Show blade him reel had when professor john tyndall lived in brooklyn many years ago he staid at what was then known as the dickenson Dick euson club it waa was kept by dr dickenson Dicke naon who owned a drug store on the ground floor and let out apartments in the upper stories to bachelors near the drugstore was a barber shop the proprietor of which waa was ready at a moments notice to talk on any subject ills 1 confidence in himself masoo was great that he never hesitated to set forth bis his views no me matter ater who occupied the tonsorial chair over which he presided one day professor tyndall asked dr dickenson if he be knew of a good barber and the doctor told him of our loquacious friend nut but said he although he be is an excellent barber you must bo be careful not to nay say a word to him otherwise he will never let up on you the next day the professor went in to get shaved and remindful of what the doctor had said he maintained a discreet silence and steadily resisted an attempts at conversation on the part of the barber the next day after dr dickenson went in to get shaved do you know who that quiet elderly gentleman was whom you shaved yesterday he asked why no said the barber 1 I only know I 1 get a word out of him well replied the doctor that was professor tyndall the celebrated physicist you dont say ty 11 exclaimed the barber fl nourishing his hi razor emphatically 1 I only w wish lab I 1 had known it I 1 would have upset a all 11 of his theories in alve minutes 11 brooklyn ly life lif |