i, : town. ESTABLISHED 1800 VOLUME LXXXIX. Norwalk GaZoffo. TERMS OF SUBSBRIPTIDI. 115? Two Dollars per year, in advmzceffli RATES FOR ADVERTISING AND 103 PRINTING n'shed on a iiication at the Ofiice. giidiiiary and triiiisient advs., 1 inch.) Week, $1.90 Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, .00 Half inch, half of above rates. ‘ - One column, ordinary adv., one time, - 3.3.0 One column, reading matter, one time, _ 29.0 LOCALS in reading matter columns, per lmc, .2 Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free. Advertising of Funeral Notices, - - 1.00 Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly advertis- ers, and ten per cent. discount on all advs. pre- paid for three months or over. THE GAZETTE J on PRINTING DEPARTMENT is equipped with the best facilities for turning out First Class Work of every description. _ All orders for llrinting. Engraving and Book Binding. execu- ted promptly, and will be as well and reasonably done as anywhere. 7:00.41; ITEMS. 0 0 Mr. Fred Hoyt is in town. See ad vertisement—Family house. See advertisement music pupils wanted. Mr. Jesse Smith is visiting at Morgan T. Smith’s. Chas. F. Osborn, Esq., is home from Chicago. The summer vacation of the oyster ended Sunday. Miss Field, of St.Paul, Minn., is at Morgan T. Smith’s. Deacon Main and wife were at Walter Fitch’s over Sunday. Mrs. Asa C. Peck, of Waterbury, is vis- iting friends here. Mrs. Roof, nee Miss Kate Hoyt, sails for Europe on the 22d inst. Miss Sadie Lewis has gone to Litchfield county to join her mother. Mr. George F. Betts has returned from his visit to Massachusetts. . Mrs. Delos E. Culver is visiting her mother, Mrs. James Mallory. Mr. Frank B. Bailey of the Pennsylva- nia Railroad service is in town. ‘ The Misses Mamie and Bertie Colycr, of New York, were in town Sunday. ~Miss Stevens’ school for the younger boys and girls will reopen Sept. 12th. Mrs. Talcott, of Belden avenue, has a sister visiting her from New Mexico. Mrs. Charles F. Sherwood, of East N or- walk, has been visiting at Sea Cliff, L. I. Mrs. Wm. C. Sammie and child, of New Haven, are visiting at' Mrs. James E. Hoyt’s. Miss Squires of Washington is visiting her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood. Mrs. O, S. Ferry and daughter Mary, leave Massachusetts on the 4th for Litch- field, Conn. ’ middgdlfi't Morning News has just donned its new picnic dress and looks perfectly lovely. Ex-Aldermau Kimmey is to move into his new and beautiful West avenue house, on the first proximo. Bad luck and a lack of patronage have caused the Norwalk team, in the Atlantic league, to disband. Gen. R. B. Craufurd is home again well bronzed and tanned, from his fishing trip to the St.Lawrence. Mr. George B. Bunnell, of New Haven, the well-known museum and theatrical manager, was in town Saturday. Rev. Mr. Thomas was in town Satur- day, his brow as bronzed as imperial Jove, from his summer yachting cruise. Mr. Eugene Boyer and family have gone to Ocean Grove for a month. He has rented Mr; Frank Q'uintard‘s cottage there. Mr. E. C. Bissell, accompanied by his niece Miss Sarah Bissell, left Monday on a visit to Mrs. A. H. Bissell at Montclair, N. J. Gould Hoyt has broken the record as Borough Register. He has his voting list all complete almost a month ahead of time. The trouble with our waterworks is not yet fully ascertained or remedied. The trouble is supposed to be air or mud in the ‘ mains. Commander George I. Buxton and Com- rade John P. Webber, have returned from the National Grand Army reunion at Mil- waukce. Rev. Dr. Noble was called to Washing- ‘1. ton, yesterday, to attend. the funeral of '. one of his most active parishioners who " had suddenly died. No wonder that Norwalk is such a pi-ous James Ells is now selling twenty. three hundred pies per week. Editor ' Beach will please “make a note of it.” J. M. Thorburn & (20., 15 John street, have a tomato exhibition embracing eight varieties. The highest grade of tomato known is their Thorburn’s New Jersey. William Feibrich of Bridgeport tried to hang himself on Friday. Foolish man. If life isn’t worth the living in Bridgeport, why doesn’t he come to Norwalk where we have pic on the table at every meal ?‘ I Mr. Arthur Earle is expected home on the Galveston steamer which is due in I New York today. i SeveRal of 0er contempoRaRies Re- ! 11121er that oysteRs aRc the pRopeR ca- ] pcR afte'R SeptembeR fiRst. Conductor Isaac Rowe and wife spending the week visiting friends in New Haven, Meriden and New York. Hon. E. ll. Carmack of New York and Washington, and one of the most notable men of the age, was at Dorlon’s over Sun— (lay. fll‘C Ex-Collcctor of Revenue Tronp of New Haven was banquetted at Saviu Rock last Tuesday night, and ovcr ‘200 guests were present. The Lockwood bays’ racer, Iodine, trotted in 2.25 in Hartford on Friday. And he has by no means reached the limit of his possibilities. The hearing of the Consolidated road’s injunction against the reconstruction of Garlick’s dam at Meriden will be held on the 24th inst. at New Haven. Mr. F. J. Mallory gave a royal picnic to his Norwalk relatives, Monday. They were transported to Little Island in the Morison drag and made an imposing spectacle en route. The first day of September was a typi- cal one. The churches were all unusual- ly full, not a horse was left unused in any of the village livery stables, and hundreds were out in boats on the harbor. The GAZETTE has two of its compositors disabled in consequence of too free in- dulgence in base-ball. The modern, deadly ball game is costly, but every en- terprising newspaper has to haVe it. The Norwalk Y. M. C. A. team defeat- ed the Danbury Y. M. C. A. team at base ball, on the Baxter grounds, on Monday, the score being 10 to 9. The prize was a bag of bats given by Smith Brothers. We rejoice to be able to inform our readers. on the authority of the Stamford Record, that “the new drum major is a dandy.” Now that this fact is assured, to'business. Dr. Hiram Eddy, of Canaan, relates that while beginning the funeral service of an aged woman he announced as his text : “How old art thou ?” A relative of the deceased arose and replied : “She is just eighty-three, sir.” See adv. of C. J. Gruman, who is under taking the business of repairing sewing machines. He has had 20 years experi- ence in the business, and any lady who wants her sewing machine put in first- class order can do no better than to call on Gruman. James Price Was killed by an early train Wednesday morning on a bridge near the Bridgeport depot. His body was cut in two and the lower part fell into the river and has not been recovered. Price was intoxicated. :- Lawyer and Editor Hickox, of the Litchfield Enquirer, and Editor Belles, of the New Milford Gazette, are ferociously engaged ina railroad war, the bone of contention being the Shepaug road, which is too slow for Bolles and plenty fast enough for Hickox. The U. S. school ship, the St. Mary, on route to Nantucket, was off Norwalk several hours Tuesday. She put in to Glen Cove harbor the day before, when about forty of her good little boys desert- ed. When off Bridgeport aboat’s crew was sent ashore for supplies. Grand Army veterans are already agitat- ing the subject of a big state encampment at N iantic next year. If the consent of the state authorities can be secured the veterans will go into camp there for one week, commencing directly after the Con- necticut National Guard’s week. The Hartford Post lifts the GAZETTE’S article on the little Colyer boy’s inquisi- tivcness about the cow, but locates Walter Fitch’s barn-yard in Stamford. Mr. Fitch, who lives in N orwalk, has no objection to the notoriety, but thinks the Post should give credit where barn-yards are due. Messrs. John and Theodore Clark, of -Danbury, were in town on Tuesday, and listened to what the wild sea waves said at Dorlon’s. Landlord John Clark, of the Lake Kenosia Hotel at Danbury, thinks of stocking Kenosia with some more spawn- taneous islands, and has his eye on Caukecn. Supt. James S. Gilmore has rented the apartments vacated by Mrs. Dr. Bar- bour in her house on Elm street. Rumor has it that Miss Hattie Rogers is to become the happy lady of the house, as Mrs. Gil- more, early in September.—Record. —A good boy is wanted at this office to learn the printing business. Oncliving in town with his parents preferred. The Mechanics’ Journal is enlarged to a six column quarto, which is a great im- provement upon its former appearance. This extensive change would seem to in- dicate that Editor Ellendorf is getting, rich, as he certainly deserves to do. and as Labor day is over, let’s settle down —E. T. Whitney, formerly the well-known. photographer of Norwalk, is in the art department of the Boston store. He will receive orders for solar enlargements from old portraits in crayon or pastel. His long experience in artistic work is sufficient guarantee of success. The hat finishers’ picnic on the Fair Grounds on Labor Day was an unqualified success. There were p:obably 2,500 peo- ple present and cvery’dctail of a varied and interesting programme was satisfac- torily carried out, and the whole affair reflected credit upon the management. Jacob Schcclc, the murderer of Con- stable Drucker, is apparently the happiest prisoner in the Bridgeport jail and passes the time in singing, dancing audlaughing. The position of suspense while awaiting a new trial for murder, and the possibility of the gallows does not in any degree seem to depress him. Frank Slavin, of Bridgeport, a brake- man on the Naugatuck road, fell from a box car Tuesday evening and broke his arm, narrowly escaping with his life. He was attached to the mixed train from the north, and while the train was entering Thomaston the brake handle broke and he was thrown from the top of the car. Stamford has more women that follow the occupation of dressmaking than has either Port Chester or N orwalk.—-Adoocate. Possibly. But when you figure the number of ladies who are not obliged to depend upon the dressmaker’s art to make them appear beautiful, Norwalk leads Stamford by a large majority. The rumor that Master Mechanic Kit- tcndorf, of the Derby railroad, had re- signed, and Harry Ryder, of Bridgeport, had taken his place, proved to be un- founded. Mr. Kittendorf is seriously ill with enlargement of the heart, and is con- sequently unable to attend to the duties of the position, which fact gave rise to the rumor. ' Editor Bross, (married), of the Ridge- field Press, was aggravated with jealousy when, the other day, he “saw a pretty girl kiss a black and tan dog in daylight on the street.” His exasperation was some- what soothed. however, when a bystander assured him that “the kisser wore a veil,” which, being near-sighted, Bross couldn’t discern. The latest intelligence from Rev. Col. Anderson is to the effect that following the example of his illustrious successor here, Rev. Dr. Noble, he has shorn his manly beard and was never known by the present generation, to be so bare-faced be- fore. But bare-faced, or bear-faced, this emphatic “man of God” was never known to be two-faced. The Lenox reporter of the Pittsfield Sun is experiencing the yearning of a long-felt want and makes it known with- out mincing matters, thusly: “Wanted— A wedding ” If he is really in earnest we would suggest an interview with Rosie Rowe, who, some people seem to think, has the same hankering. William Jones Burden, of Salisbury, has been appointed cadet at West Point as principal, and Philip W. Prior, of Stam- ford, as alternate, those being the names reported to Congressman Miles by the committee in the competitive examina- tion; the first as standing No. 1 and the latter No. 2 in the examination. The Connecticut Valley Orchard com- pany has an orchard between New Britain and Meriden with 16,000 peach trees and 7,000 apple and pear trees, which were planted in 1884. Already the peaches have been thinned out three times, as there were too many on the trees to give the best results in quality. We with exceptional pleasure call at- tention to the new adv. of Miss N. F. Baird’s popular and very successful school. Miss Baird is one of the most thoroughly experienced, equipped and painstaking educators of this or any other town. She fully deserves the high reputation and all the prosperity her school has won. Tickets for Col. H. W. Wright’s great harvest excursion to Coney Island on Sat- urday of this week, may be obtained of members of Pioneer Hook and Ladder ~ company and at the GAZETTE office, price 50 cents. The steamer Sirius will convey the multitude, and starts fromZBridgeport at about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. William Gilbert,‘the man who shot and killed Frank Buzzell in Bridgeport last week, was, less than two years ago, em- ployed in the Norwalk Hotel cafe, where he made many friends by his quiet and accommodating ways. Those who knew him then cannot credit the idea that he. committed the terrible deed without prov- ocation of the most aggravating nature. After. October 1st. there is to be a de- cided improvement in the mail delivery. There is to be added another carrier, five new letter boxes and a delivery'at 7 a. m. in the center of the borough, which can be covered in an hour. The additiohal boxes will be at Warren Fitch’s store, North and Knight streets, Union and Main streets, Hoyt and Main streets, and East avenue, near the residence of George W. ram. An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. N ORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1889. Some one, on mischief bent, has had ' the old sign “Keep ofif the Grass,” that did duty on the crest of the snow—drift, dur- ing blizzard week, in front of the GAZETTE office, set in front of Teller James H. Bai- lcy’s cottage on the church green. A bet- ter one would have been “Hay to Sell,” as the little triangle thus sought to be guarded, has only a few straggling weeds to answer the yearning for green grass andsmoothly shavcn turf. Rev. Edward Anderson has taken a fur- nished cottage on Medford avenue, Som- ervillc, Mass, for September and Octo- ber, during which time he is to supply a pulpit in one of the leading churches in Boston. He was expected here last week to ship on some of his household effects stored here, and also his faithful canine Bruno, but he was unable to come and the dog and goods will probably go by express. His future, is as yet, undecrdcd. The recovery of “Jake” Gruman, who was sent up here to Dr. McLean’s from a New York hospital, given up to die, is in- deed a marvel. Doctor John and his wife, a sister of the patient, took him in hand and by dint of close and accurate medical attention and patient nursing, his lungs are apparently healed and the patient is on the road to health, freed from any in- dications of further pulmonary troubles. Charles 0. C. Betts, Esq., and uncle George Holmes, our worthy Main street grocer, are talking of a trip to Saratoga some time in September. to coax “Uncle George” to take the steam- boat up the Hudson, but he has been a little skittish about steamboats since the accident to the Adelphi.——Record. Yes, “Uncle George” and Betts have probably been talking about such a trip for the past ten years. “Uncle George” is like poor Mr. Greeley, who waited thirty years to get an afternoon off to go fishing, and then got cheated out of it. Arthur, the little son of Mrs. A. H. Bissell, had a narrow escape from drown- ing at Stony Creek. He was playing in a boat and fell overboardin deep water and, being unable to swim, was in imminent danger when alady guest at the shorehotel, who was a good swimmer, seeing the boy’s peril, plunged into the water and swam out and saved him, although she was in full dress at the time. It was an act of noble heroism, and the act emphasizes the duty of learning every child to swrm. Mr. A. E. Kroger, of _Winnipnuk, will, as usual, have charge of the renting of the booths and stands at the Danbury fair which begins on October 7th and con-‘ tmues six days, and applications for such privileges should be addressed to him, either at Winnipauk or Norwalk. The premium ist for the big fair this year is out and shows that the carnival will be bigger than ever in all its details. number of premium lists have been left at the GAZETTE ofiice, where those who de- sire copies may procure them. The peach crop at Southington is good, far better than that reported from other places. One hundred acres of land de- voted to peach growing will be particular- ly profitable to Southington farmers this year.—-New London Day. The Hartford Commit reports the crop of the Hale Brothers this year, from their twenty thousand trees, as something phenomenal. Their peaches are said to be the largest and most exquisitely beautiful of any ever seen in the markets of Con- necticut, and one report has it that these enterprising peach growers will receive over $20,000 from their crop. Surely it must pay to raise peaches again in Con- necticut. The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Odd Fellowship in the state took place at New Haven yesterday. Nearly all of the 67 subordinate lodges of > the state attended, and a parade estimated at 4,000 men in,twelve divisions particated. The marshal was 001. Dohcrty of the 2d regiment. The grand lodge of the state and invited guests were in the procession. The evening exercises at the Hyperion theatre included an oration by John W. Stebbins, of Rochester, N. Y., and re- marks by Grand Master Bishop, C. M. Busbee, of Raleigh, N. C., of the, Sovereign Grand Lodge, and others. Quartette sing- ing and band music filled out the pro- gramme. ' Bridgeport has made a most unenviable record as a shooting town within the last few days—a record rivaling that of a booming mining district on the frontier of the wild and woolly west. The most tragic of her shooting affrays was the kill- ing of Frank Buzzell, a waiter in Fred. Bullen’s cafe on Middle street, by William Gilbert, a bar tender in the same place, on Tuesday morning of last week. The row grew out of a dispute concerning Gilbert’s authority over Buzzell in Mr. Bullen’s absence, and from the story as generally told, Gilbert struck Buzzell, whereupon Buzzell threw a mustard cup at Gilbert, striking him on the forehead. Buzzell then ran out through the back yard, pur- sued by Gilbert with a revolver with which he shot the fleeing man in the back, the bullet going through the body. Buz- zell died in the hospital on Thursday night. He was in his 19th year. Gilbert ‘ is in jail, held for the killing. Betts is trying » A . Until Tuesday of next week, 10th inst; most of the trains on the Housatonic ready“: will stop on signal to leave and receive passengers, at Pine Grove station, Canaan, to eccomniodate the dwellers in cottages and others dcsrring to visit that charming spot. Manager Stanley, of the Opera House, has secured as an attraction for Saturday evening, “A Rag Baby,” to be presented by Chapman d: Seilcrs’ excellent compa- ny. The play, which has had a most suc- cessful run in the principal theatres of the country, is the productiOn of Charles Hoyt, author of those other successful comedies, “A Tin Soldier,” “A Brass Monkey,” etc. The Opera House should be crowded on Saturday night, as the Rag Baby is the funniest, cleanest comedy we will probably see this season. The pleasure of furnishing a room to one’s own liking is a pleasure which all may not enjoy, though it is one toward which most women and some men strive with much eagerness and are made happy in proportion as they come near to the ideal. There is an extremely interesting paper in No. 113 of Good Housekeeping, August 31, in which Evelyn English re- lates her experience in this direction, in a way not only to interest but to afford some useful points for the guidance of others who may be seeking to indulge their love for tasteful furnishings on limit- ed means. C. R. Bouton, who for the past two years has occupied the position of ticket . agent at the Norwalk depot of the Dan- bury & Norwalk division of the Housa- tonic railroad, leaves to-day for New Haven to accept a position in the New Haven ticket office of the New Haven & Derby road, of which Col. Stevenson is president. “Lyle” has made a host of friends among the traveling public of this region by his uniform courtesy and pleas- ant disposition, and Col. Stevenson shows his appreciation of worth by calling “Lyle” to a higher station, whither the best wish- es of his friends follow him. Among the other qualifications of the editor of that wide awake paper, the Nor- walk GAZETTE, is he a mind reader ? Else how did he know about a, “bug” story that has been in manuscript for the Record nearlya month with such mngivings on the part of the author as to its truthful- ness that it has not been send—Portland Record. Editor Bigelow should forego his psy- chological speculations about the bug and devote himself to guarding his snake laurels against the Canaan News, which comes out with a yarn about a rattlesnake “over seven feet long and nearly as large as a stove pipe,” that chased a man who had a basket of eggs, clear over a mono. tain. The man, being a good runner, made his escape and saved the eggs. Canaan, it should be borne in mind, is a strictly temperance town. Mr. W. F. Andross, corresponding sec- retary of the Connecticut State Agricultu- ral Society. makes the following announce- ment :—“In accordance with the increas- ing interest in gentlemen’s driving horses and driving clubs, the State Agricultural Society will offer a purse for this non-pro- fessional class, to be trotted for at the coming State Fair at Meriden, September 17 to 20. This class to include horses owned by members of driving clubs, and which have participated in their matinees. Horses to be driven by the owner, to wagon. Free to all. Heats, mile and repeat. Purse, $75, divided in four moneys. Entrance fee, 5 per cent. Pacers admitted. Entries close September 14. Date of race to be announced. Horses will start if four entries are made. The 23d annual reunion of the Fat Man’s Association was held at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, on Thursday. Over forty big fellows were present and the picnic was, as it always has been, a most enjoyable success. Officers were elected as follows: President, Judge D. B. Lock- wood, 325 lbs., Bridgeport; secretary and treasurer, Patrick Murphy, 301, Westport; vice-presidents, A. W. Wallace, 210, Bridgeport; W. H. Risley, 200, Berlin; Harvey Elliott, 235, Gnilford; Stanley S. Smith, 207; J. G. Hurlburt, 246, New Haven; B. W. Maples, 235, Norwalk; P. J. Brennan, 265, Summit House, New York; 8. C. Munson, 300, New York: T. J. Coe, Revere House, New York, 320. The next meeting will be held at the same place. Girls, come to Norwalk to find your husbands. You are almost sure to find good ones, although occasionally, of course, there will be found one less desir; able, like the one that came to our notice a few days ago. A stalwart young Nor. walker was striding majestically down the street toward the depot, and behind him hurried his frail little wife carrying a parcel in her left hand while in her right arm she carried a bouncing big baby. The little woman was evidently fagged out, and at last appealed to her liege lord, with whom she was strenuously trying to keep up : “Harry, dear, won’t you please carry the baby a little ways ? my arm is dread- fully lame.” Harry, without even deign- ing to turn around, growled in reply, “Carry him in the other arm then.” Two DOLLARS‘A YEAR NUMBER 367' Burgess Arthur C. Wheeler and family have returned from a sojourn at the W ar ner Ilouse, CanaanfiifOn Tuesday last “Grover” O. E. Wilson, while on a trip through Litchfield and Berkshire coun- ties, stopped off for a few hours at Ca- naan, went into the office of the Warner House and asked Landlord Warner if he would inform Mr. Wheeler that “a gentle- man wished to see him.” The landlord . went to Mr. \thelei’s room and announc- ed the fact. “Who is he?" queried Mr. \thelcr. “I don’t know who he is," re- ’ plied Warner, “but he’s the finest lmking man that has struck this place in many a day.” Mr. Wheeler, who is lllIDSle-‘HS handsome a man as one will meet in a ' day’s journey, smiled and hastened down to the office where “Grover” was awaiting him. After an affectionate greeting Wheeler introduced Wilson to Warner as “the handsomcst democrat in Norwalk.” “I knew by his good looks that he was from Norwalk,” said Warner, “but who would ever suspect him of being a demo- crat?” About seventy-five Masons, principally from St.John’s lodge, went to Ridgefield, on Monday evening, to visit Jerusalem lodge and exemplify work in the third de- gree. They were met at the Ridgefield depot by a delegation from the home lodge and escorted to the town hall where a magnificent collation was served. From the banquet hall they went to the lodge room which has been newly fitted up and refurnished, and which is now a splendid lodge room in all its appointments. The rotflccrs of St.John’s lodge conferred the third degree in their usual brilliant and faultless style, after which a few appro- priate speeches were made. After the lodge closed the entire lodge marched to the room over the town hall where the Masonic fair is being held, which opened on Monday night and will continue through the week with every prospect of flattering success. The Norwalk breth- ren left Ridgefield at 11:45 on a special train and arrived home shortly after mid- night. , Mr. Julian H. Sterling, of Bridgeport, ofiicial draughtsman of the Housatonic railroad, also artist and journalist, had the eye-ache Friday morning and went to an eye doctor and “bad it pulled.” The occulist gouged Mr. Sterling’s eye out, sand-papcred and oiled it, adjusted a new main-spring and then screwed it back into place. The eye is as good as new and doesn't pain nor bother Mr. Sterling in the least. It is somewhat remarkable. that while the eye was out of its socket, (and Mr. Sterling is just the man who might be expected to have such an ex- perience,) its powers of vision were not in the least impaired, notwithstanding the application of cocaine dilated the pupil to twice its normal size, and it plainly saw and winked at the other eye. It also distinctly saw the back of Mr. Sterling’s head and looked into and through its own socket where it had a full view of the fertile brain that conceives so many de- lightful romances for the Sunday World and other truthful publications. It was indeed aIremarkable experience for Mr. Sterling and his eye-witness. A droll pantomime was enacted on Wall street Monday afternoon opposite the re- porter’s window. A fat young woman evidently from the “rooral deestricts,” accompanied by a stalwart young farmer, came strolling leisurely up the street, the pair chirruping and smiling and nodding to each other like the most devoted lovers. They walked hand in hand and the fat young woman was chewing gum with a vigor and gusto that threatened to dislo- cate the hinges of her jaw. Suddenly, as they reached a spot directly opposite the reporter’s window, and while, if gestures and responsive nods and smiles indicate anything, the farmer was confiding to her willing ear something of the most intensely pleasant nature, the fat young woman stopped short, her tireless jaws ceased their vigorous gnashing, she cast at her escort a most piteous look in which were expressed fright, appeal, pain and re- proach. She stamped her feet, ran out her tongue and turned red in the face in the evident earnestness of her wrath. Her escort looked sheepish and wrung his hands as if imploring her forgiveness but she seemed obdurate and would accept no apology. While the reporter was won- dering what awful thing the horrid wretch had said to her to cause all this indigna- tion, the escort seemed suddenly inspired with an idea. He walked around back of the fat young woman while she leaned over forward, and gave her three or four vigorous slaps in the small of her back. The fat young woman strained a bit, and the cause of all the agitation was plain. She had haltswallowed her end of gum and it had got wedged in her bag-pipe and strangled her. The “back action” of her escort, however, loosened it, and with a thull dickening sud it dropped to the side- walk. and the two turtle-doves resumed their perambulations, the escort as joyous as ever, but the fat young woman was evidently rendered more demure by the loss of her gum and the snickers of the by- standers Who had witnessed the perform- ance.
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