Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-13

WHEN TAKE MY LEETLE DAILY WALKS. make de ole fashioned folks open dei1 eyes. From whar stand kin per. ceive dat
 ssWaydown Bebee am wearin' di mund pin dat nebber cost less'n fo dollars.
 big feet of his into pair of patent leather shoes dat cost de same an am maxim cripple of him.
 Samuel Shin has got dollar shirt fifty cent necktie am cuffs good 'nuff fur millyonaire.
 ..Kurnel Johnson has got watch dat cost him $1O an chain dat cost $2 mo, an he's swellin' around as if he owned de club.
 Abraham Lincoln Jones has blos- somed out in a sky blue necktie an a dimund pin, an he must have five cent cigars or none t all.
 "Eben Elder Penstock, dat ole, gray headed patriarch who used to be satis- fled wid straw hat in January an shoes widout heels, now comes march in into dis hall wid de latest thing in shoes an a reg'lar plug hat.
 "When take my leetle daily walks are invited into de house of Brud- der Johnson. At de parlor windows I behold lace curtains. On de parlor floor behold real carpet. On de invited to sit down on stuft cheer, an Mrs. Johnson brings me in a glass of beer an hunk of frosted cake. I jist sot dar wid my eyes bulgin' out an can't say word. Brudder John son ain't airnin' but $1O week, an how does he git all dat luxury? If his ole ladder an mudder, who Hbbed up to twenty y'ars ago, had woke up some mawnin' an found dat cuckoo clock cuckooin' away in de parlor dey'd have fallen ober dead
 ''De next house I go into am Brud- der Simpsons, an am skassly inside when I see parlor organ standin' up as bold as hill, an dar am a rug on de foah plenty good huff fur kings palace. I are offered wine an angels food yege, an I also learn dat Brudder Simpson am spectin' to buy rewolvin' bookcase an de works of ali de poets dis winter. Oats Brudder Simpson, an he airns $1O week in wood yard. His ole ladder am libbin' yit, but he won't lib two days arter seein' dat re- wolvin' bookcase go rewolvin' around.
 T call at de house of Brudder Cabiff to see if his baby am better of de croup, an I find mo- stuff cheers, mo princely rugs an mo luxuriousness. He has eben got an extension table an a sidebo'd in de dinin' room. I are offered a milk punch an sweet biscuit, but I can't eat nor drink. I are all choked up wid surprise, an wonder.
 "On de street de same day I meet cull'd women wheelin' deir pickanin- nies in ten dollar baby keeridges, while de mudders am carryin' fo' dollar para sols an dressin silks. I don't faint away at de sight, but I do git sich a wobble in my knees dat I have to lean up ag'in de fence to rest befo' I kin go : on.
 "All around me I h'ar about dis man gwine to de races dat man rentin' a postoffis box an some odder man buy in fifteen dollar obercoat. Widin de last month, 'cordin' to my own knowl- edge
 "De wife of Abraham Green has giben high tea.
 De wife of Professor Comeback has giben a birthday party.
 "De wife of Samuel Shin has giben an ice cream social
 ''De wife of Plutarch Jones has gibep q progressive euchre, wid silver sugar bowl as first prize.
 De wife of Cicero White has giben readin's an recitations, wid music on de parlor organ.
 De daughter of Moses Slowfoot has dun got married off, an mo dan fo' quarts of oysters was used Up to make de weddin' soup.
 These things have I seen an heard my frens, an is it any wonder dat feel my ha'r tryin' to stand on endi Extravaganza here, extravaganza dere extravaganza on ebery hand. It was dlllerent sn de ole days. an it's got to De different ag'in CT yo' am gwine to land wid bump. dat will make yo'