Show GOT HIS SOBRIQUET EARLY honest john kelty kelly proved his right to the title long before manhood there have been many stories about the manner in which honest lI onest john kelly the ex umpire first got his nickname mr kelly himself according to a new york letter holds that it camo came to him naturally for oven even as a small boy the purity of his soul shone through his face 1 I 1 think the first time I 1 was ever called ll honest onest john was when I 1 was quite a youngster said kelly A man engaged as an ambulatory salesman of observed the ingenious countenance I 1 presented to the world and hailed me you look honest boy said he be what might your name be john said 1 I quite simply john just like that then hold my horse while I 1 go in tho the saloon and get a drink said saidee sai dhe be and so I 1 hold his horse while lie ho went in the saloon and got a drink but this was on lower ninth avenue in a day when the avenues honors went to the man who could clean the most cops in a given time dy by and by the gang came along and beheld that wagon full of the peddler was detained within by a sore and they took the and wet they came back and took tho the cushions off the wagon eventually becoming daring they unhitched the wagon and took it away true to my ay trust I 1 stood there holding the horse and by and by the peddler came out of the saloon and sized up the alta tion well said lie he warmly youra you r honest john all right you saved the horse |