Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-08-21

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ly, but hal not sufficient time to finish III
job, before we took possession. So tba
amCng other agreeable incidents, the base
ment was occupied by number of ycun,
fellows in painting garments and paper caps
who whistled, q hate whistlng.) while the,
piled their brushes, and used language whicl
was SO far from being choice and refined tina
had really 10 blush occasionally when my
wife was 10 hearing.
Master Tommy got in trouble, too, on thi
account. lie was making scientific explora
tions in the lower region of the house will
lauable intention of pursuing the search O
knowledge under difficulties, for Tom is
child of an exceedingly inquiring turn 0
mind. In the course of his peregrinations
he contrived to upset a pot Of green paint
off a step-ladder, and received the greater
part of the contents upon his unlucky head
from which it ran down in copious streams
presenting singular though hardly agreea
BILE contrast OF color and totally running hi
jacket. -t'
We washed his hair with turpentine ant
pumice stoned his face till the skin was near
ly rubbed off his nose. After which he wa
subjected to vigorous course of hot wate
and soap, but for all that we could do tha
blessed child for week afterward emitted ar
odor closely resembling the inside of pain,
shop, while remains of the pain were still
left, making his countenance look some
thing like that of Zebra or royal Benga
tiger.
We managed to erect bedstead and
| imagined We should be enabled to pass
comfortable night. What blissful igno-
rance.
had just fallen into a comfortable doze,
when l was awoke by my wife digging her
elbows into my RIBS.
,' whats the matter now, can't you let a
fellow 81, ep? ?"
Hush, there are thieves in the house.
Listen"
listened and sure enough there was a
mysterious noise, as il some one was a..
cending the kitchen stairs with great rapid
ty.
Jumped out of bed, put on a pair-nc
mater-lt a lamp. armed myself and slid
down the stairs followed by my wife.
We looked all over the house, and found
nothing but strange Cat in the coal cellar.
We went to bed again.
1 thought 1 had not been asleep more than
half an hour, but in reality had been woing
the drowsy god five or six hours, when !
was awOke by the window ot the room in
which we were sleeping, being raised and a
man softly entering the room.
Halo ! my fine fellow, I've caught you,
have [, and leveled my revolved at him.
For mercy sake don't Shoot" SAID the
man.
Matters were soon explained he was only
the man engaged in painting the outside OF
our new house, and by means of ladder OBJ
tanned access to our room, not to rob or gar
O'e us, but merely to get his paint pot, that
he had left there the evening before. He
apologized for disturbing US, not knowing
that there was any one in the apart
ment.
The new house had no gas in it, but the
landlord had put it in, to the detriment of
ceilings in some of.the rooms and floors. This,
however, was already accomplished the
pipes were laid, meter set and the floors and
ceilings repaired the whole being finished
the day uefOre we moved IN, so that there
were several large spots of newly spread plas-
tering on the ceiling of the parlor.
had just completed the task of driving
some picture nails in the walls of this room,
from which to suspend our family portraits,
when scream of horror from my wife, and
rattlng sound, caused me to turn suddenly
which movement tipped my step ladder over
letting me down in rather hurried an undig-
nified manner, producing an extensive and
painful abrasion on my knee.
AS soon as | recovered my senses from the
effect of this unexpected shock, perceived
that the jarring, caused by driving in the ais,
had shaken down the fresh plasterng on my
wife's head and worse yet, upon our new
Brussels carpet, purchased expressly for our
new house.
Notwithstanding that we gathered it up as
quickly az possible. our carpet was complete
ly ruined, for the beautiful figures-large
wreaths of red roses, with green leaves en-
twined-became very dingy yellow color
wherever the plaster touched.
My wife happened to be looking up at the
time, and some small particles OF the lime
had fallen into her eyes, resulting in much
redness and little inflammation, and 1 regret
to say, great i'll humor the day.
At last everything was put to rights in our
new house. But it WASN'T comic, table new
house. The doors wouldn't shut or when
shut would not open. The kitchen range
would not burn; or only when ii
felt inclined to burn, wouldn't bake. There
was q scarcity OF water. The was supera-
bundance of cockroaches. There was this
thing, and that thing so that in fact my
vile disliked thencw house.
My wife grew melancholy.
" "Supposing, my dear" said to her one
evening, "as our old house is not let, we
move back aga'n!'
She jumped up from her seat, and kissed
me, and told me was her "good, kind, dear
old Tommy" She always calls me cher
Tony" when please her.
We moved back into our old house.
had to pay quarters rent for the new
house, was at the expense of twice moving,
had two carpets completely destroyed had
my sons clothes ruined ditto my wife's tenn
per- and that's the way saved fifty dollars a
year.