The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-01
THE Il VILLAGE NI7|
WAS ON THE JOB
THIS is HIS DAY-MANY JOKES
PULLED oFF-BARBERS PUT
ONE OVER ON "kUNEA" RIPLEY,
THE ToNsoRiALlST. AND A
MAN PARTAkES OF A SOAP
SANDWICH.

This heing the first day OF April
Fools day1the soldiers now In Texas
must be very tired. for they have Just
completed %thirty.one days OF March.
The village wit was out early this
morning In all his glory and the puns
and the pent.up wit that he let fly In
Fairmont was a caution and he could
not keep quiet; he Just gave every one
the squirms with whom he held brief
converse In getting off his fun. My,
but he had fun.
There were all kinds OF jokes pulled
on this morning. 1t would require
too much space to tell all OF them,
many OF which were the same old
stunts that were sprung by our fore.
fathers and ever their fo%refathers.
Most OF the people were wise to the
fact that this Is the first Of April and
were on their guard. When one would
fling out an interrogation the question
would not be promptly answered for
fear there vas a catch" In II; but,
nevertheless. a few wise ones had II
put over them today. 4 prominent
local s%aloonist displayed a large sign
In his bar this morning announcing
that a free cheese and cracker lunch
would be served with beer today. The
Cheese was cut In convenient size
for n square cracker sandwich and
about the first gent" to observe the
lunch was n well known local man.
He picked up Il fresh cracker from the
plate. then he put a piece OF cheese on
top thereof and then laid on another
cracker. The sandwich was complete.
Then he ordered a glass Of beer with
which to wash down the sandwich,
saying, Anything In this world | do
love Is cheese and beer. He then took
q large bite OF the sandwich. Soap.
crackers and beer doesn't make. good
mixture. My goodness but she got
hutfy. Then all the hangers.on and
the bartender laughed.
Another loal Joke happened at the
well known and popular Ripley barber
shop. Some of the razor artists put
a peeled potato in a, fellow workman's
cup and 1t looked like real soap. A
customer came in to1get shaved in n
hurry. The barber put hot water into
the cup and while telling a funny
story he rubbed the brush back and
forth over the soap but no lather
was forthcoming. lie rubbed and rub.
bed, but no sign Of lather. Then he
stopped telling his funny story and
said with great stress of voice;"What
the hotel is the matter with this
soap?; He. removed:t the "soap.a which
was Il real cute little piece OF {potato.
lib e tuber. tookpdt jIstiitke soap and lt|
certainly.:-foted.,rh The 10 nsnrfatst.
:..tS2t IL rs ,puidppe, he nut the, pota7
10 into Proprietor Rip1eys cup!-wlo
was out at the time-Fand upon, his re.
,tnrn II Tbogan telling his duly fun.
,3y story and all thea While he, .too,
'i1iBbed 1.-THE potatoS With lhisy brush.
The same old result-no lather. He
continued TO dig, the brush about thet
interior ofsahe cup No latler.s "By|
heck" saidMf. r. "what-inI the thun.
Iteration Is the matter with this Col.
gate. ! never saw it act this way. It
must be froze up" He tookgthe cup
to the window and, dfopping the soap
into his hand he held n piece of pota.
to. He then looked all around the
shop, but nary Il word said the other
razor artists. They were the busiest
lot Of workmen one evr beheld. and
silence reisned supreme. Only the
scraping of the razors and the snap.
ping OF the shears could be heard.