St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-26
POTPOURRI.

The street car was bowling merrily
up Hennepin avenue, and there were
number Of people inside and also on
the platform. The conductor seemed to
be feeling a little glum over something,
and perhaps he was not very polite to
soma of the passengers who could not
find the change to pay their fares with
without going through number OF
pockets. By the time the car had ar
rived at Seventh street he was feeling
very touchy, and when two FELLOWS VINO
had been drinking considerably joked
him about paying the fares he became
very angry and stopped the car.
Il will not monkey with you fellows
any more," he said, as he pulled the
bell cord.
The car sropped and he siezed one of
the men by the shoulder as though about
to put him off. Just at this time, how
ever, the companion of the man who was
to be elected grabbed the conductor by
the most prominent portion of the
trousers and by the collar of his uniform
coat and with push sent the fare col
lector off into the street. The other man
quickly pulled the bell cord and the car
started up the avenue at a lively gait.
In vain did the conductor shout for
the motoneer to wait. The man In
charge of the front of the car evidently
thought some one desired to ride and 1t
would be better for him to walt for the
next car. After the flying car came the
conductor, the change in his pockets
jngling like string of sleigh bells, and
hurting anathemas at the motoneer and
the men on the rear of the car who were
laughing at him. He yelled and shout
ed like madman, but it was OF noaVall.
When the car arrived at Tenth street
the two men who had caused the mis-
chief left the vehicle, and when the
motoneer did not receive the signal to
20 ahead he waited for the conductor.
A lady in the car remarked that she
would bet new bonnet that the con-
ductor would beat his wife when lie got
home-if lie had one.
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The color of his hair and the manner
in which he wore his beard Indicated,
without the facial marks, that he was
a son of Ireland He was working in
one of the houses on commission row,
and his duties at the time mentioned
consisted In carrying punches OF ba-
nanas on his shoulders into the building
from the wagon. There had just been
received a carload of bananas from
Honduras, and they were being hung
UP in the back room of the store.
One large bunch had been lying on
the sidewalk in the sun for several min
utes, and finally the dragoman lifted it
to his shoulder. He had walked about
ten feet with his burden when suddenly
he felt something, cold and clammy and
chilly, moving across his bare neck. He
quickly thrust his hand TO his neck for
the purpose of removing the thing,
when he felt something take turn
about his wrist and commence SqueeZ-
ing his arm.
Probably there was never before such
q yell given on commission row as the
frightened man then gave. He threw
the bundle of bananas to the ground,
and then tried to eXtricate his hand
from the embraces of the thing which
had seized him. He brought his hand
around to his face, and then almost
tainted away. There is nothing in the
world that an 1rishman hates worse
than a snake, and when he saw what
had seized him he yelled Tor help.
Several of the men in the store came to
his assistance, and they were greatly
surprised at the strength exhibited by
the three-foot snake which had been Sc
creted in the bananas. He was finally
taken off and placed in box for pur-
poses of exhibition. The IriShman went
home completely unnerved and unfit
for more work during the day.
The snake was young boa constructor,
and had evidently gone to sleep in the
bunch of bananas III his native home.
After becoming acquainted with him he
is not such bad FELLOW after all, so
saws the manager of the New England
where the snake now lives. He is called
"Joe," and his principal pleasure con-
siSts in eating mice at intervals and
rustling through the hay in the box.
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sit may be true that the greater
number of the exhibits at the worlds
s. fair are genuine" remarked a Mime
apolitan who has just returned from
Chicago, to a reporter for the GLOBE.
''At the same time there are certain
things which / doubt are really Oh the
square. Now we had a servant girl last
summer who was of undoubted Irish
parentage, add she was an excellent
girl about the house. One afternoon
She went out with one of her cousins,
and we never saw her at the house
again.
'I was walking through the Irish
village last Tuesday, and was greatly
interested in the exhibit, when sud-
denly saw face which | thought !
knew. Hooked closer, and then there
was no doubt in my mind that the
woman l saw there was the girl who
had run away from us last year. | went
up and spoke to her, but she refused to
recognize me or say word. I'll tel
you have doubts as TO the meritor-
N-EH 7, fk@1
.'Did you ask her why she ran away?'
asked one of the men in the party.
mo; it was not the girl | thought i
was but she looked like Bridget"
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noftoro dovuY