The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-16
LOOKING CLASS.

Gladiolus and tuberose are now a. COM
mon and nearly as cheap as roses and
daisies were few weeks ago, and they
Unable one to bring color and perfume
kpto the house at little expense. BY
tsimming of the lower blossoms an fast
aa they fade, and changing the water for
them daily, they can te kept for week.
AS last az the lower flowers wither the
budf open toward the end OF the stalk.
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NET my punster friend the other day.
IT was week ago so that / am able to
tell the vtory myself, after a fashion.
"There wss a contest" said my friend.
"between John Not AMI Tom Shot.
Firearms were used aud in the
general hubbub that followed
there was great uncertainty as to the re-
suit. 1t was certain that Shot shot shot
at Not and Not shot shot at Shot. but
whether Not shot Shot or S lot shot
Not no one knew. Shot said he was shot
but Not said he was not. There was not
much shot visible. and-ye Shot seemed
everywhere. Not was not everywhere, but
nearly SO. He was very anxious
about Shot and himself as we'll. Whether
or not the shot that Shot shot shot Not
or the shot that Not shot shot Shot neither
Shot nor Not knew. Each thought that
the shot that Not and Shot shot hit both
Not and Shot. Then the men
were examined and it was found that
Siot was not Shot aud that Not was not
shot. 80 that although Shot was not shot
no Shot existed. Therefore Shot must
have shot Snot into nothing. Then. too,
as Saot was not shot aud Not was not 1t
appeared that Not must have not shot
Shot at all. but that Not shot shot at
Not which could not have shot Not
and yet Shot who was not shot was not
only Shot but the same Shot who shot
at Not but did not shoct Not SO that Shot
was still Shot aud Not was still Not and
both were well.
"Did you ever hear about Thompson's
olt ?" inquired the Times man OF the
local reporters asse mb bled in "Sieve"
Iianding's room at the city hall yester-
aay. "Nos Well, that colt reminds Inc
of one OF you boys" aud as he lighted a
fresh cigar the gang" gathered about
to hear his tale. "Thompson's colt,
said he, "was a very peculiar animal, full
of funny tricks and great adherence
for getting wet, but his champion move
WAS one day when sudden shower of
rain came up. The colt was pastured ia
field In North Scituate
aud was separated from the
farm houses by deep river. On the
bank opposite was a low shed, under
which the COWS were won't to congregate
during rainy weather, and on the after
noon when the shower came up the colt,
feeling the drops. threw up his head
AID shifted tho air suspiciously
for a few monents. and then without an
instant's delay he plunged into the river
and swan across TO the opposite bank
where he found refuge under the she'd"
The story ended here and after al inter
val of silence the crowd OF newspaper
men fled slowly out of the room leaving
the narrator monarch Of all he surveyed.
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A party Of ladies. members OF the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Providence ves-
eran fremen. attended a social outing on
the grounds of Comrade Charles 4.
Briggs, known as the Lyons farm in East
Providence, yesterday afternoon. and had
very enjoy able time. A collation. was
served by the hostess. The festivities
were brought to q close about $780,
J I I
/ came to the conclusion yesterday that
scrap" on the street will attract the
attention Of more peop'e than any other
"performance' that can be thought OF.
Yesterday afternoon while up Westmins-
ter street saw two well dressed men
whom i should take to be business
men engaged ia the loveliest sort of
scrap" This was on tie corner of
Westminster and Eddy. The affair did
not last over two minutes but that
was long enough to attract
crowd sufficient to stop the horse cars.
The crowd was not confined to kids" or
men folks, for I noticed that all Of the la
dies in the vicinity were anxious to get
look at the scrappers, who by the way
were about the same weight, which
was something like 175 pounds. One
was about 40 years old, the other per-
haps 5 years older, and when saw them
/ was surprised 10 see men of such
stamp engage in common
every day street fight. Both
were powerful men but did nos seem to
know anything about the art of self-de-
fence. The affair was short and sweet.
aud the participants sneaked off as il they
we're ashamed Of themselves, aud il they
were not, il they had any friends ia the
party they certainly were ashamed for