Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-01

nail. linen he went TO stop this foolish
ness in the good old fashioned way and
trouble commenced. 1t was a go-as-
-please-match, no fouls below the
belt, for a few seconds, and then a jar
that caused several to begin to climb
out. underline impression that the build
ing was falling, shook the ground for a
block or two, and Frank went to grass.
Ii Frank hadn't had rubber hustle the
consequences would have been terrible.
Having recovered from the shock
caused by the last catastrophe and
smoothing his hair down so his hat could
get within few inches Of his head the
member of .sour own moved over into
corner to better survey the scene; while
here he was struck with the look of rapt
attention which the skaters all seemed
to pay to the floor. Thinking they had
lost something the pencil shower was
about to offer his assistance in the search
when light broke upon him and he
became aware that this was brought
about by concentration of all the en-
ergies on the point of those pesky
skates.
He had just commenced generaliza-
ton upon this subject, had divided it off
into heads and reached thirdly, when
the train of thought was knocked into
smithereens by having a handsome
young lady caromed in his arms. She
hastily explained that it was all owing
TO those mischevious skates and the re-
porter readily forgave her, but for
fear that another might come to grief
in that corner he heorically maintain
ed his position and had in a few NOM
ents attained an agility in lodging fly
ing skates and erratic human bodies,
that he would have sworn few hours
before, could not have came with months
of practice. 1t was the FIRST time he
had ever been under fire, but bystand-
ers say he behaved like q veteran.
Finding the young ladies had quit
caroming in that corner he finally re-
tired in good order.
The average standing capacity ofthose
in the freshman classes had so improved
by this time that the monotony was be-
coming tiresome and the reporter was
about to declare all bets off for that
evening, when the rotund form and
shapely legs of OFT Stevens came into
view Taking a hasty survey of the
supporting columns and calling to mind
a remembrance that Eugene had put a
good foundation under the building, the
reporter concluded TO remain. Some
how OFT seemed to be troubled with
corns or something of the sort. But if
he expected to control those miniature
cart-wheels he was sadly mistaken.
They had been their own masters too
long for that. Al one time the reporter
was searching around for his last nickle
to bet on OFT, as that individual having
apparently conquered, struck out boldly
for liberty and power. 1t was fortunate
the nickle eluded the pursuing fingers
for a second later OFT was seen to be
struggling frantically with the atmos-
phere. 1t was thick but not thick
enough for his purpose and with a thun-
dering crash he took a cropper that
brought down pile of bed Stats and
other furniture on top of him.
This was too much for ''our own
and he fled incontinently As he saw
OFT around the street as jovial as ever
the next day the presumption is that he
got the pieces togethero in reasonably
good shape.
There were rumors a6oat of festive
occasion in the afternoon where OFT,
John Wright Charley Knapp, and
others, played a limited engagement to
a select audience, but of this the re-
porter cannot state on his own personal
knowledge and therefore it cannot be
received as evidence.
The conclusion of the whole matter
is, however, if you are in quest of fun
get some of the boys and go down to
the rink. But it's a bad place for any
one who is searching for an anti-fat
remedy.