The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-15
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES

Two of the greatest jokers who come
to town among the travelling men are
Charley airline and George Workman.
They are old timers and have been
travelling the route In the northwest
so long that the. very telegraph poles
sort of nod as the train that carries
them passes by.
They are at the Waldorf this week
and the management is keeping an eye
on them all the time. A day or two
ago they got some customer up in their
room. He was wearing a brand new
hat. and they were prepared for him.
They had secured an old stiff hat and
Just after the customer had placed his
hat nicely on a chair and his back was
turned, they hid his new hat under the
bed and placed the old n on the
| chair.
When the customer turned around
| and started to say something airline ap-
rarently stumbled and fell over against
the chair and then squatted on the old
hat.
The ire of the customer was raised
in less than q minute and he told airline
that there was nothing doing for him
in rubber goods and he stormed about
at a great rate for quite awhile, after
which his hat was dug from under the
bed, and the customer led the two
GOWN SLdITS 10 Inc CIGAR COuhISH anu
q solemn agreement was entered into
that nothing should be told of the cir
cumstance.
one day the two who are together
al great deal walked over to the post
Office. 1t was a dull day for business
and it was duller for amusement
Just for a joke they started to wrang-
ling near the federal building. They
grew SO loud in their denunciation OF
chat n II prnFrYl 0nHAnNA6
They made unseemly remarks about
each other and the crowd grew larger
Ali Of a sudden Workman drew his
coat, and airline did the same and then
lust as the crowd was expecting to see
a battle each man picked up his coat
| and with the remark, oh, let's &c
home they walked away arm in arm
what it was all about, and 1t wasn't
April / either.
Readers Of The Forum of twelve OF
thirteen years ago will remember Pro-
fesor Osborne, who was one of the fac
ulty of the Fargo college. He was ar
instructor at the college about thir-
teen years and had been there
about three years. He is now visiting
the family OF w H. Hubbell, In this
city. After leaving Fargo Professor
| Osborne entered Columbia college
New York, and after finishing his
course there was made professor Of
biology, and after that was appointed
to the position of assistant director oil
the New York aquarium. "Pll neyel
forget my first visit to Fargo thirteen
years ago" said he to The Forum re.
porter. II had come directly from Thu
east out here to teach in Fargo col.
lege, and I was stopping at the Wal.
dorf. I asked the way to a certain
point from the hotel and was directe,
across Seventh street. / noticed tina
there was no sidewalk there and
supposed the mud OF the street wa
much like mud of other cities, and s,
pIowed ahead. I noticed after cross
Ing the street that the mud, black a
the shades of night, chung to my shoe
like a black snowshoe, only larger an,
that after / struck a board walk in tn
same vicinity 1t was SO slippery tina
it was all / could do to walk at all
1.-The mud dried after a time and I hal
to dig 1T off with a knife. III is rath
err tough. this mud. but then. what
the difference when it's the creates
soil on the top OF this hemisphere
There is mud among the old Penn
svlvania oil fields that can com
nearly ~equaling the North Dakot
gsrnbo. but can't exactly reach III.
Il axa having a fine time visiting friend
end enjoyed MYSELF k~horougf1y at TIL