The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-16

Hall of the Bronx on June 1 and an
enterprising Bronx newspaper offer
ed prize of a china dinner set to the
couple that would obtain the first Ii
cense at the new branch office. Tie
result may be imagined. There was
regular mass meeting of blushing
maidens and youthful swans in front
of Borough Hall as early as o'clock,
although the offices are never opened
before o'clock in the forenoon. TIE
first two couples arrived at the build
ing at the same time and to decide the
question of priority the two brides
ran a race. The winner afterwards
called for and received her china
set
A swarm of bees that had come
across the river from the Jersey side
| took possession of a tennis court near
Riverside Drive the other day and
remained there for several days. AS
rule the court is almost constantly
in use from morning till evening in
| fair weather, but, although the wealth
err was exceptionally fine for tennis
| playing, there were no games while
| the bees were there. Apiarists as
sured the tennis players that the best
would not sting them but the tennis
players were not inclined to take the
risk of becoming mixed up with the
bee colony.
For the second time in six months
the safe of a big shoe store on Broad
way was blown open by crackmen in
broad daylight last Sunday after
noon. The first time the safe blow
ers managed to carry off $4,000 which
they found in the safe. Their second
attempt was not quite so successful.
They shattered the safe but the explo-
sion of the nitroglycerine made so
much noise that it attracted the at
tention of the police and the burg
lars, who had evidently awaited the
result OF the explosion at a safe dis
lance did not get chance TO return
to rob the safe.
A truck driver with thieving pro-
pensities made the mistake of his life
the other day when he tried to steal
a diamond stickpin from the scarf of
a stranger whom he found sitting on
the curb, apparently in a state Of in
toXication The stranger happened to
be a detective. who simulated intoxi-
cation just for the purpose Of at
tracing the attention of pickpockeLs
and of the criminals The detective
caught the thieving driver and, after
a desperate struggle, subdued him.
The prisoner was held upon the
double charge of robbery and carry
ing concealed weapons.
1t is really not surprising that so
many deeds of violence ara commit
ted by the large number of undesir-
able citizens who inhabit the Italian
quarter of the lower city. The other
day the police made raid upon the
men found loafing around in that
part of the town and arrested more
than 440 men in whose possession
loaded revolvers dangerous looking
knives, stilettos and other dangerous
weapons were found,
What is life without a fine set Of
whiskers? The other day a man
walked into doctors office and
asked the practitioner t. close up a
cut in the patients ,ai-, vhiskered
cheek. The doctor found it necessary
to remove part OF the whiskers to be
able to get at the wound which had
bled profusely, but the patient said
he would rather bleed to death than
have his whiskers mutilated. In a
few moments he became so weak
from loss of blood that he collapsed
and had to be sent to the hospital.
Even there the man protested against
the mutilation of his beard, but the
doctors there made short work of the
hirsute ornament.