| Show PALES OF THE DAY A Western Knilronil That Was ns Wide as Depews This is one of those stories about Chaun cey AI Depew and a railroad pass that is being told nowadays in local railroad circles according to the Chicago Chronicle Chroni-cle The president oC the Waupaca JCish na Railroad company went to see the mil mannered president of the vanderbilt vander-bilt system What can I do for you Mr Depew asked letting the smile he uses on such occasions have full swing on the visitor I dropped in to see you Mr Depew to ask for an exchange of courtesies I am the president of the Waupaca Nl hna Railroad company I would like to have a pass over your road and will extend the same courtesy to yourself over my road Depew looked thoughtful for an instant and then said Where is your road Why its out in Wisconsin Is it rated in Poors manual Oh yes indeed we paid a nice dividend divi-dend last year Strange I never heard of your read How long is it We are operating sixtyseven miles this year yearWhat sixtyseven miles and you call that an exchange of courtesies and the Vanderbilt system has its thousands of miles Depow assumed his most cavalier air as he launched that question at the head of the president of the Waupaca Nishna and then he waited for a reply Well Mr Depew said the western railroad president as he arose to go your road may be a little longer than mine but it aint any wider The Cat in the Pulpit The circumstances under which a church congregation was dismissed at Sanders Ky on a recent Sunday afternoon were peculiarly distressing About midway the ministers discourse there bolted through the halfopen door what appeared to be a large black and white tabby cat followed by a yellow dog The pursuit was swift and fierce and the hunted animal sought sanctuary under the preachers pulpit That worthy taken unawares and somewhat some-what flustered at being so rudely interrupted inter-rupted in the midst of a particularly pleasant passage did the natural thing under the circumstances and raising his foot kicked the fury creature up toward the ceiling After describing a number of I beautiful parabolic curves in midair the animal alighted fairly in the center of I the congregation I Then it was discovered that there had I been a mistake as to the species of the cat it was of the pole variety The audience dismissed itself with more haste than decorum and it is hoped that after a month or so the building wi t again be in condition to justify the resumption re-sumption of divine services Cincinnati Tribune |
