The Republican journal., 1875-08-12
observations of Men and Things.
BY OUR GEORGE.

IL l. about lhlS Time lilat NE lnnllN VINO lhlllh
they only possess one cat, are suddenly made
aware that She has broken into several small
pieces. and instead OF one there are many o.
her, These small pieces are called kittens. anC
if allowed 10 live and grow up Will eventually
make night hideous With their wells. and cause
the loss and destruction Of more boots an'
other family furniture, which viii be hurled At
them in the sin watches Of the night thai
would run poor family through long win
Tar. IS general rule kittens are born in The
wrong place-.tnd the spare chamber bed seems
10 be the favored spot. The first intimaton
| that is had OF the occurrence. is the head of the
family being reused from sound sleep hy a
DIG in the ribs from his Wife. and OF hearing
her SAY" Listen, | believe TO my soul that
Old cat hts get up and run into the front
chamber and look in the bed, and if there AZ,
any kittens there, carry them ont into the barn
and put Them IN the hay-Oh dear, told Mary
10 keep thai door shut" In tue meantime the
man ha- cot awake enoush 70 realize that The
Ecrchcl triad Is ended, AMI that he i not called
10 testify and lighting lamp proceeds 70 the
room quilted by that familiar tune There 5
lneW->ick in the air. and fad mere, four small
editions OF the old eat Wia4iing round oil the
bed amt looking decidedly unhappy. impro-
Nieing a ha4 by taking tidy from Il chair, he
places the kitten, therein, and &rt~plng the cor
ner> of the ba@ with his left hand, takes the old
eat under his right arm. and holding The light
in that hand starts from the room. just us he
enters the upper hail the cat becomes frightened
at the lamp. which is nconycniently near TO
hon l., ,-plL.
| Now when Il cat fairly decides to get down out
Of I persons arms. there is not generally much
question Which viii win. Brsclng her back
against his arm and curling her neck over the
crook in his elbow She Set her Ices against his
side, and Gives a ~quirm and Jump. ahbin9
her claws through hi~ Shirt and making him
feel though he had been rum through a pa
tent rag picker W it'll second Struggle She
clears herself an disappears in the darkness,
HE lamp having fallen from his hand and gone
out. just then as he is dancing round i'll agony ,
he runs against the stair rail, striking his toes
with such force that they crack like torpcdoes,
and losing his balance he clutches in the dark
ness for something. and drops the kittens over
the rail into the hall below, while he punges
head first down stairs. In the meantime his
wife has got up, and in the darkness has trod
on the old cat which had run into her room for
safety. and with Yell she dances out of the
room crying 'murIer' at the top Of her voice.
Realizing that something must be done. her
husband Get up and mps to the match safe,
and procuring a lAatch lights u lamp and re-
turns to find his wife has cot back into bed, and
with her head hid under the bed cuhc, j. en-
loving GOOD cry-bu She soon rouSes a. She
hears "noW you lay there and haWl: why in
thunder don't you oct up and hold the light. II
You had done SO in the first place. yon ought
to, | shouldn't have Knocked the Stulling AL
out of me-. And She rises and takes the lamp.
White he gathers up the kittens witch he de-
posts in barrel. and then the Old eat is hunted
up and pat in with them. and The top covered
turn to their room and crawl into hrd and
there is not much gossip rclailed in that room
the balance of The night. AZ IN early hour the
next morning, Il man can be seen with pail OF
water in one hand, and an old dress pocket
carefully tied at the top in the other, which
seems To contain something alive. Proceeding
behind the barn. he sets down the pail and
drops the pocket into the water. As il sinks
to the bottom. a smile lifts over the mans face.
and he stand, and gazcs into the pail few
minutes and then throws ii, contents into a
small hole prepared for ii. and kicking little
dirt over it, he returns into The house remark
ine to himself there ! shall moi have that job
to do again for some weeks-prohably."
\ Gentleman entered one OF our stores las,
=
COMPRISES. After selecting one he said, - am
a stranger and have been III Your city n week,
ana This is The lil>i time have been out Of the
hotel. wanted to attend church Tomorrow,
and thought ii could get a compass might
run through the fog and find the meeting house
He jumped ont Of bed in Il hurry and filling
the bowl with water commenced washing his
face. Having finished his additions he reached
up 10 the towel rack to find it empty, and then
in'o the stand drawer with Ike success. Then
he stood still for moment. with eyes cl' ~ad
and the water dripping from him and looking
like a marble statue under Il fountain. then sud
denly cnycloping his head in the front fold, of
his might Shirt subducd - be d-d" filed
the room That was all he said, hut il told the
whole story.
There is probably nothing thai will cause the
man who owns a house 10 discuss with himself
what is The best Kind of a garden walk. as to
have his feet suddenly shoot out from under.
him and TO land on the roof Of his head like a
section Of meteor, while the back of his coat
is covered with green slime and his hair and
ears are filled with coal ashes Talk of sin and
banana peclngs being slippery. II is thus thai
tl, damp weather draws out of us many moral
lesson, and considerable profanity.
The crowd on the Sidewalk, in front Of lIly-
fOrds Hall were somewhat a~tonshed the other
night As the people We're pouring upstairs TO
attend the concert, at Young woman forcing
her way alone, and standing looking up the
stairs apparently in search of some one. She
was short and wide and quite broad shouIdered
across the face, and she had a small boy by the
hand who looked as if he was sent into this
world to eat the leavings up. A second hand
soup bone would have been hearty victuals for
HIM. suddenly getting her eye on the object
of her search, she yelled out in sharp voice
that would have gone through a pine knot
like rip saw-''I on miserable, mean, dirty
black-hcartcd Scoundrel, come down out oi
that. you'd look good deal more respectable
getting your half starved Young ones some
thing to eat, than going into that show and
spending AL your money! I'd like to get hold
of your hair; You'd come down them stairs 4
fiukng!' But the ''back-hearted scoundreI'
kept right on, while the female gave the small
boy n Jerk that nearly drew him out Of his lit
tie trousers, and danced him home at a very
liberal gate. And still there are English writ
ers who assert that the American people arc
sad and don't have an idea OF fun.
! They think at Washington that they
have caught the robbers OF the $l' ,ooI
from the treasury. Bat fellows who have
stolen millions are still at large