The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-21
HIS GOOD ADVICE
ANONYMOUS.

There wasn't the e06 DIT Oh 01Em
about Brodwaiser. He was as amiable
and well-meaning q little man as ever
wore felt insoles and q chamois leath.
er chest protector. But people In
general hardly appreciated his good
qualities. The first time that Smith
saw him he was standing at the edge
| of q roadside excavation for gas pipes
watching the deliberate movements of
| a laborer who was ostensibly engaged
In throwing out gravel. As Smith ap-
preached he heard Brodwaiser say:
my man, If you would grasp your
shovel with your left hand a little
nearer the blade of your implement
o would find it a better fulcrum for
the leverage of your right and be en-
abled to raise more earth with sub
stantially the same exertion."
The man stopped and looked up.
"Pfwat's that?" he asked.
Brodwaiser repeated his advice and
the man surveyed him for a moment
or two with whitening contempt.
"And tt blazes wild We an yer full
| crum!" he said at last. "Gwan away
home wild We an yer beverages, We lit.
tie d%ough-faced, l~antern-jawed idjut.
Talk to me about implements an I'll
shut We in me dinner pail an kape ye
there till We l'arn manners, so ! will.
Gwan!"
Brodwaiser redeemed and moved
away in silent dignity. Smith felt
r~-~~, lo~ hSro n~1 avnrooooH hi0 0vnn,
pathy. oh" Brodwaiser said, Il hard.
IL expected anything but abuse. One
gets little thanks for good advice, !
notice."
1t wal a windy day and before they
had got very far a sudden gust re-
moved Smiths straw hat. He recov-
cred it with some difficulty and was
rather out of breath when he rejoined
Brodwaiser. The latter had waited,
and as Smith came up he said: If
1 were you l would buy one of these
hat guards. They can be obtained
for a mere trifle at any hat store. and
the expenditure is repaid a thousand
times by their saving of temper, to
say nothing of the possibility of the
hat being blown beneath the wheels
Of a dray."
i've seer them,' Smith said. you
don't wear one yourself, I notice."
Its unnecessary" he replied, my
hat never"
The wind took it as he spoke and
sent it %careering down the street, final
ly landing 1t in a puddle from whence
he rescued 1t dripping with mud and
water. Smith could not help saying
that in a high wind it was a good idea
to hold a loosely fitting hat by the
brim with a tenacious clutch, but
Brodwaiser seemed unconscious Of tho
| delicate sarcasm of the remark, so
much so that when they arrived at
| Smiths front gate he called Smiths
attention to the fact that It creaked on
it's hinges and recommended the ap-
plication of sweet oil az a remedy for
the unpleasant sound.
He was a near neighbor of Smiths
and soon after that first meeting no
called on Smith informally, as Smith
was wedding his flower beds. On that
occasion Smith became indebted to
his visitor for two pieces Of valuable
information-that tobacco burned be-
meath a rosebush covered with a cloth
or something Of that sort to keep in
the smoke had a discouraging effect
upon the plant parasites known as
green fly, and that q porch Of sum
cient width On the west front Of his
cottage would afford q grateful shade
against the rays Of the sun in the
afternoons.
He was q veritable encyclopedia of
knowledge-never at . loss for a lit.
tie suggestion on any subject. Until
Smith learned that Brodwaiser was Q
bookkeeper for a firm Of glass import.
ers he imagined he must conduct the
Helpful Hints" department of some
newspaper. p
Smith overheard him in the meat
market one morning instructing the
butcher In the art Of meat cutting.
THAT amt nothin', though" said the
good.natured butcher. with q fat smile,
when Brodwaiser had left. Hes give
me pointers on preservin' eggs in their
original new laidness by dippin' 'em
in lime an water. I'll bet he taught
his grandmother to suck 'em. I
trimmed q sirloin for him the other
day an when I threw the suet In the
box under the counter he says: 4
sh'd think you'd use the fragments
Of meat in some sort O. way std o
wastin' 'em. II you'd put the best Of
'em in your sausage machine with
proper seasonin' there amt no reason
why It wouldn't be good as long % the
meats fresh Ho! ho!"
But Brodwaiser is no more. He wa
. good citizen, a good neighbor and Z
kind Of fussy husband and father. HI
died last spring Of pneumonia A lit
tie before he passed away the doctor
happened to cough to hide his emo
ton at the sight Of Mrs. Brodwaiser'a
grief.
Doctor" said Brodwaiser, family
you want to take care Of that coush
Don't neglect It. It may develop Int.
something serious. Now, when 70,