The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-07
AS L WAS SAYING.

Just now the laugh is on an officer and
a well-known business man of Olneyville.
Friday afternoon, when the sun was
making il warm for every tiny little,
harmless flake OF snow on which 1T could
WELD its influence, n considerable guam
tity of water was dripping from almost
every awning along the square. One of
the most enterprising business men, real
izing this. and wishing 10 practise philan-
thropy, proceeded to pull his up, in order
TO save the necessity of pedestrians car
rying umbrellas. The awning is In three
sections, and between these sections, a
large amount of nice, white unpretentious
snow had hidden itself away, in order TO
avoid the fierce glances of the sun.
Bravely grasping the ropes which were
so located as TO be directly under one Of
those innocent Jumps, he began to tug.
Something dropped. Was it the avn
ingg No il was the sun. The man, who
was at the time bareheaded did not linger,
and like an electrified snowman, he
darted into the store To the amusement
both of clerks and by-standers.
#%
The officer was next to exhibit his nau-
tical accomplishments, and like the jolly
tar, he began, hand over hand, 90 lift
second section at the suggestion of one of
the clerks who had witnessed the fun. AS
innocent as the snow which was soon TO
swamp him, he started, but in a moment
a deluge from above as though the
heavens had opened and dropped ton of
churned rain, came down, completely en-
veloping him. He looked n veritabe
Santa Claus, only he had not his pack.
He laughed--what else could he do under
the circumstances Every time he goes
by that way now he walks on the curbing,
and the proprietor is not to be approached
on the matter.
A singular accident occurred at the auc-
tion sale OF horses at Horace Vose's stable
in Westerly. Mr.. Vose had just driven
out of the stable with "a horse, which was
To be sold when the animal became fright
ened, and the harness giving way threw
himself upon the sharp edge of stone in
such way that the cords and arteries of
one of its ankles were severed. All efforts
to stop the flow of blood proved unavail-
ing, and the horse was finally killed. Mr.
Vose had refused an offer of nearly 500
for the animal short time before.
was very much amused the other day
60 see two "furriners," " who were working
on one of the garbage carts that are en-
ployed to remove the offal from the
houses i'm this city. The body of the cart
was full To overflowing and considerable
of the offal fell to the snow Calmly
scooping il up in their hands they packed
il back again. Then one of them wiped
his hands on the horse blanket with as
much care rs IL he were performing his
morning aholutions, while the other used
a horses tnil as towel. Then they both
got upon the seat of the vehicle, lighted
cigarettes, took a puff or two and then
drove down quality" hill with all the
composure and dignity imaginable.
accidentally overheard a soliloquy,
Yesterday, which was intended for no
body's ears. An easJ-side lady was feed
ing pet dog, and as she tossed the canine
n piece Of meat she would carelessly make
an audible comment Finally she stared
at the dog and said. in q dreamy way:
"Well, Jack, this is pretty business for me
20 be in this morning, | suppose | ought
TO be on my knees with the rest of the
good people yelling To the Lord to save
me-"
One of the captains on n steamer plying
from this port TO that of New York. made
n funny mistake one day last week. His
vessel was loaded and already TO sail, when
it was discovered that tube i'm one OF the
boilers had given away and that another
must be substituted at once. The fire
was drawn and che boss blacksmith and
his men made the necessary repairs. When
the Job was done the boss went MP TO the
.dcck and hailing the captain said: " It's
all rignt now. cap. 1uu can 20 dncdu.
The officer at once went TO the pilot house
and gave the engineer one bell TO 20 ahead
and was u little surprised not 10 feel the
wheel churning. The laugh which greeted
him caused him % recall the fact that
there was not an ounce of steam on. lie
gracefully acknowledged the trick that
had been played on him.
An East Side lady went into one of the
fashionable churches last week. aud soon
after she was seated the services began.
The rector was reading from one Of the
Psalms, aud Just theu she heard the irou.
frou of the skirts OF two stylishly dressed
ladies wirtr-tr-r- coming ttt- tir-- sf+-tr ;tfid
VINO entered the pew behind her rs
they took their seats the rector read
80 We Dews and FrOsts praise ye the
Lord
The good people OF the East Side will
recognize the joke just as few did at the
service.
There IL an extra green girl at service ON
the East Side. keccntly the man of the
house invested in a catch en- alive mouse