Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-02

LOOK after my little girl, whom she has had
legal. Somebody will have to interfere to-
annul it, and who is going to do sol Even
il they do, they will only put US to the
tt able of re ting married over again when
/ get out. Gottung said that, " tn credits,
he expected to get out of prison in six
aud one half years. Public comment is
severe on the brother and olhar relatives of
Gottung, who favored the marriage. and on
the justice Of the pesce who performed the
ceremony.
he Floating Homes of Bangkok.
Henry A. Ward IN tae Rochester Demo-
s+~>.a5 crst and Chreneta
Boats are the universal means of convex
auce and communication, and best thus
becomes nseessary adjunct Of every per-
sons househsld; to it's dexterous use every
child is trained; men, women and children
are equally accustomed. P-rhtps the most
common form is stout sklf about twenty
five feet long, turning up very shapely and
high behind, like q Venetian gondola. It
IL broad in the beam, and ,wo thirds Of it's
length is housed, over, lesvinga iittle Aas
deck in front, and still smaller one be-
hind. Behind sta1ds the husband and
sculls; in front stands the wife, rowing and
using boat-hook to- help their way through
the crowds. The front Of the boas is used
for business, passengers or cargo. The
rear third is given up 30 family and domes-
tic furniture.
For, incredible asst may seem. We soon
see that each boat is.the hom Of 4amily
father. mother, girls and boy s.: who are
born there, live there and die h.re. In
the day time the chill 1ren and the furniture
are crowded into space not over four feet
squarer, at night they CAN spread out over
greater surface. I looked Into these homes
with attention and never could enough
wonder or admire how closely all vas ack-
cd without seeming to- lostle or painfully
crowd. Also that tho children lived so
happily and conte tedly in space no lar
ger than large. zsd Saratoga trunk! It.
is probably fact that there a.e n my ten
year old children in BANGKOK river who have
never walked over twenty feet in a straight
line, in short, who have never been on
land. But then, when they come in prog
unity to boats whose little inmates they
knew, they would--boys andgirls from five
to twelye-jump out of their 10 IT, house.,
and dive and swim away to visit and gam
boil around together; now free in the water.
now hanging to the bolts side or sitting
astride of the scull oar. And'a friend tells
me that he has seen them in their visits,
take with them baby, IT. whose shoulders
mother has prudently attached a hollow
geurd or other light gourd to IN
sure Its safety.
In minor excursion up side canal 1
found myself at the city residence OF the
prime minister-whose name Ihave not
now time to write ont in full. l. ran my
boat all around through his pleasure
grounds, and wondered whether the wor
thy old gentleman considered that he
was living on land or in the river. In one
part of his aquatic elysium Esaw magnif-
cent specimens of the victoria regia, whose
leaves, round like platter, we're over two
yards in diameter. Their rim was sharply
turned up in a ledge an inch high and on
the raft thus formed We're settled, quite at
home like, family of frogs. They too
seemed TO- fall in with the huD1ers of the
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