The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-24

s~e ou' W iht PIDuilHA dhcdi Oh ina
boys. so as 10 pick out some cappcrs 10
start the games. | hurried into the
grounds. and saw four or five Reubs
standing together in front Of lemon
AIDE stand, so ! hauled them TO one side
and said 10 them Here. There's go-
ing 10 be fellow out here pretty soon
selling buggy whips. He'll be IN an
open carriage. Ae soon as he finishes
his talk each one OF you fellows 90 mp
and buy a whip for So. As soon as you
do That ny apen. in the crowd viii put
~ more in your pocket, and you can
keep that Well ! gave them the nom
cy and hustled or 10 pick out q place
Tor he wheel. In little while saw
my man with the buggy whips drive IN
and begin 10 draw a crowd. but wasn't
paying much attention 10 him until
heard a lot OF bowling and laughing
over his way, and then one Of the boys
came running up TO me with his eyes
bulging out: Say. where did sou get
them boosters? he says. ! told him
picked EN- out down by the gate Wei.
De says. the crowd won't stand for EN-.
They're al from the insane asylum
across the road hurried over to the
crowd. and sure enough. here were the
plnggers with their s. bills and my boy
mp IN the carriage so mad be Couldn't
see. Get EN- away" he holerod at
me. They're all daify. Then ! no
iiccd for the first time that an these fell
lows had straw hats and linen coats
D
pers. had an awful time dragging
en- away. and they came mighty near
quccrin' the graft for all day Whenthe
boys from the crazy house began 70
butt in and buy whips at s. 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 an dead ones,
not having 10 cents apiece. The ladies'
Of the Methodist church were serving
meals in the dining pavilion out az the
fair grounds. and when ! went over TO
get my dinner told the woman who
was taking tickets that ! was the new
chaplain over at tho asylum. She said
She was little nervous. having an these
crazy people on the grounds. and then
told her that one Of 'em had stolen q
saw and 90. under tn. grand stand and
was saving down the support when We
caught him. | told her that in 10 min
utes more the wiroc stand would have
fallen in and killed hundreds Of peo-
PIE
about an hour later happened 10
be going past. and | went over and told
her that one OF the patients had just
tried TO set fire TO the floral hall. Then
"A little while after that | called in and
said: 4 s'pose you heard wha. hap
pcncd over in the chicken departmentg
She said She hadn't heard word about
il. Why | says 'one of the men from
the asylum jus. chased little girl and
nearly bi, her thumb Off Well. she
was up IN the air.
~ little while before supper time
went in and said to her: I'm going 10
bring one Of the patients in here 10 sup
per. You'll see him come in with me.
Hes "a tall man with black mustache
and he's. al. right as long as he don't
drink any coffee lie always asks for
his mania-bu, If he (
drank cup of coffee he'd begin 10 rave 4
D less than five minutes. When he asks
for coffee don't pay Any attention TO .
him. Now. there's another thing. This
man Is q kleptomaniac. He'll steal any
thing lie can lay his hands on. so YOU
~. 4. 4.
In "a little while | came in with one
~ my men. fellow named Eddie. and
,ne IL the best in his line. lie was
Send for cofTee-drank il all the time.
When he sat down three OF the women
came ard stood across the table from
him. waichin' every move he made.
Eddie thought they were stuck on him.
Ne was .welled up there like toad in
. thunderstorm.
''rhe first thing lie called for was cof-
'ec Nobody paid any attention 10 him
rhey brought him milk. lie told the
woman to take ii back and bring him
Omc coffee. she took the milk away.
lut no coffee would she bring lie
skcd every body around the place for
once. ana a.f tHt salisldcRloN ne Ept
Mas 10 sec them line up and watch him
o that he wouldn't steal any thing. At
asst he was so mad that he broke out.
Ie brought his fist down on the table
Until everything iingled and hollered:
want a cup OF coffee" That settled
I. Every woman let out q squcal and
made a run for her life. \ lot Of zap
policemen. with tin stars. came UP On
he run. and we had an awful lime
puarin' ii.'-Chicago Record