Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-23

potato patch questions the truth Of
the assertion that nothing was created
without a use. a great many older
people are puzzled by the same state
ment as fytime draws near.
Peopie who attend a ball game but |
once q year are wisely saving up for
the Touring, colossal, stupendous and
gorgeous extravaganza of sport to be
furnished by the policemen and news. !
paper men on the Buchtel field next
Saturday.
A man who killed man has been
sent to the penitentiary for. three
years. A man who helped kill man
has received the same sentence. A
man who shot at % man with intent
TO kill drew one year. A man who
| shot ut a man with intent to wound,
| drew one year also. All this was in
Akron. Now what will the dynamiters
get?
"Of course it wasn't the original
red hen" said the Observing Citizen
to u small crowd Of listeners, but it
was red hen nevertheless. 1 saw
her in a yard In South Akron, and
she was almost scarlet Ia color. was
curious and asked a little tot who
was feeding the chickens, where such
hen was obtained"
"'Ob,' she replied, 'Biddy wasn't al
ways red. Her was white once, but
last Easter Mamma dyed her for us,
an don't you think she looks prettyT
81 did but was a little disappointed
at finding the hen was only an or
. dinory creature after all"
"Uugrateful wretches these new
policemen" said the Hangeron indig-
nantly.
"Show me-" requested the Practical
! Philosopher.
"Why, just because they haven't
= been paid, they are blaming the Judge
for 1t all Some say that If he had
kept his fingers off the Board there
+ would still have been money on hand
to pay them. Then others say that
if they had known they weren't going
to get their money the Judge could
have kept his blanked old Jobs
=, Heavens and earth! The ingrates
would destroy their official creator
Blast their hides, let em quit IL they
n don't want the jobs"
+ + T.
A story has trickled in from Kent
q to the effect that man was ntoKi
}. Gated there one night last week. The
fact of Kent mans being ntoxi
Gated need not of necessity be ac
u cepted as sensational, but his cxpe
rience while DI that condition was
not Of an ordinary character, anC
hence the pause to take notice of It
His method of acquiring the cling
ping aud bolsterous companionship o.
j. Barleycorn was in the usual way
and therefore needs no explanation
The burdened man, with some com
II panions, was lingering near the cor
ri ner OF store in the outskirts o
y town. An effort was being made I,
persuaded him to go home, but after tn
,e fashion OF men In his condition h
. did not yearn to greet the anticipate,
n situation Mt his domicilc, and tn
I manner in which he did not go wa
4 positive. While this conference wa
4 proceeding II vender of tinware cam
in sight from around another corner
4 and left his handcart standing /,
y front of a moisture emporium Will
y he went In for n social chat with til
ti'ihtH WIN Sthhus Dcnlhu thht CouI
ter--or whatever you call it-whic
J is directly in front of large miro
about which Is "A brilliant display Q
glassware. The eyes of the intox
= Gated man wandered tremulously I,
n ward the vender's cart piled full {
= tin buckets, dlshpans, tin cups. an
= such wares,
= Strengthening mp as well az h
= could. the man with too much,' d!
played remarkable enthusiasm ur
der the circumstances by saying,
z wanch shu play horsch," and hefol
4 his object became plain he reacht
4 the cart and managed TO get into I'll