Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-26

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! ter along. They went westward, and i the
! mothers application OF horse-Whip to "a
young man who declined to marry the daugh-f
! ter Was their latest public performance.
II was the genuine Grace CORTLAND that
| found III q Bowery museum All OF these con-
! Germs have side-room traps for the unwary. In
| the worst Of these places the visitor is enticed
| into an apartment devoted 10 some gambling
I sw'ndle or other; but i'll those where the law is
| respected, or at least feared, the ante-chanl-
bers are commonly used by phrenologists or
fortune tellers, who feel your bumps or fore
| cast your future before you are aware of it,
and then demand fee with cool impudence
| that makes you pay ii. 1t WAS the door Of such
Wall Street on it, and was tended by man
! who told NE that would have to wait a few
] minutes, as she was engaged, I amused N.Y.
self during this delay with the fat girl, whose
marriage had mot yet ceased to bring throngs
| to the house; with the man who has no cpl
| dermls, and can therefore stretch his unfast-
ened skin to the extent of nearly covering his
face by pulling the skin from his throat up
| over it; with negro boy whose blackness is
! displaced by spots of Caucasian Wilderness,
| making him look like llver-and-white dog;
| and with a hufy-haired young woman, who
made herself as repulsive as the other curiosi-
| ties, in spite of colneliness, ty handling two
snakes Grace Courtland may not be per-
fectly beautiful, and yet she seemed so by
contrast with these other exhibits She struck
|
charmed moment poised between perfection
aud decay, the aftermath OF following green
! just touched with spocks Of gray" Lat ls to
| say, prosly, she WAS woman on the verge OF
getting over her beauty think she was fifty.
| Her face was regular and intellectual IN It's
| features, her eyes were dark and bright, and it
did not take great deal of powder and rouge
! to almost hide the age lines She had 9 me
! figure, aud there was porily dignity in her
| bearing as she came to greet me. The room
! y 1o,l live,
| enough tor an ample style Of politeness; but
! she managed to wave mo to chair beside a
! sulall table, and to seac herself facing mo.
| without disastrous disturbance Of her velvet
| robed dignity.
! THE PRICE OF A POINTER.
| 'Half dollar, please"
! Notwithstanding the terseness of this de-
! mand, it som chow seemed TO me that must
| have mis- understood her--that the palry sor-
| didness Of such u monetary transaction would
prevent this lofty nlatron from having anything
! to do with it, and that the man outside the door
| was the proper recipient laid down the coin,
however, and she pocketed it go quickly that
| the incongrulty went right out OF signt
! ''Im woman of business, she said, land that
| is why am here. The managers of this museum
offered me $500 week: and signed contract for
( a month immediately. You don't believe that they
| pay much?"
| A terrible fear arose in me that l had be-
| trayed incredulity, and l hastily replied:
"Oh, that is very reasonable figure, indeed
quite bargain for the MANAGERS should say.
True enough; for turn All the fees over to
! them, and so they get their mon ey back directly,
beside securing Inc as an attraction
| Then she looked at my hand like q fortune
teller. talked about its lines Of life aud 80
forth, told me with dattering reck.essness
what kind OF a character had, and at length
| remarked, with drop Of tone from high pro-
! fessional reserve down into friendly candor:
! II don't believe you care to have tell your fu-
ture fortune you ar3 zoo Soas n TO pe;ove in IN
| the street. Would you buy horse if showed you
! a good one
! That was asking, in Wall street Ian
| guagc, whether I would follow her directions
| concerning some particular stock. MY reply
was that had no aversion 10 betting On a sure
| thing.
| But shall make you pay for it, said the FITCH
with labored archness; lit ought to DO worth $25
sh1y 1 how TO make , tn9osana
! wouldn't let me take advantage Of you Do you
| suppose would allow you to sell me for only *25
would make you wealthy woman? No. maam.
| You shall not sacrifice yourself on my account.
! Good afternoon
AS matter of fact, Wall street is no longer
dazzling to noVlcos. 1he brokers are al there
! vet, with their hands eagerly held ont for mar
| gins, but new victims do lot come along 10
| lake the places Of those who have been ruined
| and business is very bad down there. This
| condition WAS shown all summer by the sud
| Gen dislike by most of the brokers for those
| costly Long Branch and Saratoga pleasures
! which, in previous Sc sons, they had 80 sxtray-
agautly purchased. They discovered that such
| 7ndulgences We're empty and foolish. Loss
| ostenta tious diversion. such as quiet rest in
| some uncrowded country place, or even stay
! ing in town. with au occasional afternoon Or
evening trip to Coney Island, was preferable.
| The same admirable desire to eschew wasyeful
foiies is visible this fall Still wines are dis
covered to be less hurtful than champagne; the
| cookery Of table d'hote dinners Is more whole
| some than that Of DelmOnlcos or the Hotel
| Brunswick and it is better 10 wait for the the
| atrical entertainments until they are produced
at the IS. cent theaters Of Eighth avenue and
the Bowery, after they have gained smooth
| ness by repetition, rather than hurry TO them
| in the Broadway houses, whore the prices Of
parquet seats range from nominal Isl. 50
| to speculative and extortlonato figures.
THE NEGRO AS A CATHOLIC
| A novel religious movement is that which
| aims to gather and multiply negro Roman
! Catholics in this city. To most Of New Workers
! the coiored religionist is a shouting Mo'hod st
as matter Of course; but tbs f4ct is that about
| 2, 900 of our resident blacks have beeu bap-
| tized in the Ronish church Soma of these are
| from the larger Southern cities, but the ma
| iori.v are natives of Cuba or Bermuda A
chur Oh has been bought for them to meet in,
| and it is expected that converts vii! b numer-
ous Negroes have not been excluded from
| the white Catholic congregations, nor even
repslled and yet they have become scattered,
so that many paid attention to their religion.
'Tberes 20 denying,' said the Rev. Father
! Burtse, tbs priest who is to have charge Of the
| negro church, that the Irish, who constitute
three fou,ths of the Catholic membership in this
city, are no lovers Of colored folks What do you
think the rk Of a certain Jealous and in
tellicent Catholic when asked to contribute to our
fund? He said that be had no objection to mission
airy work among the negroes-their souls ought to
be saved, and all that-but he saw an almost insur-
naountable obstacle in the confessional to their
ever becoming true alholics It his deliberate
opinion the negro would not confess the truth if it
was against himself. Tho African is liar by ma
ture, aud no regeneration will alter that char
acteristc,' he declared It was no use to argue to
him that his conclusion was altogether too sweep
ing He firmly believed that every negro would
lie to the priest in the confessional. needn't
assure you that totally differ With that view OF
| the race"