Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-29

.oss carpenter-shop on
40 you lpnyn town. asked Mrs
your w ,5e other morning as MT %"
Bowse es ready rea to leave the house' n ra.
ser .' wa i y be cautiously asked ~ ~
ply. .xht 10 have a screen-door 70
I'VE QUIZ There's where all the flies
the kitcheMn. W. can use one Of those doors
come IN, ~, ". With as, but we'll have 70
We bfou 'ssrnenter to hang it.
hs sws viii, eh? beg TO , ar. three or
vs., we to pay no carpenter a s DO IN
ropdollars ior doing what can w -
four aoi hm,r I'll fix it myself"
hall p o. d h you remember Mr.. BOW
DIV ~ ror remember that you
.yTbat what; soraer- door last
you : n detroit and you got SO mad
suIhlhe' .lu tore the house down.
you, n s;d sbs That's pretty yarn Tor
=, 10 stand up there and SPIN III sn 9
s sD't rlace, / never tired 70 i'a naye q
nt ,senr-door, and IN the second never
got mad. vo,"-she stammered.
abas Of the sort ] don't even
No 'h,,r That we had a s.feen door.
i laaser tried to hang one. never gos
ihe''' never even saw fly around
mau, anse in Detroit. Change OF ell
our no oas,os to have had very queer
effect on you. a,d mn carnen-
..But wont you send up a carpen-
teri .-.,,, Jsban.t have any,
~. 10 at the office this afternoon,
tnllis :. ,bsre's a bit of tinkering around
a nn house il will be fun for me.
''e a. ns .sturned at noon, having heavy
~ III wifi him. and when Mrs. Bowser
P slsd abou. the contents he cut the
string and replied. Co. h.nau 70
Inst few tools. Come nancy 10
...,'sr with. Every man ought to keep
tsw tools and do his own repairing.
link saved us at least 500 last
year ron, t,v mad over
,r work A screen-door is very
Particular thing to hang.
.oh. it is. You've hung lots OF EN-, 1
presume" ..,. s,,;,,ed ,vor,,
II know that II taxes a shiiie" "orh-
man. -,
..yop'd better write book and call
a. Mat Know About Screen-Docrs.
Ieuoht to feel awful proud to think l
have sueh smart wife. Run right in,
now and begin on the first chapter of
your book. A..
where he found four screen-doors OF
different sizes. He selected one he
tbought would fit and carried it up.
# was six inches too nigh. The next
was four inches too short. The third
was almost long enough to make two
such doors as he wanted. He had the
fourth one, which was almost hit, in
the back yard, when Mrs. Bowser
came out to say:
III YOU had first measured the open
inc and then measured your doors. you
wouldn't have had to lug up but this
one."
Wouldn't I? Perhaps you under
stand my object in bringing up the ex-
ira ones? lerhaps it is the duty of a
husband to explain every little move
he makes?'
THE Internal old kitchen is either
lifting up or settling down." he growled
as he held the door up. I've got to
saw a piece off the bottom to make a
fit and she'll either fit or down comes
the shantyl'
He sawed off piece and got what he
called fit. He smiled and chuckled
over his success, and had the hinges on
when Mrs. Bowser came out to ask:
"What good is door there if you
leave all those craeks?"
Cracks! Cracks. You can't find
one.'
Look here-and here-and here!
Mr. Bowser, even the bumble-be bees OF
New York would have no trouble in
flying in there And how are you put
ting that spring on?"
Mr.. Bowser laid down the hammer,
the gimlet and the screwdriver, and
after wiping off his flushed face he
stood erect and pointed into the kit
chen. Mrs Bowser disappeared with
out a word. Then he inspected and
found cracks.
COMPOUNDED old doorway is out oil
plumb, and that's the matterr' he
growled, as he set to work to unhinge
H. When he got the door off he racked
TINS way and that and tried it again
more cracks than before, lie took il
Gown and sprung on the top with al
his might, and this time. as he held |,