, 1880-12-26

chance to extend charity which the Lord
will sanction": while pnet ntddle-age man
pulled out upon the eXaHlderman ticket
puo pledge of the; the Chicago Roman's Christian
iTHeGa The repeater a % was not conspicuous by his
absence. He made his appearraWncaa rWa as a+n rego
ary as The Ranhcan nrary vo!ef He
was not harshly treated, however. re got
his turkey or his chicken a. second TIME,
Mr. Jonas acting upon the theory that II ne
had not needed a second supply he would
There was no attempt made to question
the worthiness Of any OF the applications:
Occasionally people applied whose dress and
general appearance indicated that turkey and
their yearly, possibilities; but the only ques,
non asked them was, "Do you need it?', and
an affirmative answer was followed
at once by . gift. The Size & Ct the dona, NJ
ton depended 9Ron tue S1e OF and III Il
very soon got to be. seen that when the fan-
fly was reported to be over four in number
the supply was doubled, after which tue
number Of families less than i've III numoer
was very few indeed.
In a couple Of hours the supply ct good
things ral, out, and from this time until noon
Alr. Jonas kept courlers constantly running
between his place and South Water streeL Tor
fresh supplies Of turkeys and chickens t}ihd The
up every now and then with people. but the
fresh arrival Of few baskets of poultry
sent them away satisfied; and thus the sup
ply was made equal to the. OCCASION, ana
every one who came went nome Win In ms
and. after, the crowd on hand haa @
been made happy, the doors of the
plnce was closed and the Ex-Alderman went
off to his own home after q very nerit0r1ous
mornings work which had carried happl-
poso inn the hnmps 1T n1any hundreds.
WARDS OF THE COUNTY.
"Want to know what we are doing for the
prisoners to-day, do you ?' the jail turnkey
said to The TRIBUNE reporter who paid him
a Christmas visit at about II O'Clock yester-
day morning. swell, come here aud smell
for yourself"
The turnkey opened the door leading to
the subterranean recesses where the iall COOK
holds sway, and gave vent to an upward rush
of hot aud very savory atmosphere. There was
no denying the fact that sniff of the air was
about equal IN satisfying power to sllce OF
the turnkey that the evidences OF turkey
were OF a most overpowering description,
| and that visit to the kitchen, by way OF
cross,examinatton' was altoeether unneces-
"fhought you mtghtn't believe me when
| told you," the turnkey explained. 1es,
sir; there are 500 pounds of very tender tur-
| key cooking down there, and then there's an
extra supply OF vegetables, celery, and alto
rether q very square meal for the prisoners,
Of whom we have $40 on hand to-day"
The turnkey explained that besides what
the Jailer was doing for his prisoners, their
friends had. the day before, been most lavish
in their gifts From to 500 visitors had called
during Friday, and almost all Of them n = had &C
| mas dinner OF their friends. Under these
| circumstances, it will be seen that, IN the
matter OF Christmas dinner, the jail prison.
ers had nothing to complain Of
| During the morning Jailer Folz made a
| call upon each Of his guests, with grim
humor combining the pleasures ut q Christ
mas greeting with the business Of thor
ough oyerhauling OF the cells. This opera
ton lasted several hours. and resulted ill the
discovery of nothing out Of the way. With
| such large number OF prisoners on hand,
| the Jailer Is taking extra precautions anti it
| will require n very shreWd and ingenious
person to elude his vigilance.