Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-31

Il told Barr that ! had walked through
a railroad cur and told ever. man in
itZthere Were. at least 4o-wl1ethe, he
was 4 republican or Il democrat. with
out being mistaken once Barr wouldn't
believe it.
Look here / said to him.. YOU gu
out and get Il lot of Canucks and bring
EN- in here. and I'll bet YOU | can tel,
~ they are liberals or conservatives.
'balr rushed away. and ! returned To
my work. n little later | was old there
We're some people outside who wanted
To see me
II went into the antcroom. Seated
all around I'm a circle were "a whole
gang of Canucks. I'm front of them
stood Barr. AS soon as | came out he
pointed at them. and roared:
NON go ahead! Tell me their pol
tiles
Il wen, down The line. saving Lib
eraT or Conservative to each one, and
Zach time l was right. Barr got more
m more disguised. But when l came
to tho last Canuck 1 hesitated. Barr
cheered up.
My lea sir 1 said la that last
tanuck. 1 really can't tell what your
politics is
Barr began to grin. But the Canuck
killed the grin by saying:
Neither can l. l never knew what
party l belonged to-
After that Barr wouldn't speak to
me for two days.
Which deserves tn he followed by
ms other warm. also SolemnlN recount
ed to the Ledger mar by Mr.. Lewis:
Once Was ON a Mississippi steam
er. 1T blew up. | MAS hurled into the
water. unconscious
When l came to l WAS told thai I
had been picked up along with four
negroes. and that | was so covered with
smoke and SCOT that ] had been taken
for a negro. too. But finally a man got
hold of me by the hair and exclaimed:
Why. this is Il white man Then they
took me To Il farm house md put me to
bed.
When the explosion occurred 1 had
been wearing one of those coats with
long tails. Well. do you know, sir, the
two tails We're blown clear off by the
explosion. just as If they had been cut
off With Il knife."
Even i'm war times Mr.. Lewis found
plenty of things that We're funny.
He enlisted first as "a private: then,
having been pronounced physically UNI
qualifed. ne became II war corresponds
ent. Then. after reinstatement i'm the
union army, he served sliccessively AS
corporal. sergeant. and finally as cap
tain.
What was the %funnies; thing YOU
saw i'm the civil war?' he WAS asked.
He pondered q bit. and then he said:
The start OF FarnsWortl'S charge al
the battle of Gettysburg. i'arnsworth's
men were drawn up. awaiting the or
der to charge the confederate posi-
'lo1s. clos" to II baritone of those
Pennsylvania Dutch barns. lit
had a roof matched with straw.
while the soldiers We're waiting the
military band belonging to Clusters
body of troops arrived ON the scene.
(l1n1hnd tn fine I.nAf nf tl. ,,,, .sl
got ready to play us a gay tune. The
confederateS evidently caught sight of
them. for a battery crcpt u of "A
piece OF woods in our front and ooh up
"a position directly opposite the barn.
.Ihen came some smoke and a roar,
Darn, tore up the straw lhatch. and
scattered 1T i'm a CLOUD over the heads
of those musicians.
They had just started IA tune. They
dld not finish it. You ought To have
seen them break and ram. Some OF
them actually jumped off the edge of
the roof and landed on the ground all
in a heap.
just as they did so the order to
charge was given. l'arnsworth's men
started forward into a regular he'll of
the enemy's shot. and. upon my word.
every single n of them was shaking
With laughter as he started.
Never before or after that did see
men laugh. when they charged.
oh. ] suppose it's because humo, is
a part OF life and happen to see it,"
he explained. Take this morning. fo1.
instance! From my home in BROOKLYN
TO the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn
bridge i travelled about four miles:
from there tn this office is. ! uppose
three or -four miles more. Well. sup-
pose l saw u dozen funny things on
that trip.
~ observe things. If I pass a row
or telegraph poles can usually say
now many poles j nave passed. If
see a dog l can remember later wleth-
err 1T was a yellow. white. or gray dog.
And it's the same MAY With people.
remember the funny things about
them.
'Thefc's always something funny i'm
u street ar: for instance, / get into
conversation with people in street cars
in the subway. draw them out.
Suddenly they say something that gives
me an idea for a yarn-perhaps for am
new character. BY striking
this sort of acquaintance hay.
people from all over the United
II like to write about the country.
about boys picking apples i'm orchards.
about old whiskered rube eating the
unequaled pies their wives bake. and
SueSs iUlS oI people IKE To read that
kind OF thing-cspecially city people.
When ] go into the country get
talking TO people there. too. Have YOU
ever seen one of those old countr fell
lows driving a horse and cart along a
road--you know the kind-all
bent over on the front seat? You can
a heap of human nature ouS OF one
of those b in Il two miles drive
yes, SIR. and a lot OF philosophy, too"
AT this point the photographer poked
his mead in the door, and impatience
was writ large on his face. so NJ Quad"
was politely requested to 'sit over here
where the lights good" and to fold
his hands so'-(there vas no need of
asking him to look pleasant)-and the