The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
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so that each has a fighting chance Of
becoming a white beaner.
It's pretty rough sport and many Is
the grunt and groan of the PROSTATE
black-beaners as the sport progresses.
There is little humanity however
even in the unspeakable Turk and the
jumpers are always in their stocking
feet.
The game was explained to me last
night in broken English by a Market
street Turk and as near as 1 could
make out, 1t had It's origin in this way:
Greek prisoner was confined in
STEAMBOAT prison more than 100 years
ago. The torture he was submitted to
being unbearable, he determined to es-
cape The prison was surrounded en-
tirely by water and the poor Greek was
unable to swim, but he kept hoping
against hope that help would someday
come. Access to the prison was reach
ed only by boat and none but faithful
Islamites manned these, so the Greek
was in despair of aid from them. Fin
ally one day it was decided by the
Turkish authorities to build bridge
TO the prison. Solid stone piers were
pullt at set distances from the prison
10 the shore preparatory to LAYING the
roadway. One dark night the Greek
managed to escape from his cell I'M
noticed and made his way to the first
OF these piers. BY prodigious leaps he
went from one to the other of them i'm
I'll he reached the further shore and
safety. Thus the game had its origin.
ana to this day the Turks call ii Con
stantine's escape.
Here is a story of an heroic escane
which was told me the other dav nv
member OF the hospital corps stationed
at camp Thomas, Georgia during the
summer of 1898: The hospital quar-
ters, 1t will be remembered, were placed
on an elevation above the camp, and In
the rear OF the tents was a steep bluff.
gong down to the railway track One
OF the hospital assistants came to the
ofncer In charge one day and asked for
a pass to go out of the camp, but as he
mad pass the day before, it was re-
fused
All right" he said. "Pll get out any
way and walked off Just at dusk
the officers attention was attracted bv
loud laughter outside his tent. and on
going out, saw the men watching a
barrel rolling and humping down the
nil. When it reached the bottom, II
struck the railroad track and rebound
ed, the slaves coming apart and the
whole business being badly shattered.
NO motion was seen for a few seconds.
and then an arm protruded from the
wreck. followed by leg, and finally
the whole body of the man who said he
would pass the lines. When he made
his appearance next morning, his nose
had lost most of the skin, and his trou-
sers had ban worn entirely through
by the friction against the inside of the
barrel The officer didn't have the
heart to report him, but it's safe to
say that he never tried the barrel
method of escape again.
of conversation, has been commented
upon with especial fervor during the
past few days Old residents compare
the mildneSs of the season with a SINH
lar December in 1857 or some such year,
and prophesy dire things before spring
mas put on her robe Of green. For those
of us who have no money to buy heavy
winter oVercoats, it is a blessing with
out disguise. II it only remains warm
and pleasant until Christmas, there is
always the hope that Santa Claus will
bring us nice warm garments. In the
let us enjoy this charming
genial weather that affords so much
pleasant gossip, and causes the poet to
keep back his store of snow verses that
would fail of market in such weather.
And when the cold does come let It
come. And remember that a New Eng
land winter is an unknown quantity,
and although l write this at midnight,
when I arose In the morning the big
Yard may be upon us.
Talk about the sidewalks of New
York; 1t is only necessary to take walk
about the streets of Worcester to gain
a clear idea of the. doings credited large
ly to the alleys OF the great metropolis.
A stroll down Green street yesterday
afternoon would have resulted in more
varied scenes than would have been
looked for even though 1t was Sunday
afternoon. AS a starter there was q
lively fight near the office of the Provi-
1ence & Worcester Railroad company.
Two youngsters neither of whom was
more than seven years old, put up
battle that would have done credit to
some of the prize ring exhibitions. One
Of the youthful scrappers was light
haired and evidently descended from
former subjects of King Oscar: the
other evidently claimed ancestry from
a son of the Emerald isle.
Just how it started nobody seemed to
know. but in less time than it takes to
tell it the belligerents were surrounded
by crowd of half a hundred lusty-
unged youngsters who circled about
the fighters, encouraging them with
whoops and yells. The battle lasted
about five minutes, the contestants CIV
ing and taking in a manner that did
credit to their knowledge of the manly
art. Finally he of the tow colored hair
received an extra hard blow on the
point of the jaw that started the tears
and took all the fight out of him In less
han a second. The battle was over and
The youngsters donned their jackets, ad-
usted their Fauntleroy ties and went
their way.
A little further down the street a
crowd of young fellows had started an
game of basket ball, using
4 large ball of paper in place OF the
pigskin. They fought, yelled