Show MADE ROACHES HIS FRIENDS act of artemus ward that had far reaching effect george V a veteran journalist of cleveland remembers artemus ward well ward called on me lie he said the other day the ho night before one of its hia panorama lectures lecture ai there some three or four largo large reaches scurrying about my room and they attracted hla his attention 1 I am very fond ot of roaches reaches he said once tit in my own lionie home I 1 found I 1 ft roach reach struggling in a bowl of water I 1 took a n halt half walnut shell and put him in it it made a good boat I 1 gave g him a couple of toothpicks for oars next morning I 1 saw that lie he had fastened a hair to one of the toothpicks and had bad evidently been fishing then overcome with exhaustion lie ho 11 had ad fallen asleep the sight moved me I 1 took him out washed him gave hi him ill a spoonful 0 of boiled belled egg and let him go 0 that roach never forgot my kindness and now my home is full of roaches |