The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

Although one Worcester family Of
colored people came near being en-
tirely cleaned out of it's household
goods last summer by a negro claim
ing to hail from the South, vet that
same family of people could probably
go South and give many points on real
business to its Southern brethren.
The gullibility of Southern negroes
is so great that it is no wonder they
seldom become property owners A
Marylander purchased a COW from a
negro and promised him $40 for II
When the time came to pay up and
the negro called on the white man for
dues, Mr.. Man said: well, Jimm.rI
amt got the money handy, and 1 guess
I the best way you can do is to work n
out And that poor coon actually
pitched in and worked out the money
which was due to him.
There is no use in denying it, the
New York street gamfn has a YER
nacular hard to beat A young woman
crossing over from one ferry 70 an
other recently, was accosted by
stunted little vagabond with a bright
alert air. Say, are youse goin' over
to Joisey City," he inquired. breath
lessly; cause I'll carry yer bag if yer
want me ter"
He carried the bag to the "Joisev"
Clty Terry, and on glancing at the coin
left in his rough palm, he found If was
quarter He turned around as the
young woman was disappearing
through the gates, and whooped with
al his lungs: We'll, youse is soft
AMY de real ting.9
There is always some doubt and
some curiosity to know how news
paper can estimate the size of plu-
raIity IN an election when perhaps
NOT half of the vote has been obtained
II mas peen found by experience that
! an estimate of the average gain or loss
| Tor a candidate in the first few pre-
Ctllets is pretty safe indication OF
the general result. '''-i VI
| Taking the December election 1os4
year where the recount vote shows a
| tie, the calculators were able this wear
| readily. very
If, for instance, the first eight nra-
clncts out of ten received at The Snv
once showed an aggregate gain Of
/ ABOUT 400 for Fletcher over T,vtla
While only two precincts showed gains
Tor OConnell over the tie vote aggre
eating about 100, and later in the eve
Ing thefe was larger proportion
H.
While the first Is or II precincts rer
celVed gave Fletcher a net gain of ZOO
over the ue-Vote election, which would
lnolcate at least 1000 plurality. the
hnal result was 400 plurality.
Much OF the uncertainty during cleo
tion night comes from the calculations
put out by persons who made no com
par1son with preceding votes. but nre-
scented the figures as received. show
ing OConnell or Fletcher ahead" as
me returns happen to be from Demo-
cratic I or Republican precincts.
me eagerness with which the re-
9ult was awaited in the homes of the
cliy was shown by the inquiries re-
celVed on The Spy telephones, Al
tnough two telephones were kept busv
al night answering inquiries, a great
| IildHy friends of The Spy were unable
70 get connection with the office. For
once, at least, the central was truth
1uI In saying Line busy"
>, me spy had to answer INQUIRIES
literally by the thousand and had 70
furnish furnish returns for Lothrops and the
raIk, and the estimates had to he
maze from pretty meagre material
carry IN the evening; but the result
showed that The Spy estimate could
pe reHeu upon. Long before the totals
we're rooted up by anybody, the an
houncement Of the aldermen elected
was put out, and with the execution
OF little over-estimation of plurality
for an hour or more, The Spy's esti.
maJe of Fletchers majority was we'll
within the mark
The estimate on the license vote was
altogether based upon the early re-
turns and not very carefully revised
during the evening, and it was proved
to be too small by several hundred
no "ever, there was no question as to
the city having gone license after the
hrst few precincts were reported.
dish Of distinctly literary and TO-
mantle flavor was served yesterday in
a nearby restaurant 1t was called. on
the authority of the card, ''Epigramme
of lamb a la chevalier" The lamb was
excellent in spite of it's name, and no
body asked If it was Charles or Mary's
lamb.
Damascus Lodge, K. of P. will
confer the rank of Esquire on two can
dldates Tuesday night.
There was a raging fire at Station 1
yesterday afternoon and it was only
after a struggle on the part of Sergt
George H. Hill that the city property
was saved AS il ended the daDoapa