The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-12-30
MRs. KsMITn soARep.
somsthiag Eapp.a. - IpdIeate Burzil

somsthing Hhppeaa - Indicate Burglary.
Mrs Ksmith 10 not superstitions
woman, nor is she hystsrical except
about burglars. Anything but burgIarsi
( / know not what others may say. but a.
fo- Mrs Ksmith give her burglars and
give her death. She went down TO hsr
fsyorite grocery perhaps / should say
groccr-kept by \ tall, good natured
Methodist with the genuine Methodist
sympathy for women. At the grocery
she talked a long while with her favor
ite Methodist and at last went away
without buying anything. When she
was passing into her garden gate on her
return she happened to think that she
went down 10 the grocery for matehes
She blushed little all by herself, said
We'll, there!' and returned to the gro
eery. She bought a box of parlor
matches and after few happy moments
with the grocer went home She placed
the matches on the window sill whore
she kept hanging plant When her
kind husband came home TO dinner hs
wAtered the plant for her and incident
ally soaked ths matches, though he did
not observe IL At the tims
Late in the dAy when tho water ON
the match box and the plant had dried
in. Mrs. Rsnith took ont some of the
matches a.d allsd various ornamental
match ssfsz in her kisuhea and bed
rooms Still later in ths d1y Shs won't
over TO ArG Bjoass - borrow . cup OF
lard and remained thSss taildng Over
an hour. She did not intend 10 stay -
long but Mrs 8jones WaA telling about
Eight between her Irish washerwoman
and Mrs Yallandighan's Polish wash
woman
BY the way, Just n word aboat that
fight 1t almost onded in murder.
The dispute arose oVSF tho use of line.
One word Of genuine Irish brought ON
another Of genuine Polish until the two
were swasring at each other With great
yehenenee. but each in language the
other could not understand At length
the Polish woman resorted TO English
and said in accents showing intense dis
gusL a.
"If;yh!h
Tho Irish woman was horror-stricken
and len back in dismay. How ths
diyil she said 70 bystander, did she
sh1w Di be Irish Then she went back
1t the Pole and tried TO get handful
u hair THc Pole in turn tried to stab
her in the f5cs with clothespin and
then the employers OF the two inter
ferei aud stopped the quarrsL But
the Irish Nasncrwomln could not
get over that irish and half an hour
latcr soaped the stairs up and down
which ;he Pole had 10 climb when
hanging out clothes. The plot was dis
covered and a murder prevented
This was the story Mrs Ksmith could
hardly retain in her memory till her
husband got home. Then she told him
and continued 20 repeat portions of it
till time to light the lamps or gas. Thsn
she got a match and tried 70 use it but
sho found It was 'g1ksii She trisd one.
from each and every mateha4fe.
All soaked.
RoGBerG
She knew it They had got into iser
house and soaked all her matches 80
thht .rhc sher sr,iveSi in the sEaadf OF |
tks 1igll snn,d DOT ligat . Light |
The more sas aa5ughs 1t it. ths rno-e
she was esfssn 81 4 Her husband /
}aHehsi IN .od her Why the thieves
had not done their stealing whls in the i
house soaking ths matches
"Mebbe they did take something or
were scared on and are coming back to-
night to get the rest" replied Mrs h
Mrs Ksmith WAS nervous all she |
evening and she did not sleep a wink (
that night Next morning her husband
happened to think. n She was telling I
aim where she put ths box OF matches, 1
that he had soaked them when ho WA 4
tered the plant. He told her so and does /
not have to water plants any mora