind. "Im
going No Nyawk. / been thiukin' o.
doin' it FIR Tn las 2S yeara-an' now
I'm dotn' it' he added firmly,
And SO Uncle Hicks departed with
his carpet bag. The engine driver and
the conductors knew Uncle Hicks
and felt hon0rod Uncle was hon
ored, too, for the engine footed as he
got aboard, and footed voclerously
when Uncle Hicks came back, There
was a delegation Of Adlrondackers to
meet him. Also the omnibus was
waiting.
The Adlrondackers who had crowd
ed in to hear the wonderful tale were
disappointed Uncle" Hicks chewed
a metrolopus' cigar and gazed
blanky at the landscape He did
vouchsafe a remark TO the effect that
Summer seems ter be a Bit late up
this way"
Then the rush fell off and a reporter
took advanlage Of an empty omnibus
to get on the dickey. He approached
the subject with reportoral tact The
Impressions Of a man who had waited
IS years before visiting the metropolis
could not fail to be interesting from
u psychological standpoint The re.
porter recalled the first time he him.
self had seen the inside Of The Hippo
drome,
"The ITippodromol" said Uncle
Hicks. with start Of recollection ~
went thar twlcet The stage o. that
thar place is about $50 feet long and
about 50 or 90 feet wide [ seen &c In
the program book An thar's q tank
in It ye cu'd shoot duck in. seen
more animilcs- parrormin' animiIes--
in that thar plac--
"But whut tuk me--talkn' Of AMI.
miles-was that Rronlcal 100"
"The what did You say unclo?'
oT said tho BronIca Zoo said
"Uncle' Hicks, with a glare, "By
dunn, seen anlmilos thar that ! dou't
believe is Twin any other place ]
seen thmg they call q cobra which
is lust a blame mule painted mp TO
look queer But J know hosskudi an
1t didn't fool me-
"I seer sea Hon, too. That was
genwue. an right cause It hadn't no
feet II rdlppered up ON Jhe rocks am
howlod like mad That's % dun
queer beast Imust ha' looked at thai
beast for an hour n q Quwtor'
"Dd you ser the anakos unclo2'
"Naw. / dldnD" said "Jnc.o' Hicks
81 don't love them things woll enough
to 10 an look at them for fun But ]
seen a thing thar | w3uut TO ask
somebdy aboouL IJ was bind
recku it was meant Dor blvd am ly
had bin Ike q shovel
"Was Il Joucan, uncle"
oNaw, IL wWW't no ,uocan"
"Maybo II was duclumoo"
"Now. IL wornt no ducItmolc,
neither
The reporter tried row moro, but
IN vain
Anyhow, it waa dunn queer
beast" said Uncle" uOoRg. with am afr
Of maIty "RocEn they got every
blame thing ON ahth thar They oven
got sunRe'
"You must have gone In the anN
way To get Jhore9' guggestod the re-
porter
"rhc subway" said uncle with 70
rown, "rhe way they hustle q man
in thNt plOce isO di7eWco,
"But New York lJ'olt moo2 How
about Broadway"
pretty fair town. snId uncle In.
differently, "But ! wap disappointed
some. Yc wud think @ hear FOLK OalDl
II was dun hud place lr aocIlent5
an murders and thieves, luJ ! mover
lost cont while wuq thar oont In
one o. Jhom bmmo blot mohlnog. 10
olthor wua q nWindic on iJ wugnt
worlln' iut wont To q buay colnor
ON broadway and stood thar rs mms
utea seem 30 trolley ours pHHH#l
counted emaan' deg2ons or 0uJomo.
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