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Have played variety houses and vaudeville houses; have slept in a box car one night, and a swell hotel the next; have been a traveling salesman (could spin as many yarns as any of them). HAVE PLAYED THE VARIETY HOUSES AND VAUDEVILLE HOUSES HAVE SLEPT IN A BOX CAR ONE NIGHT AT A SWELL HOTEL THE NEXT HAVE BEEN A TRAVELLING SALESMAN COULD SPIN AS MANY YARNS AS ANY OF THEM
ngs just petered out. I was slush cook on an Ohio River Packet; check clerk in a stave and heading camp in the knobs of Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; I helped lay the track of the M. K. & T. R. R., and was chambermaid in a livery stable. Made my first appearance on the stage at the National Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, and have since then chopped cord wood, worked in a coal mine, made cross ties (and walked them), worked on a farm, taught a district school (made love to the big girls), run a threshing machine, cut bands, fed the machine and ran the engine. Have been a freight and passenger brakeman, fired and ran a locomotive; also a freight train conductor and check clerk in a freight house; worked on the section; have been a shot gun messenger for the Wells, Fargo Company. Have been with a circus, minstrels, farce comedy, burlesque and dramatic productions; have been with good shows, bad shows, medicine shows, and worse, and some shows where we had landlords singing in the chorus. LEFT HOME OR RATHER HOME LEFT ME THINGS JUST PETERED OUT I WAS A SLUSH COOK ON AN OHIO RIVER PACKET CHECK CLERK IN A STAVE AND HEADING CAMP IN THE KNOBS OF TENNESSEE VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA I HELPED LAY THE TRACK OF THE M K AND T R R AND WAS CHAMBERMAID IN A LIVERY STABLE MADE MY FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE IN CINCINNATI OHIO AND HAVE SINCE THEN CHOPPED CORDWOOD WORKED IN A COAL MINE MADE CROSS TIES AND WALKED THEM WORKED ON A FARM TAUGHT A DISTRICT SCHOOL MADE LOVE TO THE BIG GIRLS RUN A THRESHING MACHINE CUT BANDS FED THE MACHINE AND RAN THE ENGINE HAVE BEEN A FREIGHT AND PASSENGER BRAKEMAN FIRED AND RAN A LOCOMOTIVE ALSO A FREIGHT TRAIN CONDUCTOR AND A CHECK CLERK IN A FREIGHT HOUSE WORKED ON THE SECTION HAVE BEEN A SHOTGUN MESSENGER FOR THE WELL SPARGO COMPANY HAVE BEEN WITH A CIRCUS MINSTRELS FARCE COMEDY BURLESQUE AND DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN WITH GOOD SHOWS BAD SHOWS MEDICINE SHOWS AND WORSE AND SOME SHOWS WHERE WE HAD LANDLORDS SINGING IN THE CHORUS
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