St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-03


tl>,. perfunctory one, that needed
only to be done when there was moth
ing else to do.
Every night for two weeks the men
swore at the gas company for not turn
ing Oh stronger flow. Suddenly it was
discovered that if the globes were
washed the light would be plenty strong
enough.
IL was learned one day that Blind
Tom, the pianist, lived i'll the next
street, and that his yard connected with
the yard of the house where the young
men lived. They learned that whistling
would bring Tom out and make him
dance. One Sunday, when Tom was
out and things were more than usually
dull, the squawk of parrot was heard.
The young men raced to the rear win
dow, and there, like gift from heaven.
was big green and red parrot in
gilded cage hanging out of the window
on the floor below. The bird had evil
IDENTIFY led a simple Christian life, and
beyond expressing desire to partake
of cracker and an earnest request that
she be permitted to put the kettle on,
knew no words. All that forenoon the
young men labored with Polly in whis-
pers. The tuition was kept up for sew
eral days. At first Polly grew fiippant,
then slangy, and finally downright pro-
fame. The family complained to the
landlord, but this did not improve the
birds conversation, and they finally
moved away.
When the fiat had reached the condi-
ton to be entitled no longer to the term
respectable" a coIored woman was in
duced, for a monthly consideration of
SIC, to move in and keep things in order.
She remained for a month. and then her
health gave out, and the young men
were motherless again. They renamed
in this state for several weeks, when the
services of woman who is still with
them were secured. She IS a tall,
gaunt negreSS of jet black complexion,
and of a disposition that is above all
things sociable. Her lack of pride is
really a beautiful thing, and. no matter
what the young men are doing or whom
they are entertaining, Lizzie is per-
Gecuy willing-nay, she even insists,
upon sitting down with them and TAX
ing part in the conversation. Whenever
one of the young fellows finds fault
with this he is Immediately subdued by
the statement that Lizzie is a good cook
and that good cooks are mighty scarce.
Lizzie is superstitiouS, and would no
more think of retiring to rest without
silver 10-cent piece in her mouth than
she would think of taking poison. This
mode of sleeping, she says, is sure
preventive of hoodooS. She has to be
propitiated by a considerable show of
Difference, and sometimes by an as
sumption of a joking mood. But if one
method is tried when the other should
be, everything is ruined for that day.
One of the young men saw some corn
in the kitchen one day, and, as he is
fond of that vegetable, he wanted some
for dinner. He was at loss how to APP
proach the subject. Concluding that a
fair mixture of persifiage and dignity
would be the proper thing, he advanced
timidly and said:
SIS that corn see before ME or is it
corn?"
"Yaas, that's CON- said Lizzie.
sob, | see it is cold corn" said the
young man. slightly chilled by his re-
ception. Warm that corn, my girl. by
dropping it into some hot water, and L
will eat it,
You won't eat none O. tibet con to-
night" said Lizzie. coolly. You fel-
lers 'ud eat up ther hull hous eff l wos
ter let yer. You git tibet co to-morrer.
an not befo'."
LIZZIE does just as she pleases, but as
she takes good care of the fiat and is
supposed to be honest. nobody inter-
feres with her, because it wouldn't be
safe to do so.