The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
'thout LEARN somehin' an the lesson It
comes the easiest is to 'ppreciate your home

!thOut LEARN Somahin an the lesson It
comes the easiest is to 'ppreciate your home
Seems if Mr. Norman was some fool
ISL for |. cigars e cheaper n trip to Eu-
abbey ton f n rsin he n the
monuments in that one church n there are
in all Lakewood Gem terry, or l miss my
guess. Whenever Mrs Gray don't know,
spell, an, we don't much more'n get inside
the door n she starts to thinkin' bout Hamp-
ton Court an Richmon' or sKensington.
There's nothin' like been in cellar to make
you 'njoy the sunshine, an tho you may
'ppreciate the ssociations Of Yves minister
Abbey you can't say they're cheerin. 2 There
was woman there yesterday Y mos had
calm her she says, says she; i feel t I've
been to a hunderd funerals all at once says
she felt sorry for her for he
fish out of water. They were on their we'd
din trip to the Cathedral Tower an he car
ried q big book where he was copyin' the
epitaphs T they liked for souvenir. /
dunno as IT was s'prisin' t she had Mysteries
even tho they'd jss' commert ed.
Seems II they could have 'njoyed them
changed, tho ! dunno but what more folks
90 there n. they used to. 4 read all about
1t in Mrs. Gray's little book SO knew what
to expect, tho you can't al'ys be ready for
men a-standin' roun' the door in their queer
clothes ies hat to- stare at 'em. There
was one VINO was real 1r1eQ'ly an fore /
knew 1t I'd asted him II he was paid extra
for maxim cartoon outen himself He
didn't say anythin back an came to the
conclusion t he talked English an talked
Merican an they aren't the same.
There wasn't anythin' in that Tower t
we didn't see from the cellars to the attics
an from ey'ry point of view, seems IT, wasn't
desirable place Of residence, unhealthy an
unsan 'tary an as I says to Mrs. Gray, says
| I, No buildin' Inspector in Minneapolis id
| let It be for minute thout putin in
ventllatorB. dunno as I'm sprised t folks
didn't like it in the olden times says T.
The man t showed us round, kept talkin'
bout the Jewels till I didn't know what to
expec but when they showed US into the
was dis'ppinted.
I saw that in Minneapolis las winter,
I couldn't help but say to TIE beefeatin' man,
a-pointin' to King Edward s. crown.
Seems If he was goin' to have apoplexy
| fore he could say t 1t had never been outen
| the room 'ceptin' when the ling wore It, an
he spoke real 'cided an mad like
= so far as you knows says.I. as calm
SIS a cucumber. for | al'ys b'lieve my own
eyes, no matter what folks say, 4 know It
| saw that very crown In Powerses store TIL
those other kings and queens, says l. AN
\ if they could loan theirs p'rhaps your king
Ieould get along thout his for a SPELL says
II, not backin' down mite; hut fore he could
Esay anythin' more Mrs. Gray Explained t the
Maybe they were, an maybe those t the beef
eatin' man had to show weren't real. There's
/ times when wouldn't b'lieve guide no
matter what he said They seem TO think 4
4 they can tell Mericans anyrhin', but I'm q
Swedish 'Merican an want facs It they're
Isure Of We've had all kin's Of guides since
we've been lookin' at sights an seems