Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-04-18

she dOc5 ever lu4uR elSt terribly. one
broke three saucers this morning while
she was trying to listen to what I was
saving to you about Jennie Parsons
while we were il the pantry. think
shall discharge her. She is too careless
for any nse, hut then she is cheap and
knows our ways, and Heaven knows
what should DO with new girl, but
suppose You wonld be glad to- have a
change You don't have any Of the work
to DO. You men are 30 selfish. I wish
I was a man. y
$50 do 7, my dear" observed Mr..
Badger. Then ! light possibly hear
the end of this story some time this
year"
That's right, Mr.. Badger; when you
cant treat me cruelty and neglect me,
abuse me. That's the way with you
men. I have good mind not to tell
the story not at all now, just for spite.
At this moment Mr.. Badger picked
mp his newspaper and resumed his read
ing.
GAS I was saving" continued Mrs.
Badger after five minutes of silence,
which seemed to her like a month,
when Mrs. Simpson and Miss Simpson
left the house | put on my cloak and hat
and started down to buy some groceries
that | asked you to order several days
ago, but which you forgot as usual.
You always forget such things until you
sit down to the table to eat and then
You storm and raise a row because you
don't fnd the articles all cooked and
ready for you in silver covered dishes.
[ got in red car and started down
town. The Car didn't stop for me at
first. [ had to walk over to the other
side of the street and walk through q
pool of water, but I don't suppose it
would make any difference to You if /
mad drowned. After wading nearly up
to my boot tops I finally got into the
car and there wasn't any seat for me.
The Car was crowded with men and wo-
men. There wasn't gentleman there
It's pity the street car con- panies don't
run cattle cars for those brutes who sit
down and pretend to read newspapers
while ladies stand up. There was one
pntty-faccd dude who wasn't reading.
He didn't dare look me in the face. He
tnmbled around in his pockets and
pulled out a newspaper, and when l
looked at him he began reading it up
side down Some men would do any,
thing rather than stand up and let a
lady sit down. Then the brute of a
conductor asked me if | didn't have
small change when | gave him a five
| dollar bill. OF course I had, but
wouldn't give it to him after be had in.
suited me before the car full of people
not that | cared for them, though
Then he looked at the bill suspiciously
and carried it out on the platform and
asked the driver if it was good. Ht
then went through the car and asked
every man If he had change. None hat
any, of course, and he had to give i
back to me. [ hope he had to pay my
care himself, just because he was sucl
selfish brute. But he was like all you
men.
"At Twenty-third street o woman go
in the car with that lovely dress patterr
| saw on Broadway last fall and wanted
you to buy for me, but you said it wal
too expensive She had it made over
and it was perfectly beautiful. [ knew
it didn't cost her over $50, and it wa.
worth twice that much. You will SET
how much it costs when | get my new
dress next month. Dress goods are
twice as high now, but you always
think you know SO much about sucl
things.
/ II got out at Fourteenth street anc
was walking past that new building OF
Sixth avenue. You know which one
mean ? 1t has such lovely windows
They are plate glass and reach clea
across the store, and are filled with tn
greatest bargains I ever saw. know
some of the lace that they have marke,
down to 62} cents didn't cost one cen
less than so cents. Well, right over tn,
top of the building there is a scaffolC
and there we're SOME men working on it
They had pile of bricks and who'll
dry goods box full of mortar. l me
Mr.. Jones there-that pleasant-facet
gentleman who comes here and talks S,
beautifully about Paris and tine Iates
fashions. he had his charming littI
pug dog with him, and the moment b
saw me he bowed and that dear littl
dogeie barked. You know the last tim
he came here gave him your slipper
to play with. he is such cute littl
fellow. He nearly choked to death, 20,
remember, on the heel of one OF the slip
pers. But You can buy new pair 70
81, and You know never liked that PAL
anyway. You, bought them withou
consulting ne. He said he was comin,
up to see us TONIGHT