The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-05
Axuarsa MISTAKES.
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to the public. and when the building
contained only the cases which were be-
ing ranged for the respective exhibits,
quite a crowd one Sunday fattened
their noses against the glass entrance
door 70 look at the contents OF q q 5
oontaininga pair of boots. . battered
hat. an orercoat much the worse for
wear, and . uecktie of many colors, tbs
report being circulated that the objects
belonged 70 King Dagobert, Robespier-
re, Of Charles Y. The enigma was
solved by a painter arriving aid throw
ing of his blouse and slippers. and
commanding to dress himself amidst,
what was spuzzle to him. loudlsugh-
ter. in which the police Joined.
Referring 70 mistaken ideas about
relics. recalls the story in Alderman pa
per about q certain professor, which Is .
parallel TO
HI I'LL STUNTS ADVENTURE
of Pickwick. This German antiquary
made the delightful discovery that a
stone placed oven q stable-door bore the
inscription 1851. II must have this
stone in my collection. cost what 1t
may" thought the savant. Calling n
tenant farmer. who was the proprietor,
the Professor said TO him eagerly; "tDid
you not obtain this stone from the cas-
tie ruinon the hill yonder?"
cit may DO that my grandfather
| fetched it thence when he built the sta
BILE" was the reply.
The antiquaiy then asked what he
would take for the stone.
Since you appear to have a fancy for
it, said the farmer. ''giye me forty
guldens and l viii bring it 10 your
house"
Rather a large sum- said tho Pro-
f~essor; ''bnt bring 1t to my residence.
and you shall have the money"
When in due course the farmer
brought the stone upon q truck. the
Jealous %antiquary turned It over TO re-
fresh his eyes with a sight of its veneer
able chronological inscription. not with
out anxiety that II might have been
damaged In its removal.
why" he exclaimed, "what Is thisP
This 10
NOT THE RIGHT STONE.
On the stone | bought from you was the
date 1881, while this bears the very
modern date of 1901, which proves that
the other was exactly 720 years older
than this"
'Do not trouble about that" said the
peasant 'The masons. you sec. sir.
turned the stone upside down when
they set it in the doorway. because il
fitted better that way. You can turn it
whichever way You like. but of course l
must have the money agreed upon"
The Professor. it is said. at once paid
the whole sum, and gave the man a
present besides to take away the stone
and say no more about the matter.
The numerous instances Of mistaken
identity on record are constantly re.
ceiying new additions. There Is an
amusing account of a French lady who
was very jealous of her husband. and
determined to watch his movements.
On one occasion, when he told her no
was going to Versailles, she followed
him, keeping him in sight until she
missed him in q passage leading to the
railway station. Looking about her fol-
a few minutes. she saw q man coming
~ of a glove-shop with a rather over.
dressed lady. Making sure from the
distance that this man was her husband,
she came suddenly up. and. without q
word of warning, gave him three OF
four boxes on the ear. The instant the
gentleman turned round she discovered
her mistake, and, at the same time
caught sight Of her husband. who had
merely called ut q t~obacconist's. and
was crossing the street. There was
nothing for It but to faint in the arms OF
the gentleman whose ears she had
boxed, while the other lady moved
away to avoid O scene. The stranger,
astonished to find an unknown lady in
his arms, was further startled by a gen.
tleman seizing him by the collar and
demanding what he meant by embrac-
ing that lady.
"Why. she boxed my ears and then
tainted" exclaimed the aggrieved gen.
tleman.
.She is my wifer' shouted the angry
husband, land would never have struck
you without o cause" And worse than
angry words would probably have fol
lowed had not the cause of the whole
misunderstanding recovered sufficient
ly to explain how it all happened.
A London paper gave an account of
another case of mistaken identity in
connection with q distinguished person.
nge. An aged couple in high lifc. who
were celebrating their golden wedding,
by way of concluding the festivities on
that occasion adjourned with the chill.
dren and their respective belongings &c
q theatre, in which to accommodate SC
largo q party two boxes had been
knocked into one. The Oldest son, who
strongly resembles his Royal High
moss
II PRINCE OF WALES.
stepped forward and occupied the cen-
ter seat with the ladies of the party be-
side him; upon which the orchestra
struck up the national anthem, and the
audience rose to their feet en- mdsse,
the innocently unconscious party, Of
course. doing the same themselves.
There is no doubt that people of rath-
er unusual proportions had an awkward
time of it when the Claimant was ut
large. A story goes that q corpulent
gentleman once took a box at Canter-
bury Hall. First one person. then
another. eyed him, until at length the
counterpart Of the Claimant became the
center of observation. A cheer arose,
the singing was suspended. and an
ovation was the result. The supposed
Sir Roger rose and bowed his acknowl-
Judgments. But this was not enough.
He must speak. The manager an
nounced that ''Sir Roger had a cold.
and could not speak. Fearing the
consequence, if the audience discovered
their mistake, he had the Claimant
removed as quietly rs possible in n cab
sent in a roundabout way to his home.
II INTOXICATED BRlcKLAYER
who squared up to a post. and main
tanned a one-sided fight. affords an alb
surd illustration of mistaken identity.
but if we a rely upon newspaper re.
ports, such ludricous incidents are sur.
passed by several which have happened
in the ~neighborhood of Morcambe.
Some time ago the body of what was
snnnnsed hv The discnverer tn be n hu,