The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-09

goes into other business He is as a
rule law abiding citizen, paying for
the privilege of doing business sane
toned by his city, state and the u S.
government. AS a rule, he is a good
citizen, and contributes literally to
all causes for the good of the COM
munity
There are of course exceptions-as
there are to all rules, and there are
grocers who put the biggest apples
on the top of the barrel
The boot-legger is of another type,
and in class by himself. He is like
a thief or murderer. He takes the
chances, and why Because he can
perhaps succeed in buying cheap whis-
key for $3.50 per gallon, selling it
out for ten Sometimes he disposes
! of five or ten gallons a day, and
| the king of Oklahoma and Kan
sas bootleggers has made a million
dollars out of the deal by putting on
helpers and standing behind them
and he has at last succeeded in
years or so, but he will come out
man of riches, and his business is
! still going on while he languishes in
! the bastile
1t is a problem to think over-this
| wet and dry, and if the time comes
up for vote, look into the character
of those who are fostering the So
called movement and get wise before
you cast a ballot which may make a
whiskey drinker out of good-natured
and harmless person who takes a few
beers in the evening Dry territory
makes booze drinkers, and it is not
whiskey, but the vilest concoction,
which will craze the most level mind
ed man on earth
Somewhere wandering over the
premises of the u S. A. is a travelling
salesman who can testify to the tho
roughness of Watertown's youthful
maids ability to carry out practical
joke.
Now travelling man is supposed to
make towns, and sell goods to mer-
chants, after the towns are manufac-
tured, but sometimes the said travel
ing man will dress from the
straight and narrow, following after
amusement Of some sort. To tell the
truth, a great many of us who stay at
home a great deal are gifted this way.
The other night a travelling sales
man, who proposed to make Water
town alighted from an early evening
train in our little Wisconsin town.
Passing up the bus, he started up the
istreet carrying his two kiesters.
Somewhere in Watertown,' as the
commercial booster was ambling
toward his hotel, he was hailed from
the opposite side of the street by
pair of nifty looking and youthful
maidens who wished to know if he
did not wish some help in toting his
kiesters to the hotel
Here, thought the travelling repre-
sentative, are two erring and misled
children who ought to be spanked and
sent to bed, for it is already dark
| will converse with them a moment
on being out late and accosting stran-
gers, and then call up their parents
and have the children sent home.
Perhaps this is what he thought,
but at any rate he answered the hail
with, sure thing kids, hop to it.
er words to that effect.
Responding to the invitation, the
girls crossed the street on the lope,
and each took possession of a suitcase
They trotted along, the travelling man
following, and attempting to engage
the ladies in conversation. His sue
cess was Indifferent, as the replies to
his choice city filings were mostly an
swered with giggles, as the kids seem
ed nearly busted with mirth
And suddenly it happened. Some
where in Watertown" the maidens
turned up side street, and quickened
their pace. Hey there, where to, said
the knight of the grip in an anxious
tone.
Faster sped the girls, with the prune
peddler in persuit. Suddenly the girls
darted up the steps of residence, de-
posted the grips on the porch, and
then one gave the electric bell a long,
but thorough punch, and just as the
owner of the suit case arrived the
girls with shrieks of laughter disap-
peared in the gloom, and the show
was over. But not quite, for just then
the owner of the house opened the
front door and wished to know what
in the name of almost anything was
wanted Let us draw the curtain of
charity over the rest of the scene