The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-11
AS IT'S TALKED.

III the milkmen who come ini o the city
from Johnston, East Providence, Reho-
both and Seekonk would only Import
Few OF those cow trees that grow down
In venezuela, they would have less need
1 TO tarry by the wayside pumps and
springs. The COW tree yields sap
which In appearance and taste very
closely resembles milk, aud is almost as
nutritious, Le.'s set out few COW tree
orchards.
Walking along Thayer street the other
afternoon 1 saw group of boys watch
Ing very intently an active little fellow
who was running very rapidly along that
thoroughfare. When he had gone dis
tance OF about 500 yards he turned aud
came back with great speed to join his
school fellows. He did not seem 10 be In
the least winded. and when he came
up l saw he had quill in
his mouth. asked why he carried
the Quill like cigar or cigarette
between his lips. "You see" he
said. MY father has jnst come back from
trip to Germany aud he told me that
there the letter carriers have to run
while delivering the letters, and that in
order not to get out Of breath they use a
Il
would try it, and / tell you it's great
thing. Why. think / could run from
here to Pawtucket without slowing down
on account or short BREATH"
A resident OF the East Side who Is
quite dog fancier, has an Irish setter of
which he is very proud. The dog had
tracked its master so frequently that the
latter determined to test the animals
powers. The dog was kept in the house
for nearly half an hour after the oyuer
lett 1t, and had wa ked briskly in di-
rection he did not usually take. When
the setter was allowed his liberty he
started on the right track almos without
moments hesitation, and In less
than fteen minutes he had track his
master and was tro.tlng contentedly be-
hind him. This experiment was re-
peated several times but always with the
s lme result. Finally the owner pat on
a new pair OF shoes and left the house
ahead # the dog as he had done before
This time the animal was unable to fol-
low MIN, rom which he has concluded
that the dog tracks the shoes aud not the
man.
Providence girls are reputed TO be in
dependent. IL you are in the habit OF
going to town abJut s O'clock in the
morning the truth of the assu nption
will strike you most forcib.v. Type
writer, telephone girls, shop girls and
fact ry operatives are seen hurrying
from every direction. The cars are lit
orally packed aud nearly everyone aboa I'd
Is bound for some haunt of labor. IL is
not always poverty that compels them to
90 forth in the early hours of the morn.
ing and toll until the setting OF the sun.
AS indicated above it is often indepen-
| dence.
or course everybody is talking about
the hot weather Of yesterday aud today,
but strong a is my desire to depict in
these columns the various topics of
the Office, the public will kindly
pardon me IL omit all ref
erence to what the public says about
the weather. Some Of it would look pas
sable. but other portions are unprinta-
able. Besides, the weather is a tabooed
subject.
A good crop of criminals is awaiting
the June term of the court of common
pleas. The judges will then endeavor
TO perform the mathematically impDs-
sible feat OF occupying two court rooms
at once, or at least, they will wish
they could do so as four courts di 'pens-
ing justice at once makes a pretty severe
strain upon the numerical capacity OF
the bench. THE G osslP