The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-03-16

ried out 70 the grounds ahead Of The
bcva, 90 q 70 pick out some cappers TO
stAst The games. I hurried into The
groupds, and saw four or Eve Reubs
standing togethHy In front Of lemon
ade stand, 70 I hauled them TO one side
and said 10 them. tHerei TheFe's 90
Ing p be . 1sllow out here pretty coon
calling bugoy whips. HeG be In aa
open carsiaSe. Az soon a. he AAshes
hip talk ssoh one Of you fellows 60 up
end buy . whip for %. Al soon as you
do that my agent in the crowd win put
- more IN your pocket and you oan
keep that Well. I gave them the mon
~, and hustled on TO pick out . plaos
for the wheel In little while saw
my man WITH the buggy Whips drive in
and begin 70 drew crowd. but Iwasnst
paying much stteatiou to him until I
heard . l63 Of bowling and laughdng
over his way, and then one Of the boys
came running up tome with his eyes
bulging out: Say. where did you gst
them boostsnr he sAys. told him I
picked 'sm ont dcwn BY he Gats. sWslR
he saV, the crowd won't stand for 'sm.
They're all from the insane aAylum
across the road hurried over, 70 the
crowd, and sure enough, here were the
.pluggers with their So bills and my boy
up In the carriage 20 mad he couldn't
see. Get 'em awayi' hs hollered q
me. They're ail dairy Then I NO
ticed for the arst time that al thAss fel-
lows had straw hats and linen coass
tust alike, and wore these carpet slip
pers. had an awful time dragging
'sm away, and they came mighty near
queerin' the graft for all day. When the
boys from the crazy house began 70
butt In and buy whips at - apiece the
farmers knew something was wrong.
There must have been 200 Of the
boys from the insane asylum on the
grounds that day. They stood around
everywhere blocking of good money.
and. Of course, they were all dead ones,
not having 10 cents apiece. The ladies
Of the Methodist church were serving
meals In the dining pavilion out at the
Eair grounds, and when I went over to
get my dinner told the women who
was taking tickets that was the new
chaplain over st the asylum She said
she was q little nervous, having all these
crazy people on the grounds, and then
I told her tha4 one Of 'em had stolen .
saw and got under the. grand stand and
WAS saving down the support when NJ
caught him. told .hss that n 10 min
utss more the whole stand would have
fallen in and killed hundreds o6 pso-
pie.
.About IN hour ls*sr I happened 70
bA roinr ue.t.' suA I vvnA over and told
her thek ona a TIA uaAlanSa ~ tus&
txisd 70 set Are 10 thS Aasnl ~ Thea
- uStls vAila aftnr Aak I oa11n6 IN sad
"a: Il ,s,peee you Aoaed wAaA hap
uened ovse 4 IA chaelupu dapas>uentr
sAa aid Ne hsapit hsard word shout
A. WAyy I says sons a ~ men from
tha asviru insA oAaeel . ut&le giSl and
nsas6 ~ h>s tAn1k o6,' Wen, ahS
was M IN the ssz.
"A little while before supper time
wsn& In and ssad 10 her, IN eoing 70
hiring one Of the uatiants IN hsre TO sup
per. You'll sec nm come IN With me.
He's Q tail maa With . black mustaahe.
and heS all riRht q long a. hs don't
drink any coffee. Hs always asks for
coffee-that's his mauiacbut Il hs
drank q cur a. codRes hS'd begin 10 rave
in less than AvSminutss. When he asls
for coffee dou't pay any attention to
him. Now, there's smother thing. This
man Il Q klsptomauiae. He'll steal any
thfnR he can lay his hands on, 10 you
WANT to watch him while hes here
I'm q little whils'I came In with one
Of my men, s.fellow named Eddie Sand
Aend for conee-draak IL Ill the SanA
Whenshe sat dowa three Il ~ women
came and stood acroas the table from
him, watchin' every move h made,