The Rock Island Argus., 1882-11-21
LOCAL MELANGE.
A Young Journalist with
Grip of Enormous Pro-
portions
Who is Mistaken for a Sun
day School Convention
Delegate.
A ditional Information Re-
specting the Absconding
Ransom F. Page.
Rose Eytinge Tonight.
Even Animals and Birds
Rose Eytinge Tonight.
Even Animals and Birds
Pronounce the ElectrsC-
Light a Success.
JOHN JR. s GRIP.

n few nights ago young gentleman
not unknown to fame and the Rock Islant
House slowed away in capacious grip
sack collar, pair of socks, (hole in thu
heel of each,) and one or two othel
indispensable adjuncts of well-ordereC
wardrobe, preparatory to taking the 11:1i
p. m. train for Milwaukee on the c. NJ. s
st. p. road. After packing he came ul
town to have "a little fun with the boys
till train time, leaving his decidedly limpsy
| grip in the hotel effice There it was
found short time afterward by few in
corrigible jokers looking as if it had been
| trampled upon by herd of stampeded
| elephants. What pity, quoth they, that
an enterprising and rising young man
should be seen in public with such a col
lapSed affair as that. He couldn't put that
up anywhere for even an hours board and
lodging and as for blowing it up for hotel
purposes that was out of the question.
Then these kind hearted gentlemen went
to work and they put in that grip worn
out sample of pretty much everything on
the earth in the heavens above the earth
and in the waters under the earth and when
they got through and had closed and
strapped the sack it looked as if it might
belong to a Vanderbilt. About II
O'Clock the owner of the grip called
for his property and as it was near train
time he had nothing to do but to seize it,
while look of wonderment shot across
his manly co14ntaDaDca oud ctartad for
the depot, one of the jokers keeping him
company Every few rods he would
change hands, his load was so heavy, and
when he had reached the depot he was
pretty well blown. While waiting to 60
aboard the train several gentlemen return
ing to their respective homes from the
Sunday school convention looked at his
grip and inferring from its generous pro-
portions that he was zone of us" began to
sound him on the Means of Grace" and
other things with which he was not as
familiar as he might have been had he
been in some other than his real occupa-
ton. In fact one good brother well along
in years, graciously tapped him on the
shoulder with the remark Gas the future
of the Sabbath school, which has been
aptly called the nursery of the church,
must rest with you young men" There
there was groan from joker No. over
in the corner Il am rejoiced to know that
thus early, you have buckled on the armor
and trust that you will never be weary
in well doing" John chewed his mustache,
1 l.
the elderly brother for his kind sentiments,
but if a man was happy he was when
the train backed up to the depot platform
and he could go into a coach and read his
hymn book undisturbed. He planted the
grip where he could see it. as if fearful
that somebody would get it away from
him. About the time the train had reached |
Albany he resolved to take an account of
stock, with the following result: One
pack of cards which looked as if in service |
on the lower Mississippi twenty five years
ago. a brus h broom all worn out, a veneer
able duster, two or three empty bottles |
labeled for the occasion. an old pair of
shoes which might have done service in |
pilgrimage to Mecca, well worn copy of
Ingersoll's first book, few sheets of tissue
paper for the use of the good man when |
shaving, an old Wade & Butcher razor ac-
and so on. What rendered
the situation inexpressibly embarrassing
was the fact that two or three of the Sun
day school delegates including the elderly |
gentleman above referred to, sat so near
that they could see the entire business,
which gave it the appearance of grand |
give away. The young man. after going |
through his grip, leaned back in his seat, |
closed his eyes and inwardly declared by |
the great horned spoon that when he got |
back to Rock island he would be 'loade d |
for bear" and that hereafter if anybody |
else packed his grip it would be when he |
was in the arms of Murphy.