The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-30
DUCK ON D 4
IN POLICE COURT
A Weird Game That Nobody Knew
About.
SCHEME 10 PROTECT BOYS
No Law TO Punish cannibalisn, IN tho
Police Court and The Man That Bit
or Boarder,s Lar .vcnt Free.
Lawyer With Ear III Pocket.

Duck on Davie'' was the text for a
magnetic and irridesceni lecture by the
Great Dispenser yesterday
Two boys We're charged with throwing
rocks at a cit3zen's house and the Great
dispenser, who loves u boy better than
Niger loves Watermelon was anxious that
IL snoutu appear t:,at they We're only play
1nS, instead OF standing out IN the mtdd:e5
OF the street ana throwing Straight At the
compartments house. Which was "a big
sight more Hke.y. and he asked the boys
II ti.ey were not paying Duck on DAVE.
Ine boys looked puzzled and sawed wood
and sad nothing
PLAYED IT HIMSELF.
Everybody knows what Duck on DAVE
is, SAID the Great Law Giver l played
il myself eighty years ago when
was only five years cd.
And then he asked the man whose mouse
was rocked, if he eyer played Duck on
DAVE" The man had never heard oil
the game.
Never heard of '<Duci on Davie?"
asked the Juveniles Friend, who declared
again tffat there was scarcely a man in
the audience who had not played this
fascinating game in his boyhood, and
looked around for confirmation of his as
scrtion.
Everybody took an oath they had never
evidently never heard of the game.
THE PRESIDENTIAL GAME.
One man said he played Mr., Geo. 3.
Davis presidential game. Number Forty
five every night, but he had never heard
of Duck on DaYie.
When the Great Dispenser looked in
cudulous and explained to the excited
multitude that to play Duck on DAVE
YOU must have a big fiat rock and
small round one, and the game was to
knock the little rock off the big one by
throwing at IL
Everybody took a oath they had never
heard of such game. and the vast
audience dispersed with the firm belief that
the whole Thing originated in the i'm
asinatire and massive brain of the Great
Dispenser and that it was another deep
laid scheme to keep from Furnishing boys.
Nobody had ever heard of Duck on
Davie
GOT DOWN TO WORK
Justice John got down to work in steady
fashion yesterday His vacation made
him as ga.ly the day before as young
colt too long to pasture, and while he was
still a little skttisfl. and every now and
then kicked UP his heels. sno-ted,t and
pranced around at intervals without ap-
parent cause. he pulled true whenever the
rtrain of the harness came upon him.
Nathan Green. Richard Grey and Viii
Hiszoner's court.
BLACK AND GREEN
Nathan Green was of a very dark shade.
He was charged with soliciting baggage
at the Union Depot platform without
license. Nathan had an exalted idea of
his own importance. and disputed with one
Of Richmond's Finest his right to order
him off the platform Nathan was also
stir-necked and proud in his demeanor
t,oro Io;SnanSnr
strangely tender his trea tlnent= Of his
darkly-verdant constituent
Nathan even declared. after being fined
s. for violating the ordinance. to say
nothing of the infection of his ego on the
policeman. that he didn't get Justice,
and was fined 81 more Cor contempt of
ro,lrt and spent the balance of the time
In brfdling and swelling like 4 peacock in
the spring.
soMBRE But CHEERFUL.
Richard Grey, while of sombre shade,
was of cheerful aspect because he was the
wrong man and was dismissed put WI
liam Brown larl1iy bore on his white face
the chag-in of a sentence OF ten Gays III
Jail.
The officer said William was drunk inces-
santly. and the Great Dispenser sent MN
sown long enough to allow him to drain
UNWEITTEN LAW.
Brave Percy Minor. the blind officer who
vas a victim to duty. presented Dick Nor
gan and Marshall Vaughan for fighting in
The street
Ono OF the boys beat the other for tax
ing his dog. and The Great Law-giver
said under the law he could not Justi!
the action. but that he could dismiss
the case-and he did.
Rebeoca Harris Mary Wyatt ana Juiia
Thorougood. of various shades OF Diack'
came up on Triangular warrants. each
charged with cursing ard abusing the
others Mary proved not SO Gtentie as
her name implies. and neither lid hepec-
ca make the familiar pictsice at Inc Wen.
Julia was not so thoroughly GOOD Si.,o
all around. and moi cent 10 pay VIII
Was the situation. Eebecca bumped her-
self 10 the nen in a great glee, reckoning
With a sardonic grin to the weeping MARY
while Julia sedately brought UP the rear
A FREE SHoW.
Julia johnson lcoIored) was charged
With being drunk aId disorderly III tne
street Wtel arrested she Was doing the
cake-walk in the centre of the thorough
fare, Tor tn. amusement of the ntultituue-
Julia declared she was only showing
anlher woman some new steps she hau
seen at the Casino. The Grsa: Dispenser
fined her S2.50 for running dancing-school
in the street
Lucius Morris and Willie Morris (co!o
sons OF q Woodworking respectable negro,
Were arrested fer fighting in the street
at night Councilman Harry Glenn,
counsel for the old man. made an earnest
appeal for the Industrious father and de
clared the boys only tonight Ike
brothers, and got in some good ticks Tor
his Curfew law.
The Great Dispenser goes his whole
length for a man who works. and dis
missed the case on payment of costs.
THE LOST EAR.
S. j. Lawson (coiored), who bitIoH the
ear of his obs,reperous ana recnlcitrart
boarder. Willie Gatewood. was asn;n ar
raigned on the felonious charge.
A number of new witnesses were intro
dneed. Lawson established good char
acter and plead provocation and seif-de-
Tense, Gatewoed having his teeth in Law
sons shoulder, when Lawson amputated
his ear With his inc.sors. A colored lawyer
had Gatewood's ear in his pocket, but did
uat-finI ,a,aice it