The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-16
NUMBER SO.
Perkins, Revenge.
Marquette Mining Journal. !

Marquette Mining Journal
Last Friday, an old maid, who lives
next door to Perkins, threw hot water
ON his dog. She did 1t for the purpose
of getting upa row, but Perkins is pa
tient aud hong suffering man, so his quar-
relsome neighbor failed in her fell
design. That afternoon, however. Per-
kins, was on the street when the Wash
ington street school was dismissed, and
he mentioned to the children that Miss
LIE Mon, the old maid wanted to buy
four cats and two dogs. Now If there
are any two things of which Washington
street produces larger quantities than
any other street in town, they are cats
and dogs; consequently, all day Sat
urday there was steady stream of boys
and girls calling at Miss LIE Mons, each
one carrying or leading cat or dog, and
each one bound to sell his or her partic-
ular cat or dog.
At first Miss Tie Mon explained that
she didn't want any cats or dogs, but the
juveniles were too sharp TO be caught in
that way, and told her they knew she
did, and that they had the best cat or
dog in Marquette; but she still refused
to buy. Large boys and small boys,
small girls and large girls, dirty chill
dren and clean children, kept bringing
for her inspection white cats, black cats,
gray cats, spotted cats, yellow cats,
tiger" cats, Tom cats and other cats,
small cats and large cats; white dogs,
black dogs, "yaller' dogs, spotted dogs,
terriers, bull dogs, spaniels, Newtound-
lands, big dogs and small dogs, all day
long, or until nearly four o'clock in the
afternoon. Her door bell twanged until
she became desperate. She could not
leave the house, because, as soon as she
showed her head at the window, chorus
of shrill voices exclaimed, " That's her"
"There she isp Girls qnarreling over
cats, boys fighting over their dogs, and
dogs fighting each other, all day long in
her front yard, made Miss lie Mons life
burden to her. She was afraid to re-
tire to some distant room lest some OF
the little wretches should force their way
into the house SO she took up her
station behind the front door with a
rolling-pin in her hand, resolved to
strike the first juvenile head that ap-
peared.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon
the enemy retired, and Miss lie Mon
was congratulating herself that the ter
rible ordeal was over, when she heard
another step upon her front walk and
the door bell twanged again. This time
it happened to be the new minister
whom Miss lie Mon had given a very
pressing invitation to call. He being
very small and very bashful man, was
thunderstruck when Miss lie Mons
shrill, angry voice from behind the door,
screamed, "Get ont, you dirty little
brat / don't want any cats or dogs
around here Come, start your boots
young man I'll dog you, If you don't!
and tapping the door with the rolling
pin, DO you hear that, you insufferable
little quintessence Of sin? ! shall tap
your head with it in moment if you
don't leave I'll see ifa poor lone woman
is obliged to be pestered to death with
brats and dogs and cats!' AS the rev.
erend little man retired preciptately,
the infiriated spinster yelled, You'd
better be going, you insufierable little
reptile w Perkins, who had told his
partner that it would be necessary for
him to stay at the house all that day,
had sat in an easy chair in his parlor and
watched the scene through the window
blinds, and when the minister fled, he
(Perkins) rolled off the chair upon the
floor in violent paroxysm of delight.
His dog was revenged. Ell.