The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-04-20

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TOGO RUNS A FURNACE

2 Dear Sir: Most recent Job of employment 1 ws impeached from was
home of Mrs. and Mr.. j W. Hamburg, Pondside. N. ]. PerhapsIy you "a
tell me why, because / a disabled to understand the customary habits of
some households.
Just a few days of yore I apply there in extreme GOODNESS Of snow. This
kitchen and observe me.
You are a cock?" she ask it.
yes are!" l say it.
Then you will be expected to feed the furnace while doing so" she
negotiate harshly.
Must l be a engineer because / am a hired gHl?" 1 request.
Il guess supposedly" reng Hon. Mrs, while leading me to inferno of
downcenar where / wa introduced to Hon. Furnace. This iron animal, Mr.
Editor, lives like a very homeiy hermit in middle of low darkness. He set
there in nest of ashes, with tin snakes growing from his forehead like zinc
octopus. His teeth vas full of bazes and he would of made a nice idol for
Japanese to worship when feeling odfashioned. I could not love his face
which seem too hungry when open and too satisfied when closed.
I'VE never permit him to go out in winter" narrate Hon. Mrs.
4 shall watch see he do not escape" I promus with T. Roosevelt eye
brows
around like taxicabs. This are the steam gag" explain Hon. Mrs. He are
now pointing 49,"
DO that tell age of Hon. Furnace" I require educationaIly.
mo, mott" she snagger. THAT fndikate the number lbs. steam in boiler.
You must be careful about that. If Hon Steam Gag jump above 25 lbs that
blow up with Billy Sunday noise. When Hon. Steam Gag get too ambitious,
oh, cool Hon. Furnace with immediate quickness before explode up"
"A Samuraij antor fears n steam!" l reject proudshly, while folding my
elbows over coal shovel
Mr. Editor, I did not stoke long in this situation Of work, but make
very pleasant impression of it. Although I enjoy thumbscorch, asheye, and
Janitorial pain of spine, yet I commence to love Hon. Furnace for his char
acteistc.
Pretty soonly, while doing this, I begin to feel like engineers running
ocean hounddog. I decorate my complexion with smudges and imagine how
1000 Newport passengers was IN upstairs deck congratulahng my inten.
gence. While thinking thusy l poke more coal into inhamed mouth of Hon.
Furnace. Yet | keep my scientific eyegght on Hon. Steam Gag fr see he did
not overjump rs lbs, thusly causing mania to explode.
Hon. Furnace seem more depressed that afternoon /. M o / sit beside
i'm to shovel nourishnen q Steam IA saw IA which are very sick
temperature. Hon. Furnace look du-eye like fish, and more / coaled him
the less he ht. I feed him slight soapbox for light foods, and by All he
smile morep easanter and commence eating COAL At 5:12 Hon. Steam Gag
awoke up to taxicab work.
Thusly 1 left him and go to kitchen tor make food for rest If family
But my soul would not get into that kitchen work. Mr.. Editor. It were
similar to a janftor attempting to b e a chef 1t might be done, nut can it?
almost nearly put shoveful of coal in applepie. I was thinking SO hard about
what would tempt appetite of furnaces.
Howevely I finished fashionable foods for that Hamburg family tic eat
to include considerable potatus and canned corn. Hon. Mrs.. who Went T.
Trenton for slight shop-buy, arrive back at 6:34 attached to hr Husband