The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-03
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How happy oup servant girls will be
when the new tangled dish-washing ma
chine reaches Providsncei IT, was recsnt-
ly Invented by Western man. and IL 10
claimed that it will In one minute wash,
rinse, and dry all the dishes of an aver
age housshold. without the wetling Of
finger on the part Of an operator OF the
machine" 1t ought to sell like hot
cakesl
"A friend of the Looking Glass whose
piscatorial experience had hitherto been
nil, recently went fishing upon the bay.
It was his first trip and naturally enough
he imagined great deal that never came
to pass. In Imagination he caught
whales, sharks and sword fish; In reality
he filed the boat with Hat fish aud other
small fry. Hisluck in catching these fish
ran far ahead of the other occupants OF
the boat and when the nose Of the craft
was turned shoreward he had q respect
able basket full A consuming dsslre to
get those fish homo overpowered him.
He placed them securely In
the rear Of the carryall and when. a
moment later. . fendish member OF the
party took the basket out Of the wagon
and tied It underneath, he failed TO oh
serve the fact. He saw not the Rleam or
malice in the eye of the fiend as he slowed
those fish away out of sight nor
did he know that 1t was part
q sidesplittinR. practical joke. But the
joker j,ked worse than he knew. In hn
haste he had imperfectly tied the basket.
and the motion Of the wagon gradually
caused 1t to saR until it dragged upon he
ground. The fish were being deposited
upon the highway at intervals
of ten feet when pedes-
trian called the attention OF the
fishermen to the fact aud a hasty halt
was made and an account OF stock taken.
Three fish remained, total weight eight
ounces. The man who caught them
swears that he never. no, never. will 60
fishing with aparty Of jays agaia.
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Judge Douglass has given out the
order for the drawing Of tho grand jury
for the common pleas division OF the
supreme court. which meets at Westerly
Oct. 16 Each town In the county fur
nishes its quota of names, as drawn up
by the town clerk.
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While driving through the north end
the other day two boys became involved
in an alteration which led them into a
chase after q man. who, by his actions.
may DO called the meanest man In Provi-
dence. AS the boys drove along at
pretty good pace the end Of the
whip lash In a singular manner caught
in the bride of horse which was stand
ing In front Of drug store. The boy who
was driving was compelled to let 60 Of
the whip. so he reined up his horse to go
a. - tsL.
in Providence" appeared upon the scene,
making his entree from the drug store.
He proved to be the owner of the horse
and wagon waiting In front OF the store
for he calmly untangled the whip from
the horses bride, climbed into the wagon
and started of The boys stopped him
and asked for the whip. He
replied that the whip was his now and he
intended to keep 1t. He started on .
TRADE Of abuse, loudly swearing at the
boys aud claiming that they had at
tempted TO whip his horse aud make it run
away. Then vigorously ply ing the whip on
the poor horse the man drove away. The
whip was valuable one and not want.
ing to lose IL the boys gave chase. From
city to country, up hill and down dale
aud Gross lots to q pike which led into
the city the boys were taken. Twice the
man stopped mt saloons to "smile"
but the whip was taken into the saloon
each time. Once the boys caught up with
the petty thief. but only again t, be sub
jec ell to abuse. Finally the boys gave
up the chase and the mau csc tpei with
the whip, which Is now probab y part of
the stock of some pawn-broker. or all
the Gases of petty thievery ] have heard
OF, this was the meanest.
Henry p. Jackson of this city is tie
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Sphinx Of
Wexford.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. French Of this
city are the guests OF w. X. Gardiner OF
Wexford.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Goodwin of
this city are the guests OF r. o. Wilson
of WEXFORD.
Miss Grace Callihan Of this city is the
guest OF friends in Clyde.
Mr.. James II. Martin Of this city visit
ed friends in Arctic recently.
Mrs. Fanny Halls OF this city visited
yesterday with Ella NJ. Wood and Lucy
M. Hopkins of Arctic.
Mrs. Ellen Murphy of Carolina is visit
ing friends in this city.
Mrs. Albert Godfrey and daughter, OF
this city, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Varnum Tucker of Carolina.
Mr.. Michael Med of this city is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. German
OF Carolina.
Mr.. Jesse ANGEL. OF this city, has been
spending few days with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Alphonso Angel. of Woodville
Mrs. William b. Chase of this city is
visiting her niece, Mrs. Abram Brown OF
Middletown.
Miss Annie H. Swan OF this city is the
guest Of her parents Ia Westerly for few
days.
Grace Budlong Of Apponaug is entertain
ing friends from this city.
Mrs. Brewer. who has resided in Appo-
naug for the past year, has removed to this
city.
At ST. Matthias Mission. River Point.
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Saunders OF the
Church OF the Messiah. this city, off,
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