Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-12
ANNOYED BY WOMEN.
Some Californians With a Fellow
Feeling for Ex-senator Sharon.
Queer Anecdotes Of the Troubles That
San Prauoisoans Have Fad,
Charles DeYoungs Fear of Specialized
Blondes-Luke Baldwin's I'm
welcome Embrace.
Philadelphia Tlmes.

Philadelphia Times.
the Sharon divorce suit, lust ended
recalls to mind many of the oddities of
the old Californians, who, although
they were never sued by women for
alimony, were peculiarly susceptible
to the Establishments of womanly
smile.
la 1868, Capt. John C. Garter.
United States navy, was in charge of
the lighthouse department ofthe Pa.
ci1c coast, and was sitting in his cozy
Office on Montgomery street, enjoying
his morning pipe, when a
gentleman entered in a hur-
~, confused and excited
Commodore! have you a cutter. a
steam launch or a small-sized frigate,
Jhat can get to the Sandwich islands?j
said his visitor, approaching the old
southern gentleman and looking him
The captain, who was a genuine gen
tleman, one of the First Families of
virginia, and appreciated Joke as
Wen as the next one, thought his visi-
tor was joking, and said:
II can yet you a Chinese junk. n
that will suit your
mo, no, commodore, / am in ear
1
get away for "A week or a few DAYS -
Whats the matter?n auerisd the
old naval officer, who was now assErgd
his visitor was In earnest.
We'll, | am annoyed to death nv a
woman who claims that am her bus.
band and that have 81 900 600 in the
Bank of California belonging TO her y
The visitor was Ralston, the cashier
of the Bank of California, who 80 un-
fortunately ended his life few years
later.
GIRLS QUEER DREAM.
Charles Crocker, when superintend.
ent OF the Central Pacific railroad long
before he became wealthy, used to
be annoyed by a young girl
living in Sacramento who visited
his Office dally-their Off then being
In that ctty-lOoked in at him, smiled
and thea walked out AT last it be-
came so annoying he had one of of his
clerks to ask her errand.
VI dreamt three times he was to
marry me, and in my dream / was
told l was to visit him daily until he
spoke; but he does not seem to speakw
And he never did speak.
A prominent author of Chinese
poetry, of whom more jokes are told
than of any other living writer, was
annoyed for many months byR daugh-
ter OF Chinese tea merchant,
on kesrney street, writing him
Chinese poetry-pOetry that would
destroy the appetite OF
cannibal. IL WAS annoying, aud as he
had no ambition 10 assume the respon-
slbility OF MonPolian wife, even IL
the idea was celestial, he made up his
mind To find out how she had become
smitten with him and what were her
Intentions. So he called upon Hing
Lung, and asked him IL he knew his
daughter was indlting him poetry.
"Poultly belly good -
Yes, l am aware of that hut NJ
mean what does Miss Lung write to
"Allee ssmee Mclean girl; she belly
glood girl !"
" Yes, my dear cir, but cannot com.
prehend how ! have Interested her; II
lever met herr
Alice ssmee All Sin, he washee
you, she slice you wsshee. She plood
gilrl; she glow to Slunday-sleool.V
He saw il was like trying to discover
the whereabouts of the Pillar OF Salt.
80 ne gave the matter up, only to as,
certain that Chinese laundrymap
mad found a piece OF poetry in his vest
pocket which he brought to Sunday
school for her 10 decipher, aud size
playfuily had attempted to Initiate Il,
ana stint her limitations to him, hoping