The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-04
The UnSympathetic Court
Mulcted Mr.. Reeves.
He Wanted to Drive Out a
Kickap0O Indian Show.
Employed Small Boys and Ancient
Eggs as Instruments.

Arthur w. Reeves came near being
scalped by the Kickapoo indians and
skinned by the community in Auburn
| recently.
ae believes in good government fresh
| from the mint, and peace, gentle peace, /
| in large chunks. He Is martyr to the
cause, and has had to pay a martyrs
penalty. The effort TO rid Auburn of a
nuisance, as he looks upon 1t, and per-
haps others, has cost him several dollars.
Mr.. Reeves believes in the cultivation
OF art, not its debasement. He dijn't
Sarasate Kickapoo and the drummer OF
the band was torture. So he proceeded
in deep laid plan to squelch them.
Kickapoo Indians are more or less
numerous. They are to be found in many
communities, and their chief Use is stand
ing around for advertising Purposes. The
great Kickapoo Indian remedies are sold
In the camp and out of 1t, and sometimes
the physic sells as fast as the prover bal
hot cakes.
Mr.. Reeves does not object to the medi-
cine. He believes 1t may be good for the
liver, but he knows the Kickapoo orches-
| ira is death 10 the healthiest kind of
nerves manufactured.
The Kickapoo settlement Is thing of
beauty to the man who runs 1t. He has
bought the privilege of the medicine man.
ufacturers and always gets in bis best ticks
at covering the territory. At least that is
the way the chap that owns RHODE Is
land has proceeded. After he purchased
his stock of medicine in New York and
| got couple OF Indians 10 wear paint and
| feathers he secured a song and dance man,
a comic singer and banjo player, together
with two or three more attractions and
an orchestra. They ale fixed up like In
disns and are Indians TO a certain extent.
Their business is to draw q crowd after
which the medicine man gets in his deadly
| work.
| Outside or the "talent" the equipment
consists of one large tent. made like the
one Artemus.WaId used 10 charge people
10 cents to get into to see the comet-no
ing utensils and Indian paint, the whole
combination making the Indian village.
| This particular Indian village en-
camped off Cranston street short time
ago, but after a short stay the medicine
vender decided that Auburn was ripe
for an Indian show, so he pulled up
stakes and moved out there. After
while Sc me OF the villagers kicked.
Mr.. Reeves was one OF them. He wrote
the show up in the Journal and Bulletin,
but it had no effect, OF course. Then be
laid awake nights. He would be the Moses
of the loveliest village OF the plain, he
would be the Napoleon of Cranston.
"Ahal i have it," saith he
Then he went to the grocery store last
Saturday and purchased eggs. He didn't
ask the groceryman II they were fresh.
He didn't care. Then he persuaded two
young lads named Miller and Anthony
to distribute the eggs. They were un-
pledged and had carte blanche to soak
the irst Indian they saw.
Just give a small boy license to throw
things and he will abuse the privilege.
This was the error made in the effort to
rid tho town of its undesirable popula-
| tiop. VIE hooNo', 'hoaShs ehae his GA
perience with boys, especially school
boys, was diamond cut, but he wreaked
pot of Workmanship. The boys could
throw all right, but the eggs had to land
somewhere.
With their supply Of missiles they re-
connoitered that Indian village for van
tage place III assault. 1t is presumed
they found 1t, for few moments after
their mothers missed them eggs began TO
appear promiscuous like In the encamp-
| ment.
The boys carried out their part Of the
program. Tney delivered the eggs, but,
instead of hitting the Inuians, the eggs
smeared Messrs. Bogley and Cotter's
garments, and then there was row OF
course. The boys cut for their lives, but
what Is speed to a Cranston policeman?
Chief John Blgbee had those boys by
Monday, and before dinner time Judge
Phillips had them fineo SO and costs.
Tnen 1t leaked out that M. Reeves
| purchased those eggs, and before he
went to sleep Tuesday be had coptribut-
ed 90 and costs to the general treasury OF
Cranston.
The Xxi ckapoo band played tnat night
"Just Tell Them That You Sore Me-"
and gave political flavor tc their re-
pertoire by fddling "Silver Threads
| Among the Gold.v