r STORY BY JOHNY
n. y., dec 13.A11 their frendsis
havin a good laff at sam"blake and
bill willard, 2 sitazens of yonkers
' sam and bill have lived in yon
kers all their lives, and they are
pardners in a stoar
, cuppel of mornings ago bill wag
selling a yonkers lady a slat) of
oilcloth to put under hen, kitchen
stove when a feller walked inland
saitf hello, mr. willard
hello, says mr. willard, and he
went on sellin
-bimeby when he-was through J
uie guy says wen, mr. wiuara, 1
gess you don't know me
mr. -willard looked-at him very
careful, and then he says, you are
a! good gesser, my frend
" the man he smiled,' and he said,
yell, well, aint that strange
he was a nice looking, big chap,
with abrown suit-and a-soft-hat
and he had a can of gollof sticks
?n his arm
nuthin so dura strange, says
bill willard. there's" a , pile of
drummers comes info fhis stoar,
my frend. hoty do youJhink 1 can
remember you all ' ' '
ha, ha, says the man. this'is in;
aeed a good gpak "" . J
glad you are enjoying vit,soi
mutch, says hill, but if you're here
n Isisniss, git busy. Where i$ your1
samples.
I this is all i Eaxry, ses.tlje feller,
holding up his gollpfstiaks
don't keep galluf iupplyssays
bill, good mornin
. but the man dldehfgo
he says, i carry anuther fine of
samples, and ive showed them to
jrou a good many times in the last
6 m,onJkhs,-and you seemed to like
themprdttywell
gosh alt fish hooks, man, hollers
bilL what'are you talkinrabout i
aint never saw you in my life be
foar go call yoiur pardnerJnr. blake,
says the man, maby he might
know me. he has seen me at least
onct a week fora good many
months
so bill went and told sam there
was a crazy feller out there that
said he knew them, and for him to
come-' take a look at him
sam he come out of the offis,
andhe shook his headand he said
my ffend, i dop't know you fjom
a bail of hay '
4hen the guy he Iaffed and
laffed, arid, he says, ime tile rev.
james Stevens pastor of the
church you gentlemen is both
members of
Ive seen you settin inyour pews
evry sundy, and being pit my( way
to play a game of golluf i thot i
woiid,stop in for a little chat
fry golly, says: bilj,wot'do you
know about that
' well, says sam, when you take
of your sundy face' anll put qn
your gplluf" clothes you sure? do
lookdiffrort; ptrsbii, "but, say,
dont telr'ndbody about this, will
you V" "' - T
" df courseffieparsoh dident
' " . 'johny
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Minnesota Jury has' acquitted
John Maki, who sTiot punter
John Batinon because he looked
like a moose. My, but they stay
maoTbout politics a long time up
there in. Minnesota.
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