The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-05-14
Observations
LAT Random


regret are heard on all sides over the
death Of Colonel Corbett lie was a
man every body liked and one who had
no enemies. A man who had known
him for the past 80 years declared
that he never in all that time heard a
man say he didn't like Tom Corbett,
or knew of single enemy be had.
There are few other men who can
truthfully say as much.
Mr.. Moore Whitaker, the lunch
man at the union depot, was for
many years a news butcn on the
trains and knows all the grafters and
short change raokets, although he
never has practiced them.
His experiences and his association
with the many dishonest train
butches has taught him much and he
knows thoroughly all the games
played He loves to relate the many
experiences ne has had where the
country man was skinned" and says
that nine times out of ten the same
game can be played on the same man
twice in succession. One Of the neat
est rackets is the sale of rings, the
purchasers being impressed that they
Will get their money back with a
little more added. In one particular
case the operator OF the game made
the spectators a speech in which he
asks the purchasers to all tell to the
crowd that they never expected TO
get anything back, to which they all
agreed, thinking that this was only
leader to the return Of their money
but this was exactly what the CRATER
wanted and he never returned the
coin. This game was worked here
last night and the operator was ar
rested, hut when he agreed to return
the money the officers let him go
only to learn that afterwards he
worked the people again and then
skipped with the money. This is an
old game but "there is a smoker born
every minute.
Clerk Dan McFadden, of the post
office, is one of the most expert clerks
in the country. He has acquired the
keen faculty through several years Of
experience, Of remembering names
and faces, something that is extremely
difficult. considering the thousands Of
people who call at the window every
day. Oftentimes he knows q mans
name the moment he comes up to the
window. although the man may not
have been in Paduoah in several
months Frequently he strikes one
who is incredulous, and explanations
are in order to prevent trouble. He
found one Of this kind the other day.
The man walked mp and the clerk
turned and without q word looked
through the mail and informed him
that there was nothing for him.
"How do you know?" demanded
the other. "You don't know my
name and it's the first time I've been
here in year"
The clerk called the name without
moments hesitation. The man was
here last year with the Gaskill Carni-
val company, and the clerk remem-
bered his name and face. He had not
been here since, but his name flashed
through the clerks mind immediately
when he saw him.
"well," declared the astonished
man, I'm say this much, you are the
first clerk I ever came across in all
my travels who could remember my
name and face from one season to the
other"
Coincidence is doubtless responsible
for a great deal of popular supersti-
ton, and frequently it is the least
superstitious who are victims of these
peculiar things known as condolences.
A we'll known Paducah woman has
been in mourning for the past thirty
years. Every time she started to dis
card it, and began wearing color of
any description, some other member
of her family died. She is not super
stitious, but is now forced to admit