The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-27
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People.

oh. ] don't know,
Tommy Iipton is still confident. He
reminds me OF the first call young
physician answered.
IL was confinement case and some
time after the amateur saw-bones had
put I'm an appearance he came out OF
the front door and In answer TO the
inquiries OF an anxious and expecting
to-be grandfather. said:
'Well, It's just like this, The
mother and child are dead: hut have
strong hopes of saving the father"
Sir Thomas may save his boat; but
he'll ne'er get the cup.
According 20 Bridgeport. Conn.
dispatch OF Wednesday night. one
Thomas III. Doutney." once-noted
temperance lecturer. had called at the
Emergency hospital and asked 20 be
treated for an attack OF iim-iams.
lie was accommodated, then sent 10
the police station and put into cell
The dispatch also averred that Dout-
ney had threatened to end his life by
jumping into the river.
The subject of that dispatch was
probably Thomas n. Doutney. who
first came into prominence through
series OF temperance revival gather
ings which he conducted at Wakefield
Meeting with much success, thanks
10 the molley-coddling attentions
given him by the sisters he came 10
this city and opened up at Music Hall.
Doutney became n fad and then a
craze. Women Just hung about him
and vanity entering largely into his
composition. he easily cut a wide
swath
He coined money out OF the meet
ings and added TO his pile by inducing
his admirers 20 hold a fair In that
hall
Subsequently he had a Gospel tenn
perence tent pitched on lot at the
corner OF Broad and Pearl streets
and there his errsticisms also drew
large audiences
But Doutneyism had its run: the re-
former was hit by financial cloud
burst and the next heard of him he
WAS on a tear" All this happened
fully Is, nearly 20 years ago
The Cheerful Idiot got a soaker from
the Consummate Liar this morning.
The G. l. wasn't old enough TO psrti-
cipate I'm the civil war; but he has
a bad habit of Dragging about when
] was at the battle OF Antietam."
The Consummate Liar decided TO
hold him down today and this was
how he did IT,
Talk about the hardships OF cam
paigning: why, | remember one winter
when we were besieged and couldn't
get out OF fort IL was bitterly
cold. We hadn't a stick of wood and
everything that could be burned had
been used up. Then Bill Simmons
saved us"
Here was-wh4Fe- the Cheerful Idiot
bit, for he exclaimed: How did he
do a.? Did he sneak out at night and
chop down tree with noiseless
rubber-tired aXe?'
Not on your life" rejoined the Con-
summate Liar. You see the other
fellows made ours strenuous life.
They We're all the time popping at us
and Bill Simmons had been shot so
many times that his body was fun OF
holes. just like sieve. Bill got so
he just. laughed when bullet struck
him.
We'll this day. when all our fuel
was gone and the mercury had run
the bottom OF the tube. Bill said:
Boys, III save you Then Bill. he
jumped up on the rampant and sassed
the rebels"
What good did that do? What
did he do that for?" chirrupped the
Cheerful Idiot.
"oh, just to draw the enemy's fire.
See? Fire!w
And the c. !. went out and chased
himself around the block The rest OF
the office passed n vote of thanks to
the Consummate Liar.
When I came 10 this city 20 wears
ago the Providence Gas company
se,.Aed 20 be the leading business
concern and I noticed that the men
connected with Il were, I'm personal
appearance. such as 10 command re-
spect anywhere. But OF late | have
noticed a big change. The biggest
came to my attention yesterday on
Eiswald street. A young man
adorned with A badge and carrying a
book marked Providence Gas company
asked me II knew where the key OF
that house could be found" / was
riding a bicycle at the time. Per-
haps the young man thought owned
the row of houses, but the question
made me smile. At the same time
my mind reverted to the days OF old
and | came 10 the conclusion that the
good old Providence Gas company. "
this individual could he considered i.s
representative. was becoming a back
number.
! am told on the best OF authority
that General John NJ. Brennan. tho
well known lawyer, is soon To retire
from the practice OF law and is going
10 he farmer. Just imagine the
change. and just picture the general
should one OF his intimate friends nced
his services. II strikes me he would
let cart load or pumpkins and tons
OF hay take care OF themselves while
he flew into the city lust for a minute
TO see about it,
The GOssiD.