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Barbering In Leadville

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
October
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Life in Leadville is full of exci'oment even for a barbel'. The other day n citizen ïiainrd Plug strolled into a bu-bci-'s establishment where tliere ' werc two ehairs, both ful!, and fburteeu ïni'n waiting. If thero is one thing titel Plug despises, il li waiting gronnd whilca'lotof othcrfellows get BÍiavéd'. He tijínred 011 hoff to avoid il, and eípying a iVicnd in ono oí the chaira lic stépped up to him 'and spoke n few words in a low tone. Suddenly he becMine exöitód. Aditressing nis Iriè'ml hécrled : "You tliird-rate mnlcwlmckcr, Vil have your goro 1" Anti the lïieiid ye1ed back, "Yon greaser, l'll shoot "you fn 1 1 of holes!"' "I can snoot ftist;" yelled ihe plug', drawing his revolver.' "l'll let you pee you cau't," ro:u-ed the iViend, leapingft-om his chair. l?y ihis time a eceno ot' wild exciicme'nt was takhur placeta the shop. The wholc i'ourlcen waitlngcustomere were wildly Btiuggliwg togel ont beiore the shooiing legfi. Tne man in ilie other chair, wilhont stoppiug lo wipe the lather froin his ui e ,r remove the apron aboiit him, leaped Hom the wmdow upon the headoïa policeinan, wlioat once arre-ued him lor a niadnian. One of the barbera liad binnped his head terribly and gol hiü ruoutü tuil ot uusi, itmiing uuder a sola, nul the othcr bavbcr ffaa [uonijjll y eom-ealed behin 1 a barrel in the closet. As soon as the shop was cleare 1 tho two tViends woppod threatoning each ether, pui up iteir pis.ols amt mier B )io:uty teugh coaxeil ilm bai'ber tu cuine out and shave tuem. ilu, tned to explain to tlie houd that it was all a joke. Uut,v said the barber, "you're a flhting n.an." "No," ftflid riug, "l ui 11 i n'gular coward and couldn't lick a llea." "Then by tunket," yelled tlie baiber, "you've diiven over fL worth oftraiLe "away tVoni Bie and l'll take Llie value oiu of hidel" And ho u-oL in several lusty blows on Plug büToi-e tne lat. er could oilVr to settle. And, soniehow, Plug doesn't thiuk it was uucli a good joke alter all. It is on record in tlic United States court in New Orloans lliat a negro in Urant parigh fasled sixty days. C'.iiin jnice, extraoied by stuwing the ciaina, h nourisJiingandacceptable 1 . wt-ak stüinaclis and good lor sick folk. The toto Grcene Sinitli, the only son of Gewit Smith, was a fainons simt, aiul once dctVutod Bogardus m a pigei)ii-sliootiiifi niatcli. A roudoo conjurcrat Anderson, S. C, .'llff clianns wliich lic warrants will enable tlie owfrter to send a snako jiito aijy desired part of au enoiny'a I iioay.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus