The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-26


~ e,liy Swee When. how
M AS1 ever. the subject is 'ooket!
intO closely it is. it must he confessed,
difficult to see wlare the sweetness
comes in 50 far rs the majority of re-
vengas are concerned. but Oh the other
hand ingenuity undoubtedly enters
largely into the choice ot Il fitting retail
iation. and in these instances the mere
fact that Il happy idea has been thought
out is perhaps il: itself joy. The bur-
slar who some little :ime ago an
nounced ut the Old Bailey that lie re-
venseil himself upon the officers who
arrested him by committing burglary
ut the earliest opportunity on their beat
in order to bring them into disrepute.
was perhaps lacking in the ingenuity
that induced Chicago lady who had
been the victim of gossip to announce
Il lecture. to which all her detractors
were specially invited. and at which
the Justly irccnSed woman told those
assembled exactly What Ler private
opinion of them amounted TO, but 1T al
events. his plah possessed the element
Of originality.
Again. the photosral lher who painted
prison bars across the portraits OF
those of his clients who did not pay his
accounts. and hung the pictures outside
his studio for all tie world to see. re-
sorted to Il scheme of retaliation fitting
the offense, and one that was. accord
ing to her own statement. about to be
adopted by q Partisan sculptress few
years ago when she lost lawsuit, that
she instituted with the IDEA of compell-
ing fair client to pay for Il marble
bust she had ordered. Instead, how
ever, of putting the defendant "in jail'
after the manner of the ingenious pho
tographer, the fair >sculptress decided
to transform the bust into caricature
of the lady and exhibit it at the Salon.
She did not mention, however, how SHE
intended to induce the committee to
further her design, which was, after
all, only an adaptation Of many artistic
revenges that eliminated some few
years ago in an Antwerpian tenant
painting across the front of his house
the words: "At the sign Of the Dirty
Front" in French and Flemish, as a
revenge upon his landlord, who refused
to paint the front of his dwelling.
In the course of the summer Of 1901
a conductor on the tube" who was
under notice to leave, sought to be fit
tingly 'revenged by putting on the ener-
gency brakes Oh his section Of the train
when in the tunnels, with the result
that the train was delayed forty mill
utes between Shepherds Bush and the
Bank and the system entirely upset.
This method Of revenge, however. will
be rarely resorted to in the future. at
all events by the wise, ior the Magis-
trates who looked into the case prompt
~ fined the practical joker f1O or a
month. and the would-be waster OF
time found that his method was decid-
edly more expensive than that adopted
by certain members of a provincial
City Council, who had been "closured."
who rendered whole afternoon S
meeting abortive by refusing to vote at
all on a measure that required two
thirds of the council to vote In the
affirmative. That revenges, evel Wien
they fit the ofTenSe to the admiration
of the retaliator. are at times decidedly
EXPENSIVE was discovered in 1902 by a
South Coast engineer who, evidently
with the desire Of getting even with
some one in authority. connected the
water pipe with a gas pipe in an unoc-
cupied house, thereby filing the gas
main with water. Naturally this freak
caused considerable annoyance, but 1t
is doubtful if any one was more put
out than it's perpeirator when justice
demanded that :, e should pay f5 fine,
ESQ on account of damages and fl IS.
I'd. costs.
Although in this instance the man
learned in mechanics was. in sense,
hoisted with his own petard, the form
of retaliation to which he resorted had.
in Il sense. one merritt was effective,
and, though misguided. was not with
out originality. This latter :ttriOute
may also be said to have been shared
by the scheme of retaliation devised
shortly after the Spanish American
war ,y a Cevil!e audience that at some
considerable expense revengel itself
upon the United States By purchasing
all the seats at the opera house Oh the
night Of the appearance of an Anleri-
can prirla donna ard uT"nimoUsl!
STAYING away. with the result mat the
opening act was .gi:en to house al
most empty. except for policemen ami
detectives, while absolute silence greet
ed the finest efforts Of the great artist.
The form that this revenge took WAS
the absolute ant:thesis Of that resor;el
to some time ago by divers schoolboys
when their headrlaster, !. great fiosGer.
became city rector. The boys. with
the usual cunning Of their kind. soon
discovered that their former tyrant
was in the habit Of eIcusing himself
from giving IN afternoon service when
less than three non-officials We're pres
ent. and forthwith resolved themselves
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