Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
FROGS CREATE PANIC
Dozens of Them Cause SCram-
BILE in Trolley Car.
FRANTIC PASSENGERS YELL
Frisky Denizens Of Swamps, Intend
ed for Bait, Had Escaped
From Basket.
FRANTIC PASSENGERS YELL

NEW YORK. April 15-That old nursery
song with which millions Of infants have
been lulled to sleep. "Mr. Froggie Went
Counting, He Did Ride" etc, was for
gotten yesterday when a panic followed
the efforts of a peck of frogs to ride on
a Westchester car in the Bronx. Mr..
Froggie's efforts were resented as though
no one had ever heard of his prowess
In the counting line. Women climbed
upon car seats and screamed as though
some one had let loose g. dozen mice.
The trouble started when Sandy Nc
Nair Of 10th street and Sd avenue whiff-
ed the smell that comes from Long Island
sound on a rainy day. and decided that
Sunday is to be a day for a fishing. He
sent Paul Gore to the swamps OF West
chester for quantity of bait.
Frogs All Frisky.
Gore took a willow basket and a crab
net and In a few hours had a basket of
risky frogs. They were not large enough
to eat, but were good, clean. bell-tenored
croakers. big enough to entice fish,
though some were but little advanced be-
yond the tadpole stage.
With his basket of bait-bait that would
have satisfied even Izaak Walton-tiore
boarded car for home. How 1t hap
pened the man In charge of the bait does
not know. But in some manner the lid
came of the basket 1t was raining out
side. Those who have studied frogs will
probably decide that the frogs by COM
mon consent all jumped at once. each
frog trying to get off the others back.
and SO threw the lid from the basket
Then it rained frogs all over the inside
of the car.
No woman, whether she lives in the
Bronx or not. likes to pay five cents
railroad fare and then be asked to share
the seat with a cold clammy immature
know enough to stay out Of her lap.
The yells that followed drew the con-
ductor and the motorman inside the car.
The basket was empty and the frogs
found the radiator and proceeded to warm
their feet. while others with the frog
instinct fully developed endeavored to
hide in the folds of the wet umbrellas
that had dropped to the floor.
Owner Displays Anxiety.
Shut the door, shouted the owner
of the frogs. They won't bite YOU"
While Gore endeavored to collect his
peck Of frogs the conductor and motor
man caused trouble by sweeping them
out INTO the street, NO UHdH likes 10
have bait he has spent two hours catch
ing. and half a day going and coming
for, thrown into the street by a motor
man and conductor, and Gore told them
so.
So animated did this discussion over
the right of a man to carry frogs in
trolley car become that the owner.
in the excitement of the moment used
a frog as a missile to hurl at the man
with the brass controller. Now, no
man who had never thrown thorough
ly frightened frog into the open face of
Bronx motorman could tell just what
the effect would be. 1t would doubtless
have been homicide but for the presence
Of mind of the passengers, who begged
the man with the frogs to forget their
loss and the man with the controller to
"go run the car"
Finally 1t was agreed that Gore should
be permitted to reassemble his frogs,
and the car started on.