The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-16

Common are laying in a larger store
Of nuts than usual may mean hard
winter head, or it may merely signl-
fy that the public has grown fonder
of feeding them. II has come 10 be a
popular amusement, with danger OF
being oyerdone.
There is a spot In Boston where If
man stands he may be said TO be IN
three places at once 1t is opposite the
subway exit in ScOllay square, where
man may be said to be standing not
only in the square itself, but on Court
street and fremont row as well, An
ciently a block known as the Scolay
building, stood in the center OF the
square and properly divided fremont
row and Court street. This has long
since disappeared, leaving only the
triple nomenclature, to the utter con-
fusion of all strangers and most ma
tives.
The conductor Of a Bunker Hill car
forgot the injunction Of his friends
and employers a few days ago and took
in some bad money. 1t was half
dollar. as poor an imitaDiOn, he de-
clared, as they make 'em, and he can't
see for the life OF him how he came
TO do IT, Anyway, he was honest and
instead Of trying TO pass 1t along TO
the next man, the same as he would
smile, he had the pleasure OF seeing
the "phony" half broken before his face
and eyes by an l. official, and the sum
for which it was supposed to stand de-
Quoted from his weekly stipend.
Edward w Brewer, clerk Of the ia
maica Plain municipal court, came near
passing the night in a vault IN the
court building last week.
He had been called to the station
house of division 13 and went from
there into the court house in the rear
TO get some papers. lie entered the
vaule and in some manner the door
closed and the lock was sprung.
He called for help and attracted the
attention of a patrolman who had some
difficulty in locating the sounds Fin
ally he found out what the trouble was
and released Mr.. Brewer with dupli-
cate key.
The British ambassador. Mr.. Bryce,
paid a compliment TO Professor A.
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard Uni
versity at the recent dinner given to
Cameron Forbes of the Philippines
and Secretary Wright. Mr.. Bryce was
himself introduced as having written
the best description of the government
of the United States and its people
ever written by man not a native
of this country Mr. Bryce in return
said he considered that Professor Low
ell had written the best description OF
Great Britain and its government and
people ever written by a man not
native of England.
The fortune OF Lew Sing, a Chinese
laundryman, who was found dead at
his laundry out in East Milton a few
days ago, is in the hands of the po-
lice, who will hold IL until some legal
claim is established by the numerous
Chinese brothers" and ",ousins' who
are demanding It.
Lew Sing didn't believe in banks.
When stroke of apopleXy overlook
him, and he was found dead in his
laundry, there was no bank book to
show his financial sanding. But there
was money in every nook and Granny
of the place. In the clock, under the
ironing board, behind the wall paper
in the bed comforter and under the
noor the police found little rolls OF
bills and stocks of coin. The amount
in full was 1861 in American money
and So worth of Chinese currency.
The biggest single amount was $780,
which he had concealed cleverly in
little space under the iron rest on the
ironing board.
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, one OF
the editors OF the Woman's Journal. had
something to say the other day In re-
gard to the English criticism thv for
the daughters OF the rich in America
there is nothing but idleness," that the
American girl of wealth has become rs
useless at home, when she starts to
run one OF her own, as at devoting
herself TO some helpful work.
THAT applies TO American women,
but only TO a small proportion OF
them" said Miss Blackwell 1T is too
sweeping a statement to make against
American women, for nine-tenths of
the women of this country work. and
work hard According to the census
there are eight times as many families
as there are domestics in the United
States. This proves conclusively that
the majority of American women
work"
Mrs. May Alden Ward, formerly
president of the Massachusetts, Fedora
tion of Womens clubs, said:
Human nature Is the same the
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