Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-10-06
CURIOUS BOSTONIANS.
A CitY Soeming'y Made Up OF In
quiring Minds
Men. women. Boys and Girls Stricken with
. Mania for Asking Questions-How
the LaadiadIss OF the Hub Keep
Themselves Posted.
Max Elton. In Cincinnati TimeGI

Mar Eiton. IN Cincinnati TimeS.l
This Is a study Of Boston landlady
Who has Just taken n New York lady ~
Iodgsr and has been engaged, while the
LADY was out, In looking over her letters
lsft on the dressing table, She has not
enjoyed herself 80 well for long time,
and IL l. a pity that the sud len and unox-
pected entrance OF her new lodgOr should
have interrupted such an innocent rocrea-
ton. But accidents will happen In the
bat regulated families. She IL now say
ing sho thought II was an old gas bill.
There Is a crowd in her rear playing with
ths new lodger's things. IL is composed
o. tho landlndy's children.
n the lodger had come ten minutes
sooner she would have found the landiady
trying on her garnet surah tea gown, and
thnt would have been awkward, too. She
uiIl wonder when she next wears that
gown how its back seams got so strained
and how tho sleeves were torn. Landlady
rather likes thst garment, and has already
made up her mind that IL the ledger goes
ont % town for a night and leaves her ex-
ira clothes, she, tho lrndlady, will wear
that tea gown over % Mrs. Martinmuzzen's
some evening, or else invite In few peo-
PIE h. ice cream, when she will play the
hostess attired in H. She isn't quite sure
Just which she will do.
There IL ar oVerpovcring quantity OF
curiosity lying about Boston. II seiEes
upon tho stranger and bores him full OF
holes before be has had time 10 accustom
his digestion Co Washington pie and hot
brow n bread. Nor is It's thirst ever allay-
ed. Every time you go nni COM, the peo-
Irie W hose inqulsltiventss Is highly devel-
sped, aud their name Is legion, ask you
the why aud wherefore. IL IL very much
~ an ask town, this. They don't consider
n sny trouble 70 ask questions, and they
DONE draw any very delicate lines around
tteir interest In other people either.
Mr.. D., from Chicago, spent last winter
here. by some unhallowe1 luck he locat-
oil int social stratum that rceked with
.ariosity an devote its whole time 10
satisfying u. lie aud his vie constituted
the family. They went to housekeeping
gu seconl floor. The family on the
Inwer floor plunged int their affairs with
iho rest OF Whale-huntcrs. Every ques-
ton under the SIN relating 20 their por'
sonul or business affairs was fired CT al
them. No evasion, NJ change OF suhie Ct
tactics known To politcnesS, warned of the
dreadful invaders, who fairly demanded
18th sword aud gun, 10 know the inner
most rnmihcatiuns Of their life. They
sent little 10y up one day to boldly asi
what salary Mr.. u. received.
Mrs. ID. was a little older than her hul
hand. The family below asked them Toll
their respective ages over and over again
Not receiving any thing satisfactory il
answer, the cold lady" of the house, n vet
sran Of the inquisitive corp who ought e
have heen strung all over with medals 70
heroic services in her limo, walked up u
Mrs. D.. saying;
"Did you over see Daniel weIsier"
sNo."
-wSro you born in wObster's day"
"Ne."
"Well. you don't look so very old"
"No, I'm not so very old"
gwen, how oil are you, anyway"
"Old enough to mind my own affairs an
touble nobody"
swell. how old Is that"
''soms persons reach that point uhe
quite young. and others never reach IT,"
when goods would come 10 the house 10
The rs this watchful lower family inter
viewed tho messenger, asking where the
were bought, What they were and Wha
% they cost.
when Mr. u. left the house, travelin
Jachcl In hand. some ono Of them darte
after him anj asked him where he was 60
nS.
Tie always male tho same answer: I"
haven't fully deciled." aud yet their vul
Esr GA iosity was never checked. whe
70 carriage called for hin they asked III
driver " no knew where Mr.. d. was Il
iny.
Very nearly ike this family In delicac
vas the lAndlady Of a boarding -hou.
where an acquaintance OF mine, lad,
boarded. She wasn't extremely young, an
yet she didn't consider herself even
sight Of middle age. A friendly GRO
had alightel on her face often enough
leave track or two; but nobody though
Of her "a In HE least elderly. One morI
ing ht the breakfast table, while all q
bOarders silently ate their scorched PAL
cakes, the landlady. ever anxious TO II
Creaso her stock OF information, eallS
outs
Mrs. C., do the members Of your fami
~rinkle early"
Mrs. G. looked up Ia astonishment, n
thoroughly eomprshsnding the remarkab
question.
"Do thoy wrinkle earlyf" reiterated d
persistent demon Of inquisitlveness.
sec you have good many wrinkles, yet
don't suppose you're so very old"
Even the horses car conductors becor
hubued with yearning 20 know all abo
their passengers. An acquain'ance
mine was in n business tina: shipped
great many small boxes. Sometimes
order would come la to be filed instantl
The shipping clerk would dispatch an
sistant with II at once. Going so frequer
ly ON tue some car line, carrying the sal
Kind 81 n small box, agitated the CO
juc,or's mind. One day he said TO 1
clerk:
what have you got In your boxi"
81 don't know"
"why, it's very strange II you hr
been carrying boxes like these for mon
and not know what's In them"
1T isn't my business 10 know what's
Thorn. It's my business TO carry Their
said the clerk, who was English and KIN
nothing about any body's business save
own, and considered Il bore to be for
10 know.
Wouldn't say that all Boston wal
fearfuily inquisitive. Indeed, IL wo
have exploded from curiosity long sine
g. h nd been. But certain stratum OF
society 10 highly dew lopez in this dir
tiOn. Occasionally one comes in conf
With q Lluo blood who has 1t as bad as
one.
YANKEE LUMDER CAMP