The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-06-18

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upos the subject, he thus GOES into details
will begin with Mrs jerks, my new
lardlady, and will take u particular delight
in personally deinolishing Mrs jerks with
my own hands Mrs Jenks has aroused III,
yindictive ire-and MIS-, jerks had better
bewar The performances commenced a,
Mrs. jerks hous with the par'or the in
nocent carpets were ruihlesly draglsri ~
and carried TO an aijacon, lot, whore the,
wcrc cruelty eastigatcd by two Du,chmcr
with fish polls the floors were stccpcd in d
strong solution Of sof,.soap for two DAYS
this delicacy Of the season dissolved in rain
water was applied in such quantities that !,
soaked through the iloer and looscd the plas
tcring below. which iell or the dinnr tsbls
AMI smashed the crockcry, which caused Mrs
j TO Jump back which upset the stow
which set the house on fire which W. pu,
out Immediately with the contents Of tho
soup turrn, which nevertheless did not pre-
went Engine 3 coming to the Rescue and hall
| drowning everybody with nn inch and hall
stream, which the foreman wouldat step un.
I'll we gave him money enough to treat oil
the boys, and subscribed literally for "a sil
yer trumpet To be presented to him On hi-
birthday. That same afternoon. Mrs jerks
Youngest child ingeniousy hl iuto the c,s.
tern though how be- did II nobody ever
knew Tor he coud't b. got ca, until the
whole was widcDed six inches In q week
Mrs. J. flushed her parlors nnd the lower
part oi the house. and had got them thor
ouehly cleaned. Us she said, which opera
tion had made them smell like tho cabin Of
steamboat that had irru under water for a
month.
Then Mrs. jerks began u series Of person
al indigniticr aimed directly at me--shc tore
up the carpet IN my room under u vile prc,
tence Of dirt. AMI pull,,i my bed 10 pieces
under foul aspersloD Of bugs she white
washed my walls under charge ot smoki.
Des-, and she painted my door under the
miserable slaDdrr Of fngermarks and grease
On that iaisl night wcnt home ear y--as
! walked up stairs, not being warmd Of
paint, adorned myself IN M interesting
manner my best black coat got streak Of
white paint from the door on one side. aud
was bcsntiIally soaked by the paint from
the hanister ON the other dirty yellow
from the stairs decorated Que lcg oi my pan
falcons, while touch Of lead color from
the blackboard decorated the other Enter.
eJ my apartment the floor was submerged.
and barc-f,,oi,si Irish iams,.l was on her
kDo,s making pilgrimage round the room
with u scrubbing brush, IN little sca nf
ioamy soap snds. A Mrs jerks wanted
10 come IN occasionally to Oversee The otsr.
ailons, and did not want to get her de,ca,e
let wet. she had laid down couple Of die
tiOnaries and thrr yolumfs of Shakcsrsnrc
as stepping stones, h~i the prcrniss.
lived on oyster stews, and bunk~i ia an ,n.
gipc house four days. and then vcniureai
home.
she had finally 90, things "'o rights, a.
shc said Hooked IN my butcau and wished
Mr. jerks was buried aiive---sla had moved
that article of furniture without reference to
whatever Of bf,akablo nature might h.
inshie--the consequence was that two shif,
bosoms were soakol IN somcbolys linaroeni,
which bad for spraInd arm, AMI twp
more were saturated with Balm Of 1liou.
sanh Flower my SuD.iay white yoi was
,pollod hy cherry brandy ard the cork ol
the boitbc was IN the watch packet cam
phene and camphor uni,~i their delicate
oiors TO sceit my pocket hapdkcrcbsis, and
a cunplr 81 boxes of tooihposIcr WE'RE dis.
tribnt'r imiariially eyerywhcr my book.
we're Of course in the wrong rlaT>. AMI
wrong-idc up. and fail -s'' Of ''Wavcrly'
had lelt my b,sl and board entirely
ia, J rjoice in pictures portraits Of
eminent individuals j. ms passion, but r.
grit 10 -ay tha, house ckaning has MT i'm
proved ihe appearance Of my small gallery
t,corge " Washington had bi- glass broken
AMI b. bead torn "a, and Napol,ou had cy-
h'n'|y b"cn os'd 10 prop spa ibrnrirgr.I
s'O0l Il more ,hnn ordinary weight, ipr hlS
cpnuiensnes lspked a. il u hai ises run
through corn sheihT- Nfs. -ddrn- Was
changed INTO Iu-iy nf'grc.s by toe gl,-s';-
ting IL the INK. While The mingled a ~ uf
hl0iches nf lime and dif,T,nt cu'orsd paints
mad kImuni kcsn and ',cnsrsl " arrrp
ani Nsry Qu"n "i scott aDi hrn W
Curtis, aBi -haksIsarc ard ,harlca lamb,
anil BaTaM Tasluf s1d Jenny Lind io1t
ike b., II Bla ktr' luiisns painted f,r
drunken iroic I have Ghally got fhings
straighieis,l out bal ! caaghi c'tAi -isejaHy
IN that damp room. ausl coniienuy c&lstt
to de 0f c',naump'ipu. within a var Is
Nfs Jruh- lialiis ff.r csysbn
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