The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-12
LOOKING CLASS.

ism to get the better Of his good jude
ment and WAS consequently simply par
alyxsd with liquor. Aud IL was equally
evident that he had q slight touch OF the
to-cAlled "horrors" with his "jag."
but this didn't releave the
tired feeling in his feet one
particle. Little by little he Svsnded his
way 20 his destination, stopping OCCASION
ally TO rest against q convenient post or
building. Suddenly there doomed up be-
fore him Q ~collosal figure of a man at
tired in light clothing. The air was
chilly and the clothes seemed entirely out
of place, but this was not what attracted
the attention of the good citizen. What
caused bis unsteady eyes to bulge from
their sockets was q huge snake
which the lightly = clad man
carried In his hands. the coils
of which were wound about his body In
q fantastic manner The inebriated one
gasped once or twice and then bracing
himself against the bill board. ON which
the picture Of the snake charmer was
pasted, he managed after several futile
attempts to gurgle, ''zhat's right M
frisn,. You take I'M awhile an gimme q
resht" The "copper"" oil that beat had
to punch him up twice before he would
leaye tho fascinating picture.
!
Providence people only hope that the
prediction of the financial writer In
Town Topics may come true. He saws;
II begins to look AZ II President Mcleod
OF the New York aud New England road.
will soon be on top again. He Is working
with q vim. and has wonderful energy.
muscle and resources. Rapid transit will
not be long delayed. the capital will soon
be forthcoming. and. mark what
I say, two birds Will be killed with n
stone, Ia that, with the tunnel project,
connections will he made directly with
Boston. and passengers coming to or
from the Hub" may be landed at
twenty different points on Manhattan
Island without having to change. Provi-
dence would be glad II the New England
would give IL better connection with he
Hub. AT prese & many have to patronize
the Consolidated who prefer the New
England.
I
Mrs. Abby L. Briggs OF this city Is
visiting friends at Fiskville Four Cor.
ners.
Miss Nettie Hudson Of this city spent
yesterday with friends in Clyde.
MI. George w. Bailey of this city 10
visiting friends In Fiskville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles WheelwriGnt OF
this city were the guets of Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Berry King Of Wick ord this week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles Grantley Of this
city are the guests OF friends in Arctic.
Mr.. Robert Palmer Is enjoying a hunt
ing excursion in E.coheog aud vicinity.
Miss Emma Burt o. this city was the
guest OF Mrs. NJ. E Gammons of Lake
wood this week.
Rev. Mr.. Kenney Of this city occupied
the pulpit at the Lakewood chapel last
Sunday.
Maggie HOLMAN and Elns Do,an Of this
city ave been stopping a few days at tbs
home of w. II. Jordan of Greene.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. B%uriingame Of this
city have been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
+. f. Watson OF Greene during the past
few days.
Mrs. George ". Allen OF this city is
visiting in Westerly.
Miss Bertha Angel Of this city is visit.
Ing MIRA. Coormer A. Easterbrooks of
Portsmouth
The Misses Trip Of this city are visit
Ing their uncle, Rev. j. Sturgis Pearce OF
Portsmouth.
Miss Matte Cottrell of jamestown has
returned home from a visit to this city.
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The Chicago Tribune has the follow
ing in regard to two Providence people
at the fair zone man pushed another
in a roller chair down the pier on which
the moving Sidewalk was at work. They
appeared to be comrades. rhe man who
did the pushing was noticeably and tend
erly attentive. When a man is that
way his attention is more noticeable than
a woman's. After a while the pusher
lifted the other man from the chair and
carried him up to the moving sidewalk
aud placed MIN on one of the seats. Then
he put him back In tn chair and pushed
him III der the arch of the peristyle aud
out into the court, where they stopped
aud looked, as 50 manv thousau DIS have
stopped aud looked. The pu sher stepped
aside TO make "a little purchase for the
man In the chair. 'Oae who had ben
watching said to the pusher: Your
friend is an invalid. l hope what he has
seen will benefit him
He hasn't seen ANYTHING was the sad
answer. He has been blind since no
was a child. and a few years ago ne be-
came paralyzed In his limbs. But he
longed to see the fair, as he put it., a ID
we brought him on to please him.
From where y From Providence, X.
L. Does he enjoy his visit?' AS
much as I do, aud l think more. II ma ,es
the fair doubly enjoyable TO me TO tell
MIN what / see, aud to notice his dc.
light. l had him IN the art gallery yester-
day, and you ought to have heard him
telling the people at the boarding house
last night about the painting he saw.
Many of them. which / had explained to
him. he described far more graphically
h a i could ave d ne. What strange
beauty hath this Dream city. which
cau-es IL to break through the cur aimed
eyes Of the bliud p"