New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-29
CITY ITEMS.

friend of ours recently being left a widoT er and
having small family, he still cherished the notion of
having them about him in his own home, so he sought
helm in an intelligence office. Our friend is sympa
thetic SOUL and seeing one poor girl more ordinary IN
her appearance than the others, he chose her for
trial She assured him none could compare with her in
all domeetic duties, only give me the convenience
SAYS she. Bddy," said her master, next morning.
9" make some coffee, and when it is ready. call
Faith an / will SIR" And Biddy busted herself in
preparing breakfast. After the lapse of some time,
and no call, Body's master went in and found her
engaged in building pyramid of the sediment taken
from the coffee pot after having thrown the delicious
LIQUID away. why, what are you doing Biddy y
I" am afther wondering dye ate the black stuff with
butter on il, or how" Biddy was enlightened, and
promised amendment. A few mornings after Biddy
WAS troubled to kindle fire. she had well.nigh burst
her lungs and cheeks in her efforts TO obtain fame.
AT this iuncture en- inveterate joker, friend Of the
family, steps in, and seeing Bddy's fix kindly voun-
teers to relieve her. so pointing to horse pistol that
hung against the wall he bid her reach that do and
point i, at the refractory spark, ntmating his aston
ishmsnt that go intelligent girl should not have
known of its before. She did as she was bid and
sineularly enough the wood at the same moment be-
easy-only to point and it burns Why, in ireland
they have to pull and push until their arms ache;
would MT che know where to find II now. She was
thank full to the gentleman for showing her, and Biddy
was seen any mornings after that patiently pointing
the big horse pistol at the fire CRATE to kinde her fire.
Successive failures, however, induced her subse-
queptly to relinquish the novel experiment.
Her last effort at cooking eclipsed all her other e1-
PLOTS To the inquiry of her master, could abe cook
green corn, her indignant reoirder, Cook it, dye
say Sure, h.v MT cooked 1t manys the time !"
slenced all sceptcism and she was instructed to pre-
pare choice lot OF the best to be had 10 market.
Noon came and with it hungry, expectaut men On
tie table stood large pyramid of smoking corn
cobs by the side of the table, like faithful sentinel
stood Biddy with beaming eyes, watching alternately
her master and the cobs. His eye caught the cobs,
and although very angry, he could not restrain his
rsbles and so roared out Justify, 10 which Biddy ig-
norapt of the cause, Joined him heartily. 80, go,
p;ddv Won cooked me some corn did you I" said he
when he had coded of little
nsoIdid," said she; chow dye like itl'
"These are the cobs, Biddy where is the cOrni'
elf We name those bits o things took from those
holes. sure threw them away" said abe; and sure
enougb abe had been at the trouble OF picking the
Green corn from the cobs boiled the cobs and thrown
the corn away.
Biady had leave of absence for an iBdeanise PERIOD
and ,bould anv humanitarian seek to cultivate her
acquaintance she can probably be fosnd in the sane
intelligence Office she was taken from se'0re' ANY