New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

Did Won ever actually see things grow1 IN these
snring and summer days you often see tree WIN
buds Just ready to explode like popcorn anu nAo
the corn change suddenly to masses OF huhy wh'0s'
Won walk nv Il and IL Is still corn Wnen 20"
return II has popped. But did you ever actually sec
the explosion, better yet see the gro"'h "nei
there was no alarm to call your attehuoh W Uio
change1 Well lie down some day BESIDE giaooiu'
he'd after recent rain and sunshine nave maze
thin ernst over the earth and when the green spears
oro inst beginning to push through IT, You VIII
see some cracks in the crust and byand-oy mali
rapdoor will begin to ft as though some sb s,Sl
Titan were struggling underneath; LOOK snaaIps
now, for il you do not you may tnrn your WANDER at
ing eyes back to find the green la6orer pmshs Coon a,
the door without your having seen nm come ooo H
he will throw back the t t%e 10 on the sunlight an
stand nSe ,S sT t6e r i this done
In an hour Few things grow faster tan the giAuioi"'
fvou were once countryman and want to dream OF
havmows 90 10 the Park Meadows after the short grass
has been cut and lie the ground for hall Il caS'
Pick I'D the halfdried grass in handouts, ana you 40
not drink in through your nostrils memories OF nay
barns and highheaped wagons, and brown Jugs ana
GOOD natured contests to who could pitch the most
bav in An hour then you never ought TO have the
nrvileee of visiting those barns and fields AGAIN. lou
belong between brick walls and under leaden shy.
THAT -mown hay odor Is indescrbaole ana u never
comes in bottles You can find the real thing though
these days out In the Park
Why Is It that some heads of young womens schools
lilo N bring reproach upon the girl graduates at TINS
commencement season by compelling them to Write es-
saws on things they know nothing about Or "hat Is
worse asking them to fit essays TO assigned ian.iu
titles that have necessary connections WIN any S
on earth? Here is specimen: teacher !" "'i'
citv gave out as q subject for graduating essay.
Little Pitchers Now this subject fell 10 orlsn.
Young woman. She knew a great DEAL but she dion
have an idea for which she thought that utie lor'e
a proper caption. Her mother and numerous lficnue
were appealed TO- Many things were SUGGESTED What that
might Be hauled By be the s saTs T he9 ncy S
Th,9 vonne woman had the world OF subjects p;ore
her. bit It %4nd tS Se apoHer She might have w,
tnn about kerames or nd sayings, or big ears or
nsrb or best have followed the example Of the
negro preacher who began his sermon: Bredreh anu
in dat am in de text and second de tings dat amt
in de text and in dis sermon well cohsuer &c se0'"u
part fust.'
When teachers label the productions OF their pupns
before they are written wonders what Nhd Oh 'e
ers they arc. Even foni parents generally nave '"o
names TO choose from for their offspring "heh uo
commencement programmes Of the young women
schools are filed with such titles ~ Beyond the APPS
Lies italy, one does not wonder at the repu"uon u
some finishing schools" with many sensible peoPIc'
"Three Wise Mon OF Gotham The Cat ana ' sib
DIE and other Mother Goose rhymes ~Vu' Mind II
convenient and elastic titles for almost any Mu W
production Rushln could publish Eno t f9 sram
and people pppa Passes never added anything to
Dle' am renntation as writer Of headlines.
LAWYER tells a story showing how easy II Is WIN.
SLIGHT changes of sound for the whole meafh"S VI
language 10 be altered lie dictated TO his steosl"
nhor thc plrase ard deponeat verify believes enc
took II down in shorthand. emitting the voweiS' "io'
Il was prnted tho phrase appeared; :" Ana IL "V"'
not vorilv placcs II you familiar with phono-
r,pbc signs and know how nearly alike tney arr Iot
similar sounds yon will not wonder now Tue Co IT,
notes should be translated 80 lar away ron Work on
original meaning. "GrlnlmS La" Is SUN "V WI" "
language
wspeakng Of officials OF small railroads seVO,"s
masses over the larger lines sald the man pa""e
against the railing IN an art gallery reniihus hc
Of the good fortune of the oihcefs Oh s"o, i",os
oo,noc,ing q city and village in Western New-fork
The road was only mile IN lengm' Dut IL hau eooo
long name and By virtue of annual passes issued To
sa serto,ives of the leading roads In the county
Was able 10 secure complimentary passes all over tie
cont,rent y And H. said listener, know OF
Steamboat company in the same part of the state
Tunning over a twenty mile lake that secured the
same privilege In the same way" -, winch also To-
anniIcatIon for an annual pass once made 10 Com.
modore Vanderbilt by the president OF road sooue
twenty-five miles long Your roao doesn seSn' me he
| Commodore 70 tho applicant No, SAID the appnosnt
~ isn't quite so long the New-York Central, but
by gracious Vanderbilt Its just as wide? The pass
/ was Issued.
Soma day some shrewd shopkeeper Will have light
LET in upon his mercantile intellect. and when he does
| no will stop polishing his show-windows to the ex'
tent OF mrrorke clcarness. II Ms object Is simply
~ hold mirror up for feminine and other kinds Of
| nature 10 get reflection from them ms efforts are
successful H. however. he wishes 10 show the goods
| I'm his window, lie Is making an uhpfohtaoie nis'aAc'