The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-12
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES

One night recently during the rainy
season A.. J. O'Shea was caught up
town without an umbrella. 1t was
coming down like the proverbial cats
and dogs, and not particularly caring
to get a soaking, the we'll known ar
chiteCt decided that he would stand on
Broadway for a few moments and
await the passing by Of some one who
resided in his vicinity who was car
rying an umbrella.
The streets were almost deserted
and it was a long time before any one
showed up with an umbrella. Time
after time men went hurrying by, but
there didn't appear to be any one
whom he knew, Or at least any one
with ar umbrella who was going out
his way, n he was just abou to but
ton UP his OVercoat to the neck and
run, when a man whom he seemed to
know hove in sight carrying a large
sized rain cover like a parachute.
Nov, here is my chance" said
Mr.. O'Shea to himself, as the man
came along.
When the stranger, whom the wait
ing man appeared to think he knew,
came up Mr., O'Shea called out in a
good strong voice:
Here, yOu, where are you going
with that umbrelIa?"
The man with the rain protector
never uttered a sound, but dropped
the umbrella to the sidewalk, and took
to his heels and ran.
Since then Mr.. O'Shea is the posses
sor Of a fairly good umbrella, but is
willing to urn it over to the owner
who is able to prove property.
Fred P. Bennett of La Moure, was a
visitor to the city a day or two ago,
and was greeting his friends about the
Waldorf and Gardner as well as at the
different banks in the city. He is
cashier of the State bank of La Moure,
and he has a host of friends in Fargo,
who are always glad to see aim. For
fifteen or sixteen years he was con-
nected with the First National bank
Of Fargo in the days when the present
cashier, Gordon Nesbit, was just get
ting into the business, n there is a
warm fellowship between the two, as
there Is with the older men of the
Fargo financial institution. He had a
delightful visit and like all North Da-
kota men he had a good word to say
for the town of his adoption. LA
Moure Is sure a hummer said he.
THE people have very generally fin
ished their seeding, at least so far as
"iSoI 40 L lSNH CilN liz Z 10 every
prospect for the very best kind of 4
crop out our way. La Moure and that
section Of the country are all expecting
an extension of the railroad, but I
hardly look for much railroad building
during the present year: still We are
all convinced that it is bound to come
and that, too, before there are many
years passed away 1t is the logical
thing for a railroad to do and | am
sure it is coming, and it will be a great
time for our section when this comes
to pass"
Gene Jacobs, of the Ellefsen grocery,
has returned from a pleasant visit to
the twin cities, and he saw about ev-
erything there was to see down that
way that was really worth looking at.
You see l went down to the twin cit
les" said he, Just to see the town and
rub shoulders with people in a bigger
town than Fargo and l enjoyed myself.
You see, I had been told to watch out
for s%harpers, but I didn't see one, at
least one that I recognized, and the
only time I was touched was when a
Fargo fellow came and told me he was
busted and I staked him to his dinner.
I wasn't %buncoed, stayed at a good ho-
tel and there wasn't any one who
yelled hey rube' at me either. You
| bet your life I've travelled some" =.