The Omaha morning bee., 1922-11-26
Some OF the Folks You See Back Home

This il the season ~ the year when
many of us have slammed down the
office desk, packed the klt bag aud
caught the train for back home.
How the old town has changed The
Methodist church seems 40 small
second street-oncs The Broadway Of
your boyhood-appears deserted The
old hitching rack AZ the feed mill has
given way 20 an asphalt parking sta
ton
Tie Contral House where YOU
watched soda drummers register from
New York is slowly decayine. The
Daily Advocate once referred TO Il as
the home town Palmer House"
But the folks nre all there -the
lovenhle hometovners who have stuck
10 their town through the snow Of
many winters They arc genuinely
glad 10 see YOU You know II by the
warmth Of their hsndclasp. They
still believe IN the town.
Have you seen the new fence
around the public squarc7 Two or
three Of the bigger burg movements
have sprung into life.
And here are few Of the people
you meet: a..s.
Chcws Fine Cut.
Undertaken Enoch Boags. He is u
silent man. lie has wry neck and
chews fine cut. At funerals he sits
up on the hearse with black Charlie
Robinson. the driver, md mods all
tho way 10 Cemetery Hill. Mrs. Boggs
is u great hand 10 call on the sick.
She Was Lewis and came from Pur.
dy. They have one son. Archie
Boggs, who IL the town dude. lie
parts his hair in the middle and often
goes TO Cincinnati Just 10 zee show.
Ormsby McTaylsh. He csmo from
Scotland and runs the Sample Store
on Court street lie has light sandy
side whlskers. Ills son Treat waits on
trade while old Mr.. McTayish spends
all his time keeping books under
coal oil lamp IN the back Of the store.
Sometimes the lamp is burning az late
as 10 O'Clock. Mr.. McTavish sends
out his bills weekly and those who
come and pay up promptly get 5.
cent poke OF candy. He and Conrad
Schreck, the butcher, are tho create
patrons OF the public library. AZ night
they sit out In front OF the big
scales at tho lower end OF town and
discuss literature.
Kip Nicholas lie lives In Kancs
Alley across tho railroad tracks and
lost leg when he was boy Tipping
freight trains. lie was one OF the
best swimmers in town when he was
a boy and could with his crutches out
jump any Of the other boys. He and
his father catch fish for living and
peddle them from two.wheeled cart.
They are both hard drinkers and rare
ly mingle with the other folks.
Son Of Professor.
Cass Cooper. He Is the son Of Pro.
fessor Irving Cooper, who used TO be
superintendent OF schools. When his
folks moved away, Cass remained
there. lie has spells. Sometimes
when the weather is good he lives In
an old shack across the river in Alum
Rock. In the winter he sleeps on the
Baz Cliff coal float. He rarely works,
except now and then to drive cows In
from the pasture or to do a little hoe
ing in gardens. Strangely enough he
attends church regularly. but always
sleeps through tho service.
"Peeny' White. He runs the barber
shop on State street. In front he has
a jeweIry shop which his wife attends.
He won a Shetland pony for being
the champion horseshoe thrower OF
the county in 1895. Tho boys all like
him. He can play tunes on peach
leaves and do lot OF tricks with
strings. lie was the first man in town
TO introduce celluloid collars and has