Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-30
HOWLEGLASS.
The Original Joe Miller.

his mother to the dedication feast, where
he got quite fuddled at dinner, and wished
to 60 to sleep. He tried to find out some
quiet place where he might sleep in safety
without interruption, and he wandered
to the back of a Jews garden, place
there was number of bee-houses. Hav-
ing selected one of these, he got into 1t.
and slumbered soundly till midnight, so
his mother thought he must have gone
home before her alone. This same night
came two Williams to steal the Jews honey,
and one said to the other:
eve must judge by the weight; the
heaviest storehouse will be the best"
ayes we must steal by the weight"
returned his companion, laughing, ''fair
weight
And they proceeded to try them all
round. Now these bee-houses were long
and deep, quite different from what are
made in this country, and when they
came to that which contained Howleglass,
feeling its superior solidity, they joyfully
made off with it at once. Howleglass,
awakening with the motion, heard all
they said, for it was so dark that they
could see nothing. So, stretching out
his hand, Howleglass took the leader OF
the two thieves by the hair, giving him
gentle pull, at which the other cursed
his companion, who came behind. To
this the latter answered:
"Are you dreaming, man, or are you
walking in your sleep9 How the deuce
should | be pulling your wig, when 1 can
hardly hold the hive"
Upon this, Howleglass gave the latter
gentleman twinge, who said, "Here am
toiling under my load, and you are
Juggling me by the hairl" How can that
beS' exclaimed the first; 81 can scarcely
get along; you know it is yourself; you
are pulling me all the while.' And in
this way they went on disputing. At
length Howeglass gave the first so severe
tug as to bring along with it handful
of hair, an insult which so enragad him
that, tlinging down the whole concern, he
fell upon his companion, and regular
battle enSued. Hearing a noise within,
they took to flight, leaving Howleglass
to sleep quietly in the oee-house till the
morning, which he did. He then walk
ed out of his dormitory, and seeing
gentleman's house near at hand, he then
went in and hired himself out as do
mestic.
HOwLEGLAsS AND THE BLIND BEGGARS.
In the town of Hanover, where Howle-
glass was then residing, he effected a
number of wonderful tricks, famous for
their rare ingenuity, and of which the
following was one: One day ne saw
dozen blind men proceeding along the
road, all of whom stopped when they had
come opposite, thinking HowlegIass was
agentleman by the sound of his horses
feet. When they heard him stop they
made most humble obeisance, and said:
''Good sir, we are weary travellers COM
ing from town, where a rich man has
just given up the ghost, for the purpose
of collecting aims
"Well," said Howleglass, ''it is shock
ing cold, it is enough to kill you; so go
back to the inn which 1 have Just lett;
here are twenty forms with which you
may enjoy yourselves" at the same time
giving them nothing and mentioning the
tavern he had been at.
The blind men all thanked him, each
surprising that the other had received
the tlorins, and then they turned back to
stop at the place which Howleglass had
pointed out. "Good host they said, as
they entered, eve have met gentleman
on horseback, who has given us twenty
forms to spend with you during the win
ter season.
The landlord being an avaricious dog,
received them with kind welcome with
out ascertaining which of them was the
treasurer; 50, ushering them into room,
he said they should have the best he
could afford. Accordingly he gave them
good fare and plenty of strong drink, un-
til he had made bill amounting to the
exact sum of twentyIfiorins He then went
to know whether they would like to set
tie, to which the blind answered.
eyes" adding. "Let him who received
forms give them to our host for change"
Here was the difficulty; first one and
then the another denied having received
any, and so with all the rest, when they
began to scratch their heads and look
very FOOLISH at the good host. They de-
Clsred they had been sadly imposed up
on; when, after some vain reproaches, the
host began to consider that it would be
worse to detain them than to let them
go, if he were to keep them at his inn;
yet, having resolved to be paid his mon
ey, he compounded the matter by dispos-
of them in large pigsty for prison;
and sent them little hay and straw to
lie upon. When Howleglass imagined
the blind men must almost have spent
their money, he rode back toward the inn,
and in going to the stable with his
horse he saw his blind friends in their
new abode. Then accosting the host, he
said:
"What can be the reason that you have
got these poor fellows shut up there like