The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-29
HITS AND MRS

the hired man out. The secretary at
tempted to comply with the presi-
dents request, but was stopped by
: an ink well, which met him in the
aisle, also in his eye. The hired man
then got the floor and told the
board that Poison was not fitted to
preside over a distinguished body,
such as they no doubt, considered
themselves; that he did not know
enough to lift his hat to a school
teacher, if he met her after 4 o'clock
returning from a hard days work of
driving knowledge, at forty dollars a
month, into boys heads, whose minds
were on snaring gophers or riding
the bay colt after the cows. Poi
sons answer was bitter, sarcastic and
full of volume. The old school house
rocked with his talk. He accused the
hired man of smoking in the hay
NOW and sucking eggs out of sea-
son. After Poison had let go of a
lot of angry words, he passed around
a box of cigars, which drew like a
balky horse, and smelled like a trou-
bled hens nest. The hired man took
two; he also took sick, after which,
the meeting broke up.
ho1 hofh will
wait, l will try to describe it. For a
long time, | have felt the need of a
bath; something ahead of a wooden
pail, which leaked anyway, so when
man offered to sell me full
grown bath, l quickly parted with my
money, and had what l had ionged
for. The water is held together in
a tin flower vace. flat on one side
to fit the wall; the other side re-
sembles a dinner pail cut in two.
About the bottom of the tub-the tub
hangs on the wall, attached to a
shingle nail or a tack-a rubber hose
starts out; it gets away about five
or six feet before it blossoms, on
the end of this hose is the bath brush
the hose runs into this brush, also
the water, if there is any in the bath
tub hanging on the wall. like the
parlor pictures. On the floor is plac-
ed a rubber mat, with sides, which
,,;so ~, oho,,t oc for &c Willia'c hand
when the teacher asks who is whisp-
ering. You stand on this mat when
you take a bath, as near the center
as convenient. If you stand on one
foot, be careful to place your wet
hand against the wall paper. This
keeps you from falling out of the
tub l did this, and know where to
put my hand the next time. When
all is ready, open up the throttle, and
begin bathing. The water trickles
down on you like the shower that
doesn't wet the roof. Add a little
soap, and stir constantly to keep from
burning, if the water is hot. / had
no trouble that way, as someone add
ed a piece of ice to the water, and
it felt quite healthy when it reach
ed me- If the water stops running, pour
in some more and repeat until you
are fully bathed. | would not be
without it, and shall use it whenever
necessity requires.
Have you ever made trip with
revenue collector? He travels from
place to place, wearing an official
badge about as big as the buckles on
the low shoe by the sea shore. He
drives into town about eleven O'Clock
picks out a hotel for dinner, with
red swinging chair in the front yard,
and a floating washing in the back
yard. The landlady says dinner will
be ready at II o'clock, and he says
he will be there. The landlady takes
his measure with her eagle eye, and
sends the girl to the store after a
fresh can of peas, which are fully
as durable as buck shot, but more
dangerous. The revenue collector
then goes down to Joe's place. There
is a sign in front of it, which reads,
Hams Beer" There is another seat
ed on a keg, which answers the same
purpose.
The collector goes inside, and you
60 with him. He shakes hands with
the barkeeper who looks suspicious
L. at you, seated near a round table,
which affords fine pasture for flies.
The barkeeper says Joe has gone out
to get shaved and the collector Won
ders if his visit has been tipped off.
During the wait, two farmers come
in and speak to the man with the
white apron. They are customers and
they are soon using beer as bever-
age. They get the tall mems size
glasses, big as lantern chimneys;