The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-27


ancient Celtic cross at Iona, would
have been pleasing to him on account OF
his interest in Celtic Christianity
The contributions of American friends
to the monument fund of $4,000 has
been entirely voluntary. The subscrip-
lions have been received by Mrs. James
S. Fields, widow of the publisher who
first gave Tennyson an American i'm
print. Among those who acted with
her were the late oliver Wendell Holmes
and Robert G. Winthrop, Many names
of noted Americans, particularly Of lit
erary men and women, grace the list of
contributors.
AWFUL.
There is a little maiden
Who has an awful time;
She has to hurry awfully
To get to school at nine.
She has an awful teacher,
Her tasks are awful hard
Her playmates all are awful rough
When playing in the yard.
She has an awful kitty,
Who often shows her claws;
A dog who jumps upon her dress,
With awful muddy paws.
She has a baby sister,
With an awful little nose,
With awful cunning dimplets,
And such awful little toes
She has two little brothers,
And they are awful boys,
With their awful drums and trumpets,
That make an awful noise.
Do come, | pray thee, common sense;
Come and this maid defend;
Or else, fear, her awful life
VIII have an awful end.
Reprinted from the Lutheran for the
benefit Of little girls who use the word
awful on all occasions.
WHAT SHE SAID.
IF were rich enough said she, ito
60 away for the summer, leaving my
house closed, would do one thing for
which the public would rise up and call
me blessed. I would arrange that dur
ing my absence my sidewalk should be
regularly swept. 1t could be done for
twenty-five cents a week, and would be
good investment. As the case now Is,
many pavements on our best residence
streets will not be relieved Of their sue
T cessive layers of rubbish for weeks to-
gether unless the f1ood-gates Of heaven
are opened and torrents descend to wash
them clean"
IF / had anything to do with streets
and parks,' said she, II would have
| begun to battle with that imp Of an
Elmus Buggibus or whatever its poly
| syllaibled name may be, more than a
| twelve month ago. Last year its raw
ages were painfully apparent; this SUM
mer how Notwithstanding Is the sight OF
our beautiful elms-the Elm City's pride
ana boast-with their scanty, biighted
/ foliage of melancholy brown, and the
heaps Of dead leaves that strew the
4 walks, and the trunks fairly alive with
the new recruits of the devastating ar
my! 1t Is sadder to see than were the
i shattered wrecks thrown down by the
tornado, for that was something no one
could have helped
Moreover" said she, Il would make
i 1t an offense punishable by fine or i'm
i prisonment to eject offensive substances
from the mouth upon the sidewalks
And I would send to prison the miscre-
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slippery parings where they may en-
danger the bones or the lives of peaes-
trians.'
| Furthermore" said she, 7 would
make it my duty to see that laborers
| paid by the city should lift at least
/ three shovelsful Of dirt in the morning
and as many more in the afternoon
And the crossing cleaners should hoe
to livelier tune than dirge, ] can
assure you"
us there anything more you WouiQ
do?" we asked.
Several things said she Il would
have the pavements in front of church
es kept as free from dirt in summer
and from snow and ice in winter, as
those in front of private residences ore
expected to be. And ! would turn the
benches on the Old Green with theil
backs to the walk, so that ladies need