The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-27
TOWN TALES.

office in the course of the "a hours. In
the throng yesterday afternoon that
strolled along slowly in the golden sun
shine was a woman trundling a child
in a go-cart. The child was a sturdy
little fellow and sat upright, enjoying
the scenes which presented themselves
to his young eyes. At his feet on the
lower shelf of the carriage, equally up
right, sat fat pug, his little beady
eyes protruding with establishment and
Evidently he takes his airing thus
without dreaming of the
queer figure he cuts at the feet Of his
little master.
There is one cat in Worcester who
is sorry the Star lunch room is closed
and that is Tommy Marshall. Tommy
is now thrown upon cold and hungry
world, with none in particular to find
him in oyster stew and ice cream. Yes
terday he traversed the cellar and came
out of a window and began promenad-
ing Main street, rubbing his lean sides
against the sides of the shops and look
ing in at their doors wistfully in search
of human companionship. He found it
in shoe store not far from. his de-
serted lodging. One of the clerks went
for beef, another hied him to q place
where they sell milk, and in a few min
utes his catship was serenely lunching
on. the counter, among Dongola kids
and baby slippers. Then the keeper
of the Star lunch room came along with
the keys and gently they deposited
Tommy back where he belongs, to pass
the night. There are big, festive rats
there enough for several weeks board.
If Tommy chooses to catch them And
at any time he can extricate himself
through that cellar window, if his
quarters get too restricted for him. But
he is a good mouser and ought not to
want for home. Perhaps he will pre-
fer to wait like other people, for the
reopening of the Star lunch room. in
stead Of striking out for fresh fields
and pastures green.
The latest fad of the good women who
have more time on their hands than
they know what to do with, is TO 20 TO
a certain fortune teller in town and
blow themselves for a look into the
dim and vastly future. They usually
go in couples-it would never do to 20
alone, you know-and the soothsa5 or
is amasSing a snug fortune. It Would
DE odd, indeed, if any shrewd woman
could not in three months learn enough
of the unwritten history of Worcester
society to astonish any unsophisti-
Gated caller, so that, knowing the past,
she is necessarily looked upon as the
wizard, to whom the future is as an
open book. In at least one household
the fortune teller has succeeded in
kicking up a most awful row over a
matter long known to everybody in
town but the person most directly con
cerned, and another case is Known
where her Delphian art has very near
ly separated young couple who were
looked upon as a sure match. "As long
as the women of ripe years and sup
posed discretion patronize this form of
humbug, said my informant ycster-
day, I'VE ought not to blame the young
girls who add their pin money to her
earnings"
Most of the men who are rejected
from the military SERVICE" said the at
tending surgeon at the recruiting office
yesterday, have deformities and all
ments of which they themselves did moi
have the remotest notion. Hundreds
who come here are rejected on account
of hammer toe, a malformation begot-
ten of tight shoes that cramp the toes
into all manner of unnatural forma-
tons generally turning them under, SO
that the uail projects downward instead
of upward. Naturally such men could
never last on the march. Then, too, we
have a great many with varicose veins
most common fault with working
men. SO it goes all through the list. and
even serious troubles are discovered
which up to that moment had never
been suspected by the applicants them
selves"
If a'certain superstition cherished by
the Worcester Armenians in common
with their brethren in the land of Haig
is true, it is perhaps just as well that
Adam took a large bite out of the ap-
pie and handed the core to Eve. Ac-
eording to the Armenians, man before
the fall was covered from top to toe
with a substance like that of the finger
and toe nails. That the toes and fin
gers are tipped off with nails today. the
Armenians say, is evidence that all is
not lost, and that mankind may yet
redeem itself.
If man was still covered with this
substance all sorts of Inconvenience
might result. For instance, If one sud
denly stopped to pick UP a $40 bill he
would probably crack his back. But in
Adams day perhaps there were no $40
bills.
A couple of recent arrivals from Eu-
rope were discussing yesterday after
noon on the common, certain momen-
tous questions. Among other things
one of them wished to know when the
Americans celebrated their independ
ence. One man, for no other reason
perhaps than because he came from
Italy, suggested that it was Sept. 81
Finally, the question was left to a ma
tive of Scandinavia, who is going to
night school.
when is it, Eric? The 18th of March
isn't it?" asked one.
Nav, Yuly," said Eric.
II lie. do n" said the other Ana
then they mixed in, only to separate
when Sammy Ward doomed, in sight
A poet strayed into The Spy sanctum
yesterday afternoon.
I'm view of the fact" said he. "that
Thanksgiving is approaching. | thought
these few lines might be apropos. },
Here are the lines:
An innocent chicken
Pecks at the sand
The farmer stands DER him,
An axe in his hand.
/ reckon,
Chicks neck on,
Twill land.
For the first time In several months.
l got up early a few mornings ago and
came on to Main street just as the store
windows were being washed prepare
tory for the days work / was i'm
pressed by the signs of busy activity
of Worcester at that hour in the day.
more than I have been at any time
for year. Clerks we're shurrying to
their work. sidewalks were being swept.
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