The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-03-15
Observations
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An J. o. fireman, recently washed
his face with snake and had be not
been sober man would have taken
the Kelley =. cure Immediately. He
game into the city on one Of the,
freight trains running between Mem
phis and Paduchh and when this city
was reached ane the engine taken to
the shops he secured his bucket, which
is always kept in the cab for the use of
the engineer AMI fireman in washing
their faces and hands after trip, and
drew bucket of water from the
tender. lie then began to soap his
hanis and having cleaned them thor
oughiy, took shandfrl Of water and
began to scrub his face He felt a
peculiar squirming in his hands and
when his face was reached he knew
something was wrong. Going to the
light. be made an examination aud
found that he had small snake in his
hands, probably laknn from tho tender
whom the water was Drawn. lie did
not need an invitation to drop the
reptile.
Several days ago, when the farmers
We're bringing in their tobacco, several
countrymen entered downtown sa-
loon to get a bottle Of whiskey. and
whom the purchase was made the bar
tender invited them to take drink on
the house. The invitation did not
have to suffer repetition and the
farmers were soon taking them over
the bar pretty freely. Finally well
known imam about town" entered and
called for absinthe, drink noted for
its power to intoxicate on short order,
and one OF the farmers thought he
would try tho drink too, "just
through curiosity" He secured his
drink and decided that 1t was not
what be thought it was and, to take
the taste out of his mouth, swallowed
another straight He soon saw
that he had backed up against some.
thing he had misjudged, and when he
finished he had landed at the wagon
yard, but it required three Of the
strongest men to take hun there. He
wanted to exterminate the town and
succeeded in partially wrecking the
wagon yard. 1t was necessary to tie
him to keep him out Of mischief and
the next morning he bad nearly every
thing imaginable following him.
when Reuben comes to town"
again he will probably steer clear Of
~'sin'"e' TO- l. .rt i.s'Ire.
The newsboys in the larger cities
are pretty tough, bat IL there are
any in the world that can beat several
in Paducah they should be placed in
museum.
A gentleman coming out Of the
Palmer House last week dropped sew
eral small pieces Of change as he was
securing change TO purchase paper
with. The boys made dive for the
coin, amounting to not over 25 cents,
and the gentleman thought, Of course.
that the boys intended handing 1t
back TO him, but he was destined to
sad disappointment, for he did no,
know the boys No sooner had their
dirty fingers closed over the coins
than they shot out In all directions
and were soon out of sight. The gen,
tleman did not get his paper or his
lost money either and will hereafter
purchase his papers in the book stores
and news stands when he comes to Pa
ducah.
Several small bows who make it a
practice to jump on passing wagons
have been cured Of the habit com.
pletely, at least from jumping on
paperhangers wagons Several after
moons ago the boys were playing near
the city hall when one Of the wall pa
per wagons passed with large bucket
OF paste in the rear. The paste was
hot, having been taken of the fire but
a few minutes only, and as the boys
jumped on the wagon struck depres-
sion in the street and the paste stopped
over and onto their hands and wrists
and badly burned them.