Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-09-17
A VERY HAPPY FAMILY.
HOW A PoLANDER GETS ALONG WfrHf
HIS cow BULL CALF PONY, CHICK
ENs,wTFE AND CHILD,

TOUR dogs, eleven cats. pony ,a variety
of poultry, Stanislaus Mirzowski, Mrs.
Mirzowski, Miss Mirzowski and Mrs.
Mlrzowski's mother are residents OK Ii
shanty in the most picturesque part Oh
the West End. known as Polacktown.
Mr.. Mirzowski came to this country
fifteen years ago, bringing with him all
the attributes and tastes OF his father
land. He first settled In New York.
and for a while led a struggling exist
ence, sharing his humble abode with a
porcine favorite ana diligently tiflIng
the patch of land he had purchased
with the little money he acquired by
persevering economy. by degrees for
tune smiled on him. and 80 did maid
EN- of his adopted country. Marriage
ensued, and the Punishment or tile pOr-
cine fayorite from the MirzoWski hreE
side was the first act of the blustling
bride. The unhappy pig speedily de-
veloped into bacon and other suCcnlent
substances, the last trace OF him being
lost in several pounds of country sau-
sage.
A year or two after the Mirzowski
menage, now increased by the arrival OK
baby girl, was removed to Plttsbura
and housed in Polacktown, where
Stanislaus set up in business as re-
mover and hauler OK furniture. But
the absence of four-fo0ted denizene in
his household created void in the.
feelings OF Stanislaus, and 30 one day
he went out and returned with IA heifer
calf of the Alderny breed, which lie in
stalled i'm the connubial bed-chamber.
Mis-. Mirzowski, being woman OF tOl-i
GRAFTON did not object. So, by degrees,
a dog or two, cat or two. or n fowl or
SO were added to the establishments and
still Mrs. Mirzowski did not complain.
The infant daughter played with the
animals, and monthly account was
opened with neighboring manufacture
er of flea poison. The heifer grew np,
and was sent into the country for
change or air, returned. and shortly me-
ter produced a calf, and Mrs. MirzoW-
ski began to believe she was Lying linn I'm
circus. But at last her patience gave
way. One evening her husband return
ed home later than usual, violent
clatterlng followed his footsteps up the
stairs. He entered the room leading m
tiny brown foal by the halter, and fast
ened it to the bed post. The long en-
during wife was short bnt decisive il
her remonstrance.
'Stanislaus, she cried, this amt rlO
menagerie. no geological garden, mo
Noah's ark. Either them animals no
or do
Stanislaus did not argue Che matter.
He had enough in a long stocking hid
den between the cows ladder to Gnd
other quarters for his household pets,
and SO he rented the shanty he and his
family occupy at present. a visit paid
to him found him milking his cows,
second calf having been added to his
stock.
A variety of dogs greeted the visitor
on his approaches barrier OF teeth oppos-
ing further progress until the little girl
came to bid him enter. A table with
tea cups and the remnants OF supper
was on one side of the entrance. An
open partition on the other side discl0s-
ed a cooking stoYe and accompanying
paraphcrnalia of pots and pans. Cats
reposed in all directions mixed up with
dogs. The heifer was lying doWn.Eith
its head under the table; the calf was
tied up in corner, while its dam was
being milked. I'm the opposite corner !
the pony was quietly munching his hay.
while chicken or two roasted On his
back. The little girl looked fresh and
happy, and was evidently on perfectly
intimate terms with the animals. Mar
zowski appeared the picture of content
ment.
1T looks like farm in the city don't
it p he asked in broken English.
DO you sleep here p
Well. no. We sleep in that place
yonder. You see, the missus don't
like it, but We are here all day long.
Now, If you could pull down them
houses, and grow some grass and a few
trees around here, why you couldn't
wish for more
But do you make any money ..out OF
your animals p
'Of course. The cows give milk, and
the chickens eggs, while the pony does
his share with the light cart. + work
at hauling, while my wife and girl look
after things here. All things consider
ed, we make good living and manage
to be happy.
Ganeral WASHINGTON want Rahinr