St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-28
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

one OF the DoSC-KnOWn men Ill NyO-
ming territory, says the Chicago Fri
bune, is Frank j. Lusk, of the town
which bears his name. He comes to
Chicago direc from the wild West, and
in the rotunda of the Grand Pacific last
evening he told an experience OF rich
young Englishman out among the cow
boys. , .,o.o5 A.,
"a young Englishman came out to our
country in quest of some good invest
ment. He was at one of my ranches
for few days. One afternoon as the
cowboys were about to round up
bunch of COW ponies the young
man said that he would enjoy a good
ride in the saddle. He said he was used
to riding only thoroughbredS. and he
didn't think we had horse good
enough for him. The boys convinced
him that they had one of the finest
horses on the plains, and if he knew
how to ride he was welcome to the ami
NAL. He was apparently insulted when
questioned about his ability to ride and
answered that he could ride any kind
of horse. A sleepy-loOking broncho
was brought out from the cOrralS and
saddled. Though he appeared half
dead, he was the worst bucker in the
herd.
's.'E's lifeless,' said the foreigner
when the pony was brought to him.
The boys said the nag would wake up
after the first mile, and Milford got into
the saddle. The first buck-jump placed
him on the horses neck. and after the
second he was in the atmosphere. He
turned double somersault and Handed
on the sharp end of a cactus plant.
When he picked himself up one OF the
boys asked what he thought of the
thoroughbred now. The question made
the Englishman turn pale.
""E's good 'oss,' he answered, but
he lOpes too blOomin' 'igh.'
sYou couldn't blame the boys fol
laughing. The Englishmall didn't no.
tice it, for he was too busy separating
himself from the sharp points OF the
cactas." ~
Every one, says David Ker. in Har-
:er's Magazine for March, knows the
story of the Frenchman who, whiie-sit-
ting with his face close to the open
window of an English railway car,
heard sudden shout of ''LOOk Out!''
and putting out his head accordingly
received a tremendous bump on the
forehead from the projecting pole OF a
scaffolding which the train was just
RAISING, whereupOn monsieur eX-
claimed, indignantly: slnglishman
big fool! BE say look out! when he
mean look imp"
A similar mIsconception occurred
during the siege OF Sebastopol. when an
English guardsman was brought up''
for having given severe thrashing to a
French greuadier, the EnglIshman's
only explanation being that ''he would
ave it, and so / just 'ad to give it him"
1t appeared CD inquiry that the guards
man had accosted the other in what he
supposed to be French, and that the
puzzled Frenchman had exclaimed in
Wilderment, ''Comment?' (H0w?) which
John Bull mistoOk for Come on
sCome on yourself them" he roared. III
you will ave it!'' and forthwith the
fisticutfs began in earnest.
But more startling than all was the
mistake made by queen OF DENMARK.
during her visit to the Danish colony OF
Iceland. where the good old bishop eX-
erted himself to show her everything
that was worth seeing. The queen paid
many compliments to her host, and hav,
ing learned that he was a family man
graciously inquired how many children
he had.
Now it happened that the Danish
word for .'children" was almost identic.
al in sound with the Icelandic word for
''sheep." so the worthy bishop--whose
knowledge of Danish was not so com.
plete as it might have been-understood
her majesty to ask how MANY sheep he
owned, and promptly replied: "Two
hundred"
1.-TWO hundred children!'' cried the
queen, astounded. "H0W can you pos
sibly maintain such NUMBER"
Easily enough, please your majesty
replied the hyperborean prelate, with a
cheerful smile. Sin the summer turn
them out upon the hills to Craze, and
when winter comes kill and eat them."