St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-07
SAINT PAUL.
TALES OF THE TOWN.

"Children are queer CATTLE" said W.
B. Harraman yesterday to GLOBE re-
porter. "Pve got two small youngsters,
one boy five years old and the other
girl three and one-half years old. My
sistar, a rather austere maiden, was
here from Cleveland. O., visiting me
last week, and when | went home Fri
day night she met me at the door, her
face betraying the fact that she had 1t
in for me for some reason or other.
Now, Pm sober man, and never went
home the worse for liquor in my life.
So you can imagine my surprise when
my sister accused me of being an habit
ual d1unkard, and my wife of shielding
me in my depravity. OF course, l
denied the whole thing, and got
myself further disliked for my pains,
while my wife sat convulsed with laugh
ter at our predicament, for my puritan
ical relative wouldn't believe her denial
of the story. The whole thing was ac-
counted for when | learned that con-
versation had been overheard between
nv two youngsters. which gave rise to
the notion of my deprarvity in the ever
alert imagination of my sister. The
kids had been playing at housekeeping,
and the boy was arranging the cast of
characters. "You be ma" he said to
the baby girl, and I'll be pa, coming
home speeches. in the middle OF the
night. Then you open the door, and
ri pretend TO be too drunk to get up
stairs. See?'
"Where on earth that boy got his
Ideas, | swear don't know, but | sup
pose it was at school. Anyway, [ had
great time to convince the Ohio maiden
fhat I yUacO,t 6ruOEar0O
One of the characters of the West
side is an old German woman residing
on Colorado street in a tumble-doWn
ghanty of clap boards and lathing. She
is everywhere known as "Auntie," and
is believed by many people to lie In
fallible in the cure of all the ills to
which the flesh is heir. The interior
of the old lady's domicile is sight. The
entire roof is hung with feStoonS OF
dried herbs, from which she produces
the awful decOctions warranted to cure
anything and everything. Many people
whom one would credit with better
Judgment have submitted their chill
dren's complaints to her handling, and
the fact that the youngsters have re-
covered in spite of her operations and
doses has been placed on record along
with the alleged marvellous cures with
which she is credited by some of her
admirers. One saving clause in the
wOman's character is that she is de-
vOut believer in the efficacy of her
own remedies, and readily swallows
doses of her own preparation when
taken i'll, as she occasionally is, with
rheumatism.
J. NJ. Larrabee, one of South St.
Pauls active commission dealers, re-
turned yesterday from his home, Leroy,
Mimi. Mr. Larrabee is highly gratitied
with the condition of business and crops
In the southern part of Minnesota. The
yields of all kinds of grain, he says,
will be larger this year than for several
years past, and the live stock business
Is growing with renewed vigor. On &C
count of haying and harvest the farm
erS are not marketing cattle and hogs
at present, and OH this account shippers
are unable, in numerous cases, to fur
nish carload lots at present.
The death of Jack Simon, which oc-
cured yesterday at s p. m, creates
void around the pawn store at 314 Jack
son street. To be sure Jack was only
thoroughbred water spaniel, but from
years of ceaSeless service he became an
expert in everything appertaining to
jewelry, and a feather in diamond
never escaped his eagle eye. He could
set bone as easily as he could watch,
and had it not been for an accute case
of inflammatOry rheumatism he might
still be lingering with precious stones
and fine jewelry, and caring for his
masters "coin' at night.