New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
"MUSkY'S' MENAGERIE.
HOW HE GOT EVEN" WITH \ POLICE
MAN AND MADE MONEY AS
\ FRESH AIR"

"DI ever tell ye bout Musky Mashosky, de
scrap metal an bottle boy wots gittin' rich
runnn regular route" asked Dockerty the
messenger boy. of his reporter friend.
Musky Mashosky," said Dockerty swinging
his thin legs rapidly and launching his head
down as he began to think hard. lis er Rooshin
Polish Jew, an calls him NGusky cause he
useter eat onions an cheese. an yer didn' like
to hol' conferences wild i'm in er warm room
But all der same. Musky had brains ter burn.
an he wuz holy terror ter sit square Wen yer
didn't play fair. one day Red Head O'Brien.
de cop on de beat where Musky lived. got hot
on count of some kids rushin' a glnny's cart"
STEALING fruit from an Italian). IAN he up an
grabs Musky, wOt tnkin 10 hisself how
ter git rich, like all Rooshin Polish Jews alters
is. Muslty got famed terrible but he wuz
game. He pale aroun' de gIIls wen he sed
L O'Brien: ri git square wild you yet honey
Well Musky KEEP on eatin' onions an cheese
an plannin' L git even. One day a bunch o.
kids wuz gittin' ready to so off in de country
on fresh air trip, an dere a great change
In Musky He dressed like a little kid. an give
one o de real ting fresh airs 81 10 low him ter
take his place in de cars. Dat night he laws
fur Red Head OBren an soaks him wild a
piece O fire CRATE. O'Brien went away in a
namb'lence an Musky went away on de fresh
air 'scursion. He landed up near Scranton in
Pennsylvany, in a fireman's family. An cause
Musky liked kids an pups an had brains L
burn an swore off on onions an cheese an
looked after der baby Wen Mrs Jones de fire
mans wife, wanted ter so ter church, Musky
became a partner in der Jones's house l guess
he had about tousand chickens an five pups.
an he had great way o gettin smaller kids
ter do his work by havin circuses an maxim.
de chickens an pups do stunts.
'Ona Nh
circus special down de mountain termorro'
mornin' about o'clock. an If Yer wanter do
me a good turn keep eye de wedder Dat
down grade between here an the summit is
awful in wet wedder At midnight after de last
coal has gone up. you get out an put san on
de track for mile, an I'll be yer uncle. If it
don't rain, never min Well. it rained an
Musky an Mrs. Jones went out an sanded de
track. an dat wuz wot made Musky's fortune
sandin' dat track fur de circus special AT 20
o'clock de operator at Starhope got dis mes
sage:
'Forepaugh special runnin' away Look out
fer switches
Jus at dat time Musky wuz sandin' de
track an fur up on de mountain he heard linn
Jones's train wild de big mogul in front comm
down wild roar. Musky felt it In his bones dat
soHlethin' wuz wrong an he kept on piliu' n,
de dry SAN
We'll" said Dockerty, trembling with excite
ment, down KEN dat string o. circus cars
swingin like a drunken sailor in de Bowerv-
tearin along like a mad bull. You shud hear
Musky tell it. Gee I guess dey didn't tech de
rails. Dey skinned over Starr's wooden trestIe
maxim 1t crack. De lions wuz roarin' an, do
boar constructors wuz wishIn' dey didn't live
such strenyus life. De white bears WIZ nIsv
in leap frog an growlin'. an de elephants wuz
pushin' de sides o der cages out
II guess twas a wild yvooJ,. rt-,.
fair. cordin' ter Musky and Jim Jones wot tor
me about 1t las night. An Wen dey rounded
de curve at Starhope station de axle boxes wuz
a-baLin'. an de air brakes wouldn't work
cause o de wet rails an de SAN bein' used up
an den dey struck de dry san wot Musky an
Mrs Jones had put on fur two hours Dey wuz
xoin eighty mile an hour. but dat dry san