The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-18

Washington street beyond State, butthere
has been much ~joeular merriment among
patrons of the line about q free lot In Tux
edo and the pull OF Ollie Lanham, propri-
etor OF the new Grape game out east. The
foolishness OF the move is apparent. for the
cars carry about one-thIrd less passen gers
than heretofore. People prefer to walk.
There is Q certain South-side barber Who
is having q deal of amusement relating
how he fooled q car full Of people on the
Virginia-avenue line. One night last week
he attended q masquerade ball. and attired
himself In the garments of q sister. The
deception was made complete by obtaining
the services of a brother artist. and curling
his hair in q way that was altogether In
keeping with feminine vanity. A plentiful
supply OF fsce-powder was used. and the
erstwhile barber emerged from the
whisker-pulling establishment as the belle
of the South Side. He boarded q car
near tho south end of Virginia ave.
nue.. and the conductor with an IN
usual display of %gallantry. assisted
the supposed handsome young lady TO the
platform with the politest courtesy he
could command. and opened the door for
her, bnt she made IN excuse by saying she
was sick and would prefer to rid on the
platform in the fresh air. Several men
HCL0o t0u0iuk Out6lo0 Cnk0kSu III y 0OutoIs
sation for men only. and the advent of the
young lady put q stop TO it and there was q
funereal quietude maintained during the
rest of the trip. The ladies on the inside
resented her audscity rs q slur upon the
sex. AZ the point where the psuedo-young
lady desired TO leave the car the conductor
again displayed ais gallantry In assisting
her to alight, and the car rolled on with the
audacious young lady the sole subject of
GO0Y0IsAIlOn. =
A few days since, the fayorite horse of q
prominent South-side manufactures was
taken severely lame. He consulted the au-
he began to ask people who are
not authorities If they could give
him any information upon the subject
He saw . bright-looking colored man stand
ing in front of q stable watching the limp
ing horse. "Do jon know anything about
horsesf" he asked. Bin brot mp with
what's the matter withmy horsefo Il spects
i can. bose" was the reply; but must
have o dollsr.v The manufacturer ont with
standard silver dollar and passed it to
sns 'I there p moS; led 20 po' walk ssn abs aSo De't sSs
horse. lifted the lame foot. looked at it.
dropped il, walked back TO the sidewalk
and remarked: We'll. boss. yer boss is
lame. dreadful lame" and then he walked
away. =
They were talking Ut tho bo~srdinq.house
table about Smith. the lawyer, who was
not present.
Smith" said the autocrat at the head of
tho table. and who 10 himself q lawyer.
"smith is o pretty bright fellow. but he
has this draw back: he rates himself about
60 per cent. higher than anybody else does"
efea said the naEanapfr man mAdifa-
lively. as no reached over and took the
two brown biscuits that the teacher had her
eye on, yes. but that 10 such q common
failing Of i.y,yers that never AXE any
And then the other boarders who never
dare to indulge in such amenities laughed
wildly. while the lawyer said he couldn't
see Why it was that o slur on his profession
was aiwayss 90 amusing to the common herd.
Just beforel the State fair Q ~well-known
clergyman in this city, who has rather mel
ancholy ideas about the future of this
mundane sphere. was criticising the Inn
stations OF the United States weather bu-
reau, and telling of a weather prophet in
California who published accurat prog
nostications of the weather a whole month
in advance. He went on to say that he had
just received q copy OF his predictions, and
that State fair week would be o week not
only of rainfall but of rain in torrents
which would wash away about every ves-
tige of civilization. Fair week came. but
not q drop of rain. Thereupon one of his
listeners called his attention to the failure
OF the prophet mo failure at all; did you
not read what destructive Hoods visited
Japan that weekf"
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Fred 10 bright boy living on North Of
aware street. and although he is but four
years old ne has begun 60 use long words
fo~ n l;<kl~ ~h.x Not fcc~>~o $500 A.