The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-05
BERGEN PoLKAs.

Louis Hecht, the popular assistant OF
Speer, the undertaken, went down to AS
| bury Park one day last week on business.
He was gone quite little time, and
when he came back Mr.. Speer asked him
If he saw the town. Louis said no, he
terward Louis was alone in the shop
with friend. and he commenced to tell
him how he had painted the Park deli
cate shade of red. Mr.. Speer dropped in
without Louis hearing him, and took in
the whole story. When Louis got
through he turned around, and there
stood Speer. OF course he tried to get
aut of it, but it was too good, and il any
one wants to see Mr.. Speer in good
huinor, he need only ask him TO tell how
he heard Louis story.
Andy Russell. the lovial policeman at
tached TO the Library Hall station, went
to the Catskills on vacation couple of
weeks ago. Andy IS very enthusiastic
fisherman, and after he arrived at the
hotel he fixed his tackle up. One of the
natives took Andy 20 q nearby brook for q
dollar and told him he could catch all the
trout he wanted. Andy fished all day
without even getting a nibbIe and at
dark went back TO the hotel, where he re-
Lated his DAYS adventures. When he got
through he was greeted with laugh.
Andy rot mad aud demanded an expla-
nation. He get it. The brook where re
had been fishing was drvoid Of fish of any
kind, and haa been for many years.
Andy got angry. and Immediately went
CANNING fer that native, but without Sue
cess. rs he had been put up to the joke by
the.landIord OF the hotel.
There is nothing mean about the en-
gineers or the electrical motors on the
Montgomery street line. Il was said at
the car stables yesterday that Engineers
Pat Murphy, John Kennedy and Matt
vic o4sa q al fdd 4tax n-1-
tons that they intend to apply for mem
bership to the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers.
The ChiIdren's Home on Glenwood ave-
nue. has been oYerhauled and repaired
during the summer vacation and is now
ia tiptop order The fence has been re-
painted and Is one Of the most attractive
of the many pretty fences on that arlsto-
cratic thoroughfare.
Dr. Brett's church on Bergen avenue
has one of the best quartette ehoirs In
the city. Fred Parker, son of Major
Parker, of General Dudley S. Steele's
staff, is the tenor, and Mrs. Frank Mol
ten, who will be remembered with pleas
ure by all who have witnessed the many
excellent operate performances of the
Jersey City Athletic Club. is the alto.
When the Mckinley bill goes into oper-
alton Mr.. James G. Young expects to
have more time on his hands to devote to
for a first-class bowler, and when he set
ties down to real hard work some of the
crack boWl6rS of the j. g. A. C.. had bet
ter look to their laurels
Baylis, the annex man, will have
much to answer for in the next world.
His succulent and seductive golden bucks
arc raising the very mischief with the
digestions of the memberss of the Jersey
City athletic. But they are so good the
boys cannot resist them though they keep
them awake all night and are sure to
bring on severe lit Of dyspepsia.
LAFAYETTE HORNPIPES.
The small boy Chat imp Of mischief)
has revived an old game that must have
been originated by an enemy of the hui
man race. The game is to get pie plate.
string TO it: put small boy on the end Of
the string and let him roll the plate along
the pavement. II the noise does not
affect your nerves. 1t will at least make
you wish that every boy was in--some
other place but where he is. A couple
" With her am AIMS II fnll Of ofu bun laay
was leisnrely coming down Communlpaw
avenue, when three little boys with the
plates came running down the street be-
hind the old lady. she did not hear them
until they were almost on top of her, and
she no SOOHef neafu inc dln Ihan she
dropped her bundles and ran into a near
by store and came near fainting. The
old lady was pacified and an attempt
made to put the bundles into shane It
was unsuccessful, as tea. sugar and wash
ing soda were all mixed up together, and
the things had to be thrown away.
Fred Heintz and Captain Clark, of the
Dauntless Yacht Club, are two OF the
best singers in the club. and when
HetntZ'g dog BismGrk is with them thew
are trio hard to beat
Uncle Jnke Woods is a great weather
prophet, and when the boys want TO go