Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-27
THOUSANDS OF CRICkEIS
ON STREETS OF THE CITY
WAY TIE PESTS ARE HERE AND
WHERE rHGN ARE FROM NO
ONE SEEMS 70 KNOW GUT
THEY ARR NOW a PLAGUE OUR.
ING the NIGHT HOURS

The title 81 this symposium is
Cricket the National aemc"
40 lt Ia not a sporting story. wan
dcrcd from the sporting gaay neither
b. ID "a clipped article from the london
Spectator con shat vaatl, ntcrcstinE
tea table sport of aunai baseball. so
much in favor boz the land II john uull
hu rather u ls stady II cn,omeloe,
m brief form. with illustrations aud cs -
amples gathered huntcdiy between
ddcs,cps while walking down tho slide
walk cndcavonns iu live pp Go the old
adaga ~ live aud LET live"
ono r A. need not have iourncd
us Tar as tho River ~ Doubt 10 hunt
ldg game lilo could have found 81
lieht here la rorpus Chnsti last night
lined In great numbers up and down
the sidewalk the curb, fences hounc-
tops. aud even Ia the sanctificd cdi-
torini rooms ~ the caller. where,
through open windows, cracks ln the
door and other iral,hrlcs shcae hirds.
or fishes. cr animala or reptiles or
I whatever incy may be, quietly walk Ia
and make themselves known by OK
hlbiting al parts ~ their anatomy a.
they fll through the air lighting
where they may never taking into
consideration that they might be head
81 down ones neck, or up ones truus-
cr lex. on In ones ear
crckclH are Interesting thinRa The
niRht force ~ the Caller found this out
las, night. from an exhaustive study
from personal observation and demon
stratioa reshy thlnge too.
Prom the front office comes the
squeak ~ an unolicd typewriter a
mild request a. made ~ the operator
81 the machine "a iubriento tho NOV
ing part Ia distress This much dome.
Take look iE the back noon
Crickrta over the floor az thick NJ
dead soldiors on the huropeau battle
ficid Of the Aisne hundreds flyiuH
through the afr Ike French aero
planes md Zeppelin direiblea. each
eager 90 create some catastrophe ON
the floor. bottom side un. arc few
more. rn,hloasly stepped upon hy a
80. u shoe.
From over on CASE there onm'n
howl u sounds like this 'nicY
can't set this line. one ~ those con
founded huanrda jest came and took
the last cap. a in the ease Guees
lil have 20 give u 10 the machines"
Another shrili sound from above
Linotype operator Jumps from bis
chair rrnvpr screw driver and Oh
can and proceeds 20 loosen up his dis
tiibutor. "fli DO hanged n 7 can sei
type with that noise going on" he
remarks FROM further down The iinsI
SAY. Earl. brine that long handled
spoon here thought I had cold met
%. bu' samc - these haHhed up ci4ch
cts have got IN the melting pot. and
are playiny iho dickens with the last
fcv iinea set"
over on the form tables. make up
man tries IN vain TO make head
MT" a call for several sticks -
kineling wood Ia sent out. and injected
into the supposed breach IN the type
lines 40 IRE Makeup man p0ura /
hot metal the cricket runs out burns
bis hand, curses cricket, but The page
iina
soon there comes from the press
room another howl 81 hewail From I
under the depths ~ the press. con-
caaIed sse.= e..-!.!.=z;.oH ~ Tviiscs, pa
per. ink founts. comes the sound; bet
we miss ihe Brownsville mail ~
crlckets are swimming IN tho Ink. and !
one cog wheel hasn't any more teeth.
nlled up with crickcis Legs
But on the other hand. We should
worry. Think 81 Dallas. and San An
tonic. and some Of those other places.
Il IL NOT unusual occurrences IN Dallas