The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-26
ON THE STREET


The proposed plan OF placing a
bronze bust of the late David Wallis
Reeves. our much lamented "Wallie. .
for years the able leader OF the Amer
lean band. i'm Roger Williams Park. is
most generally endorsed. I saw Hip
polyte l.. Hubert. the sculptor. today,
and he told me that his work on the
clay model for the bust was coming
along very satisfactorily.
A well known local musician took a
trip on the Suburban railroad yester-
day and his finely-trained ear suffered
horribly, after leaving Bellefonte. at
the almost continuous whistling.
We'll" said he. ANY motorman that
will cause collision on this road must
be not only pretty blind, but absolute
ly deaf" i agreed with him that the
Suburban's whistles We're about as
bad as they made them. when 1t came
to the question of phonetics.
a resident of the town or Exeter,
who comes 10 the city about once
month to buy dry goods and sich, met
me on Market square today, and. az
ter the usual greetings he said; Say.
what's this hear about there being no
state fair any more?" j told him that
such was fact. and he shook his
head, and glumly replied: well, man
and boy. have been TO the state fair
for so years without a break and ]
never thought I'd live 10 see il stop.
There's something wrong. altogether
wrong, 1 tell YOU" The well-meaning
countryman was very emphatic. and
yet he did not realize that there are
thousands of persons in the state who
hold the same opinion that he does.
"why is it," said lady who resides
on Hope street, that when II Is par
ticularly oppressive the Brook street
route runs closed cars, and whenever
il is cool the cars are invariably open
ones?" / informed her that she might
search me-" and further volunteered
the Information that there were some
things that cannot be explained. well,
anyhow" she retorted. I'VE ought TO
have 10-minute cars, instead of 2o-min-
ute," and then excused myself. for
knew that could give no adequate adj
vice.
NV friend, Henry B. Metcalf OF Paw
tucket, who is on his way to Chicago.
as a delegate TO the Prohibition ma
tionaI convention. wants TO be the Vice
presidential nominee. and says that he
has an idea that he can control the
New England vote. Well, perhaps so.
But Henry II. once yearned for a Re-
publican nomination in Rhode Island
and II slipped from his grasp, and
they do say" but whisper 1t softly,
that 1t was just about that time that
he left the party.
A South Water street business firm.
d. +. Rounds & CO.. has a cat--a plain,
everyday cat OF commerce-put ne au-
mires his cat. as he has right to. and,
in order TO prevent its loss. pussy Is
kept attached to long string and has
the run of the yard. Every morning.
before the busy work of the day has
commenced the cat, still attached to
the string. Is allowed run on the
street. and II Is right here that the
business man has devised clever
scheme to keep his cat. He has also a
dog a bright canine OF the terrier
species--and Il Is the duty OF this dog
to watch the cat. IL Grimalkin show
a tendency to wander away. the pup
quietly grabs the end of the string be-
tween his teeth, gives II jerk and IL
liz another case Of "the cat came
back"
.Zha GOSSIP