Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
moved and from that day her cure was
comp ete. was supposed that ma.
1aTial faint id the soil which nonished
the plants was deYeloped BY the heat Of
the sitting room. n 553s "A
q New Haven Sunday ghty
Xeass Ago.

Thus q sense Of duty induced them tc
violate the law themselves ii. order te
compel its observance by others. The
death like d,lllness and absolute priya-
ton Of sound which prevailed through
out the day can hardly Be imagined.
The labor OF eating dinners, prepared
on The previous Saturday, seemed to be
looked on \ as. 1anentable necessity
and though such noises as coughing and
snteezingg were excused if quite sponta7
Moons, il was directly forbidden to In
duce them u by taking snuff, or careless.
~ letting your liquor go the wrong
way I know not whether tho chatter
ing of q mans teeth in Nh ague fit would
have been considered reprehensible,
butin case Of your hands becoming dirty
lam persuaded that 1t would have been
leld more correct to let them remain
50 than to resort to the labor of using
soap. water and towel. Under the in
fiuence of this mour1Iful contrast to the
pleasnrable tranquility Of the light
hearted, innocent gaiety of a European
Sunday I conceive myself abstracted
from the world, or rather like the per-
sonage in one of the Arabian Tales who
wandered into q petrifiad city, and In
the midst Of human habitations behe1d
no sign OF Ife. But while every noise
was totally suppressed indoors, what
does my reader suppose he would hear
or observe were he to take his seat
with me at one. of the inn windows and
survey the streets? For the most part
he would hear nothing, for when the
inhabitants were allowed to issue from
their doors they stole about the high
ways like so many spirits Or like the
mysterious heroes in, Mrs. Radclitff rs
romances so light were the movements
and their steps so inaudible. The prin-
cipal object in sight would be those
guardians Of the peace already men
toned, looking like a detachment
of Cromwell's body guard as
they marched to and fro with the
utmost precision and solemnity, ST.
raved in the square cut garments whici,
betoken their office. Perhaps, at last,
some luckless pig would waddle forth
from an avenue upon a muddy research.
Alas! his first grunt Of triumph, as he
lighted upon some spoil, would serve as
signal to his enemies, one Of whom
would secure him on the instant, drive
him ignominiously home to his sty, and
there execute retributive justice fur
his pagan disregard Of sacred ordinan-
ces by forewlth dispatching him. Or
should some caitif dog, or even
thoughtless puppy, in profigate con-
tempt of the law, begin frollcking and
barkingin the road, he would be sum-
marily shot upon the spot. Or perhaps
some gentleman cat, amorously dis
posed, would be SO unfortunate as to
commence an ill-ti1ned feline serenade
under tho gutter of his adorned tabby,
the vigilant street keepers, attracted by
the sound, would rush to the place, and
at The moment perhaps when tender
response was awakening in the bosom
and the throat Of Grimalkin. and the
passionate dqetto Of the hapless pair
rising, to climax, both would be as
sailed with q battery Of staff and stones,
to the interruption of their loves and
great peril Of their ives.-The AIanhat-
tan for August. '''S