Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1912 — HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN THE CITIES

Sarsfield Aboo Heard Call of Wild

evinced a desire to be transferred to the Grand Central station in time to catch a train for Millwood, N. Y. "Clack-clack-clack,” sounded the ample hoofs of Sarsfield Aboo on the wet and shiny pavements until Eighth street and Fifth avenue was reached. At that crossing Jehu Ford endeavored to urge Sarsfield Aboo across the car tracks ahead of an automobile proceeding from east to west The automobile struck the rear right wheel of the cab and swung it about so violently that Ford was jarred from his seat and fell sprawling to the street. With a loud honk of the horn the automobile sped west and Sarsfield Aboo, elevating his head and tail, sped north. Feeling the call of the wild or something, Sarsfield Aboo extended himself with every jump. By the time he reached Ninth street he was moving like Ballyhoo Bey coming down the stretch under whip and spur. Delehanty and Herrington, giants in stature and cool of mind, saw the runaway coming. With businesslike nonchalance they placed themselves so Sarsfield Aboo and the trailing cab would have to come betwepp them. Delehanty grabbed the bridle and hung on. Herrington got the reins and hung on. The cops fell and were dragged across Fourteenth street, but the weight 1 told on Sarsfield Aboo and as he essayed to turn and shake them off he got tangled up in his own feet and fell. ,

NEW YORK.— To the unspeakable amarement of James Ford, a veteran cab driver, his veteran horse, Sarsfield Aboo, nineteen years old, ran away the other afternoon. The amazement of Ford was shared by his fares, Mr. and Mrs. William Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Jones of Slatington, Pa., who had engaged Ford and bis rig at the Liberty street ferry because of the demure appearance and deliberate gait of the aforesaid Sarsfield Aboo. Incidental to the runaway the visitors from Slatingtotf, Pa., were the cynosure of all eyes and the assailants of all ears along Fifth avenue from Eighth street to Fourteenth street. At the latter point Policemen Delehanty and Herrington leaped upon Sarsfield Aboo and bore him to the pavement to the utter destruction of their new uniforms and the accumulation of bruises, sprains and contusions which gained them the unsolicited sick leave of a department surgeon. “ . - James Ford was sitting on the box of his weatherbeaten cab at the Liberty street ferry when the Slatington visitors apprpached him and

David Hanim “Out Harumed” in Chicago

CHICAGO.— When Samuel Baker, 1106 South Wood street, had to knock down part of his barn and rebuild Mt to get back on its feet a horse which he had recently purchased he decided that he had been swindled by one Harry Goldstein, 1024 South Robey street, and brought suit against him. How David Harum was out-Ha-rumed was shown at the hearing be■for Municipal Judge Doltfh. The horse had been guaranteed to be able “to lie down and get up.” According to Baker, the animal could lie down, all right, but getting it back on its feet again was like moving the Alps. Baker testified that he had tried the horse for “bne day, but had neglected to test It on the “lying down” proposition. He said be returned the horse to Goldstein and, after some dickering, in which the purchase priee was reduced from $125 to SBO, the deal was closed. K When he placed the animal In his stable for the night, the horse lay down. It still was lying down when Baker went tb the stable the next morning. Baker pulled and tugged and tugged and pulled at the halter, but in vain. Assistance ’ was summoned, props were placed pnder the

prostrate animal and impromptu der ricks were tried. It was of no use Every time the horse was raised a few Inches it fell back harder and was imbedded deeper in the straw. “I couldn’t budge him,” Baker told the court. “The horse lay there sort of helpless. Finally we had to knock out part of the barn and drag him out.” < Baker said he then Returned the horse to Goldstein and demanded his money back, Gbldstein testified that he bought back the horse from Baker for S2O. This was denied by the complainant, who alleged that Goldstein sold the horse to another purchaser for $55. Goldstein said that when the horse was returned it showed signs of ill treatment, and he offered to prove to Judge Dolan that it could both lie down and get up “as advertised.” The court declined to witness the exhibition.

Sells Flies, Dodges Boxcar for a Bed

CLEVELAND, O.—The 10 cents a hundred that the city pays for dead flies enabled Harry Carmine, a Chicago tinner, to pay for a bed in a “flop house” the other night, instead of sleeping in a box car, as he had done the night before. Cafmlne“ _ called at the municipal fly bureau at the city hall shortly before it closed and inquired if it were true that the city paid 10 cents a hundred .for dead flies. Being assured that was the truth, h$ departed and returnedln a short time. “This isn’t any kid, is it?” he inquired. “We pay 10 cents a hundred for the bodies of flies,” Miss Florence Dueringer, in charge of the bureau, repUed. “Well, here is a bunch then," said

Carmine. “I’ll be back tomorrow with a cigar box full.” “I got in here from Chicago Wednesday night in a box car. It was mighty cold, too. “I came down town early and started out in hunt of work. There was nothing doing, and at noon I sat down to rest in one of the shelter houses on the square. I picked up a paper and read where they was paying 10 cents a hundred for dead flies. “I said to myself. ‘Here is where Harry sleeps between the sheets this evening.* “I went to a saloon and asked if they would allow me to catch flies in the front window. They told me to get Dpt, and I tried a butcher shop with the same result “I then went to two or three of the market houses. Luck was better, and I had a whole handful of flies when I hunted up the city hall. It was hard work, though. “I still thought it might be a joke, or that perhaps the offer was good only for children, so I decided to ask a few questions before I made a complete fool of myself.

Boy Five Years Old is Heavy Weight

Kansas city, mo.—“bui coulter, aged five years, weight pounds, was at the Union depot here on hie way from his home at Springdale, Ark,, to St. Joseph, Mo., to enter a hospital. Bill was accompanied by his father, R. R. Coulter, a farmer in Arkansas. The boy is troubled with softening of the bones, and his legs have bent under his weight to such an extent that he can hardly walk. “How do you feel this morning, Bill?” his father asked him. "POP, I feel big enough to whip a man,” he answered. And “Bill” doubled V 7 his fist in "white hope" style. "How much did Bill weigh when he was .born I* was the question put to “Only nine pounds," he said, “and be didn’t grow much until he was six months old. Then, when he was a UthW over a year old he weighed 37 pounds; when be was two and a half be weighed 67. In the last three years

he has gained 43 pounds. Bill Is a heavyweight all right, arn’tyoU, Bill?” “You bet,” “BUI” said. “Bill” was born and reared in Grand Junction, Colo. He has lived in Arkansas for nine months. It took him five months to get acclimated, and in the time since he has gained ten pounds—and is still growing. “Bill’s weight was so great that his legs couldn’t support him,” his father said, “and we had to put braces on him when he was three years old. He wore them out and for the last eight months he hasn’t had any." That is the reason his legs ate bowed so. now. We are going to a hospital to have them straightened.”