The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-04

The Fitchburg Young Mems Chris
pool tables in it's rooms for the amuse-
ment of it's members, especially the
Juniors. Now there are considerable
number of Y. M. G, A. men who be-
| lieve that pool and billiards are inven-
tions Of the devil and would as soon
play poker. But at the recent state
convention 1t was amusing to see the
interest which the secretaries and dele
gates took in these miniature tables.
Some even preferred them to devotional
exercises and prayer meetings, though,
| it should be said to their credit, these
latter were few.
All the danger and wild dissipation
which lies in a regulation pool table
seemed to be taken away by the simple
lessening of the size.
| One of the Worcester secretaries
whose experience with pool is slight in
deed was inveigled into playing game
without knowing what it was. When
the game was well on he asked his OPP
ponent what is was called. Regulation
pool was the answer. The Worces-
ter man looked rather funny for min
ute, but he didn't stop playing. Why
didn't he? His opponent said it was
because he was ahead.
Eight young women whose standing
in the university of beauty range be-
tween cum laude and summe cum
laude have been constant visitors in
County Court House during the Buzzo-
Fisher extortion trial. The color of
sanction for their attendance was de-
rived from the fact that they were
equipped with the paraphernalia neces-
isary for writing shorthand, But they
q Inn r0d 10 hoo 1no1
than they wrote.
Individuals when excited say strange
things and no better example of the
Saying could be found than an incident
that occurred at the fire Friday morn
ling on Bloomingdale Road The man
who rang in the alarm was excited
when the department arrived and when
asked by Chief Vaughn where he was
when he first saw the fire said: II was
at the corner of Sensation and Norfolk
Streets" He meant the corner of
Ascension and Norfolk.
One of the proprietors of a down.
town restaurant is telling good story.
He bought few goldfish as a pres
ent for a friend out of town and while
waiting an opportunity to present his
gift he placed the glass bowl contain
ing the fish In the window Of his res
taurant. Soon after an old man who
had the appearance Of farmer, en-
tered the store. "Are those fish for
sale?" he asked. YES" replied the
proprietor, seeing a deal on hand.
Give me an order Of them fried The
owner of the goldfish lost his mental
balance only for a second and then
went to the rear of the store and quiet
ly ordered a dish of fried smelts for
his peculiar customer.
The smelts were served and were eat
en- with a relish. On stopping at the
desk to pay his bill, the old man ex-
pressed much surprise at the small
charge, saying: 81 have always want
ed some of those fish, but yours is the
only restaurant Ike found which is IN
to-date enough to serve them" The
bill was paid and the man departed.
evidently in most contented frame of
mind. The walters in the restaurant
were obliged to go below stairs to laugh
While the meal was in progress, but the
proprietor managed to keep a straight
face. I can vouch for the truth of this
tale.
It's funny thing to see the ''young''
Democratic candidate for the Senate in
the first district spending his good
money or the coin of his friends for
the sake of placing his name across
the front page of q npwSDaner and