AN ACCOMMODATING MAN.
Just before noon yesterday some carpenters who were repairing a building on Jefferson Avenue, called iipon a pedestrian to help hoist a long pole, which w 7 as to form a scaffold support. When it was up he was asked to steady the pole, and unknown to him it was made fast at the top w r ith a rope. The carpenters went out on the other side of the building, going to dinner, and said nothing to the accommodating man in front. He thought they were a good while getting ready, but h 3 kept his brace against the pole for a long half hour, fearing each moment that it would overpower him and fall across the street. At length a boy came along, saw how things ware, and cried out : " You can't steal that pole unless you untie the rope at the top." The accommodating man stepped back, realised his position, and the way he kicked a bunch of shingles to pieces forced the boy to exclaim : " Well, now, I've seen a good many men get mad, but I never saw a mad man's teeth hang out as his do."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 224, 10 January 1877, Page 2
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195AN ACCOMMODATING MAN. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 224, 10 January 1877, Page 2
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