The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21
STREET PIcKINGS.

Mr.. James Hyde, once a prominent laws
yer in a small town on Long Island, New
York. tells a good story about himself.
He says: 1T was when 1 used to prac-
tice law in a little town near the center
of the state A farmer had one of his
neighbors arrested for stealing ducks,
and l was employed by the accused to
endeavor to convince the court that such
was not the case. The plaintiff was posi-
tive that his neighbor was guilty Of the
offense charged against him, because he
had seen the ducks in the defendants
yard
"'How do you know they are your
ducks?' l asked.
"'Oh. I should know my own ducks
anywhere replied the farmer; and he
gave a description of their various pc
culiarlties whereby he could readily dis
tinguish them from others.
Why said l, those ducks can't be
of such rare breed! / have seen some
just like them in my own yard
" That's not at al unlikely replied the
farmer, for they are not the only ducks
l have had stolen lately"
Mr.. Hyde is manager Of Hyde's come
dams. who will be at the Empire theater
this week
There lives in this city a young man
who has proper amount of pride and
when he goes away from home he takes
care to have everything in the latest style
and is a credit TO the city. SO when he
went to Chicago recently, he decided that
he would have the SWEETEST shoes he could
find. They should be long and narrow
and with needIe-pointed toes. He tried
on pair. which we're a size too narrow
for him, but they looked fine. so he de-
termined 10 wear them or die, just TO
show her" he was a dude He carried
the shoes to Chicago and prepared to dress
for the dinner party, where ne was to
meet her, when he found that his feet
had begun to swell from the journey and
absolutely refused to go into the shoes.
He pushed and pulled and got the help
Of a friend, but the shoes only grew small
er and the feet larger so he had to fall
back upon his old round-tOed walking
shoes and even then he hobbled so that
the young lady said to an intimate friend.
lit was a pity Mr.. Y. was n cripple; he
was so attractive otherwise" And all for
a little pride.
Two young couples, who are in the
social swim. decided to have a larky time
Tuesday evening, and they went to call
on a friend and spent the evening. AS
they stood waiting for a car on the cor
ner going home the boys suggested that
they indulge in hot winerwurst and the
girls consented, 50 each soon had a sand
witch of rye bread with a luscious steam
ing sausage and horseradish therein. Be
fore they had a chance TO take a bite
their car came and in their excitement
they piled in hastily to find themselves
in a crowd of society people coming from
the theater. Each girl had the awful
looking sandwich In her hand and was
ready to sink through the floor with en-
blrrassment. There seemed to be no way
out Of 1t, but each one of the four
grabbed a handkerchief and covered the
offending object. The occupants of the
car did not try u conceal their amaze
ment at such conduct on the part of two
refined young ladies, and the rest Of the
ride was torture for the lively four.
A funny thing happened on Washing
ton-st. the other day. a lady stood wait
ing for her car, and noticed another lady
standing in front of her. Then she saw
a welI-dressed man standing in close
proximity L. the second lady and slip his
hand into her pocket. Quick as a flash
the first lady stepped forward and caught
a firm hold of the mans hand He
wrenched his hand from her grasp and
walked quickly away. Not a word was
spoken during the transaction, but the
second woman's purse remained in her
pocket.
When this story was told yesterday to
a crowd of women one of them remarka ed.
would be better TO watch men than men
are Why don't they have women for
policemen"
But she couldn't explain why women
would watch man better than men.
A popular gentleman, who lives in the
vicinity of N Meridian and Seventh-sts.,
went to a card party the other evening
dressed in his best suit of clothes" He
was having a. glorious time and was prid-
ing himself that his new dress suit was
the best in the room. He smiled COM
placently when friend complimented him
on his appearance, and remarked that he
liked the suit himself, Their proceeded to
enlarge on its glories, and looked at his
trousers to show the braid down the side
when-he saw TO his horror that he had
on the dark grey trousers of his business
suit with the coat and vest OF his dress
suit. He was too paralyZed over the com
bination TO talk during the rest Of the
evening.
MIR. HoImnn's Defeat.