The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
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well, you are carrying concealed
weapons anyway said the officer, so
Concealed! Why, they are in plain
sight" said the man. Those are prop
erty guns They are loaded with blank
cartridges to use in the show. I'm
property man. Guess it's one on you,
isn't it? I was out here helping the
doorkeeper put man out who had no
business here
The sergeant pulled a long cheroot
from his pocket and gave it to the man.
1t was the same cherOOt that the &c
centric comedian shot with one of
those same revolvers. in the second act,
and put in his trousers pocket much
to the amusement OF the gallery-but
not to the sergeant.
During the time that John P. st.
John was governor, and was living in
Topeka, there was a smallpox excite
ment and the order was issued by the
board of health that everyone should be
vaccinated.
The governor was among the first to
| comply. He sent for a physician and
with the rest of the family prepared to
have the virus etched into his arm. The
family was lined up in the parlor and
the doctor was getting out his points
when the door bell rang and the ser
want answered it. To the consterna-
ton of the governors family and the
embarrassment of the visitor, the SER
want uShered him into the parlOr where
the family stood each with an arm
barred to the shoulder. The visitor was
a stranger but the governor was equal
! to the occasion.
you are just in time" said the gov
| ernOr. Have one on me-"
Il don't care if I do" said the visitor.
J who was not at all excited by the show
| of muscle, only I think it would be bet
] ter if 1 had it on myself and he re-
moved his coat and barred his arm.
This Will be one on the house. -
| said the well known apostle of tenn
I 2 n
! set to work.
! Caleb Cadwalader, BrownvilIe.
! Dear Cale:-How do you like it up
/ at 'LOnesOmeville' as we used to call
/ the old town? Don't be offended be-
! cause I call it q town for the require
| ments for a settlement to become a city
! of the firSt-class is that the population
| can stand two Uncle Tom shows in as
| many weeks as I have mentioned
| shows. The fact is that Topeka will
| out-groWing a city of the first-class.
| We have had two Tom shows and an
! other coming A town that can stand
| three in two or three months is enti-
! tied to be just a little bigger in name.
/ think, than towns that are glad or
| sorry, to get only one a season. The
/ last we had here was different from
! the rest 1t had two Uncle Toms, two
/ Evas, two Topsies, two Marks and in
| fact everything was two. Those who
| went said it was too bad when Uncle
/ Tom was whipped, too bad when little
/ Eva died and those who told the truth
| said the show in general was too bad
| for any use.
Christmas is not bothering me- I
shall make no presents. With the
| panicky times and call loans at 125 per
cent 1 can not take any of my ''capi-
tai" which is coming to me at the first
/ of the month, to invest in Christmas.
| The dispatches announce an unusual
| Stringency in the money market 1 hal
! not noticed that money was any harder
1 to get just now than it has been for a
| couple of years.
When you write next time please put
on enough postage so I will not have
| to pay anything to get your letter out
of the postoffice. am tired paying to
: get things out. I have found it a bad
/ habit Yours, JACK.