The Portland daily press., 1883-05-12
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rave and jaw, but they have to be coaxed
and baited to swing on the gate, and turn
the gas down, and see whose lips are the
coolest, and all that kind of thing. think
If Margaret could come down here and
spend the summer and get acquainted, and
go to camp meeting, and learn to swing
double In hammock, and so out rowing by
moonlight, that in the fall she could make
Romeo think that she had been taking pri-
vate love lessons during her vacation, Mar
garet is young yet, but she bids fair to roost
as high as an actress as any lady now on the
stage.
Idropped into the Olymplan Clubs skat-
Ing rink one evening TO witness a skating
carnival on roller skates had not been
there five minutes before the old bruises on
me began to ache out of sympathy. Well,
is 1t not singular after all, that they fall
down In Boston and strike on the same
places, and get up and rub the same parts of
their anatomy, and have the same foolish
look on their faces, and the same style of
stockings on their legs, that they do in Bel
fast? There being considerable else going
ON that evening, there were only about ten
thousand got around to the rink so there
was not much of crowd. This particular
occasion was fancy dress affair, and prizes
were given for the best costumes, the first
prize being riding horse, saddle and bride,
and was won by a Mr.. Suits, as the sold
woman who lived in shoe, who had so
many children she didn't know what to do"
The second and third prizes, a marble French
clock AMI cabinet organ, were won by two
ladies, representing a pop corn girl, her cos
tune being trimmed with pop corn; and the
pride OF the North, fancy dress Of white
stuff, trimmed with down. One OF the neat
est and most unassuming costumes that
saw was an.African Zulu. He was dressed
in black tights, or else he was ebonized,
from head TO heels, with rings in his nose
and ears, and girdle of mint julep siraws
around his waist Somehow the committee
did not look at his costume as did, for he
only got season ticket to the rink, but he
could not have hettered his costume, unless
he had pulled off his suit and gone as a
white bare.
Did you ever notice what a socializer a
small boy Is? Put one into crowd of
strangers, one of those boys who has only
short time found out that his mouth was
made to talk with. One whose head doesn't
contain more than 800 words, so that he
doesn't have to hunt round after one, as we
do who have 80 or 40 thousand of them. One
who has talked so much since he found out
that he could, that the whole inside of his
mouth is raw. Well, one OF that variety
will make crowd of strangers better ac-
quainted than all the introductions In the
world. got into Chartestown car which
was full of passengers, and all strangers to
each other. On one side up on his knees;
looking out of the window was a small boy,
with mouth that he had got trained down
fine. 1t never missed remark, and he knew
he could depend ON 1t every time. He kept
silent for few minutes, just long enough to
let the saliva moisten the inside of his
mouth, and lubricate his tongue in good
shape before he opened on us. / guess all
the passengers were thinking of dead
friend, for they were as sober as the pro-
prietor OF temperance saloon, and never
smiled any more than a salesman in cas-
ket warehouse. Suddenly the small boy re-
marked mama No reply s'Bla-mai ma
ma! MA-MAlF' ssYes darling, mama heard
YOU well why didn't You say SO then?'
Another short pause, "Mama there's, there's
gate. There's gate mama. say mama,
there's gateF' eyes dear, mama sees IT."
Mama what's gate? Mama what is
gate? say-mama-mama what's gate?,
why darling, gate's-a gate is a--well,
you just saw gate.o About this time, all
the passengers looked as though they were
banded together to kill that boy, If the car
ever went through tnnnel. But there was
no tunnel, and the boy yelled out, "mama
amt we most there? Where is this, mama?
Mama say, where is this?' Before mama
had chance TO tell him where 'sthis'' was,
she got out with her terrier, and as he van
ished through the door, he was inquiring in
his modest, unassuming way, "Mama, are
we there? Mama, mamal say, tell me ma
ma, are we thereP Mama, mama--p'
AS his voice died away, every gentleman in
the car pulled out his handkerchief, and
wiped his brow, and every lady spoke to her
neighbor, and gave some useful hints on
spanking as a means of reformation, and of
subduing the human tongue. l think il that
boy had kept in that car five minutes longer,
the hand that is writiRgithis would be the
hand Of murderer, dyed in the blood of a
small boy. / like boys. when their mouths
are not entered on a six DAYS talking match.
came home on the Str. Penobscot. |
met Capt. Roix for the first time since his
sickness last winter. A fever cot hold of
him and ratified him up terribly, and nearly
shook the daylight out Of him, but suddenly
realizing the fact that good men are scarce,
| it let up, and he comes out as good as new.
| When 1t becomes necessary to hunt up
! man to fill the Captains shoes it is my opin-
ion that after hunting long time, they will
set his old shoes up on shelf, where they
can cast shadow, and get a new man,
shoes and all, don't mean that the Cap
tain's feet are very big, but it certainly takes
quite man to fill his shoes.
George Woods sells the tickets as usual
George has got the boat all in his head now,
and doesn't look as wild as he did last year,
| on the first trip, when he didn't know where
any of the staterooms were, and was scared
to deathfor fear he would give a man a berth
| in the ladies' cabin. George has the thing
| solid now, and rakes in the money through
| the little window, as though he had scooped
| in Jack pot, and passes out the chips for
the different landings like an old Faro deal