The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-31
AN ELEPHANT KIND WAS She
BUT A MOST INOUISITIvE CUSS,
GHOCk Full or HILARITY.
me Got In an Awful Muss. Dtd she. = Ter
rtbie stir N q Fuss: No wonder the
Folk az Jersey Ctt-tee DOT PreNish and
Lammed Hicr and In a Car damned Her.

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Take note that once again il was proved
yesterday morning that you really can't
chuck a surprise into Johnny McCaskey,
Jersey City's fascinating cornetist and
cogwheel player. Johnny has played OF
a cogwheeled windlass, tying Pennsylvania
ferryboats 10 their slips all day long for
90 many years. and has doubled in brass SO
constantly at night dances in the small but
efficient orchestra Of his gifted brother,
young Prof. Sylvester MoCaskey, that
nothing surprises him now. He has secu
30 many things coming of ~ferryboats by
daylight and az many other things waltz
ing by him AZ night that the oldest thing
~ tho obvious Ia Johnny. When Jersey
City wants TO drive tho wonderfulness
Of anything home the town alwuys says,
Why, ~ would make Johnny McCnskey
sit up,l'"
Mounted Cop Tommy Lynch, who trafic
squads Exchange place IN Jersey City
Ehe street that hurries west from the Penn
syivania Station--tolo yesterday Of Johnny
McCaskey's imperviousness 10 surprise.
Policeman Lynch ought TO know, because
Johnny had stopped 70 talk TO him yester-
day morning for Il moment on his way TO
The ~cogwheel when the thing happened.
Now I'm sure both the Flynn girls were
AT the dance last night " 80 the policeman
says Johnny was arguing with him. "be-
cause talked with Maria myself in the inter
mission. and I saw the younger sister, the
little ONE. dancing past mo later with q
man Ia was the biggest thing I've seen
N some time except that elephant coming
down the sidewalk across the street. He
vas "A foot taller than the man who is beat
ing the elephant with the cotton hook on
The trunk. and II youll turn around and
look, Tommy, yol'l SEQ that the man with
The hook reaches upto the elepha--- No,
is TOO hate now, the elephant has ilst
rushed into Jacobowit,'s cigar store. But
ne sure was the tallest dancer J ever did
But If Johnny wasn't surprised when h.
saw the elephant Oficer Tommy Lynch and
Patrolman Fred Ritchy and Cabby snapper
Garrison and Cabby Joe Mcdonald and
svery one else that graces the vicinity of
the ferry house was. Elias JacohovitZ,
one of the propric,ors of the cigar II ore that
the elephant entered AZ : Mont gomsry
street.-the narrower continuation Of Ex
change I'ace-was moro than surprised
A. for Officer Tommy Lynch, h. didn't wait
sven to say "s'long" 30 Johnny M~cCaskry,
who hurried on TO his work a. the ~Cogwheel.
" h'ii'llN - ~ iilE " wv
traffic squad rules OF the Jersey city police
force. 10 PIT all elephants of the sidewalk
forthwith. especially when IA" elephant is
unaccompanied by a guardian or friend.
In fac, il a state law 81 New Jersey and
Paterson that no elephant be- permitted
10 enter any wholesale or retail liquor.
cigar. dry goods, hardware, butter and egg,
feed, drug or grocery store; and if even the
owner of the elephant takes his pet into .
china and crockery store the owner may he
fined. It's The law there. Won may take
lions. tigers and leupa ris into cerrain kindr
Of stores if muzzled. but elaphonts must
he tied outside.
Blu 10 drop these dry legal details and
get al the excitement that accompanied
he elephant through shurr EXCHANGE place
and its ccontinu alton, Montgomery street.
before behind and N port and stdrhoard
sides, but particularly behind the elephant.
In the FIRST place the elephant VAS en-
route from the elephant depa rtment If -
New York animal dealers Long Island
branch shop 10 the ZOO at Atlanta. and was
n charge Of the 1oorwalker Of the depart
nent, "A keeper named Jack Murphy. Jack
Murphy delivered the goods to the Adams
express people i'm Jersey CITY under cover
IF dawn and turned the package over TO
Herbert Temple, who looks after he animal
traffic for the express COMPANY. Boss
Temple saw hat Catherine, the elephant
ves. everybody knows that rhe Jersey CITY
Dbserrer maintains editorially that the
elephants name Is Charley. but there are
some mistakes in that -tatement-B Boss
Temple go the elephant into a car at the
Adams dock anc everything was going
smoothly until Boss Temple remarked
hat he thought h" ought TO paste a few
IA ~ q Ue checks ON IL1 go la mtg tTIInG y
Boss Temple meant IN really as a Jest
and nothing more. and Catherine quite
understood the remark that way. so sho
started ont Of the car with head dropping
as If h~rooding. Down the dock yard she
started and made ner first call al the express
Office. Tom Niskell, the Adams Express
animal trainer. hadn't arrived at his desk
rs yet. hut seated near the window was a
waybill clerk named John O'Hara and
not far from him WAS another way bill clerk
named job Foster.
Catherine got a satisfying look at Clerk
John O'Hara without even coming up to
the window, but in order to get a glimpse
Of Clerk John Foster the brooding elephant
mad 10 get a little bit closer and in doing 40
accidently ran her head with some force
against the window where OHara was
broke practically as soon as the skull of the
elephant hit il. O'Hara had seen the
elephant coming and Immediately stepped
aside to permit Catherine 70 get tho look
at inc OtneT Clerk rndJ she bperneU 40 70 |
desire. in fact. there was absolutely
nothing To obstruct the elephants view
Of Foster by the time the side of the Office
sank in, but catherine had already started
toward the window. You know how act a
lady elephant is about carrying TO n finish
her views. At any rate Catherine ouldn
perhaps couldn't. TO he perfectly just TO
her-stop in time TO save the side wall Of
the office and much of the interior wood
work.
After job O'Hsra had stepped aside on
drst impulse to let Catherine see John
Foster. too. he started toward the far side
Of the office for a drink of water or some |
.hing. but found 10 his chagrin that the door
Of the wire oagelike affair that encloses his
desk could not be opened owing To the fact
chat the door opens inward. Catherine
was now principally inside the wire cage, |
Just che and O'HaTa. and with both of them
present there was no room left TO move the
door.
-Oh, how annoying" said John O'Hara
rs be leaned backward slightly and rested
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