The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-19
ODD LAPsEs OF MIND
SCHOLARS AND. OTHERS NOTED
." FOR EccENTRlcITY. "
FoFgetfu,ness One Of the "strono
Points" OF Many Able and Accom-
p'iss'ed Men-Sometimes tho -"
Re3uit Of Self-Hypnotism.

S's " oSH-t7yPn0t18&ns
Some years agoI had to speak at a
Work. Have you any fads?" in
u'red my host 1.-The last parson we
Ill here refused to sleep in a bed
I len every one had retired to rest
&c whole house was reused by a ham
nering on the wall of our visitors
bedroom. Come and see!"
/ entered the bedroom.
See those excavations?'' He point
Jed out two large holes in the wall,
where the paper had been torn away
fRd the plaster disturbed. We'll, the
parson we had here last hammered
fWo huge hooked nails into those
walls to support hammock"
mad the qualified pleasu.s of meet.
fng this eccentric at dinner some
years after. Can I serve you some
soup?'' inquired our hostess. Never
Fake SOUP" was the reply. Then,
later: 'You will take some fish," The
cleric simply shook his head. So he
declined dish after dish.
"But what will you have?'' incurred
khe now desperate hostess.
I should like five raisins, one apple,
a few nuts and some oil"
BY this time every one was uncom.
Portable. A whisper went around that
there were no raisins in the house. I
suggested that he should 20 on with
the oil and the apple. His face as
Sumed look Of eloquent resignation.
The next moment he sprang to his
feet and rushed from the room.
The Intelligent under-footman had
brought in bicycle Oil!
delightful old clergyman, pro
SCISSOR Of Greek at my own university,
had a habit Of forgetting to put on
his clothes. Once he walked into COZ
tege chapel in an old-fashioned night
shirt 1t was misty morning early
In February. An undergraduate was
reading the first lesson, when this
silent, ghost-like figure moved along
tn the him dawn which crept in
through the stained-glass windows.
One of the dons took his arm and led
hia out.
On another occasion it was his turn
to preach in the cathedral. Instead of
altogether, and things came to stand
:Stin I
Another old college don was q
dreamer. One day he met me in the
aown~ my boy" he said, II came out
to 90 somewhere, but it's gone-gone!
Can you tell me where I meant to go?
suggested that he. should go back to |
his college. What is more, I saw him
safely there. >,:.s
Later in the evening he sent for me. !
There was the light of a great dis
eovery in his eyes. my boy" he said,
has all come back to me in fash. !
never meant to go anywhere at all. !
wanted to write q letter, and / must |
have missed my way to my library.
You will have glass Of wine?" But
he forgot to ring the bell. Presently
he said: "Do have some more. Now,
what have I done with the decanter?"
Many mems eccentricities are the
result of self-hypnotism. I remember
pnce seeing a well-known clergyman
%alking calmly along during a down
DOM of rain, holding his walking stick
,np. al der the impression it was an
'nmbrelA1t
Absentnrsss1dedne ss is responsible for !
much amusement. An elderly clergy
man, on ARRIVAL In Rome, was positive |
ahat he had lost some of his luggage, |
and gave notice <at the Office; but he
was unable to say what the package |
was like, or even w6at it was.
. 1t TRANSFERRED, in the course of next !
day. that it was his wife he had lost. !
shall not forget the interview be-
tween husband and wffe-Exchange |