The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-25
OBH,s OBSERVATIONS.


What He Sees and Hears During His Ira '
els About Town.
The officials Of the Lehigh Valley road
have posted "No Admittauce" signs on all
the doors Of the telegraph Offices along their
road The company urges thoir operators to
eject any one who has no business in the
Office. 1t is said that the order was issued
principally to prevent newspaper reporters
from gaining any information along the line.
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A physician has it that bicycling is very
injurious saying that on his machine the
spine Of the rider is bent to an arch the chest
bone affected by the pressure, impairing
circulation and interfering with the operation
of the lungs. No form Of sport or exercise
can be invented but some doctor denounces
it, just as when a change or improvement of
any sort in the methods of public affairs is
made some lawyer denouuces it as illegal or
unconstitutional There are men who spend
long hours day after day through long Life
bent over desk and suffer noue of the ills
with which the bicycler is said to be threat
enad. Between doctors and lawyers it is
marvel how civilized mankind gots through
the world with any comfort at all.
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1t may be news to some of the sports of
town to hear that Jimmy" McHale who
met and defeated William Gibson, of this
place, in three.round scrap" at Ashland
last winter, was arrested at Philadelphia this
week for participating in a prize fight with
Jim Burge, the iron man of Australia.
So
A few days more and then Thanksgiving
and turkey and cranberry There was a
deal of worldly wisdom in associating re-
ligious celebrations with good eating as
Christmas, New Years, Easter. The celebra-
tions might be nelected if they stood alone
but there is no danger of that when they
are associated with fine dinners. The
services in the churches Thanksgiving day
are slimly attended, but everybody is present
when the turkey and cranberry are set out.
The Puritans did not like this sort of thing
| and regarded Christmas as a little better than
a heather festival. That is one reason why
Puritansm was doomed from it's birth Oc-
| casioually as Christmas draws nigh one hears
of discussions in the meetings of certain
preachers concerning the propriety of re.
| cognizing it. But the discussions arc all in
vain. Whatever the preachers say, the
people have their Christmas iollifcation
And their Thanksgiving feast too. The
| Puritans tried to maintain Thanksgiving as a
| fast, but it was no go. The preachers could
fast all they wanted to, but the parishioners
would not.
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Nowadays when a man wants to go to
Shamokiu or any point east on the main line
of the Lebigh Valley railroad, he has a
regular catch as catch time with his own
Judgment. He swaggers into the depot,
scans the time table, asks the ticket agent a
dozen questions about the strike and the run.
ming Of the Dps p. m. train, looks the agent
straight in the eye to see if he answers the
! truth, and finally slaps down his money and
says, "Give me ticket. I'll try it, and if /
don't get through to JOyville III sue the
company for damages" After receiving his
| ticket he again struts about the waiting
room, walks back to the ticket window, asks
what time the train will leave half a dozen
times, pulls of his hat and mops his forehead,
curses the strikers and finally walks out to
the depot platform in time to meet a friend
he had left up town two hours before and
who had walked leisurely to the depot ia
catch the 4:iO train for Joyville. After a
wait of about an hour and half both men
boarded their train. There is no rapid
transit in these days, ODE.