The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-29

When one goes TO store on Sunday
morning, and purchases pot OF beans
he is obliged To leave a dime for the safe
return OF the pot that contains the beans
There are, however, bean pots that could
not be purchased at any price. and untii
1l45 last evening a family named Bride
living. on Gladstone avenue. had one
I'm their possession that could not be pur-
chased for any price. The Brides came
here from a little village in Massachu-
setts a short time ago. and It has been
the custom OF Mrs. Bride 10 prepare
a not of beans on Thursday evening and
allow them 10 stand until Saturday morn
ing
This custom was observed as usual last
night AT the hour above mentioned the
head OF the house heard a strange noise
In the lower part OF the building and sup
posed that burglars were making an Ell
fort 10 get In. So he crawled down stairs
and armed with a stove poker, worked his
way like cat 10 that portion of the
house that ne thought the noise came
from. He proceeded cautiously until ne
came to the pantry, and there he ,sasJ
or at least ne thought that he did the
head OF a man In a window. He tet ny
was a smash, for what he supposed was
a mans head was nothing more or less
than the old family bean pot, which had
been placed there by Mrs. Bride before
retiring.
The racket awoke Mrs Bride. and in
a second she was beside her protector
When she asked what the cause OF the
row was. she was informed by the POKER
thrower that ne thought the bean Pot was
the head OF a burglar.
f''Wel" said Mrs. Bride, had there
been a mans head in the window, you
would hit the window, instead OF the
head"
There was not much more said upon the
subject. except by Mrs. Bride, who de-
clared that the bean pot had been in her
family for more than so years, and she
would not part with IL for the world. The
whole cause OF the trouble was that their
Oldest son came home about that hour
and they supposed that he was In bed.
on entering he fell over chair and this
awoke his father. AS the elder Bride did
not have a light the son was obliged TO
get to his room without being detected.
NOT THE BRIGHTEST
The outlook for the mill workers v
not the brightest for on the gates OF
some OF the mills OF the American Woolcn
company was posted this notice:
''The mill will be closed for two weeks
more"
Many claim that the talk OF strike Is
the cause of the extension OF the close
and that the new managers are anxious
10 get the pulse OF their help so that they
may make plans accordingly. The weav-
ers will not run two looms on fancy
work is the general verdict and II this
Is attempted by the mill management
trouble will surely follow, for at the
present time there are but few good
weavers unemployed.
Many OF these I'm the employ OF tho
company at the present are not ovei
and above particular how many looms
they run, so long as they make few
dollars a week.
III Is claimed by some that the Ameri
can Wooden company has plenty OF orders
and not only the merchants, but every
one who has the least interest In TIT
welfare OF Olneyville, hope that this i
true and. II II is. the American Woolel
company cannot, upon general and homes
business principles, DO anything tina
will invite a strike.
YOUNG PEDDLERS.
Two men residing on Messer stret, on
n professional and the other bushes
man. do not hold a stout looking strange
who came among them a day or so ago II
any too high esteem. The said stou
looking stranger met them little sons
neither OF whom Is more than seven year.
old. and on the assurance they would sci
a certain quantity OF soap he promised e
give them each a baseball bat Tor theil
services. II is a cute trick for the parents
OF both OF the little boys are well known
In the community and their parents car
well afford TO. and would IL IL were nee
essary. buy baseball bats by the cord fol
their boys. But the willy soap peddlei
wants just such boys 10 work for them
Cd haf ha nla
worked In every neighborhood. one OF the
gentleman stated that perhaps Mr. Thur.
ber, the agent for the prevention OF cruel.
~ 10 children, might take a hand IN the
stout fellows soap game. Tho lads go q
every house and. N they are not recog.
nized by the lady OF the house. they tel
her who they are il had been heard thai
their STORY" has been drilled into then
b. the stout man.
WAS ASSAULTED.
william Conroy. who lives on Hunting
ton avenue Informed the police last even
ing that while on the way TO a local drll
store he was assaulted BY one Michas
Casey. There Is no doubt but what Cor
roy was assaulted by some one for n
showed a bad looking nose and eye. an
his new suit looked az ~ he had rolled 4
the gutter for some time. There was bl
one witness 20 the affair and accordin
70 Conroy's story. this witness was rath,
friendly towards Casey so the Outloc
for Conroy n trihe doubtful NH ia
was the cause OF the scrap
WILL THEY GET TT.
II is possible that the clerks ~ q
lsadine stores here will have one mo
Thursdsy afternoon for they claim IN
the fret Thursday In July was due ther
But as the stores were closed the follov
ing Saturday. that being July T. u wo1