Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-15
How Tables Were Turned
on a Practical Joker.
NEWS FROM COURT CIRCLES
It Costs More to Get Full on Sunday.
Newsy Notes.


ping snipe, which he has successfully
''sold" to number OF people during the
past three or four months.
One day last week William learned that
party Of young men were going out to
South Attleboro to have a chowder, and
he thought 1t would be favorable oppor-
tunity for him and his patent. SO he
tried 1t on. The plan Is for William TO
interest his intended victims In snipe and
their peculiarities, and make them anxious
to trap some OF the birds. For this pur-
pose, he gets the inquirers to hold large
bag near the ground after dark, careful lily
keeping the mouth of 1t wide open, and
holding In front q ligh hted candle which is
supposed to lure the birds to their doom.
Then William and his partner In the
scheme 60 out into the ibrush, osteDsibly
to drive up the snipe, but In reality to
laugh at their dupes and, whom they have
laughed enough, quietly to get into their
wagon and drive home, leaving the strap
pers" to get back when and how they can.
Well, he put this scheme In operation
for the benefit of the chowder party. He
got about half OF them on one side OF the
Ten Mile river, the rest remaining on the
other side, then carefully pulled down the
old log that was street ched over the stream
to serve as bridge, and then, putting his
hands on his knees, he stopped over and
had quiet chuckle to himself at the
plight Of bis Victims. But he laughs best
who laughs last. Somebody had got on
to Williams little game, and that some-
body, stealthily creeping up behind the
chuckling joker, Dutted him In the rear,
after the manner OF q full grown billy
goat, and pitched him sprawling into the
water.
Now William likes to see other people
caught, but 1t Is different when they see
him. When he came to the surface, he
was not only wet, but he was mad, mad
way through. He sputtered and said
naughty words, and vowed vengeance of
the very direst variety. His wrath was
not at all appeased, when the onlookers
kindly inquiredI "if that was q new way
to catch snipe," "if he usually dived for
them," and his anger knew no bounds at
all when they insisted on knowing when
he expected that hen to come or" 1t
seems that somebody gave him q choice
setting of eggs, and William has been
carefully watching the hen for more than
two weeks, ignorant that the eggs had
been thoroughly boiled before they came
into his possession. He refuses to tell
whether he expects to raise boiled fowl,
or chichen soup. 1t was all very funny,
only William this time did not have a
monopoly of the laughing, and so of
course "he don't see It" as others do. Ia
ia, William, sauce for fhe goose is some-
times sauce for the gander, too.
In tho Court.
"Hal hal" said the small boy yesterday,
"a little one for cent" when His Honor,
at the Sunday session of the court, pro-
nounced sentence .of 81 and costs on a
juvenile offender who was up before him
for an assault.
"It was nothing but q boys racket any
how" said the Chief, and the judge seemed
to agree with him.
This morning there was an unfortunate
fellow who got % and costs, instead of the
usual two dallars, because he exercised
poor judgment In the choice OF days, and
got full on Sunday instead OF waiting till
week day.
Then "disorderly person" was sent to
the State Work House for six months,
where he will, without doubt, be kept
strictly inIorder for at least the duration
Of his visit.
One common drunk, will stay with him
for the same length OF time.
Good Change.
One beneficial result from the changes
that are making up stairs In the city hall
will come from the location of big ven-
tilator In what will be the new court
room when the changes are completed.
There are times when the perfumes that
arise In the temple of justice are not sug-
gcstive OF the poetic odors from Araby
the blest.
Bowen Doing Well.
Council Clerk Bowen Is occupying City
Clerk Crawford's chair and desk during
the absence OF the latter In Boston at the
Christian Endeavor meetings. Brother
Bowen seems to ill the bill as well as the
chair, for things are moving along with
their accustomed smoothness and regu-
larity.
Recovered HIS Watch.
sion was passing Cross street on Broad,
John Gaffney stood there watching It. |
Later he missed his watch, which had ap-
parently been snatched from the chain
1t was leared that young woman had 1t,
and Saturday evening Officer Coombs
went to her house and recovered it. 1t is |
thought that the thief who snatched the
watch dropped It In his haste and did not
dare to pick II up from fear OF observa-
tion, and that subsequently the young
woman saw 1t lying on the ground and
picked It up.
Personal Mention.
Clarence Snow and wife are at Pleasant
Bluff cottage for the summer.
Miss Isabel McComber OF Bellows Falls.
VT, is visiting friends on Clay street.
James II. Harrison left Saturday for
ten days'trip In GAine.
b. A. Rocheleau, driver of the ladder
truck at the Broad street fire station, left |
for Quebec today for weeks visit.
Live Locals. |
A meeting Of the Sacred Heart Temper.
anee Auxiliary will be held this evening.
At the meeting of the Sacred Heart Tenn |