The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-01

| uOH6 III pOllieI6SS, Sle began 10 DOW. j
| don't think the old gentleman appre-
ciated the little lady's error She
| bowed persistently in spite of such
gentle hints as l could make, but he
! ignored her
| There was one cause of Thanksgiving
! yesterday that was not mentioned by
| any Of the ministers in their Thanks
| giving sermons. 1t Is the sweet sense
| of relief one feels to think that for
| nearly year the comic papers will cut
| cut the time-Worn jokes about turkeys
| For about three months before our uni
| versal day of rejoicing, old cuts of
! turkey prancing around a barn yard
| uttering stale jokes to an admiring
crowd of feathered fowl have occupied
much space in the comic weeklies, and
| while the attempts at humor were pos
| sibly laughed at in our childhood, no
| longer do these same ancient time en-
| crusted jokelets provoke a smile They
rather cause an unutterable sense of
! WEAKNESS. I therefore am very thank
full that for many months the turkey
joke will cease to stare me in the face
when take up the funny papers.
A man of the George Washington
type is telling of an experience he had
with wart which grew upon his index
finger, to his discomfort and humilia-
ton. The owner of the wart tried
caustic, milkweed, acid and several
other supposed sure eradicators, but
the wart thrived and grew more
troublesome.
According to the story told by my
truthful friend, the wart disappeared
in magical sort of a way. He had a
friend who was so superstitious that he
would not pick up a five dollar bill if
he saw it in the street, because he be-
lieved that bad luck would surely fol-
low. This man of superstition assured
the fellow with the troublesome wart
that all worry should cease, and the
wart would vanish provided the owner
had superstitious tendencies.
The removal of the wart came about
in this way" said my friend. II went
to Jim and told him about the wart
ard asked him what could be done for
it. told him of the attempts I had
made TO get rid of it, and he smiled.
! want that wart," he said. "Will
you sell it for a cent?" LESS than
that" l replied. He paid me a cent
and calmly remarked, 81 own the
wart." I considered the sale big piece
of tomfoolery, but about two weeks
later l was dumfounded when I dis
covered that the wart had left nv
ringer. l met my friend, and on his in
deX finger was the wart 1 sold him. He
had no trouble in getting rid of it by
dtsposing of it to a superstitious friend.
That happened about two months ago.
TIE wart may be on Dom PauPs finger
by this time, for aught I know.
1t takes little to attract a crowd on
holiday. For a week or so past there
has been begging couple on the street
every day. One is a blind man. who
plays a Wheezy accordion and sings in
a rather cracked voice, and the other
is woman, VINO holds his hat to re-
ceive contributions. Up to yesterday.
they have attracted but little attention.
as they stood at a street corner, but yes
terday, when they took their stand at
the corner of Front and Commercial
streets, they were surrounded by an ad-
miring throng at once, and the crowd
kept on growing, until it extended into
the street. But when the hat was
passed--well, that's another story
Everybody I saw yesterday afternoon
was making arrangements to omit sup
per for the evening. Too much dinner
was the cause. Why do people eat so
much on one day? Is it because thew
have that way of being thankful and
eat simply on account of a full heart
Or is it because they have so much to
eat? The latter is probably true of the
men who were given dinner at the Wei
come mission yesterday. They ate all
they could, because they knew it would
be a full year before they got a chance
to eat as much again.
And the same is true for those who
board. They ate q great deal, either
because they were invited out. or be-
cause they were not. clearinghouse
tables are small on Thanksgiving day,
and as the landlady--it always is a
landlady-can afford to feed the re-
mainder better than usual. But what
ever the reason, the fact remains the
same, that Thanksgiving is the one day
on which every man, woman and child |
who can afford it, and many who can't, !
get all they can possibly hold, and are
duly thankful for it afterwards, or they
ought to be.
A girl with pink cheeks and fluffy |
hair, who, although small in stature !
and apparently little more than a |
had lots of fun with a |
masher at the corner of Main |
and Pleasant streets last night A |
quartet OF the curbstone aristocracy
stood on the corner discussing mem |
bers of the fair sex as they passed, and |
well satisfied with them |
selves. All at once the child appeared |
on the scene. A member of the gang
who was distinguished from his com |
rades by a many colored ribbon which |
served as a band for his hat, reached |
for and brought the girl to a standstill |
by sheer force. Holding her by the |
arm, he proceeded to engage her in |
Some of the bystanders