The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-11
WANTS TO Be 4 JOCKEY.
Tribu1ations Of the Noonan
Family With William
Ambrose.
THE WAY HE FOOLED HIS BROTHER.
Nonchalant Manner the Lad Returns
to the P%aternal Roof After
Each. Escapade.


terprising youth of sixteen who has the
good fortune to be possessed of an aft &C.
tiona Q father and loving mother, aud
also to have Judge Thomas f. Noonan
for a brother aud Johu p. Noonan. as
sistant clerk OF the Board OF Freehold
ers. for another brother.
The father of William Ambrose is a
firm believer in education. aud this he
has given each of his sons aad daueh-
ters. William Ambrose was also slated
for one. but It IS now found that William
Ambrose will not receive 1t. There was
q castle floating in the imagination of
the numerous Noonan family that, mas
much rs one was a lawyer, smother u
politiciaM a third a contractor. and a
fourth a Spectator, William AM
brose should enter the priesthood.
Whether he did this or not, IL was the
unanimous opinion that William Am
brose should have rs gooI al education
as money aud colleges could provide. that
he might start life GU an equal footing
With his brothers.
WILLIAM AMBROSE THINKS.
William Ambrose Noonan, howeve',
thought he knew what IL wanted just as
we'll as his relatives did, aud be did not
hesitate Ia saying that inc d ream of his
life, tue ambition of his soul was to be-
come th5 cynosure of ten Thousand eyes
at the Gutenberg rack track as he gal
llped in the streEch on a horse that pass
ed under the wire u winner By an ear.
He proudly saiu he would pursue the
high calling OF u jockey. n declared
with pride that he could at any Il ms
train down from l20 pounds to zoe aouuds.
Yes, he declared, he would be a jockey.
A COUNCIL OF WAR.
Papa Noonan, Judge Thomas r. Moo
nan, Johu P. Noonan, Joseph Noonan
and Ignatius Noonan held q consultation
over this declaration OF wal on the part
OF William Ambrose Noonan. and de.
clded that it would be wise to remove
William Ambrose to some corner remote
from the beguiling race tr ack. This
important counci of wa took pl ace one
year ago while William Ambrose was
playing hockey" from school.
It resulted in Judge Thomas f. Moe
nan seiziug William Ambrose soy the
collar aud conveying him to a Catholic
boarding school at Vinelaud. He left
William Ambrose there and returned to
the parental roof.
WENT ALL THROUGH COLLEGE.
Just as Judge Thomas f. Noouau, Papa
Noonan and the other Noonans were
discussing supper on the day of the
return of Judge Thomas F., aud listening
TO mis- report Of how William Ambrose
would now receive al education that
would make him u credit to the family,
the aforesaid Ambrose Noonau quietly
walked in the house aud, ANNOUNCING
that he had grad mated, quietly seated
himself at the table and was eating
heartily before the asJonished Noonans
could comprehend the situation.
AGAIN GRADUATED.
Another consultation OF war was held
that night and two mouths later William
Ambrose was induced by strategy to
visit Flatbush, l. /, with Judge Thomas
f. Noonan, who inveigled him into a
boarding school, and after informing the
principal of William Ambrose,s object
ions TO book lore. left him; there. Will
lam Ambrose was equal to the occasion
and the next day he walked home. After
the dismay that his early return had
occasioned was dispelled. William Am-
brose was sent to ST. Peters College,
where he attended regularly except when
he playe ed ~snookey."
DIDN'T IKE CANADA.
Three weeks ago Johu 2. Noonan de-
cided TO take his boy to ST. Michael's Col
lege, Toronto, Canada, TO bs educated.
Papa Noonan Immediately decided 10
send William Ambrose there, TOO, and
Judge Thomas F. Noonan was given the
pleasant duty Of taking him. The ears
of William Ambrose are large and are
generally wide open. He overheard this
conspiracy against his liberty aud con.
Guided TO rebel. Whea judge Thomas
Il. Noonan sought William Ambrose Co
take MIN to Canada he found tnat young
MAJ in the middle of the HackensacK
meadows. Judge Thomas +. Noonan,
with judicial and brotherly authority,
commended tie youth to come to him..
Come and get me.n was the answer.
TIL JUDGE TRUCK MUD.
Judge Thomas F. Noonan decided to
accept the invitation aud hs went for
William Ambrose. Judge Thomas E
struck q hole iu the marsh and buried
bis plaid trousers to the waist In it,.
Judge Thomas f. finally extracted him
self and after filing the air with sulpher
returned TO PAPA Noonan to report pro.
gress. The next two days were passed
brose. and dually by good generalship he
WIS captured.
FOOLED AGAIN.
Two days later Judge Thomas f. Moo
nan left the youth at ST. Michasi's Cal.
lege. in Toronto, Canada. with precisely
81 in mis- pocket, one-tenth of the price of
railroad fare home. Judge Thomas f.
secure. That young hopsful did not
think SO, and au hour later he clambered
over the wall around the yard aud sought
the railroad. He saw q freight train,
bound for New York, standing on the
siding, anil William Ambrose determined
to be a passenger on il. He went to the
nearest hotel and bought with his only
dollar a big bottle of wntskey, and then
sought the freight train.
MADE FRIENDS FAST.
The conductor aud brakemen were Ia
the caboose and William Ambrose en-,
tered and without ceremony introduced
himself. Soon he passed. the bottle
around and continued this operation
until all became confidential frieuds, aud
then William Ambrose, | II the most in.
nocent manner possible, intimated that
he was aa orphan and would like to 20 to
Ne York 10 get a job Oh q freight train.
w iiliam Ambrose was born TO be II
dip lomat. for he soon won the conductors
consent, and when the freight train
reached this city William Ambrose was a
flrst-ciass passenger on 1t, and the ca
boose had been his d~iuing-room car aud
his larder the b~rasemen's diuner pail.
H FATHERS RESOLVE.
When William Ambrose, in au uncou-
cerned manDer, walked into Papa Noon-
ans house AMI kissed the Noonaas all
around, conservation, for a facr. was
exhibited. Papa Noonan will next en-
deavor to place William Ambrose on u
school ship, and II he gets away from
that, h. Will bind him ont to Snapper
Garrison to be trained for the glories OF
Jockeys life.
NEW BENEFIT SOCIETY.