Judge — September 6, 1884 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. SUMMER BELLES. Newport Belle. nkee Belle who Newport finds Amer paradise Id her charms with mu And every swain Tring make To aid the costume rare Till Fashion's self shall happy own The garb is wondrous fair. The Lony Bronch Belle. ‘The Long Branch Belle, the artist thinks, In seaweed garh should walk, And on the pier’s fair promenade With suitors lounge aud talk; And o’er the drive, and on the beach, ‘The sun's glad light shall fall, And sea-born breezes kiss the cheek, While hearts are kept in thrall. The Long Beuch Belle. Long Beac ny Yankee Belles Repair for summer rest Anil these ¢ 1 fei would make In new shell costume dre 1 And there upon the wide-spre *Mongst summer haunts well famed— Might loiter on the ¢ Admired but not a tly here ‘tis planned; And just for chic, and but for ill, She to her lips m A mild, untainted, fragrant weed— Tourist and Ticket Agent. Tourist (in an August perspiration and | much excitement to Ticket Agent, Long Island Rail Road)—** 1 want a tick don’t know exactly what kind of atic ut let me first ask you. Have I time enough to catch the next train for Lon, ” A. (looking at R. R. sir, full five minutes yet. commutation, mile: ets.” Then gocs on to explain distix all which takes about a minute. vurist—* Well, [guess I'll have a monthly -but have I time enough to catch . nearly four minutes yet.” a minute’s delay, obtained aid when:) Tourist | got time enough to catch that train?” T —‘* Yes, sir, almost three minutes yet. Tourist refully scrutinizing the ticket)—*all right; but now let me ask you whether this ticket is good for a month?” T. A. —Yes sir. Tourist (after a pause)** Can this ticket be | transferred, that is, used by any other person? —but have I got time to catch that t "A. ‘LT respectfully answer ‘no sir,’ to both questions. When you received your ticket you had time enough, as J then said, ur train has just started, and you'll to wait an hour for the next.” a white heat rage)—* D—n you Rail Roud men! Why didn’t you tell me this in time? I will sue your Road for dam- ‘All right, sir. But understand ompany requires us to answer all 83 questions civilly. I have complied h their requirements, and the fault of jay is yours not mine. ‘Tourist sits down and waits for the next train for Long Beach. The threatened suit for damages has not yet been commenced, Further developements anxiously awaited. 1. o'D. oc. | Long Ishind City, Aug. Ist, 1884 Coumest ny THe Jupce:—The phrase, “<The long suffering public” has been quoted within our recollection over and over again; but in the case so graphically portrayed by our clever correspondent above, we should be tempted to substitute ‘ The long suffering ticket agent.” The urbanity of the em- ployes of the Long Island Rail Com- pany has become proverbial among travelers In that section, and the above is a Pin point. Loquacious cranks are a nuisance poth to themselves and the public, and, like other nnisances, should be abated. ‘Tne kindest cut of all—cut and come again. Wueretn a dividend differs from a toll- gate—it can be passed without money. TigutNess in the money market comes of looseness in money matters. “ MAN proposes,” and--and-—* Providence disp. No, no, woman accepts nine times out of ten, A Lapy practising at the bar is no new thing. It is a fact, a very frozen fact, long known, at least to clients, that even the bearded lawyer is in every case a fee-male.