The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-28

Town Tales


l would like to have some reverend
gentleman explain why it is that in SO
many churches when the hymn is CIV
en- out for congregational singing, the
pastor almost invariably couples the
announcement of the number of the
hymn with Omit the second verse" or
"Omit the third verse" or Omit the
fourth verse; as the case may be.
There are always some people in the
congregation who forget which verse
is to be omitted before they have sung
the lines of the first one, and the re-
suit is that the singing is a tumble
with those who have remembered what
verse or verses are to be omitted.
Hymns were written to be sung in their
entirety, and the Omit the second
verse sounds a good deal like a shop
girls 1T is only 40 cents" instead of
fifty. There is some sense in the shop
girls argument, but none in the min
ister's.
Did you ever place a penny in a
chewing gum machine and push in the
slot? Well, if you have, you're not the
only one. A friend of mine has done
this on several occasions, and he sug-
gests that the chewing gum companies
would do well to place man with dice
in his hand, where these machines
stand. Persons wishing to chew gum
would then place the penny in the
mans hand and throw the dice with
it and say whether or not he gets the
gum. This would give everybody a
fair chance, and be far more satisfac-
tory.
Now that the new county court house
is nearly completed, a good many peo-
pie go down to look the building over
The janitors say that every day some
one comes into the court house and
asks to be shown around. This is par
ticularly true of out of town people
who wish to see the 100000 edifice. A
very polite clerk in Col. Johnson's of
flee has been acting as conductor for
some time, especially when young la
dies wish to have look through the
offices and court rooms. But as his time
is valuable, it has been suggested by
some of the employees at the building
thtat some one be hired for moderate
compensation to do nothing but act as
guide. However, no official action has
been taken as yet.
who is that old codger that you Just
passed de time of day wid?" one urchin
asked another at Holy corner, in the
Meadows, yesterday afternoon
"Oh, dat one,' said the lad, pointing
to the receding form of an old man.
Nobody in pertlckler. Just a fadder
of mine, OATS all"
Within a few days now the words
Whereas" and Resolved will appear
quite frequently in the vocabulary of
the young man determined to swear
off
If you don't care to open your coat
on cold night to pull your fare out
for ride on the trolleys, you can put
the nickel in your ear and carry it
there without losing it,
boarded a car the other evening for
trip into the country on an assign
ment and stood on the rear platform.
The weather was cold enough to make
one bear no malice toward Arctic ex-
plorers, and half way up Pleasant
street the car stopped and China
man got on board. He was cuddled up
almost out of sight beneath his outer
garment. As he got inside the con-
ductor passed through, asking the pas
sengers to push up front, and at the
same time picking up nickels for fare.
When he came to the Chinaman, the
celestial pushed his fingers into his ear