St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-16
ECHOES OF THE STREET.

81 go shopping quite often" remarked an
attractive young lady yesterday afternoon. 1t
was in a cable car. and a relentless sun de-
scended upon everything within scope with
searching demeanor that one would be in
cl1ned to fancy Intentional. Oh, it was hot.
The fat man on the front seat was bathed in
perspiration. The less fortunate brother in
the matter of ayoirdupois favors tried to APP
pear cool. and he did succeed in presenting
chilly demeanor, but the young lady who
had given exclamation to the expression
quoted was as cool as the proyerbial occu-
pant OF "a lodge in a vast Wilderness as it
were She had little bundle of samples, the
fruit of her afternoons skirmish among the
dry goods stores.''
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Il go shopping quite often" she reiterated
Il have some strange experiences on these
trips, too. But do wish there were no lady
clerks. Now, don't you know, I can go into
any OF the really frstclass establishments,
and, II am fortunate enough to get man to
wait upon me, his patience is untiring. But
alas, If 1t happens to be woman, and
l am inclined to be a little fasIidious
and do not agree with her taste readily, she
instantly begins a system of unpleasant
maneuvers. She hints that the house can
not afford to muss I'D all the goods in the
store If there is no prospect of a sale, and,
finally, If am determined to see more sam
pies, must threaten to call the attention of
the floor walker to the fragrant discourtesy.
confess this course is always peremptory.
The clerk is then all attention, but, you
know, dislike to take such extreme meas
ures.''
Ladies are now admitted to the profess
sIon5 Of the lighter sort from manual point
those professions, in fact that rely
largely upon brains and tact instead of upon
Drawn and muscle But it is reported that
there are several young ladies in St Paul
who would inaugurate an innovation that
has trend to lead the fair sex farther, even,
INTO the realm of hitherto exclusively mas
cullne prerogahves in the line of vocations.
1t Is SAID that several stout-hearted ladies'
those presumably who have profted .by
the Deisartean craze the past twelve
months or more-have really made
applications for positions on the
street car system TO do service and earn
competency as conductors. A visit to the
general offices of the company failed to find
either Supt Scott or any one else in author
lily last evening" and the report is given for
what it is worth. Seemingly, there is no Sc
rous obstacle in this particular branch of
the public service for our sisters and our
cousins and our aunts." 1t is not calling
that often enlists the physical attributes.
necessarily, of the sterner brothers, and.
pray, why shouldn't the ladies collect the
nicRels and pull the register cord? 1t is
easier than millinery, easier than dressmak-
ing. and thousand times easier than house
keeping, though less pleasant and less lnde-
pendent.
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One of the most npionQ
III court of justice was that brought before
Justice Mcdonnell yesterday. 1t transpires
that an honest old German owned dog He
was greatly attached to the canine specimen
as were the individual members of the Teu-
tonic family. But constituencies fellow
stole this dog and sold him to a PROMINENT
brewer. imbued with sporting procliv-
ities The first owner of the dog
did little single-handed detective
work and he unraveled the whole problem.
While this course was in process of opera
ton the dog ran away from his new owner
and returned to his wonted kennel
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But doggie was sick, and physics had no
influence. He died. The honest old Ger
man felt aggrieved. and brought action to re-
cover the ephemeral value of the dog, and
the court insisted that q specific complaint
had protested in vain that he had no attor-
ney and that he had never drawn such an in
strument; and, moreover, that he was great
ly in doubt as to how it should be properly
worded. This complaint-and it was the re-
suit of an hours patient toiling-read IN SUBJ
stance that he had sued the defendant to re-
cover the price of a dog. This dog, it was
related, had been stolen from the plaintiff
and sold to the defendant Subsequently
the canine made good his escape and re-
turned to his erstwhile home, but he was az
hieted with a disease. to which he sue
oumbed, and he crossed the river Styx in
halo of glory, with 'irridescent colorings.
1t was case of suing for
dead dog. The defendants attorney
remarked in a sarcastic way that he had
often heard about the man that wanted to
collect pay for a dead horse, but never for a
dead dog. The plaintiff was non-suited