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Show ' 'i i i. Our affablo friend Attorney Greenwood Green-wood of Beaver county was in town yesterday, perhaps liu is yet, but what wo wunt to say about him is, that we had tho pleasure while ho was hore of witnessing an exhibition of his ability as a stenographer Mr. Greenwood, tho writer and Attoruoy Ryan, wero in tho lattor's olllco when tho conversat Ion turned on typewriters and stenography. stenog-raphy. Mr Greenwood in answer to a question put to him by the Record mau said that although ho was out of practice prac-tice at uresont having anno no reporting report-ing for considerable time, ho would not ho afraid to bet fifty dollars that ho could then aud thero writo a" hundred and twontyflvo words a mlnuto which should bo read out of a nowspapor by either of th parties prcbent. There was no ono who offered to take thu hot, but to obligo tho editor, Greenwood Green-wood consented to mako tho trial. Two wntohes wero produced a piece of newspaper news-paper matter selected, and at at tho word go, tho gentleman began to write, whllo Attorney Ryan read at a fair rato for about 57 seconds, when tho trinl was broken Into bv tho enteranco of a caller. Upon counting tho words it was found that just one hundred and twontyflvo had been written in tho fifty seven seconds. Wo woro vory much gratilled with this exhibition of tho nttornoy's Hklll, and It served to restoroour faith a littlo In tlio words of ono who talks about what ho can do. It oftens happens that such peoplo havo an extravagant idea of their abilities, but after this we shall be happy to Btrlko tho namo of this gentleman from our list of suoh people, |