The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-01
HEARD AND Sc N
AROUND HE GREEN,


! uhe proprieta ,av excuses to sevefa
customefs pecaus3 tleir siats we're not
/ finished, loo Or abauf Hiran
harp.
You remiNd me ot Hiram Thatp,
said he, addressing lDe head Of the
establishment, Hiram used 20 run a
grocery store da~n near the depot and
he had the teputafion ef being The
biggest liar IN Morristowtl
III was Hiram's custom to carry a
small stock and when a customer asked
for something Of which ne was out he
would hustle up t1wn and get ii from
anotner store,
One day lazy asked for seven
pounds Of sugar and HI happened to
/ be out OF II and told her he would go
up town for II. On the way up he
was hailed by two carpenters shinA-
| ling the roof Of a house
Say Hi tell US lie md we will
give you dollar
Hayen't time boys, was HIS re-
jofnder, a man just had both legs cut
off down TO tie d pot and / am going
for doctor.
The two men Climbed down from
the roof and went 10 the station to
see about She accident out failed to
discover anything. When Hi cane
back with tile S gar he tried to col
lect his dollar for the lie but the car
penters wouldn't pay him
Speaking OF tallors a local man in
that line asked a friend in another
town TO collect a dollar due from a
customer. The embryo collector failed
TO collect the doctor but turned in a
bill of expense OF tive dollars for. an
automobile he had hired to go to the
customers home.
If it costs me five dollars to col
lect dollar and don't geJit and l
might have gone on the trolley and IL
would have cost me only fifty cents, .
Illuminated the tailor.
Last Independence day a big fire
craker smashed hole through pane
of glass in one of the police court win
doWs in the municipal building. The
breeze that came through the aper
ture- was all right during the succeed
/ ing summer months but with winter
coming an perhaps the breeze will
chill some of the spectators at the
trials. Rather than have any one
catch cold we would be pleased to
hand Doorman Burney a nice clean
sheet of white card board to put over
the hole if he will step into the office
4 for it.
Later Chief Holloway says that a
new pane of glass was ordered several
weeks ago.
Get the card board anyhow, George,
and use it until the glass comes
With the paving of Washington
street and OF South street and elimin-
alton Of the street crossings formerly
in use the police are wondering how
they are TO enforce the town ordinance
regarding the blocking OF crossings by
vehicles. With no crossing Indicated
across the streets the drivers OF yehi-
Giles are somewhat careless about leav-
ing their rigs standing near the street
corners. AT the corner OF Bank street
there has been considerable trouble
and when requested by the police to
move off the crossing" the drivers
have quickly retorJed ''where is IL !"
Chief Holloway suggests that row
of yellow bricks across the street
would answer The purpose of indicaU-
ing the location Of the CROSSINGS.
Senator Mills definition OF an opti-
mist" One who makes lemonade
from the lemons handed him by his
friends. !"
A stalwart colored fellow was un-
loading a load OF -four at Days the
first of the week, and while reaching
in for bag a passer-by stumbled over
his extended foot. He turned about
ond said" Beg your pardon" The
teamsJer smiled and Said e That's all
right, boss but was jess wonderin'
what You 'gwine to do With that foot
when you kicked it Off. 5"
While many flags were flung to the
breeze Thursday in honor Of the vete
rams visiting this town to attend the
reunion Of the 33rd regiment, the pole
in the park did not bear its flag, as the
halyards parted when Doorman George
Burney attempted to raise the flag.
The use of wire rope has been sug-
gested by the officer.
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Improving County Roads.
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