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iplete* .•elect me oficira.choiceng ineoiion )! tau* Utf by 1, and cereal* 11 80-d the a the 3 ei ni-al aria andtniver*ere of r, and . The aro ex* \y thei—Mrlorwiee se, ha* of hie . The.ablish-ly feet re will b, each , water nienoei■ entire ith tea. igaatly m a re-der the it dkill-m the plunge atj’two nd and o prem* dfio the vater ia r, oecn-two ar-to two for hot he new ;be firatit ia that needs medicine, which upon ascertaining be communicates with a wink to his associate?, end some remark not calculated to improve the health of tbe patient* could he hear it. When compelled to leave the store, which he does with re* luctance, the loafer usually gets trusted” for a cake of soap or a cigar.THE HOTEL LOAFER.This individual doeB not train with the olasa previously mentioned, unless hard up. On the contrary, ho emergea from his cheap boarding bouse shortly after work, ateps into a cigar shop, smells of twenty or thirty different brands of cigars under pretence of selecting a genuine Havana, bites the end off from a fifty cent cigar, then takes a Jive center, which be lights, and then informs the tobacconist that it will be necessary to “charge it, and departs before the latter gets his expletives comfortably ready for discharge. The H, L. thangoes to tho principal hotel in the city where he occupies three or four chairs for half an hour, while he excavates the particlea of bean soap from his cvernoaa molars, and informs hia neighbor that the Porahall House venison is too tough to be healthy. He looks over the register and indulges in copious draughts of ice water, looks into the reading-room a momtnt, and flaally passes through into the roomspatronized by theBILLIARD ROOM LOAFERS These latter chapa are generally those who cannot raise sufficient means to pay for a game with the balls,but who take a seat overlooking the tables, and after each shot venture a remark as to how it could have been more skillfully executed. He keeps a close scrutiny upon the “stringoverhead to see that no oheating ia indulged in by either party. The billiard room loafer delights to fiad o oonple of amateurs manipulating the ivory; it is then that ho is in his clement, and betwosu his offers to make that shot for tlje player,11 and sage counsel as to “keeping the ball together/1 be manages to get the pl^yera so confused that enjoyment of the game is impossible. He Also watches the game of a professional” with, much interest, and is continually in the way of the play-ed the N of Mr. ^ offer, no' see the c the vetei tare of t have foe of acute spinal«improvi:Dr. BailMterdaylc, Kan-era# but nothing daunts him. We haveseen one of these leeches doubled up by the big end of $ billiard cue striking him in the pit of the stomach, but ho oame up;o Neva-d in at Denver, vo been d if you take atsk, tinwill re-wcn ofif cod in eather ia \oh Den*leoty of we arepromptly at the next efcot# smiling, andVarieties.—From several part* of the state come tough take of the tough times, which reodor it tough for a poor man to get his broad and msat, and when he does get itthe latter ie too tangh for mastication.The latest news item relating to the manner in which markst-man infringe upon Goodyear1* patent,” i# jhafc from Mercer, where a ohap with poor teeth says that the firmness of beefsteaks badness him to believe that some sordid speculator# ere trying to bull the meat market.—Tho night* are very favorable now for eleigh-riding, with the exception that there ie hardly enough of the beautiful enow” to make everything lovely on the toad. Bat the weather and tha moonlight are of that delightful character that fists young couples to thinking of sleigh-bolls and buffalo robes, find, judging from what we know about sparking, lbs first fail of snow will render Ihe matrimonial market lively, and toll-taking at the bridges on the Pieasantville road will largely exceed those at the regular gates.—The streets are sloppy and theoroaiings in that condition that make* everybody but boot-blaoka and laundrymen unhappy.We had touches of winter weather y##tor-day morning, at noon it was srpinglike and bland, and the day clostd with one of the moat dreary of November aunwta. Thete lengthening evening* are eipscially adapted foe the home cottier, if you have hare ono, and if not, spend at least a brief portion of the time in making arrangements for ono of your own. There are several member* ol the bachelor’s club still left, wboie namta we should Jike to see registered at tho Cataract Homo next June, with those of their partn era. iZup* pinets lovea company, yon know.'1—An old traveling diatilltry, who resides a short distance in the country, and who I* celebrated for the ease with which he converts Ms farm produota into “benzine/* was aeon walking in a zig-zag course up Brook street last evening, regardless of mud or slash. As he paaaad another pedestrian, h© vainly tried toasaume aiferect position and exolaimed: Hlc-hello# Mister, you bio haint scon nothing of an empty pair cf horaes and a wagon going up tbi* way, have yer ? * He received a nsga*tire answer, and itarifld on Ma winding *Mptucboilerof th#A Ni BostoaArtisanjzing th steam ej 1 am constant exhaust engine, power | aumptic can ba in w tho ensilt ofinches i sixty 1 boiltt i and filh carbon, baast si the top bottom; in pasai of tho \the bet*120 ° I heat of aulphid into vs; of fifty use to the au a* theis doinjufcing by part mersed the bol densed, not e xc forty g gioe fiuThealien ocouldplaoa o are bot fluids,pDfifldBuffalo#Hall, oniilr, 1871,, visiting peotfolly he Fresi-relary.5.I of thereniug atUnlock, to social ftS A falls with anentitled the first tat ion on u’b readywith, suggestion a as to using the bridge,and the right proportion of “English” to use on tho while ball/1ynE NEWSPAPER OFFICE LOAFERThis individual pOsacriei msny peou-liarjties not exhibited by the others. Hie favorite hour for loa6n^ ia just about that when the editor wishes to bo uninterrupted. He plant* himself in the edilor*a choir, and if undisturbed amuse* himself by looking over the contenla of the copybook. Ho opens the ox chan gee *wbioh tbo editor haa laid by for a leisure rao^ meet, and when be fimds anytbiog “good11 reads it aloud to the demoralization of the ideas of those at work In the vicinity. Heie continually suggesting a good hit,”which he desires the editor to get off’ on somebody,which if carried out would resale in the former getting a head put on him with ovoty edition of his paper. He dia-cover* typographical and other errors with the avidity of a profeasioral proof' reader, and when he performs a real service, by disclosing a news item of Itnt'ci-lance, he inaists ad froo paasea to all the amusements, andj over all the railrode diverging from the city. He is the last man to pay foi' hie paper, and the first tc grumble if it gets Tftined upon, or minea a single delivery. This individual haa one advantage over other*, which is b« diei young, and isebituarizzd by bis friend, the editor, with gleeful alacrity,MISCELLANEOUS.Then there is the clothing store loafer,way home. This is a frequent occurrence with this individual, and Ms empty team, by long practice, find it better to go I BE home without Mm thanjto carry the double 16r load which he usually forces them tojhibltioBlockcarrv.j;lift!avenaiFraser's Minstrels.—This oslsbnted ISD^ Pi icompany, from the Arch street theater, I *vemn Poiladelpbia, appear in tbit oity for two j nights only# November 29ch and SCHh.Thin troupe moludea some of the best talent that travelsr*Qd ia highly spoken of I 1 wherever they have appeared. The fol-1 OD lowing nottoe is from tho Elmira Adver-1 named iiscr of recent date: IProbably more laughing wag done at I ^ the Opera-houee last evening than on any I , “ other night ihta ssoson. The occasion of 1night nvmow vwMa.yu • tftjaitJthe hilarity wna an entertainmont given | c^net by-Fraaer’s Miostrda, ftnd the cause of 5Q0* the mirth wna tho Bonga, antlra and oper^- ®lions thereunto belonging and appertain-1 ting. The audience was comfortably large, bde there was fun enough for an audi-1 6 CCa do able the size of the one present J?art first waa good# part second was ex- h9* jellent, and the psntotnine was iromenie. I fish m Tho company will have an overflowing houBe when they visit u* again, which# nc oordiug to anno au cement# will be in aboutfour v/eeke. They can't come too soon, if they aurry.Javo'clcc! and hCHifig*! *UiriTED Prhsryterian lervieo wilLbe held m the Baptist church to-morrow af- ] ternoou at o’clock.TwChoice celery# aweot potatoes# Hubbard equaab, and all kinds of vegetablea, at SbauVe.seventuoul)fttely.VllL’e XJ. S. P. bitter* carea dy*p*p*i*. 1 nov^
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Titusville Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Nov 25, 1871
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