Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-15


The quail eating contest in New York
two uuails 81 6av.-for. thirty c6nsectt-
tive days-created considerable interest
throughout the country. "A week ago
to-day administrations called at
the desk OF q Nine-street restanraat, and
said to tbs. honest German who was in
charge:
/ 1T can eat the hind sights right often
Walcott.' sesIy 10 a.,
. Vat dot you say2'
Il say can eat.the hind sightsrright
,offen that trand, in New York, who is
.tryin to eat two quails day Tor thirty
II bate you on dot and the German
went down for his roll. "a. 81 d'.1 "a
So" How much VIII you bet 1 can't
it," said thu. sad-ayed man. aei sta ssyix
II bate you two, dree, six, several
tollars''
Make it ten and. I'll 90 YOU =
The German wanted to put up the
money, but. the sad eyed man not hafv.
ing the amount with him, a compromise
was fixed up ON the basis that the.sad;
eyed party was to-estfeur Gua a day
instead OF two, each man being putt on
his honor as to the. stakes. ,.I..3
.'Ven you gommence"' asked the
German who was radiant over the irnff
mense odds which he had obtained ii
the compromise. 'S'.'- -------
ANY time-right now, if You say
&C." n,. :. .sa,I saf :. ,snsf
-Four broile gwail,y right away,
quick!''' called out the German to his
cook. go ~ isA %"
The ouails were producedi and the
sad eyed man 1'cKfy disposed of them.
together with two cups OF coffee and a
dish of French pease. 3Hi2a 81 veb ssd'o
He called the next day and late four
more. with several extra s.de-dishes. 81.
Next day the same.
Same the next day. 20 80" "od
People began to drop in to see the sad-
eyed man eat.
Yesterday the restaurant man hailed
an Enquirer reporterlas he was passing
his place, and said: IA .q. 81; q ljioc
Il Want you to gife dot loaver a plast
in der papers. 49, " w '''' :"
What loafer?''. I "a gev ) hy=zdsiuq
"Dot son oY gun dot. bate me zen
tollar he eat four gwail day for Thirty
respectable days, -
Did he win?'' NJ
"Vin nottings: He Eeen Won schwin-
dler!' ODER he cooms in mine house
again l schlag him mfta pung start ct! y
Our German friend was too much eX-
asperated to proceed intelIigently;, but
his clerk explained that the sad-eyed
man called regularly for four days, Cit
ing four quails each day, together with
ct ceteras. and on departing the fourth
day paused on the threshold. . bowed
low to the. proprietor, praised his, excel
lent cooking, said he would take pleas
ure in recommending. our place to his
friends. and promised to see us later.
"when quails are ripe next year, 1and
he was gonea ol isaal ~ s... bar aeso
IDIOTS s. itn' exclaimed the frenzied
and apoplectic proprietor: "dots It.
und l want you to gite him plast in
Der Cincinnati Enquirer. ''a0al u
. The reporter promised that the En-
.qs;rer would give him a broadside that
would lift him clear out OF water.F-7 Gin
.cinnati Enquirer. 5t,,., .,:.,...,.,,-
"A gentlemen of moment, in fact the
Rev. Alfred H. Moment; has been
lecturing in New York on the power of
the press. which .he,considers unlimited
for good in the world. At present there
are 1000 papers in this country, WHICH
indicate a power that no individuaf' can
calculate. But it must be admitted