Show Humorous Experiences ol ot Western Prospector Clarence E. E Eddy tho the western rn pot poet o t- t prospector rec recently In speaking o of humorous hu im morons morou c experiences said humor of facts ia It often a as good gooda goodas a as 8 that lint of or fiction From my own own experience expo expo- rl I 1 recall a R few Items Items' that 1 know have never neve I boon bein In print On a n. hot day sonic somo years a ago o oI I happened to be 00 In a strange c city broke thou though h I had on good 1001 clothes 1 taTted started out tut to tn look for Cor work worl and among oilier othor places I tried was was was' tile the city employment office It was In cha H of or a a. politician a l lvery very serious person with an eye Co to tho the good will of or all possible voters oters Doubtless Doubt- Doubt less lesa he lie had a dream that ho hI would ome day bo bl an ald alderman rn n. n He lie sized up my six six- foot oot pound frame and with Cran frank and friendly confidence said I 1 am surprised surprise that t you want work You look too Intelligent I would have taken you OU to he 00 a saloon k keeper a bartender bartender bar tender tonder or a II hotel proprietor There Thre IH is a peculiar of 01 humor that befalls newspaper d editors It 0 Once when I 1 Iwas was waH running a paper r In a town of about a Swede came Into Ino the office and said mid How much would you take to print news hews In your paper poper A 4 pool loot nf or unlettered muse wrote me mc meIn In the dr drear ar December and wild said I 1 enclose you ou UK thc following poem which I have Ju Just t writ i 1 will pay you ou I my subscription when i 1 wo see you In June When Whon 1 I was running a mining publication cation In iii a camp where whisky and poker pol po- po l lter ker cr were great factors facton my printer once got ol so drunk he pulled off orr his clothes and went wont lo to had bod on the billiard table FLashy Fi Finally Fl FL- ashy nally I 1 had to tl tire fire him but in going oln out of or the tho country he be borrowed more mote motley on my credit than 1 I myself could have got ot Then Thou 1 I sent and got sot a religious ious printer r. r a it who had not taken n t drink for twenty one He was wag a great curiosity to the boys hOs about camp One Une of them with a a. solemn high keyed drawl exclaimed exclaimed- There are some people that get along alone without but Ill I'll be If tr I 1 Isco Isee see how th they stand It While Whilo I 1 ran that pap paper t I 1 got many queer Inquiries One Ono from fi it party at the Grand Central hotel In Chicago was waa written on a post card carll and said Hald Please mo me a copy of your jour valuable val val- mining paper al also o any other ether I al in information information In in- formation you OU have havo oi on mining Another inquiry was How far do you ou usually have to get out in the tho woods before beCore you begin to find the goldI gold old I waa was once out hunting with wit a n man an who was very deaf den When he camo came back to camp I shouted a Did Dici you ou see sec any deer I Only one ono he lie said and I 1 never would e have seen that If Ir I 1 had not heard It Jump I l know a man who wanted to be appreciative ap ap- ap to lo the superintendent of or a great smelting plant How ilow long have you been In this busIness business bus bus- iness Incas he asked Twenty seven years ears said the su Sn- Sn pe rin te ml en t. t Well ell said the other I 1 figured It would take brains to run a business like this A 4 good f fellow who sometimes wont want to the bad through drink was WRt recovering erin from a lon long protracted Ho He looked very seedy and went wont In to get a II shave Later h he came out with an nn Immaculate face that contrasted strangely and said Ive 1 got to havo have six abc bits more more the tho suns of or guns JUns gave ave me a a. massage Speaking of or barbers and with re regard for lor their work I recall that once when I had een all winter writing wilting editorials and poetry on a n labor paper I had grown Ion long I hair Finally I went Into a f barber barbershop barbershop barbershop shop and got Fot a hair cut a shave and a shampoo all Just as the barber asked aked He lie must have Judged me an caS easy mark for Cor the old watch racket for or finally ho he leaned and said to his over partner Frank have ha you got that watch you wanted to sell yesterday Lots Lot's show It to this gentleman In In conclusion I 1 would say that an n item of oC humor I J have most appreciated is that of or Munchausen who when net lid upon b by a huge huc bear and h having no other means of defense held the brute bruto off orf by both paws until It starved to death |