The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-13
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John s. Kellogg. the able statistician
and clerk OF the city redistricting com
mission, has quite joke which he uses
among the people OF religious tendencies
when they inquire his business. John.
who has the faculty of keeping straight
face under all circumstances. quietly re-
plies, II make my living by cards. This
generally produces look OF horror from
the church-goer. but John never moves
a muscle. When the well meaning pro-
fessors OF Christianity begin TO talk 20
him about the error of his ways, John
smiles suavely. and with his well known
urbanity informs them that his pack OF
cards runs up into the tens OF thousands
and represents the name and address OF
the qualified electors of Providence.
There is n young man, or IL may poss-
IDLY be a young woman, but 1 incline
towards the man, who lives on John
street and who is seized and possessed
of the idea that he can play cornet. As
a matter OF fact. he can't play worth q
cent and he might have the courtesy TO
remember that in warm weather people
keep their windows open. "Nuff said"
One OF the most prominent aldermen or
the city, who does not care TO have his
name used for day or two, said TO me
today: IL voted against the resolution
to extend the time of the removal of the
tracks of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroad company on India
street. but 1 did so under a misconcep-
ton hope 10 see the committee on
railroads report In favor OF an extension
OF time, but IL IL should not, I believe
the common council will grant the petit
ton of the business men. as 1t certainly
should. If the Providence Journal has q
private grievance against the CONSOLIDATE
ed road. let il fight II out on other
lines. but that newspaper cannot expect
that the big taxpayers should be made TO
suffer In order TO allow IL TO indulge it's
petty spite" There were two or three
other gentlemen in the party. and they
an fully endorsed the alderman's vigor-
ously expressed sentiment
ran into genial Dan" Grady. the
councilman from the Tenth ward this
morning. and noticed that dan" wore a
worried look. 1 asked him what the trou-
BILE was, and he said: ~ want TO find out
where / live. Is IL in the Eleventh or the
Twelfth ward?" ] told "Dsn" not to
worry for the present, for the readjust-
ment commission would not report until
about August 10. 'weil anyway" he re-
piled. IL am In the fight next November.
wherever they put me-"
My generally well-informed friend Luke
Kavanagh. one of the bright men of the
common council. seems TO have lost sight
OF one important fact In relation 10 the
speedway question. Mr.. Kavanagh has al
ways been ready to help the laboring
man, and he should reflect that IL the
city Is TO build the proposed speedway
large number IL not ALL of the men who
were laid off by the city highway de-
partment will find work for several
weeks. Think of it. friend Kavanagh.
overheard a conversation on the
steamer Mount Hope last evening. which
four, two of which, a lady and gentle
man from New York. sat at the stern Of
the big steamer, which was approaching
the Rocky Point wharf, on the trip from
Newport TO Providence. The New York
lady pointed to Rocky Point and said:
what place is that?Is 1t Crescent Park"
The Providence lady of the quartet at
once replied: mo. indeed. That is the
clean place"
watched a gang of bare-footed urch-
ins scrambIing i'm the moist hay and grass
under a banana car that was standing
fruit men shouted to the boys: Look out
under there, you're liable to catch hold of
a tarantula." One OF the most dilapidated
and toughest of the kids replied, "Taran-
tuIa nothing. Why. II / struck one of
them things I'd eat It," The boys were
left In peace under the car.
Jhs Gossip.