San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-20
THAT BOLD BUTCHER.
HOW HE DROVE LIKE THE
WHIRLwIND ON A WIFI.
Likewise How lie Landed All In q
Heap, Right In the Midst OF
HIS Wild Career.

InlS morning, as TITO Ol pOllJICldns
were standing on the extreme edge of the
curbstone, opposite the old court house,
discussing the political situation, a butch
er's cart swept by In its mad career, and
narrowly escaped making sausage meat
for the adjacent coroner of one OF them,
who early in the campaign, had been
nursing boom for mayor on the admin.
istration ticket, but who had compro-
missed by being willing to accept a sani-
tary inspectorship, in the event of the
success of that ticket.
As the trio regained their breaths and
he his equilibrium, he gasDed: "Close
shave"
The others were about to take him into
the barber shop In front of which they
were standing either to get one or to
shave the mud off his legs that the vehicle
had tranSplanted from the mesquite block
pavement when their direction was de-
Elected into saloon next door by perth
nent remark.
After the requisite restoratives had
been administered to not oily the man
with the narrow escape but all Of the
balance of the party one OF them who
ded to unlimber as follows: THAT but
cher needs some OF the same kind | saw
another one take or there will be a whole
lot of people killed in this place. There is
a butcher in this town now who went to
a mans house and murdered him in cod
blood because the man protested against
his trying to run over the latter'S child
which the murdered man had in carri-
age and was taking down the street for
n oiripu Tho fact nf the m tier IL tina
the butchers like the street railway be-
lieve that the streets belong TO them"
"Well, you are getting way of the
track" said one OF the bystanders, now
tell us what was the brand Of the medi-
cine he took.
"WeIl, you see the butcher l am talk
ing about that took his medicine was one
who was In the habit OF driving every
day down, Salinas street ike she0 be-
laborating tan bark. Fritz Schreiner's
grand children, Thad Smiths chill
dren, Mariana Garcia's boys and
all Of the young ones in the neighbor
hood were in the neighborhood were In
the habit of seeing how near he could
pass by the kids without running over
them. After this butcher had amused
himself this way for several months and
until he had only missed by a hairs
breadth numbering all Of the children on
the whole block he took his medicine"
Here the speaker paused and caughed
dry ''ahem"
After liquidation and the inquiry:
what was the medicine?' he proceeded,
1T was bitter dose to the butcher. Even
worse than swallowing his own gall
would have been. You know there used to
be telephone pole right by Garcia'S
house which has since been chopped down,
but nobody but the neighbOrS ever knew
why, on account OF this incident. The
children were playing in the street as us
ual and "Rique' Garcia was right In the
middle of the street, The butcher came on
IN his mad, wild career and tried to see
how close he could steer to Rique's knick-
erbockers, when the boy, who was wind
ing up his top with his back turned OBJ
liviouS to the butcher, suddenly threw the
top forward to spin it and the boys move
ment made the butchers horse shy to one
side. The result was that the cart colided
with the telephone pole and the butcher.
sob where was he ~ asked the others.
Now boys don't quote Felicia Hemans
on me in your interrOgatOry, and ii you
will be as patient as the boy who stood on
the burning deck, or the one who was
spinning his top, l will continue with my
yarn. Well, you see, the butcher shot
about twenty feet up into the air and
landed on his head on Fritz Schreiner'S
wOOd-pile while the horse, after deposit
ing the wreck of the cart and the other
sausage meat on CaStanola's counter was
caught at San Pedro park by man who
had been fishing all day at the natatorium
near by without catching anything
else. The nGighbOrS all ran out
and poured water and curses on
the reckless butchers head until
he regained consciousness when he sat
up and asked for drink. 1t was handed
to him. In her hurry, however the old
lady who thought that she was giving
him little aqua ardiente' had poured
out some chill sauce. 1t made things
lively for him, and he was taken off on a
stretcher."
well but, what was the reason the
telephone pole was taken DOWN. asked
one OF the by-standerS.
"Oh, because the butcher, after he got
well, threatened to sue the telephone
company for damages for personal INJURY
and because the only subscriber To the
telephone exchange on that line had gwen
up his phone"
well, wEat were the personal injuries
that the butcher su>tanrd?" was the
still more impudrnt inquiry.
why, man alive, those inflicted by old
lady Meas chilli" was the disguised re-
Spouse.
HALF Ps,ce &C, OAKS.