New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-06
rprSg TROUBLE WITH BRITISH BIG GUNS.

,rroro oomos onportunely, in this hour OF
uoI;tiooI roo;cjro n hint from London. which
NAV often, it would seem, be OF great value -
gentlemen who have celebrated 100 louuiS' Inc
valuable hint to which we refer Is an aDsoiu,eiS
,, noIicacourt excuse for immoderate elevation
~ shirts and il originated with of all persons
!, the world. a canon of Westminster one Kew.
Frederick Hartford On Tuesday evening, IL
onnears according to the dispatch, the police were
obliged to arrest the canon and take HIM 10 court,
Tbere they charged him witt drunkenness anu
disordery conduct. But the reverend Rehtieina.,
rose TO the occasion. 81 may have been disoruerp'
he said, but was not drunk. had simply Deep
dining -
We must admit Of course, that this expiana'ion
did not save him fine Of E2, out the pehai"
seems to have been imposed for the ABSOLUTELY
conduct and not for the alleged drunkenness ihe
excuse that he had just been eating dinner appears
IN have been accepted rs the for his strange
behavior Recent dining as an explanation ior
sitting down on the curb and taking off ones
shoes. or for clinging to amp-post and singing
in n sad tone or for whoopng wildly and resisting
an officer is, if we mistake not wholly new 10
this country at least. Other excuses. such as
high fever aunine, temporary insanity, sun-Stroke
good news from home and so forth, have frequently
been most industriously called to The
attention of the stOny-hearted magistrate
with more or less-usually less-success; puu III
.,emans for the canon to bring forward the aIter-
dinner view of the embarrassing situation. IL
should have O. fair trial In this country not only
on incredulous police justices, but on that worse
terror of the rejoicing citizen, his wife.
OF course when we say that the excuse VIII
become popular in this country, thus implying thao
il will lie used as empty excuse and nothing
ofioof in NV
truthfulness of the worthy but unfortunate canon
OF Westminster No doubt his c9se was genuine,
and will be used as precedent - unscrupulous
persons who may use the excuse in the future. IL
is an interesting gastronomic speculation to inquire
os IN what the good man had for dinner that
could have affected him disastrously. The
poce were helping a hysterical woman into cab
when he appeared, and in loud voice insisted
that she was drunk and should be arrested. The
notice paid little attention to the canon at nrst,
only telling him to 90 off, This enraged the rever-
end gentleman, as he thought that they were try
ing to perpetrate o cheap joke upon him, though
for the reputation of the London police we hasten
to say that nothing was further from their minds.
But it made him more demonstratlve ana they
were finally obliged to take him into custody.
Apparently the canon's dinner must have been
extremely difficult of digestion. 1t occurs TO us
that probably he had been eating meat. Our vege-
tartan friends have long warned the unheedlng
pubic against the danger Of meat, and here we
have an instance which shows that what they
say is true. The good man had been eating the
roast beef of old England without doubt. He
should stick to potatoes, peas, parsnips and so
forth with a little oatmeal in the morning and q
touch Of thin tea and toast at night But his
excuse will 60 marching on.