The Jersey City news., 1902-10-25

NUMBER OF times to repain his sswind. I"
Several truck drivers noticing his predict
ament, offered him the use of their ye-
hicles. but he gallantly refused them.
1T is strange. how easily women are
fooled and imagine we are In business
for our health" remarked the proprietor
of prominent meat market on the
Heights.
You see it is just like that lady you
overheard. She came in and wanted. to
be waited on in hurry and took over
ten minutes to think of what she wanted.
Give me four lamb chops and piece
OF this round for my dog. You won't
charge me for just small piece
She left here thinking gave her that
piece of meat, but she paid for it when
she paid for the chops, as tackled it on
and she was none the wiser. If l had
told her the dog meat would cost her
FIVE cents she would probably have gone
out without buying. That's our little
game"
Thomas r. Rooney, the Democratic
candidate for Freebooter in the Fourth
ward, and his Republican opponent,
Richard Cooley, were among the players
at the recent big euchre in st. Peters
parish hail. During the evening they
were opposed to each other FIVE times.
Rooney won all the games. His friends
say that this is an Indication that
Cooley viii surely be defeated on election
day.
A little girl of five in Van Worst Park
Wore very worried look the other day
and seeing a young lady she knew COM
ing across the park she ran up to her
and putting her hand in the ladys she
eried:-"0h, my sisters going to be ar
rested; Margaret's going to be arrested"
"Why?" asked the lady.
"Oh, she stepped on the grass" the
youngster said breathlessly.
The young lady comforted the mite as
best she could, but she refused to be COM
forted until her sister went into the
house and away from the awful clutches
of the policeman.
A Police Headquarters reporter,
known among his colleagues as Stretch"
lost his hat for an hour or more this
morning. He was in the police court
when he discovered his loss. 1t was
said somebody walked out of court wear
ing the hat.
Borrowing hat Stretch decided to
play sleuth. Walking down Montgomery
street he kept his eyes on everybodys
headgear. At Washington street he
stopped local piano mover and said:
Excuse me, sir, but | think you are
wearing my hat"
The piano mover looked astonished at
first. Then he remembered taking the
hat out Of the courtroom and explained
that he had purchased one similar in col
or and design only yesterday. He said
he thought he had it with him this
morning.
The reporter is thinking about getting
lock and chain for his hat when he
goes into the police court in future.
Al few evenings ago a night school
teacher had occasion to call upon one of
her pupils to ask him about the national
ity of a certain prominent man.
"Of what nationality is hep asked the
teacher.
"Ah! dunno" was the pupils answer.
"You don't know?" asked the teacher
in surprise.
"Wat's yer mean?" asked the pupil,
nervously scraping his foot on the floor.
Does yer mean, is he a Catholic or
Protestant"
Even the teacher had to laugh.
During the course Of the same evening
the teacher called upon the same pupil
to give sentence with the word PEE
serves in it. The pupil recited, "Wouldn't
dat jar your mudder's preserves. 1t
was time for school to be dismissed, and
the teacher was happy.