St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-06
SAINT PAUL.
skEIChkD FnoM LIFE.

An unsuspecting old gentleman sat
smoking and musing in the forward car
Of the south bound Omaha train last
evening. There were several other
people in the car. but these did not at
tractthp attention of the dapper young
man who stopped in tine doorway OF the
smoker and after a haS;y survey OF tlle
occupants advanced toward the OLD
gentleman in the forward seat: ;,
Can yen give me a so bill Tor snaIi
changer Was his query. The oid par
tv thought he could, undid his wallet,
and the change was made. Having
counted the twOS and ones ne hau
received, and ASSURED himself that all
was correct, the old fellow settled back
in his seat with a smile as he remarked
that me had been fooled that way IN his
time. but was too old to let anybody
work him nowadays. He had barely
ceased speaking, when the dapper
youth re-entered the ear, and waking
hurriedly to the side of the old BOY
who couldn't be beat" said that ne
found ne didn't need the twenty, ana
would take the change again. Out
came the cange. the dapper young man
handed over the twenty, tightly rolled
ND. lust as he had received 1t. ana lett
the car as quickly as he had entered.
Strange TO say. the Shrewd old gent
after CHANGING at the bill he had re-
eeived. without unrOlling 1t, pushed IL
down into his vest pocket and continued
his conversation with the pelson oppo-
site him.
SAY" said brakeman who had wit
messed the transaction, hadn't you pet
ter take a look at that bill; that lad IS
smooth one. and he may fool YOU" The
old gent smiled eOmpOSedly. drew the
supposed twenty from his pocket, and
unrolled it. Ii was a 81 bill. The air
was blue in that car for few moments,
but the pigeon at last recognized the 1u-
siliiy of making 4 fuss, and started
laugh at his own expense.
"
They're queer critters, them girls.
remarked a farmer citizen Yesterday, IN
conversation with a Well-knOwn SEN
ator who years ago farmed the quarter
section adjacent to his own. tell
sou Seth. them girls is queer critters,
4 plaguaTy sight Queer'n what they used
10 be when We was in our cOurtln' days.
Now you recklect our Kit, the tow
beaded little cuSS as run arOun' the old
farm barefoot, an could punish more
sOwbpIlv an cane mOlaSSeS than all the
AtlEA A1AAtS put AOzGlAiN " NiAf -
wouldn't know her no more, Seth: she's
changed nightly. she has. Can't eat
sOwbelly 10 more, says it gives her dys-
pepSia. and sounds vulgar. Never goes
barefoot no more, Seth says it amt good
''tOn." PLAYS the piano mighty well,
larnt it in a college down to MaSsachu-
sets. Has seven dudes week come to
see her, an says she don't care that
for 'em. Seems to me faint just 'xactly
right, but Kit says my notions is old
fashOned-out o. date you know Seth,
an | guess she orter know, for
they do teach 'em power
ful lot in them ere Eastern
Summaries. Say but you Orter see her
when she's primped up for TO titiwate
along O. them ere dudes. Puts this ere
white stuff TN her face-says it makes
her look ''spiritiwell." Seems to me
her mother never looked that way. bnt
then OF, course her mother was an old
fashioned body an never mad no college
edication. Can't smoke the old pipe in
the house no more. Seth-kit says its
diSguStln', and the effluylum is unbear-
aUe to refined people. l jist have to
smoke in the wOodshed now. Tell We,
Seth. old boy, college edicatiOn is a
wonderful thing, an | often think to
myself if our Kits mother was alive
n0w-'stead of being dead o. eOnsump-
ton as caught her when times was hard
all clOthing scarce, in the days when
we Just hOmeSteaded-an' could hear
her play that "BOulOngee" march.
while them ere dudes sit an gaze at her
s'if they didn't never 'xpect to quit
she'd be right down proud o. the girl as
used to drive the cows home from pas
tnre when she wasn't knee high to a
plasShOOi,ers