The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-30

cept good thing-at any moment When
he appears most serenely unconscious,
look out for him, for that s the hour in
which he meditates some diaboical ac-
ton. He bucks when he is ridden, and
balks when he is driven. but once get
him going and he shows his mettle He
can go. and go like the wind and go all
day, and live on one blade OF grass and
one drop Of dew, and keep awake all
highland keep you awake, too-and go
again all day, and keep it cp until he
tires out everything and everybody in
competition with him; for when you get
him started you can depend upon him.
He never gets sick nor breaks down, and
1 do not believe he ever dies, but it Is
awfully hard getting him started some
times.
81 know a missionary party who haG
pair of bronchos, one of which could
only be started in one way; the other,
of course, was in entire sympathy with
and regulated his movements by lis COM
panion. Two disinterested people who
We're not going with the party would pass
the blight of a stout rope around the hind
fetlocks of the recalcitrant animal and
each take an end and saw away until you
could almost smell the burning hair
when. without one word of warning, the
would so all day cheerfully at the live
Hest kind of a trot provided they were
not halted for anything. If they were
stopped, the same process would have to
be gone over with again. Moral suaslOn
was absolutely and entirely lost on those
bronchos, yet you could not help liking
them; they were so mean they were &C
tually charming"
1t was, of course, necessary that Mr..
Pro- DIV Oh, i =
to different places. He writes:
BOARDED AROUND.
''The hospitality Of the people was al
ways generously and freely given-too
generously sometimes, in fact for they
frequently never left me moment alone
Sometimes, after spending the day with
me, my hostess would excuse herself
upon the plea Of urgent household de-
maGds and say something to this effect:
4 But We Won't allow you to get lone
some. Here's little Johnny (aged thrae)
he will entertain you Which meant
that l was to play the rest of the day
with little johnny. 1 used to long for
a chance to get lonesome some tine
In another particular the hospitality
was not enjoyable, and that was when
the sniece%deE res stance of the menu was
CHECKER: Is
at seems to me that l have had chick
en- three times a day for a week at a
time. This statement is probably incor-
rect as to facts. but it serves to show
the impression left upon me after the
years that have interviewed 1t was fire.
quens ly preset ted To me with the remark
that preachers always liked it, especially
the yaEow-leggetf Kind YeIlow-legged
chickens, not preachers be it understood
If anything gould make chicken unpaIa-
table tome beyond the mere fact that 1t
was chicken, it would be the thought of
the meteorological kind. It seemed to
me that | had chicken scrambled fried
solf+- boiled and in every other possible
shape.
sChiclsen to the right of me, chicken
TO tie left of me, chicken before me,
chicken behind me! Chicken, chicken
every% here, and not drop to drink
which is a mixing Of metaphors, or some
thing: but let it pass, as it was in a
prohibition state. | wondered sometimes
that did aot turn into a chicken myself.
l think | could write a feeling essay on
the Prevalence Of Chicken in the Diocese
Of y. Once in a while fortune was
kind to me, and when I would make a
visit to a new town they would have
meat WheFeupon l never failed to ex-
press my qualification at the absence of
chicken. The news would soon be dis
seminated among the people of the com
munlty and chicken would be conspIcu
Gus by its absence from every table where
was a guest in that town But IL I
struck chicken on my first visit I had 1t
forever after. When it was not chicken,
it was usually ham"
Here Is an anecdotc OF a clerical friend
o1 MI Brady who was visiting an Old
schoofnlate. who happened to be the
curator of a lurat;c asylum:
AS favor. my friend vas taken by
ms friend into that Part of the asylum In
which the dangerous cases were kent. ana
to which ordinary visitors were not al.
lowed access. He was instructed before
entering the different cells as to the
nature of each case, and tod what he
must do. He was informed before one
door hat the man he was al out 10 see
was enly violent when he was disagreed
with, and that he must acquiesce in
everything that was said The hlnatic
who was a rather nice looking cd man.
apparently perfectly sane, entered upon
a conversation with the clergyman at
once.
He surprised tire minister by remark
ing: 4 suppose yeu saw that President
----- had been impeached the other
day for steaing?' Yes" was the reply.
Nely family delivered. What O pity II
is that the Washington monument was
blown up by dynamite by the strikers the
ether day, isn't it?' was the next cues
tien. AN awful pity" said the per
spring clergyman. And | am so CAD
that the queen of England is dead. so shs
can give her son chance to reign, aren't
you?' continued the old man The
clergyman answered desperately: Yes.
yes, certainly; it was time for her to die
The old man stopped, hooked earnestly at
his embarrassed visitor, and remarked,
suavely Didn't you say You were a
minister when you came in here?"
Yes, said our friend, brightly; 1t was