The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-05
"THE LOUNGER. "

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to stake everything on success.
Most of US are imbued with ideas OF
fair play, but occasionally it happens
that fellows are so eager to win that
they lose all respect for their OPP
ponents and take advantage OF
every trifie to get the better in the
contest. AS a rule, the spectators
take their cue from the side in which
they are interested, and do their
yelling and shouting on that under
standing, hut it is very seldom that
they assist materially in the result
of a game. Here is an instance,
tho in which cunning spectator
won a game for the side which he
favored. A short time ago our base
ball nine went up to northern vii
lage to play nine up there. We
thought when we started that we
were going to play, but I do not
think that we ought to call contest
such as that, play; it was fight
against the decencies of the game.
One of the spectators distinguished
himself by holding the ball in his
wagon until the runner had circled
the bases. The pitcher got in the
way of one Of our base-runners who
was running home from third, and
threw him. There were tin horns,
bowling dogs, and shouting boys in
brass buttons. Well, it was fun,
but we don't want to go there any
more. OF course we did not win
the game, and hence these tears.
There is a decided improvement
in the methods of entertaining our
young people in this town. Every
invitation a short time ago had
dancing" ''drive whist, or ''pro-
gressive euchre'' engraved in tha
left corner, but I received an invi-
tation last week which broke this
run. In the left corner of the card
was written Conversation. s" Now
l am not much on the "talk' ques-
ton, but I regarded that announce
ment in the light of compliment to
the intellectually of our young peo-
pie. l could not go, but / hear that
the evening was quite pleasant
one. See how things turn out. If
I had gone the prize would have
been lost to the school, inasmuch as
the fellow who went in my place was
voted the most entertaining man of
the evening, and such result never
could have been obtained with me.
He showed me his programme and
there was a list of interesting sub
jects on it.
x X
The school horse is once more in
Lis stall. Prince hath returned,
but how changed. A young Eng
lishman last winter took him into
the country to keep him until the
summer blossoms came. He kept
him, and if he had kept him a week
or so longer he would have had his
grave to keep green in memory of
the horse which he had sworn to
love and cherish, and feed with oats
and hay. | have learned this
When a man comes forward in dis
interested sort of way and offers to
keep horse for you, don let him;
you just offer to sell him the horse
under the condition of buying him
back if he is in good order. You
save the horse, and you save a good
deal of money. Your horse won t
get the heaves-this fellow hads the
impotence to say that it was good
sign for horse to heave, as you
were sure then that he was breath
ing, and there would be no
risk of burying comatose
horse = and you will be on
friendly terms with the fellow.
''What to do with a horse when he
is run down. is subject on which
I am willing and DESTROYS to receive
communications. Enclose ten cents
in postage stamps when you write,
SO that I may tell you how the horse
gets on under your treatment
%*
A few nights ago Lloyd was up
here, and in the course of our con-
versation I said something which
elected from him the remark, "You
are fool. - He thought I was 60
ing to argue the point with him, or
consult him in legal way with a
view to action for defamation of
character, but to his surprise [
shook hands with him and told him
I was awfully glad to have my own
opinion confirmed, as I had been
thinking the whole day that [ was
what he said I was, and I was glad
not to be fooled. It was all on &C.
count of the aforesaid horse. Say,
did YOU ever own a horse? Go and