The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-30

the New Yorker who. in 1892 had 302 hats
at stake. He was betting on Harrison.
and itseest hirn mere than S1.5o0 TO nav
off,. 10 $50 sd o. sas..s1.s.
one bet that was made in ST. Louis IN
1886 has mott 80 far ase known, been re-
peated this, year. It was between two
Franklin avenue residents, and the terms
OF 1T We're that the loser was to eat live
eoetroach. And he did-without saItspep-
per or any condiments.
Recently the st. Lofts Republic told of
an election bet out-of the ordinary that
mao been made in New Mexico The
STAKE 81 IS bride; If, Bryan is elected,
lanes Howard is to marry Mary Joh12
son; ii Mckinley is elected. the terms. Of
lae wager-which are with the father Of
the girl-eali for the cessation Of the
s so',.s mans eeourtsaffp. This case is, of
course, very. differetlt, from the first re-
corded election betss hut still there are
po4 pom that suggest a. resemblance. In
me, me tiIn 19, OF P1iny, ever so many years
D., Il rich patrIcian bet one of his "a.
Norite wives with d >grandee on the re-
suit OF an election. 2 Whether the bet was
at a. et el lS.5 Wlfe against another wife
OIL al ODDS, one wife. against two or three
WiHeS, or whether real estate. cash OR >
c;@sk OF Perfume, vas the other end Of
me wager nlstQ1E does not record. At
grandee collected tie, Wife. II SO bs sne
Reileo ina ts3thf grandee already had all
~ ~ M5lSF5 ne wanted, and he did not see
lils way az clear to add another one to his
household. But he had a friend who
having recently moved in a large. 'fiat
/ WIS was snort OF few wives, and bethouahf
m That, that 1t would be a generous thing
70 present him with. his winning And
ne did so, much to his politicaI 1srofff fAiio :
coming on down to the early DAYS of the
American Republic, it is recorded tha ~
i1a,' o],ilL4lsn between Federalsts and
ali-, -
az Ls9dlt Dy two prominent men of Phil
dde- pLla. The terms were that the oio
was 10 De drunk at the Blue Anchor Tav-
49, - a ! Lock street then widely patron
- nm I'M; = fortnight after the election
was ned enough returns had come in to.
SItoN the result, and the bet was naid
~ w5s a good, old-fashioaed jan1no-
r:e6f v IlisN ale drinking, and before the
So was ended the whole party was
~ tle hands of the night watch. Tn
l4te@sLaperS of the day got hold of tba
~ dEu printed ii, but, after the fashion
OF those days. no names were eiI,s,-
And, also after the fashion Of tba IN An
me hteIe affair referred to as "a bra
"a dlIF3y, when in these DAYS II wo,,T5
i SG S''iieo Il case Of drunk and disorde-1
LOVING the course of time ana ~
electlen bet, it is found that aho,.t i IN lIle
y He<sIs ago Jay Gould put Ulp a stes ~
81 = r. ~ d stake on an election WbetTar
cher sffaa,5, ,db[ty to the wager put up an
och,
>at estate or railroad stocks and - h 1asi
= act recorded; hut at an1- ~ ~ oo AS
!. =. u q won. Later he sold the stea,nb IA
ne itta Wagered to ans actor. who co,I,
81 INTO an excursion boat and 81 - -
w w zen en- george Francis Train. the Cocoon
=; III, - i.Neo IN omaha some years ago -
the tlme when he was prorninant -, * - I
building of the Union 3Pacjfic Iais, ~ :, me
ILL - pass that an election was schadr
ulea-. MT Twain thought he knew hS'I,,
the eleeuon was going, and to preve ~ bis
49, es. MADE wager that if his mo =,
WIS qeleated he would wear a dual5 s,,it
All tne year round. Mr.. Trains pnass
Mds pao' and he fostl He lived IN 10
lIe letter OF the bet, however. and fo, -
"ilole Nlntef-one of those Omaha win
setS, TOO, IN which the Thermometer takes
Stslaen ana unexpected dips to far ba
low zero and billiards. come along -ot1e,.
night and freeze everything that &c no.
'aclualiy on hfeE1e wore white 515ex
mere were those who said he violated
She spirit of the bets by wearing half q
dozen suits of underalothes ,rnfer1 IN
white. duck. But Ms sTrain coiild s4anJ
criticism better than he could stand = -
attack of pneumonia. and refused RI
Abandon his warm underclothing.
Ihey tell another story OF an election
pet yesterday in the blizzard country. II
y 70 the effect that in 1883, Ezekfek Tim
TUCK; OF Hupnewell, Kan, made bet
IN these terms: IF Cleveland was de-
Ieslled ne would join church. Timrocl5
was gentleman with a reputation as a
sough ana bad man generally He had
long seorned religion and cursed re.ig-
leilists@ 80 his bet was heavy one.