The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-11-15
PETER RABBIT STREET CAR
JUMPS AT LAWYER WHITLEY
Foolproof Freak Peeved at Advocates Manners-Lttle
Beasties Require Much Sand-Elechic Heating Cim-
cracks Burn Ladies' Coats-Kenwood Line Mishaps.

1t now appears that the little Peter
Rabbit street cars that carry the Park
Pointers up and down their line and
scantily serves the Kenwood Parkers,
have nasty tempers. They sometimes
act more like Airedale dogs than like
gentle little rabbits.
= J. H. Whitley, local lawyer, recent
ly spent a couple Of weeks on bed
of pain in local hospital because Of
the viciousness of one of those little
freaks.
Lawyer Whitley, feeling the need of
mental stimulation, made a visit to
Park Point where he communed with
the highbrows down there and breathed
the ozonic and balsamic air that circu-
lates so freely in that historic suburb.
Lawyer Whitley was between Twen-
ty-eighth and Twenty ninth streets. He
was ready to start home and sought to
reach desired point by running across
the street car tracks in front Of one Of
those temperamental Peter Rabbit
cars.
Mr.. Whitley slipped and fell pros
trate. The car was so incensed because
the disciple of Blackstone passed in
front instead Of the rear, that it
crouched down and then gave quick
spring. Some say that the little beastie
tried to bite the advocate but, be that
as it may, it bruised, scratched and
lacerated the Whitelian head and face
with its front feet. The victim s in
juries might have been very serious,
even fatal, if the driver of the car,
George B. Lang, had not pulled quick
ly and hard on the reins. At the same
time. he sent compressed air tours'ng
through the vitals Of the beastie with
such force and effect that it was
brought outstanding.
The injured man was taken in the
automobile Of a kindly Samaritan and
hurried to the hospital. No bones were
broken, but the Whitelian face looked
like a war map of France after the
Hindenburg Line was broken.
These Peter Rabbit cars certainly are
fearfully and wonderfully made. It
would be interesting to watch scien-
fist dissect one of them. The patrons
are trying to study out the anatomy of
the little beasties, but it is slow work.
It now appears that the Peter. Rab-
bit cars require a great deal Of sand
for their tummies. The four brown
tin boxes under the seats are said to
contain sand, not electrical heating
gimcracks.
Since the big SHOWS fell, it is noticed
that some Of the doors have stiff joints
and their accordion plating does not
fold and unfold as fully and as readily
as in the beginning.
Down on Minnesota Point, the pecu-
liar little creatures hop, skip and scoot
along at times and in a way that causes
the staid patrons to lose proper count
of hours and schedules. The way a
male and a female car will chase one
another up and down the track makes
one think of the playful pups that
Harris once reared near the end Of the
line.
OF course the trolley line company
cannot resist the temptation to take
on passengers 80 long as they can
crowd through the accordion plated
door. When one Of the cars gets to
jumping, bucking and "sun-fishing,'
the passengers generally pile up in one
corner-the standing passengers. These
little freaks have no hanging straps.
Now and then, too, car will take
the bit in its teeth and try to make a
dash for the waters of the Bay. So
far, the rough riders, veritable bron-
cho busters, have been able to stop