The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-15
JOKES OF GREAT JokERs.

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Tricks Played on UnsuspectinG Poo
! PIE by Fun Loving Men.
| Hook forged 1000 letters. to 1000
tradesmen and others requesting them
to call on certain day and hour at the
house of wealthy widow, Mrs. Tot
tenham, In Berners street, London,
against whom he had conceived q
grudge.
These people began to arrive soon
after daybreak. Jhe rush continued
until nearly midnight. They came by
ffties and hundreds.
There were 100 chimney sweeps, 100
! bakers, 80 doctors, 90 dentists, so ac-
couchers. There were priests to ad-
minister extreme unction and Metho-
dist ministers to offer last prayers.
There were so confectioners with we'd
ding cakes. so undertakers with COZ
hns 30 fishmongers with baskets Of
cod and Holsters. They pushed, quar-
relied and fought, and the police were
called out to prevent riot. Finally
among the hoaxed ones came the gov
crnor Of the Bank Of England, the roy
al Duke Of Gloucester and the lord
mayor of London. each lured thither
by some cunning pretext. A police
investigation followed, but the per-
petrator was not detected.
Florence and Sothern once asked
Captain Lee, Adelaide Nelson's Eng
lish husband, to dinner ut Gramercy
Park hotel. where he was to meet
Vanderbilt, Astor, Governor Seymour,
Longfellow, Bryant and other noted
Americans.
These gentlemen were for the occa-
sion personated by Billy Travers, Lar-
ry Jerome. Nelse Seymour, Dan Bry-
ant and other choice spirits. who, after
violent quarrels, drew pistols and
bowie knives and filed the room with
! cursos, sirieks and explosions. The
Englishman. convinced that these
were ordinary American manners, div
ed under the table, where he remained
/ until dragged out amid the laughter
Of all present.
+ A horse dealer having refused to
give Sherry" further credit, the wit
wrote asking that the Dealers wife
should bring I. :. carriage and get the
money. Shei .>ian's footMan induced
her to sit down to q delicate lunch.
f, and while she was eating 1t Sherry"
, slipped into the carriage and drove
off. Again he ordered two pairs of
/ boots from two reluctant makers.
. When they were brought, he sent each
maker away to stretch one of his boots.
Then he put on the remaining two and
took trip to the country.
Philip. duke Of Wharton, when
young man had tutor whom he cor
daily disliked.
! One night long after the good domi-
ME had retired the duke awoke him In
seemingly great haste and excitement.
The dominic hustled into his dressing
gown and slippers and came trembling,
yawning and grooming to the door.
! "Sir." said Wharton deferentially,
T, will you lend me pin?"
! After the defeat and fight Of Charles
| the daredevil Duke Of Buckingham
disguised himself as mountebank,
set up stage In the heart OF London
and for days laughed in the faces of
the stern Puritans, who were thirsting
+; for his life. One day when his own
sister. the beautiful Duchess of Rich
nond. was passing, the joculnr duke
set the mob on to drag her from her
carriage. They forced her to witness
the pranks Of her brother, whom she
recognized. but could not betray.
A noted joke immortalized in Levers
"Charles O'Malley" was actually per-
petrated by Mr.. Frederick Welcome, q
student in Trinity college, Dublin.
: MI. Welcome pretended to hear a
] voice In the sewer and persuaded the
mob that prisoner had escaped into
the sewer from the jail and that he
was perishing there. The mob exca-
yated the street. The troops were call
ed out, and a riot. followed.-St. Louis
Republic.