The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-01
TWAS A WILD NIGHT.
Halloween and How It Was OBJ
served in Topeka.
STRANGE TALES OF The DARKNESS
witches Were Abroad Also HOodHums
and Terrible People with Horns

witches Were Abroad Also HOOdH ums
and Terrible People with Horns
The cOnquering warrior sought for blood,
And spoils-fOr nothing other could
Reduce tile binding bitter hate
That seemed 10 own him here of late
Against this town tllat fore MIN lay.
He wish he'd burned it yesterday
~ marched they On with thousands strong,
With mail. and spears and battle song.
Prepared to wipe al one fell swOop
From OF the earth with college whoop
dha ate town m that h..d incurred the hate
OF Don Belowzero SO Of LATE.
But as they came above the hill
The town before them, an was STILL
No sound of buzz ing tOilers there,
Ne noise of life disturbed the air.
ne city seemed ned a. one asleep,
lie caught his glass and drained it dry
Then putting &c before his eye
lie tooA "a look. lie raved and tore.
Bans Diankty blank. blank lie swore.
Where was a city yesterday.
what means this terrible anair2
Come bring me qlieS my calendar
November lst.' he slowly said.
~ am 100 ate 1 should have seen
That yesternight was Halloween
STATE JOURNAL Poet.
Most Of Topeka and Kansas avenue in
particular was a scene of boisterous
merriment last night Everywhere you
went you met strange shapes and IN
earthly yells and horrible sounds Of tin
horns, and other things.
Every body that had the time and the
Northumberland all of the young folks
and most Of the old folks had it-vere
out for a genuine time. 1t was not neces-
sarily a night Of destruction. The twen-
ty special policemen, while they did not
brighten much. perhaps, seem to have
had rather wholesome effect upon the
youthful mind filed with wickedness
and original sin.
The streets were robbed Of their ouie-
tude and serenity by folks in various
CARDS. and both young men and young
women did the most outlandish things.
A crowd Of six young men and women
with masks on paraded the streets till IL
o'clock blowing tin horns. There were
"a dozen STRAW riding parties. and one
wagon with hay-rack on it was filed
with yelling, footing youth and beauty.
and decorated with Chinese lanterns.
Several young women donned their
orotners. clothes and masks and sailed
forth in freedom from their skirts.
There were over thirty Halloween
parties in the city and apples to dive
after and nuts to crack were purchased
An such enormous quantities that the
stores viii have to get in new supplies.
The college boys we're out in
force, but did no great dam
age, although they are CHARGED
with having put various chunks OF
Sidewalk in tho western streets for IN
suspecting folks to drive over with =
bump. The west side was Utterly alive
for while with the sWashburn. Wash
burn, 'Rah, 'Rah. 'Rah, RI and if there were
people in town who wanted to sleep thev
must have said lots of mean things abont
the noise made.
= down town man was out near Wash
Durn on business last night and was
standing in the dark waiting for a friend
VINO had gone to inquire the way.
a lot IF college boys came by and were
whispering TO each other.
they said
am one Of the twenty special police
men and If you make ! break iii RIM
you ali IA" said tbs man, who had over
Before the last word was pronounced
mere was not q college young man within
The bicyclists were out. too.
mere was one crowd of twenty five
made up as carefully with wigs ana
paints - though they were ready to tread
sAS boards IA low comedy, and they