The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

before he had owned II half day was
downright hard luck, but that is exactly
what Sayre did He was proud OF his new
skypiece, and as is often the case, pride
was his undoing. He wanted to show of
before his colleagues and he did not leave
the hat in his compartment in the cloak
and UP to his desk in the most conspicuous
part of the floor with the air of boy
with new pair of redtop boots. In the
course of events, when the House was
called TO order, IL was necessary for him TO
remove the chapeau. and he did So placing
IL carefully where he could lay his hands
on 1t the moment he had the opportunity
TO don 1t again. AS it turned out, he laid
it away so carefully that he himself could
not find Ii when the House adjourned, and
for half an hour there was a wild-eyed man
over the House, picking up stray hats and
even inspecting the hats worn by members
whom he thought were capable Of petit
larceny. All in vain; his cherished hat was
gone, 1rrevocably gone, ii seemed.
Later in the afternoon, when he had lost
all hope and was wandering aimlessly about
the floor, he found a hat, tucked away in
corner. that resembled his and he prompt
ly appropriated il. Now he is looking for
the practical joker who caused him all his
worry.
by the way" said Statesman. in allud-
ing to his friends acquisition, "Sayre has
a new hat but you haven't noticed any
HSh Ol tIdt sHllllIS uOIle VI his,
your" Statesman himself owns fringe
and seven curly hairs that are all that
stand between him and heaven.
Ele Stansbury is in a predicament. He
had bill the other day that he wanted
cooped one of those measures, entitled "a
bill for an act amending an act entitled an
act amendatory and supplementary TO an
act entitled an act" ETC., that is as long
as the moral law, and he went out into the
lobby and entrusted the work to the young
lady whom he believed to be the majority
stenographer. After she had done the
work, which took her the best part of a
day and half, but before Stansbury went
after it, he made the heart-rending dis
covery that he had made terrible mistake
In stenographers and that the one who
did his work was not the one employed by
the state but one who charges a good
round price for her work. In his dilemma
the member from Warren went TO the
speaker and asked what he should do:
"Do?' repeated Mr.. Marshall Why,
pay the fiddler. Go and get your bill and
pay her bill like a man."
But Stansbury hasn't introduced that bill
to suggest that If he ever does it will have
a rider tackled on it entitled "a bill for an
act for the relief of one Ele Stansbury.'
xxx
Representative James z. Watson, of
Rushville, has the enviable reputation of
knowing everybody and their babies in In
diana and of being able to call them all, in
Guiding babies aforesaid, by their first
| names and nicknames. During the day or
| so he has been circulating about the Legis-
| lature, he has demonstrated that his repu-
| tation is not without foundation Time and
| again friend has started to introduce him
| to some one, when he would be interrupted
| by Watsons reaching out his long right
| arm with the greeting, "Why, hello, John,
or Tom, Dick or Harry, as the case might
be, and protesting against being introduced
| to man he has known for hundred years
| or so.
| Representative Watson ran across an old
friend yesterday who is one of the door.
| keepers in the House.
Hello, Hank" was the greeting. ''What
| the deuce are you doing here? door
| keeper? Well, you know, Hank it's bet
| ter1o be a doorkeeper in the house of the
Lord than to dwell within the tents of the
ungodly.''