The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-22
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an uptown man TO his neighbor. as they
sat on the steps few nights ago. "Our
house has been locked up for month,
ana when we went away never thought
of the cat, and I locked her up hard and
tight. 1t was two weeks after that my
wife thought of the feline, and then the
horrible thought enterednmy mind that
had locked the animal up and left
her to starve. A few days ago.
when / opened the house. / was
greeted by the cat, purriug welcome ac
my feet So fat and sleek was she that
/ was startled. l first examined the
windows to make sure she had not
had any way OF exit aud entrance, and
then started out TO discover by what
means she had lived all that time.
found that she had subsisted solely on
water. One of the splgors had been left
dripping little. aud she knew that
water would keep her alive, and she
lived on that" ell, that's n pretty
good story" said the neigr Dor, "but that
cat amt knee-high to the one that my
wife's sister had. That cat WAS locked
up in precisely the same way, ana there
wasn't any spigot runnin' either, but
they had left can of condensed milk on
the table. and that cat hunted around
until 1t found a can-opener, and IL lived
for four weeks on that condensed milk"
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The telegraph messenger boy has been
abused. l wish. 10 begin With. TO defend
him from the coutumely which has been
thrown at him by the uathin king. 1
have see telegraph boys running. This
may be scoffed ut, but 1t Is true neverthe-
less. had occasion to employ one
yesterday. i told him / was In hurry
and that the message was important. He
took the note aud started of on the dead
run. He was gone less time than bicy-
Gle could have gone, yet when he returned
he refused tip. Now, all ye scoffers and
revilers at the messenger boy, be silenced.
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Autumn is not here but there are lot
of people who are anticipating 1t. They
want to hurry up the season. / heard
crowd of men this morning discussing
the signs of autumn. Oae man noticed
how much colder and how much shorter
the day 8 were. Another had laid aside
his straw hat and was getting out his
furs. These men are like the boy who
always moved because he wanted a
change.
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How nicely some things balance them
selves. / heard "A car conductor grumb-
ling this morning because he had SO few
passengers His usual passengers were
taking advantage Of the beautiful mora
ing to walk to their work. Just think,
yesterday when 1t rained, i had this car
u.s. packed with people. Now there are
not dozen mere. * the
Union Railroad company wants to
make money it had better pray for bad
weather" This conducior forgot his
A., faA
IL is true he carries mauy people. But
he has forgotten that when IL Is pleasant
thousands of housewives come into the
heart OF the city TO do their shopping and
SO it goes. When it rains certain class
of city workers ride, and when it shines
the home workers patronizs the cars.
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Pretty soon the paternal head of the
household will say preserve us from pre-
serving time" as he goes down town with
n long memorandum for glass jars,
sugar, tomatoes. pesehes, pears, crab
apples, ETC., and the house will smell like
molasses candy store in full operation
and the guide wife in state Of hysteric
anticipation for fear her jell will not
come out all right.
"What is the mean temperature that
we read about in the weather reportf"
asked little boy In the Seventh ward
last night. "a temperature like that of
yesterday, my son, is a mean tempera-
turs."
There are some handsome troph les that
the marksmen of che Rhode Island brig
ade have to compete for and VIII ch are
certainly valuable enough to inciie them
TO their very best efforts. The trophies
which are to be won by the militia dur
ing the state practice at the state range
are the governors badge for the best shot
IN the brigade, n prize by the lieutepant
governor. an appropriate b id9e from the
adjutant general, another from General
Budlong and one from Mayor Potter.
&c .eral Kendall and staff will present a
company trophy to re shot for by com
pany teams aud to be held for year by
the winning company, but to be the alb
solute property Of the company winning
it three years in succession.
Then there is the Boylan troply. u fine
piece of bronze statuary weighing 90
pounds, splendid ornament for AN
armory. This will he company team
prize. State badges will be given to all
marksmen aud sharpshooters, also To best
shots OF companies, battalions and regi-
ments. Several papers in the state have
offered trophies t. be competed for bv the
militia. aud they are very valuable in
centiv,s to call out the best endeavors Of
the militia boys.
Several OF the prominent Catholics Of
this city met last evening at Bishop
Harkins residence on Feuner street. The
purdose OF the meo,ing was to
secure delegation OF Catholics
to represent the diocese OF Providence at
the Catholic congress, which meets at
Chicago Sept 4 M. j. Harson was chosen
chairman and Dennis III. Sheahan secre-
tary. 1t was decided that II was not
feasible to go to the congress in lodv.
On motion OF ex-Mayor Carroll it was
voted that the delegates assemble at the
Rhode Island building, Monday. Sept. 4,
at 2 o'clock, p. IN. It was voted hat the