The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-26
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woman there was, and she wrote for
the press
CAS- VOW nor I might do).
She told how TO cut and ht a dress,
And how 10 stew many savory mess;
But she never did IT herself, guess
(Which none OF her readers knew.)
oh. the hour we spent. and the -four we
spent,
And the sugar we wasted like sand.
At the behest OF woman who never had
cooked
(And now we know that she never could
cook),
And did not understand.
A woman there was, and she wrote right
fair
CAS- you or I might do)
How out OF a barrel TO make chair.
To be covered with chntz and stuffed
with hair
'Twould adorn any parlor and give 1t an
air
(And we thought the tale was true).
Oh. the days we worked and the ways
we worked
To hamer and saw and tack,
In making a chair in which no one would
sit,
A chair In which no one could possibly
without a crick in his back
| A woman there was. and she had her fun
(Better than YOU and ID;
| She wrote receipts. and she never tried
one
She wrote about children--ot course, she
| had none
! She told us to do what she never had
| done
(And never intended to try)
That brims the cup of disgrace
| It's TO follow a woman who didn't know
beans
CA woman who never had cooked any
| beans)
But wrote. and was paid TO fiji space.
| And ii isn't to toll. and II isn't 10 spoil,
| Columbia Dispatch.
p Waterman of this city has been
granted an increase OF pension to sl2 per
month.
Patrolman WOLF at 1880 O'Clock last
! night discovered water running in an UNI
occupied store at A North Main street. a
water pipe rad burst causing slight dam
age.
Dennis Meehan was picked up sick m
the Central district last night. lie be-
longs I'm Troy " Y. and at his request
Mr.. Wallace will send him home on the
JOY line steamer tonight.
At the regular meeting OF the Y. NJ.
c. a. Lyceum tomorrow evening. Ihe
question for debate will be, Resolved,
That the Trade mons are Benenfcial to
the Community.
John w. Hughes was arrested on South
, Main street, at o'clock last night and
delivered to New Bedford officer today
He was taken as a fugitive from JUS
I tice on a breaking and entering complaint
, Michael Heaney. 81 years old. Of 20
Richmond street. was fined in the no
lice court yesterday, and later. becoming
I'll. was sent to the Rhode Island hos
pital Today his condition was found not
J TO be serious.
John Cardagell pleaded not guilty and
was held in 500 by Judge Sweetland, today
: for trial on Friday for an assault upor
, | Mary Cardarelli. his wife. He slapped he'
face and punched her in the ribs. Satur'
day.
,, Yesterdays snow storm was OF little
significance. The fall, as registered a
Hope reservoir but but 3Ia inches on the
level The temperature was remarkably
, low for an easterly storm, ranging fron
Is &c q degrees above zero.
r John Gaul was sentenced to jail for 6
days. by Judge Sweetland, this morning
He was employed by James A. Wall. o
I 75I North Main street and by him sen
; 10 Pawtucxet, with $40 on the Sth instant
I 10 get a ton OF coal. He left the hors
v and wagon there, went TO Boston an
Y when he returned Saturday had 20 cent
n left OF the embezzled money.
5 Nicholas Roberts was fined 81 and cost
d I'm the Sixth District court today for tn
: theft OF % cents worth OF coal from tn
round house of the Consolidated Railroa
company. at Charles street. Another ma
v ho was with Roberts had filed his ba
= ! up with stones and put little coal o
a top 10 fool "A proposed customer. He wa
N allowed to go but Patrolman Feene
= nailed Roberts.