The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-04

| In speaking about receptions, banquets
| and entertainments few evenings ago the
! EAGLE young man heard a pretty good
story, which was told on one Irish brother
| oy another. Il lived in Kansos City"
said the gentleman in question, about ten
| years ago, when the land league business
was in full blast in the Ould sod. One
man who was known as The Mysterious
No. l. was exceptionally prominent. aud
Queen Vic's government had set price OF
$40 900 on his head. The result was that
he had to come across the pond to save his
cocoanut. a number of US Irish expected
him to come to Kansas City, and we set
about arranging for grand reception in
his honor, We called a public meeting to
devise ways and means for the reception.
The meeting was largely attended and
thousand different plans were suggested,
but none of them was feasible, as the
council committee on streets and grades
that year had an economical streak on
them and the patriots were short of funds.
One man suggested that a number Of
persons be delegated to give him
banquet at one of the hotels.
but the question of expense doomed
up like an insurmountable barrier. Some
suggested that twelve gentlemen be dele
gated to meet him at the depot upon his
arrival and take him to the leading hotel
and there wine and dine him according to
his Importance. This suggestion was dis
cussed by all the bright and shining
lights pro and con, and as the question of
expense entered largely into the discus
sion, nobody being able TO tell how much
banquet for that number would be
worth, the meeting was'all in the dark.
Somebody was needed badly to unravel
the situation, aud the chair called for sug-
gestions. In response a little man with
Galway whskers and soldiers overcoat
Jumped to his feet like the ground had
opened and powerful spring had showed
him up, who said: "Mlsther President,
sor; my name is Dennis McQuid. l work
for Boss Corrlgau. sor, and in order first to
git out of this middle l move you, sor,
that commitaY of one, sor, be immedi-
ately siut to the Passifck house TO ascer-
tain, sor, how much thirteen meals of Wit
ties will come to at fifty cints apiece, sor. "
L. G.. Whittier had very peculiar ex-
perience week or so ago that is worth
relating Mr.. Whittier. like so many
others in Wichita, IS "A bicycle enthusiast
and is member of the cluo that received
those handsome new suits some ten days
ago. Now then, these new suits were the
cause Of the novel experience of Mr.. Whit
tier which is as follows: Down on South
Main street there is bicycle enthusiast
also, who had received one OF those new
and upon wearing it the first /
night, his wife gathered the eighboriug
ladies aroand her and all of them in con I
veution Assem- bed agreed TO 20 to hi |
place OF business aud make him set 'em /
up 10 the lemonade and ice cream. They I
did so, and finding him in his new suit .
hey marched him 10 the lemonade stand I
and made him cough up" as the saying 4
goes When the lemonade was drank
they tackled him for some ice cream, but
be knew he wasn't millionaire and gave
EN- the slip. They put their heads to-
yether once more and agreed 20 return 10
bis store. hold him up and
20 through his pockets IA
too,pad This they concluded was
,apital idea, aud out they started The
shades of evening had fallen and Mr..
Whittier, dressed in his new uniform, was
going home. The ladies spotted him. and I
thinking be was the other fellow. they
approached him, grabbed hold OF him. and
went through every poke. he had till they
arrived At bis exchequer, OF which they
attempted TO relieve hin. a more aston
shed man never walked the streets Of