The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-23
AS I WAS SAYING.

Irecollect an amusing incident in con-
nection with the visit of Maj. Gen. O. o..
Howard to Mr.. Moody's school at North
field "a year or two ago. Gen. Howard de-
il to me for publication. He sent word
that he would be at the depot at Spring
field at a certain hour on his way TO New
York and would get the manuscript.
did not know him, but looked for a
veteran with one arm all through the
train. was just giving IL up and the
train had got good start for New York,
when | saw the general running after 1t
with a skull cap on.
He lost the train and introduced my
self and sympathized with him, but al
though he was in a hurry to get TO New
he was jolly about it. What troubled
him most was that his hat was in the car.
He had to take the New Haven accommo-
dation train later.
One Of the printers in the NEWS room
in few spare hours the other day made a
very ingenious contrivance for determin-
ing who should get the first take " of
copy in the morning. Into an old cigar
box he put slanting bottom, with a
enough TO admit marble. The hole is
closed by slide which Is held in place by
a spring. As many numbered marbles as
there are printers are put in the box and
shaken up. The order in which they are
dropped one by one through the hole de-
termines the order Of taking copy.
There is a man in Providence who has
two little dogs OF which he is very fond.
He tells this story of their sagacity and
vouches for IL "a true. One day not long
ago he had them out for an airing and as
they passed fountain IL occurred to both
little dogs at once aud the same minute
that they were very thirsty. But neither
of them was tall enough to reach the
water. Here was dilemma, but after
running and jumping and standing on
their hind legs and talking the matter
over in true dog fashion, they suddenly
hit upon solution OF the problem and
that in the funniest way.
One Of them placed himself conveniently
in line under the edge of the basin, and
then the other by resting his forefeet upon
the water. When he had finished he
jumped down and posed in his turn to
enable doggie number one to drink also.
Then they both turned round and wagged
their tails at their master, who stood by.
an interested spectator Of the performance.
There's jolly post Office clerk who
sometimes sits in his chair behind the
lock boxes waiting for somebody to open
one. After the man STOPPING low TO re-
move his letters and packages, pulls them
all out of the long box, he sees, away at
the other end, what seems to be another,
but when he pulls at it it doesn't come
proving indeed to be the clerks foot well
wrapped up in printed paper Then the
clerk feels better and the other man no
worse.
Great was the excitement among the
newsboys for the gold prizes offered by
the NEWS, and many were the purposes TO
which the lucky ones were going to put
their money. One little chap begged very
earnestly to be put up among the favored
eight He was told he would be if he sold
enough papers, and the next two nights
he sold surprisingly large number for a
small boy. In short, he won s. gold
piece with which the little fellow, who is
fatherless, intends to purchase shawl
for his mother, and IL ever gift was
valued it will be by that mother after the
loving work of her son.