A JOKE AND A HERRING BONE.
Policeman McCarthy Laughed at
Former and Choked on Latter.
Michael McCarthy, one of the biggest policemen on the force, made a resolution last night. It ran thus: "Never, no, never so long as I may be permitted to live, will I eat herring, dried, fried, boiled, baked or stewed."
The policeman was invited out to dinner last evening. His friends had herring. McCarthy said he didn't remember how it was cooked. It was "just herring." At the table the host sprung a joke and McCarthy laughed. In doing so he swallowed a long bone from the herring. It stuck tightly in his throat and McCarthy had to rush himself to the emergency hospital. Dr. J. P. Neal got the bone and McCarthy said he would have it mounted to wear as a scarf pin.
