Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

boxed, while the other lady moved
away to avoid scene. The stranger,
astonished to find an unknown lady in
his arms, was further startled by gem
tleman Selling him by the collar and
demanding what he meant by embrac-
ing that lady.
s'Why. she boxed my ears and then
tainted" exclaimed the aggrieved gen
tleman.
.'She is my wifer' shouted the angry
husband, sand would never have struck
you without 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 distinguished person
age. An aged couple in high life, who
were celebrating their golden wedding,
by way of concluding the festivities on
that occasion adjourned with the chill.
dren and their respective belongings tc
a theatre, in which to accommodate SO
large q party two boxes had been
knocked into one. The eldest son, WIG
strongly resembles his Royal High.
nezS
THE 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 enc maSse,
the innocently unconscious party, of
course, doing the same themselves.
There is no doubt that people ofrath-
er unusual proportions had an awkward
time of it when the Claimant was at
large. A story goes that corpulent
gentleman once took 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
edgments. But this was not enough.
He must speak. The manager an
nounced that s'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 as possible in cab
sent in roundabout way to his home.
THE INTOXICATED BRICNAYER
who squared up to a post, and main
tanned a one-sided fight. affords an alb
surd illustration of mistaken identity,
but if we can rely upon newspaper re-
ports, such ludrieous incidents are sur
passed by several which have happened
in the neighborhood of Morcambe.
Some time ago the body of what was
supposed by the discoverer to be hui
man being was found lying on the
beach near the place above named,
having undoubtedly been left there by
the receding tide. The usual prepare
tons for holding an orthodox inquest
were put in force and kept going, until
the examination of a medical man
proved the suspected human corpse to
be but the corpse of monkey, which
had probably been thrown overheard
from some ship, and which so closely
resembled in appearance a human be-
ing as to require doctor to tell the diff
ference. Such a mistake looks either
like a gross flattery upon dead monk
eY or an unconscious satire upon hui
man nature, calculated to delight all
believers in the Darwinian theory.
A not unnatural mistake was that
made by the policeman who arrested a
Dublin youth under what appeared to
be
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
The young gentleman referred to was
at party in the Irish capital, and
joined with great spirit in a game of
forfeits. Amid the fun and merriment
it was proposed that to regain his for
felt, he should pay visit to the turf
stacks on the adjacent canal bank and
bring some turf into the room. Think
ing only of the diversion that his re-
turn, with an armful of turf would Gre
ate, he Immediately fastened to the
place indicated, filled his arms, and was
in the act of returning, when to his
horror he became aware that police
man was in pursuit. Almost para
lyzed with fright, he dropped his bur-
den and awaited the officers arriv-
al
80, constable" he stammered, give
been playing game OF fOrfeits, and
was told to bring some turf from the
canal into the house,
':Not bad story, but you'll have
to come with me,' declared the con-
stable.
There had been continued complaints
of -pilfering, SO, regardless of his
protestations, the unlucky youth was
locked up for the night. The first in
tina.ion his merrymaking friends re-
ceived of his whereaLou was when
next morning they heard that he had
been explaining the mistake TO the
presiding magistrate, who fortunately
comprehended the case in moment
and dismissed it.
A MISCONCEPTIONS AS LUDICROUS,
but in which the policeman figured less
creditably than the one just referred to,
took place in the Isle of Man. At
Deemster's court in Ramsay 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 to the
witness an ancient-looking dilapidated
book, which, on being examined, proved
to be New Testament. The Deems
ters attention being called to it. he
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