The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-01
TOWN TALES.

There is an operator in this city who
! promises to Guido the immortal Tom
Hood, most famous of punsters. He
strolled into the Western Union yes
terday afternoon and innocently in
quired Of one of the employees, DO you
know that the Beers are like a certain
class Of .grocerymen in Worcester
No said the other in what way?''
We'll" drawled the punster getting
well out of reach, you see they lie in
wait (weight)."
This is the same man that had the
| temerity to beard the democrats in
| their headquarters and ask Cl9Ik Wal
ter Henry if it was true that the state
ticket gave the average democrat ?
Paine in the stun Mack.
Men are sent to Jail for perpetratine
| lesser offenses than these.
General Josiah Pickett was in a re
miniscent mood yesterday afternoon.
and in the course of conversation went
back to Oct. 81 1861, to the day 3S
years ago, when the Twenty fifth Mas
sachusetts regiment, including the City
Guards, with Capt. Pickett at their
head, marched proudly through the
their part in upholding the dignity of
the union. Gen. Picketts eyes flashed
and the old war horse drew himself up
with even more than his usual soldierly
! bearing as he recalled the old days
which are engraved indelibly on the
minds of all soldiers who fought for the
preservation of the union.
Mayor Dodge has turned philanthro-
l. L.. i
of an individual who, on account of
various weaknesses, has fallen to that
level where he is distrusted by all men,
and who, according to his own state
ment, has passed half of his life in
prison.
The individual, who will be known as
Bartholomew" called on the mayor
the other day. and stated his case. He
admitted that half of his 40 years of
4 life had been passed behind prison bars.
although some of the sentences were
undeserved. Mankind has grown to
distrust him, and when he walks the
streets officers of the law watch him
| from every corner, ready to descend
upon him at the first opportunity He
! is ready to try and do something bet
| ter, and wanted advice as to how he
should succeed,
! The mayor found that "Bartholo-
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or two previous, when some one APP
preached his employer and gave his
record, whereupon he was promptly
! dismissed. His board was paid up to
the time in question, although he was
| seriously considering the advisability of
moving his quarters to a freight car OF
some similar haven of refuge. He had
! a chance to go to work for plumber.
but supposed that the labor unions
would get after him in case he took
up this line Of work, as he is not a
member.
The mayor began by placing an en-
barge on the drink question, and eau
! tioning the individual to control his
| temper. He then went down in his
pocket and furnished the wherewithal
! to settle the indigent's board bill. The
/ interview closed with the mayor prom
Using to use his influence in securing
| employment for his ward so long as the
latter kent up his good resolutions.
1t is told of the Rev. DR.. Gunnison
that he was the real diseoverer of Fred
erick Remington, the celebrated artist.
| 1t is related that when Mr.. Reming-
ton returned from the western country
with loss Of dollars and health, he
came to Brooklyn, N. Y, and made q
vain endeavor to find something to do
to keep the wolf from the doom. He
was by marriage a relative of
DIR. Gunnison. and one day, while the
| reverend gentleman was at the younr
mans home in Brooklyn, he discovered
some sketches upon the mantel deal