The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-19

dried fish and oucumbers. But no
other foreigner. to the tribe were .psr.
mitted, except jew c,ots ots,snan, wibo ;iio
took mp his station in .-Sp.sk oosn,r
despite the most Formidable opposition ;
xuA Yupst1S wnsssssEs==y1 1zo.nssss--:&-aa.'
he was called in derision; would hs.e
triumphed but forsths triph,bausf kS6:
ner,- which had . strange ehar@ III .se
greengrooers' wives Of the quarter and
other elatternly women from distaut
streets, who visited the Jew all sea.
sons with something under their sprons.
The brokera were . pond race, and
. curious but str.age TO say, they
were under pettiooat government, and,
strange to say, under spinsterial govern:
ment, and, strange to s.y, under spin.
sterisl government. Miss Whilelmena
Jinks was the chief Of the : rasa, and
next to her came Miss Chalks.i Both
ladies were artists in their wsyTand
supplemented brokeriog viii; sttistip
empleymsnt.- Mise Inks i aaaaidJ.wa3a
figures and :..tt.bbxs,,r a she called
them, and Miss Chalka stuhsd birds.
Miss Jinks, who wore red ribbons in
her cap, rejoised i. 10 . pale yetpeE.1te1s
mustache, and was given to bursting
the hooks Of her dress behind, did .
fair. amount Of business in al those
miscellaneous articles Of furniture :vhieh
are often to be picked up ehssp At
sales by auction BY tho {: professional
bidder. who bids and bides his time ;
who is the first to put 10 % .ppesssuoe
beneath tie shadow 81 tho auotionieisear'' :
rostrum, and tho l,st 70 leave tho
place, Miss Jinks had : fierce, quick
way Of bidding, too, which Wa said to
be highly successful, aud which : vi &w,iS
looked upon = = wonds gif bTh9t
numerous eoAe.gueE SsnS oe shee
~ant.o far ~ to s.yth.t hsr nustseh.
he'd been 2 fortune to her; bue :: they
nsysr$ xens into any detailed reasons
for.sthiaasarfion.
]. n. t.p.h ]. Miss Jints had . mas.
eu,ll!ine, ,dosia.etiug way with hsr, aud
~ naasnerg,t'o woman, continually ~ y
fighting snd slssrtlne herself. Shawn
perpetuellJ announcing her birth and
patronage and . demonstrating he,
Superiority both in learning, and
wealth.. - ,~.- .@.... >s,.,-..-~. .,,-,4v,,
"My father, ath I have tbaid before,
~ath . merchant, and q merchant in
thith very city, and q boarding <sshoel
education was mine from q child, Nth
use Of the globes aud wool.wozk:; and
when I came to years Of discretion;
copied his contracts, aud kept his ledg.
or, and it is not for those whe.@ have
been brought up otherwise to compete
with one that has,
There was no gainseyiug this from q
woman of forty, who! locked ~ yo1
with s,pair Of fierce gr.y :eyss, and who
flou.ished s 4 ,brawuJ a1n, that eeald
easily. have struck Jon 70 ths earth, s.
you had. ,.[,,
"It's al very we'll for your Chalk,s,
and others 70 set themselves ulp, and
make out that they have re.l gs,ntiesel
ideas, but they are not % b hadt = III &
twopenoe I week At charity school, ),
more than real mahogany Is to 5.
bonght for tho price of. deal. You,
Chalk,es may thlnk i slsy.ting i t,
stnff } bird. A and put eh... eyes. IL > th.i'
poor we.k, little. heads !; blt it, 70,
them q knows what true ;.rt, is 70, "a.
their ifogers q sneh zrqbbiah. sWh.
do jon ~, Arthur T. s,.:y. -. ~. mar
Thatawas ayo.r humble ;ssrysss.s j.
.xas Azthat s. Atthaf d WsntNped