The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
MEN ABOUT TOWN.
Short Stories Gathered From the
Hotel Corridors.
FORGOT to Take His Clutches Wanted Dol.
lar Foot-Jaekson Fooled Eim-He
Observed the Wrong Day.

one ol the most annoying class OF cases
.tia' laiiroad company has to contend with
10 11its ior personal injury" said W. Ii.
IL -, barnes 10 CALL reporter. "Why?
WeH' II IS extremely difficult to lsproye q
elaim OF that kind and | well remember a
case That will illustrate the point in cues
ton.
year or more ago. a passenger on one
VI Iiie oakland boats was injured by having
d Dageage-truck run over his foot. and the
consequence was an action for damages.
ne Injured moved about on a pair of
crutches with great difficulty, and the
uoctofS who examined him pronounced the
INJURY most serious one This led to
pIopesition TO compromise, aud finally a GER
I'd IAN sum was agreed upon by both parties.
Inc plaintiff was notified TO cali at the
oinIe ior MS money, and at The hour named
nc hoooled In on his cFutches. The money
was PAID, release signed, and the injured
man coolly deposited his money In his
PocAet and walked out leaving his crutchcs
lying ON the floor.
=, Inc official who had just settled with
nun looked up in establishment, and said:
gu nave forgotten your crutches.'
az, Never mind,' was the reply, I don't
'hihk L IL need them again, and will, with
pACoCEb W ldiI-
ROAD company, hoping it may find use for
them"
A DOLLAR A FOOT.
AND that reminds me" chimed iu one Of
Inc party, ''of peculiar case which hap
pened some years ago on the Central Pa
Cinc' a car Jumped the track and tore
uoWn a steep embankment but fortunately
no one was killed. Among the inmates OF
the car, however, was a farmer who sus-
inip nd kos
iIoHpeIIeu TO remain Tor several weeks in
t De9' Ills physician asserted that the spine
nau peeh permanently affected, and realizing
on"V suit Tor damages would probably
eh ue, the railroad company sent an agent
" the injured man with an offer to cOulpro-
ntse' Inc agent called as directed, and,
amer discussing the matter with the suf-
deler, asked him point blank to name the
sun ne would expect in the way of damages.
49, wen, let me see replied the other.
hoi1ed clear down the bank. didn't L.
from top to bottom''
:, How lar do you reckon it to have been?'
About sixty feet, | should say
ABOUT sixty feet, Ell? Now let me
think a minute Then, musingly: About
sixty feet, you said. Well, ! guess about
dollar a loot wouldn't be too steep. would
Itt 1hat would be about the square thing,
tlink, and just give Inc that and I'll call it
quits
The compromise was made in hurry"
JACKSON FOOLED HIM.
Everybody, that is to say, nearly every
D"dy III San Francisco, knows Pat Finigan,
me hurseman, ana everybody knows, too,
thal II there Is any one thing in the world
that Fat thinks more of than another it is
Soou morse. lew days ago the genial Pat
went over to San Leandro, where he has an
exceedingly valuable pair of trotters, and as
ne was accompanied by party of horsey"
FRIENDS ne decided TO drive from San Lean
gro 10 oakland IN order to show off the PAGES
OF MS horses While on the way they espied
feter jackson, the pugilst, mounted on a
small, unpromising looking cob. and it &C.
CURED TO Fat 10 have little fun at Peters
expense. lie would pass the latter and
Keep Just ahead OF him, so as to give him
tile dust, and then joke him little about
III. 80 lie hold his friends at least, and ac-
eordlngiy gave the word to his flyers. They
shot ahead al rarid pace, but Peter man
aged To keep his lead. Faster a faster
Finlgans team flew over the country road,
0ut sun the uncOncerned rival Of John l..
sullivan logged on ahead. After a couple
OF miles had been covered Pat drew rein and
called to Peter TO ride up alongside, which
request the latter fastened to comply with.
As the dusky pugilst reined up alongside
of the carriage, be said: .'Pretty good team
you've got, Mr. Flnigan, but they need
gaining, I'm just nut tor little exercise
myself. but some day when you've got time
Just bring yo Ut team out and III give you
little brush for the fun of the thing"
FiDigan is still pondering over the de-
ceptiveness of horsehesh.
KEPT THE WRONG DAY.
Strange mistakes men make" unused an
old timer as he sat in a restaurant Yesterday
and discussed the flush days.
when | was but boy nv mother ex-
acted from me promise. which / nave kept
with the greatest care. You sre, she was a
good church member, but | never was bap-
TIED in her church, and | remember that
she called me 10 her one day and asked me
to promise that | would always observe
Good Friday according TO the customs of her
church. gave the promise and have al
ways Kept II, but last year | fell into a Pc
cu!iar bluuder. When the Lenten season
came round | recalled my promise. and on
Good Friday, as | thought, | stuck religi-
ously to my vow. When l came down TO
breakfast l ate nothing but slice of bread
and cup OF tea. A. lunch | confined N.Y.
self to the same diet, and as / still chung to
the bread and tea | noticed that my wife
eyed me quite sharply.
Are you not feeling well, John?' she
asked.
'Surmisng at once the cause of her in
quiry, l replied: We have been married
nine wears now, and it does seem to me that
you should have learned by this time that
L always keep Good Friday according to the
customs of the Catholic Church.
Well, she responded, L understand
why you observe Good Friday, hut as this
Is Ash Wednesday, was puzzled
i was not SO disguised but that went in
for hearty meal"