Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1881 — A Sharp Barber. [ARTICLE]

A Sharp Barber.

Gus de Smith is not very prompt in paying his debts. He is also in the habit of getting shaved on the credit system. Yesterday he was in the barbershop getting shaved, but somehow he did not enjoy it very much, for his chin was bleeding in several places. “ What in the Hades is the matter of that razor ? I reckon it has not been sharpened in an age,” said Gus. “Idunno what’s de matter wid de razor, sah. I always shaves you wid the same razor, and I sharpened dig heah razor on de berry same day you paid me for de last shave, and jess as soon as you makes an nuder payment I’ll sharpen it some moah,” said the tonsorial artist. — TexCts Siftings. A new file should always be used with a light pressure until the very thin sharp edges are worn off, after which a heavier pressure may be used with much less danger of the teeth crumbling at the.top or breaking off, at the base. Every tilei should keep a partially-worn file to be used first on chilletLsurfaces or, gritty skin of castings, or on'a weld where borax or similar fluxes have been employed, or on the glazed surface of saws after gumming.