The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-07

person cares to ride for one nickel. He
who is not satisfied with this, can get
off at some station on the east side
where the platform is between the
tracks. He can walk across it and
board a car going in the other direc-
ton, and, returning by way of South
ferry, go north again on the west side
to place in Harlem where the station
is between the tracks. There let him
repeat his transfer, as on the east side,
and thus ride back and forth like a
shuttle as long as he pleases The
only difficulty will be to get sleep and
food. The moment he goes to sleep,
a guard will put him off.
1t may be old-fashioned but I warm
ly protest against the present fashion
of having thing over before it is done,
to use an expression bordering on an
Irish bull. This is especially notice
able in the way Christmas magazines
and Christmas editions of big Sunday
newspapers are being put on the mar
ket several weeks before the day itself
arrives. A glance into any of our book
store windows will show one all the
Christmas literature, that is stale by
the time Christmas really comes. We
had hardly digested our Thanksgiving
turkey before we are reminded of the
next great holiday of the Christian
world. Next Sunday nearly all the
newspapers of New York will have
their Christmas editions, and when the
25th Of December arrives we will be
reading of Washington's birthday or
April Fools day. The excuse given is
that many readers are living in far
away places and so an early edition is
sent out. But when a mail car can
reach the Pacific coast inside of a
week, the excuse is no excuse at all.
The only thing for those who believe
as do, is to buy their Christmas read
ing and pack it away in a trunk and
securely locking it up, wait for the
appropriate time to read it. l want my
turkey and presents-that is, if 1 get
any-Christmas day; and / also want
to read Christmas stories and look at
Christmas pictures that are as new and
fresh as the things I eat and wear.
l DO not suppose that publishers will
at once change their plans to suit my
ideas. but l have that sacred right of
every American citizen, Of voicing a
protest.
After weeks and months of worry on
the part of labor unions and the expen-
diture of much impassioned oratory in
the council chambers of city hall If
remains for the brethren of the social
list labor party persuasion to formulate
a plan whereby the sentiment of the
voters relative to the eight hour day
law can be learned. 1t is a sticker
on the ballot, and sticker for the men
who have worked so industriously to
get the matter on the ballot
A dog howled for something to eat
at lunch cart window last night. To
get rid of him the lunchman threw
him out a frankfort The dog shifted
1t for minute, then, with his tail be-
tween his legs, he scampered down the
street, yelping pteously. What did it
mean? Does the incident throw suspic-
ion on the ingredients of the frankfort?
Can 1t be that the dog shifted the re-
mains OF his little long-lost brother?
tramp knocked at back door on
Mead street yesterday afternoon. When
the woman of the house opened it, he
cleared his throat and said Madam,
] am telegrapher by trade, am out
of work and am now trying to make
my way back to Buffalo. / was not
always thus. / was reared as a man
of culture and education, but owing to