The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-05

n apeft5 In LIE lIlsu e1pAhAls eAA
joined with great spirit in q game Of
forfsitz, Amid the fun and merriHlent
Il was proposed that 10 regain his for
felt, be should pay . visit 20 the turf
stacks on the adjacent eanai hank and
bring some turf into the room Think
ing only of the diversion that bis re-
turn, with an armful Of turf would ore
ate, he Immediately hastened 10 the
place indicated. filled his arms. and was
in the act of returning, when to his
horror be became aware that a police
man was in pursuit. Almost para
lyxed with fright, he dropped his bur-
den and awaited the officers arriv-
al.
20. constable. q he stammered. s.Fre
been playing . game Of forfeits, and
was told TO bring some turf from the
canal into the house,
mot . bad story, but you'll have
70 come with me- declared the con-
\ There had been continued complaints
Of turtpilfering, 90. regardless Of his
protestations, the unlpcky youth was
locked up for the night The first in
timation his merrymaking friends re-
ceived OF his Whereabouts was when
next morning they heard that he had
been explaining the mistake TO the
presiding magistrate, who fortunately
comprehendsd the case in q moment
and dismissed It
MIscoNcKPTIoN AS LUDIcRoUs,
but in which the policeman figured less
creditably than the one Just referred 10.
took place in the Isle Of Man. At q
Deemster's court In Ramsay a jew was
about to be sworn TO give evidence. As
Jews are always sworn on the Old Tes-
lament, and not the New, the Deemster
requested the constable In attendance to
fetch an Old one. After . while that
worthy returned, and handed 10 the
witness an anoientlooking dilapidated
book, which, on being examined, proved
to be q New Testament. The Deems
ter's attention being called to it. he
asked the constable why he had not
brought an Old Testament, 10 which
the innocent reply was: PLEASE your
Honor, 1t was the Oldest one l could
find"
An amusing blunder was made once
by a dyer, who was given by q farmer
four flannel shirts 70 be dyed a fast gray
color. instead of which he dyed them
blue. On wearing the garments, the
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farmer c~uriously expressed it, ''he
look ed like = red indiana and as it cost
him several shillings in baths TO turn
himself into q white man again. he sued
the dyer and obtained damages.
LUDIcIoUs
is reported to have occurred at the
opening OF a bazar in Glasgow. at which
the Princess Louise and the Marquis
Of Lorne were present. A distinguished
Clergyman was called upon by the
Chairman to conduct devotional exer-
cises and the reverend gentlemen had
commenced to real. when -four pipers
Of a Highland regiment. owing to some
misunderstanding, struck up with a
wild shrek on the bagpipes. by way of
a preliminary to s.The Campbells are
Coming" The music was promptly
stopped; but the solemnity of the pro-
ceedings had Of course been shaken.
An embarrassing incident, we are
told. once happened to an Englishman
in Rome. Entering one OF the churches
in that city. as a service was going on.
he sat quietly down, placing his hat on
the ground beside him. Some little
time passed, and as there seemed no
immediate prospect of the ceremony
coming TO an end. he reached for his
hat, in order to leave. but was stopped
by an unseen hand, which grasped from
behind. Thinking some custodian OF
the church wished him to remain till the
end of the service. he again waited: but
his patience becoming exhausted, he
again reached for his hat, and again he
was prevented from going in the same
manner. Convinced that the service
was some really important one, the
Englishman once more delayed his
departure; but at the expiration of a
quarter Of an hour he determined to go
In spite of etiquette, SO he repeated the
same maneuver in the direction of his
head-covering. A third time the same
hand detained him; but as he deter
minedly resisted its grasp, a voice be-
hind him exclaimed in English: II beg
your pardon. but that is my hat you are
taking" Such was the fact; he had
been detained all this while because
each time he had reached in mistake
for the hat Of another stranger placed
in close proximity to his own.
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