The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-19

There was some confusion the OLner
night after the Republican Club dim
ner, in one of the dressing rooms up
stairs. 1t seems that a young man of
facetious turn of mind. with flendish
ingenuity shuffled the hats about in
most dnseemly manner. When the
men came upstairs to get their hats
and coats there was lot of confusion.
1t is not always easy to recognize ones
hat without careful scrutiny, although
the man with a 81 size. knew he was
under the wrong hat when a W
slipped down upon his brow. If the
perpetrator of the coarse joke reads
this he will know that l was among
the victims and am now wearing hat
that belongs to another man. The fact
that it is better one than mine does
not ease my wounded feelings in any
way for | had worn my hat so long it
was like an old friend to me.
A young and handsome man, who
looks upon the wine when it is red has
discovered a unique hiding place for
the bottled liquid when he desires to
secrete an eye-opener about the house.
This hiding place is of all things
rubber boot
The innocently-dimpled cheeks of the
youth do not suggest a disposition in
which such worldly wisdom could pre-
vail as to enable him to hit upon the
storehouse in question.
However family objections to even
an occasional sip from the enchanting
bowl have made him wise. He has
learned that the old boot is never dis
turbed and, unlike a shoe, has no
tongue with which to reveal his secret.
| One of the half dozen really good and
original stories that were told at the
banquet of the Worcester Commercial
| Travellers Association has been going
the round since until nearly everybody
has heard it, The roast was intro
duced by Toastmaster Samuel f. Win
slow, when he introduced Richard T..
Latin, who, as everybody knows who
knows him. is not bad looking at all.
Col. Winslow said that he dropped into
the City Hall one evening to learn how
they conducted hearings on application
for extension of franchise, and found a
man talking there. Somebody said to
Col. Winslow: who is that man talk
ing?" Replied the colonel He isn't
talking; he's Latin" mo, he amt,
according to Col. Winslow, said the
victim of the pun; look at the blamed
ugly mug on him" OF course, the
laugh was on Mr.. Latin and has been
ever since.
To the Editor Of Town Tales
noticed an article in this column a day
or two ago about the horse that had been
clipped and then left standing In the cold.
Every gust of wind blew the blanket up
from the horses back In direct contrast
to this was the horse / saw last night:
The blanket had been put on first and
when the harness was put on it kept the
blanket nice and tight This blanket had
a hooded affair that didn't look extra
fine, but must have been warm AS was
passing this horse a man said TO the
driver: Got your horse pretty well muf-
fed haven't your" yes, ! have. | find
they work longer and better If you keep
them warm" was the reply. Though the
motive was not unsetish, II was not
bad motive and the horse needn't care so
long as he is kept warm. II. b.
He had had his supper and she had
not He wanted to take her to a con-
cert. 1t was the day before pay day
and they were both nearly broke"
He searched his pockets and produced
a dime and three coppers She search
ed hers and found dime, nickel and
two cents Thirty cents, why thatu
get me all the supper l want, she said,
and they went into restaurant. After
looking the bill of fare over and care
fully calculating amounts the supper
was ordered Won't you look well
handing out all that copper" chuclled
her companion. The waiter brought
her a check for 80 cents "Oh. heav-
ems, I'm sure / calculated carefully"
she remarked, and picked up the bill
of fare again, She breathed easier
when she saw the waiter had made
mistake. The man at the desk cor
rected the error and handed her a
check for 80 cents. In return she drop
ped on the counter, two dimes, a nickel
and four coppers. The other cent was
not TO be found.