The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-15
JOKES OF. GREAT JokERs.


! JOKES OF. GREAT JOkERS.
Tricks Played ON Unsuspecting Peo-
! pie by Fun Loving Men.
| Hook forged 1000 letters to 1000
fradesmen and others requesting -lem
to call on certain day and hour ut the
house Of wealthy widow, Mrs. Tot
tenham, In Berners street, London,
against whom he had conceived q
grudge.
These people began to arrive soon
after daybreak. The rush continued
until nearly midnight. They came by
ffties and hundreds.
There were 100 chimney sweeps, 100
bakers. 30 doctors. 80 dentists, 80 ac-
couchers. There were priests to ad-
minister extreme JUNCTION and Metho-
dist ministers to offer last prayers.
There were so confectioners with we'd
ding cakes. SO undertakers with coz.
hns, so fishmongers with baskets Of
cod and Holsters. They pushed, quar-
relied and fought, and the police were
called out to prevent riot. Finally
among the hoaxed ones came the gov
ernor OF the Bank Of England. the roy
nj Duke Of Gloucester and the lord
mayor of London. each lured thither
by some cunning pretext. A police
Investigation followed, but the per-
petratOr was not detected.
Florence and Sothern once asked
Captain Lee, Adelaide Nelson's Eng
lish husband, to dinner ut Gramercy
Park hotei. where he was to meet
Vanderbilt, Astor, Governor Seymour,
Longfellow, Bryant and other noted
| Americans.
These gentlemen were for the coca
sion personated by Billy Trayers, Lar
ry Jerome. Nelse Seymour, Dan Bry-
ant and other choice spirits, who, after
violent quarrels, drew pistols and
bowie knives and filed the room with
curses, shrieks and explosions. The
Englishman. convinced that these
were ordinary American manners, div
ed under the table, where he remained
until dragged out amid the laughter
OF ell present
A horse dealer having refused to
give Sherry" further credit, the wit
wrote asking that the Dealers wife
should bring a. : carriage and get the
money. She; .ian's footman induced
her to sit down to q delicate lunch.
, and while she was eating it Sherry"
slipped into the carriage and drove
OFF. Again he ordered two pairs of
boots from two reluctant makers.
When they were brought, he sent each
maker away to stretch one Of his boots.
Then he put on the remaining two and
took trip to the country.
Philip, duke Of Wharton, when q
young man had O tutor whom he cor
daily disliked.
One night long after the good domi-
ME had retired the duke awoke hin. In
seemingly great haste and excitement.
The dominic hustled ilto his dressing
gown and slippers and came trembling,
yawning and groaning to the door.
!: "Slr." said Wharton deferentially.
will you lend me pin?"
After the defeat and fight Of Charles
the daredevil Duke Of Buckingham
disguised himself rs a mountebank,
set up q stage in the heart of London
. and for days laughed in the faces Of
the stern Puritans. who were thirsting
(, for his life. One day when his own
sister, the beautiful Duchess Of Rich
mond, was passing, the jocular duke
! set the mob on to drag her from her
carriage. They forced her to witness
the pranks Of her brother, whom she
recognized. but could not betray.
a noted joke immortaiized in Levers
"Charles O'Malley" was actually per-
petrated ~ Mr.. Frederick Welcome, q
student in Trinity college, Dublin:
Mr.. Welcome pretended to hear q
voice In the sewer and persuaded the
mob that a prisoner had escaped into
the sewer from the Jail and that he
was perishing there, The mob exca-
yated the street. The troops were call
ed out, and riot, followed st. Louis
Republic.
The Watch Oak Tree.
The Brooklyn Times gives an inter-
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