Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-04-01
HUH! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME.
A FEW INCIDENTS OF ALL
FOOl-0' DAY.
The Innocent Looking Packs age
The Cotton Caramel and Bis.
cuit-The Red Hot Cent ana the
General SUMMARY.

The Cotton Caramel ana Hi
cuit-The Red Hot Cent ana tn
General SUMMARY.
A bright faced little youngster trudge
manfully up Patton avenue this morning
lie looked neither to the right nor left ur
til his eye fell on neat package lying o.
the sidewalk. He surveyed it closely
marched round it several times and CAV
it a number of suspicious taps with hi
loot. Again he circumnavigated the bun
die and thrusting his hands in his poke
he winked one eye knowingly and with
disgusted Huh you can't fool me" con
tinued on his march up the street.
A well-known tobacco manufacture,
started out early after breakfast for hi.
mornings mail. In front of busines.
house he saw copper on the sidewalk
and putting his foot upon it he stopped
over to pick it up. That's once wher
fooled them," he said to a bystander
but when he touched the cent he found il
heated red hot. 1t WAS dropped with a
great deal more haste than he had sho wn
in picking it up and he started on amid
the laughter Of crowd. But even that
did not keep him from replying when he
was spoken to Of it afterwards, with a
Huh! it didn't fool me-"
Two attractive young ladies' entered
an electric car in front of court square.
Already on board was young gentle
man OF their acquaintance. and after the
customary greetings he produced u box
OF chocolate drops and invited the young
ladies' to indulge. They responded with
alacrity, and one began removing her
glove. In the meantime the other had
taken one Of the tempting candies. She
suspected no joke and started to eating
it. One bite was efficient. The inte-
rior was cotton. II was removed from
her mouth, but both she and her gentle
man friend said nothing. They were
waiting for the other miss to be caught.
The latter, however. had her suspicious
and after she had laid away her glove
she picked up one of the drops and in
spected it carefully. She looked at the
faces Of her companions. The gentle
man was smiling and she knew the
game. Huh. you can't fool me-"
dropped from her pretty lips us she re-
turned the candy to the box, and the
rest of the ride was continued in silence.
At rertain Loarding house on College
street lives bright little nine year old
girl, the picture OF health and happiness.
This noon she sat at the table and was
served with macaroni. dish of which
she is very fond. She began at once to
eat II and for at least a minute she ground
1t between her teeth. Then she suspected
something was wrong and removing it
from her mouth she made carefulexam-
nation. II was made of white rubber
but looked true to nature. The unsym.
pathetic boarders broke out in a laugh,
but the little lady was not disconnected
and Strengthening up in her chair she
looked her vis-a-vis square in the face,
and with Huh! you didn't fool me, ," re-
turned to her eating.
In one OF the alleys Of THH CITIZEN
office two compositors work side by side
IN setting up the paper. When the court
house bell pealed forthits Twelve welcome
notes this noon these two made a mad
rush for their boarding houses. as only
hungry compositors will, and at one they
were back at their work.
Had cotton biscuits for dinner to-
lay," said the one quietly.
ibid your" asked the other. "lIow
lid il work."
Worked we'll" laconically responded
The first. Fellow right across from me
bit into one and got BIT"
I'm other words he COTTON" replied
his companion. and then n silence fell on
The composing room that was only
broken by number one as he looked up
quietly and remarked, "Huh! but they
lidn't fool me-"
These are few Of the littk plcasan.
tries that have happened since sunrise
this morning and the present hour. and
i may all be attributed to the fact that
this is all fools day. II 10 the only day
Of the year when You can with impun,ty
pound your wife or stone your mother-in.
law, or indulge in some other little harm
less amusement aud when hauled up he.
fore the court plead that II was all joke.
To-day you can place brickbat under an
old hat and in front Of your enemy's
house and quietly await developments.
What matter II your enemy's foot is
broken. lie can do nothing. You are
licensed to-day TO make just as large
A fool Of yourself as you wish, and no
udgc on earth would hold any other way
han that the brick bat Joke was only a
title playfulness. The only thing you
nave to fear is the wrath OF your would.
be victim. He may not see the joke IN
.he same light as you, and II is best to
,cware II he advances upon you with Il
hub and in a threatening manner, and
II he calls out In stern tones
while on his forward march. "Huh! you