The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-01
JUSTICE JOHN.
He Likes TO sit by the Frozen River in
Winter Time.

W 1ulcF liiht'
J. c. Talley will hereafter be careful
how he goes about town making funny
cracks.
He is the representative or class
Officer King saw him executing some
Of mis- monkey shines, and thought he
u,,a crazv ana i'm order 90 protect the
sifizens ~ this great municipality he
took him in charge and alleged tnat he
was "a man OF unsOund inlhd'
Tallev laughed at the idea and got OF
some more OF his funny cracks.
"Did Won hear about the company at
tb. tsv1ositfon Grounds?' he asked tho
officer.
This frightened the officer and he hur-
ried his man along
did L tell you about those three esgsI
or that shirt? Maybe you haven heard
the stoveppe story
"C1. well, you'll learn he continued
az the officer rushed along.
What makes cats tail Ike q long
road?"
The officer didn't know
because it's fur to the end-he, he,
no. no, ha, ha"
That settled &c I'm the officers mind;
the man was certainly raving maniac.
But the Party on the throne saw the
Joke. and laughed heartily at the funny
cracks and then he told Talley TO 90 out
and continue TO amuse the blood thirsty
populace with his funny cracks.
This is what makes life WORTH living
said the Party. 'I love 70 go down Dy
the river in the winter time when II IS
frozen over and sit on the bank myself
what f0r?" asked Edgar.
"Why TO hear the ice make funny
cracks"
william Iandrum IS an unfortunate
young man. and he IS addicted TO drink.
And drink takes him into trouble.
He has been in trouble before.
Landrum has a trade as blacksmith
but he scOrns 10 pursue d.
His last drunk landed him in the lock-
up where ne VIII remain Tor SIX months.
He went into Mrs. VI. y. Manning $
home and took a lot OF silver spoons and
forks and "a number OF school books.
Detective TOmlnson and Gibson lMd
their hands on Landrums shoulder and
the party on the throne did the res-.
Thomas Smith likes 70 take his toddy
regularly three times day and
.rIe loves HIS cocktail I'm the morning,
He loves his cocktail an day long.
Cocktails and beer don't agree with
each other very we'll and smith found
this out 20 his sorrow.
He had mixed his dflhhH, anu "HtIhS
appeared I'm his head.
They turned him round and round,
and he got excited.
And at that point officer SoWeu ap-
peared upon the scene.
"Vhasser mazzar 'ou? ms ARR cried
smith. and officer SOWcll kindly assisted
him along toward tho Second market.
lie raised no kick when the Party on
the throne eyed him and pointed lis fin
ger. but HANDED over the regulation
price of $40 and quietly withdrew thus
closing the incident.
Lizzie Delaney, a colored individual
said Perley Mayo and Gertrude john
son "nung bricks at her do.
1--WE didn't dund IT," said Periey.
1--WE wuz Jest a calm ON liz, am wen
we knocks at de do. de compassion 90
de SCUM riz TO de chimb.cy AN dem air
bricks .el down on our hlid and bruk
all mp.
Deed Missar Crushheld, dat IS de way
whar dis we're case STAINS
case dismissed" said the rarty
Little Willie NORM who was alleged 20
have stabbed G. Gardner on April 20th.
was dismissed for 80 was shown 70 have
been an accident
The case against c. Cohen, ~ Jacobs,
u Welnstein ID. Geilman, the pawnbrok-
ers charged with having kept their
places OF business open beyond the hours
speciGed by the law recently enacted by
the Legislature. was further postponed
10 May 1th.