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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11278#0008
1887
DER NEUENHEIMER.
7
owner of the bottle began to walk about, but, being too
top heavy, fell against his mate, who, not quite liking
such treatment used his fists and feet in such a manner
as would do credit to any English man; then ensued a
vigorous scuffle both parties scratching, kicking, biting
and jabbering. I then spoke the first word, remarked
that they would damage themselves or something to that
effect; whether they understood or not I dont know but
they stopped and came and sat one each side of me, jab-
bering the whole time; they then took my arms which
I withdrew, it seemed to offend them and they tried to
collar me.
One of them then took a stick which I managed
to get hold of and sent out of the window. The train
now began to slacken speed, then the one who lost the
stick took out a knife, held it by the blade and tried to
stab his mate with the handle. They then assaulted me
again by pushes and shakes, thank goodness not with
blows or else I should have fared badly. I could do no-
thing against two men, so tried my best to avoid them
by jumping about the carriage as much as space would
allow. The train stopped, the door opened, I took the
first opportunity and jumped out almost into the arms
of two constables. They let me pass but took possession
of the men who tried to follow. They were only two
madman who had escaped from a Lunatic Asylum not
many miles distant. A. Z. Q.
History of the Game of Football.
Having lately read something about the History of
the Game of Football, 1 would like to impart a little of
the knowledge I have acquired to the readers of the
»Neuonheimer«, — who are, no doubt, now greatly inter-
ested in the game and are probably playing the game
with great zeal, without knowing when the game was
introduced into England, or in what countries it was
played in, before it was played in England. Football was
sometime ago evidently one of the most, or indeed the
most popular game in England, but which afterwards fell
greatly in the estimation of a great per centage of the
DER NEUENHEIMER.
7
owner of the bottle began to walk about, but, being too
top heavy, fell against his mate, who, not quite liking
such treatment used his fists and feet in such a manner
as would do credit to any English man; then ensued a
vigorous scuffle both parties scratching, kicking, biting
and jabbering. I then spoke the first word, remarked
that they would damage themselves or something to that
effect; whether they understood or not I dont know but
they stopped and came and sat one each side of me, jab-
bering the whole time; they then took my arms which
I withdrew, it seemed to offend them and they tried to
collar me.
One of them then took a stick which I managed
to get hold of and sent out of the window. The train
now began to slacken speed, then the one who lost the
stick took out a knife, held it by the blade and tried to
stab his mate with the handle. They then assaulted me
again by pushes and shakes, thank goodness not with
blows or else I should have fared badly. I could do no-
thing against two men, so tried my best to avoid them
by jumping about the carriage as much as space would
allow. The train stopped, the door opened, I took the
first opportunity and jumped out almost into the arms
of two constables. They let me pass but took possession
of the men who tried to follow. They were only two
madman who had escaped from a Lunatic Asylum not
many miles distant. A. Z. Q.
History of the Game of Football.
Having lately read something about the History of
the Game of Football, 1 would like to impart a little of
the knowledge I have acquired to the readers of the
»Neuonheimer«, — who are, no doubt, now greatly inter-
ested in the game and are probably playing the game
with great zeal, without knowing when the game was
introduced into England, or in what countries it was
played in, before it was played in England. Football was
sometime ago evidently one of the most, or indeed the
most popular game in England, but which afterwards fell
greatly in the estimation of a great per centage of the