The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-29
NEWSLETS

Earth wasn't as IL Is today
When Adam was a boy
Nobody's hair was streaked with gray
When Adam was a boy
Then when the sun would scorch and
stew
There wasn't anybody who
Asked, us n hot enough for you?"
When A6am was a boy
There were no front lawns 20 he moved
When Adam was boy;
No kitchen gardens 10 be hoed
When Adam was a boy.
No ice-cream freezers TO be turned
No crooks OF cream that must be churn-
ed
no grammar lessons "a be learned
when Adam was a boy.
There was no staying after school
When Adam was a boy
Because somebody broke rule
When Adam was boy.
Nobody had 10 go 20 bed
Without n sup OF broth or bread
Because OF something done or said
When Adam wos a boy.
Yet life was pretty dull. no doubt.
when Adam was n boy.
There were no baseball clubs about
When Adam was a boy.
No street piano stopped eacf day
IN front OF whore he lived To play:
No brass band ever marched his way
When Adam was n boy.
There were no fireworks at all.
When Adam was n boy:
No one could pitch drop-curve ball
When Adam was a boy.
But here Is why our times are so
Much better than the long ago
There was no Santa Claus. you know
When Adam was a boy.
--Woman's Home Companion
The British Veterans association wiz
be the guests OF tho Fra sier Highlanders'
of Pawtucket this evening The later are
going 10 hold a grand concert and ball.
Judge Rueckert placed Walter Bassett
on probation today. for non-support He
made the same disposition OF the case
A s4i4-t james Btfentt. sturdy trggHr.
Mrs. Bridget Rafferty, pleaded not guilty
In the 9th district court today. 10 the
charge OF making an assault upon Mi
ehael Burke, and was held In $500 for trial
next Friday.
David Perry. colored. 2l wears old died
suddenly az her lodgings, G Poe street.
yesterday afternoon. He had been III for
quite a while and had just returned from
short walk
The complaint against Arthur n. T..
Freeman. for larceny OF articles. valued
az ssS from the ]. A. Foster Co was to-
day continued by Judge Rueckert, until
june 22d. 1905
John McGovern was fined s. and costs
in the 9Th district court this morning. for
maliciously breaking a pane OF glass in q
candy slot machine. the property OF the
Pulver Chocolate and chiole co.
Hook & Ladder co. received an alarm.
yesterday. which was neither bell nor
still. a cat had climbed 10 the roof at II
Chaplin avenue and was making such pit
eous appeals 10 be rescued that the lad
dernen were asked 10 bring kitty down
to the ground.
Peter Finley. a sailor. while drunk
walked off the open draw OF the Point
street bridge at 2 o'clock this morning lie
swan 10 the dock called for help and
was assisted by Patrolman sheehan OF
the I'd station. In the police court ne was
fined 81 and costs.
The complaint against Wolf Semenor
for violating the building ordinance OF
I'm that an oriole window I'm
his now tenement house projected over
the sidewalk. was today continued by
Judge Rueckert until the last Friday In
January. when sentence may be imposed
Alphonso Onarto was arragned I'm the
eth district court, special session. yester-
lay afternoon. on the charge Of receiv-
ng bag and contents valued at 81 60
knowing the same To have been stolen
rom Wesley G Darling He pleaded not
guilty and was held In $500 for trial next
Tuesday.
Thomas Carroll was fined 500 and costs
n the 6th district court today for the
heft Of a coat and vest valued at g. the !
property OF Charles Hanley
Henry Bowen was bound over 10 the /
,rand Jury in 5000 by Judge Rueckert.
his morning on the charge OF keeping a |
ommon nuisance
Miss Harriet Gardiner OF l47 EIinwood /
venue was struck and knocked down by /
horse attached TO an express wagon |
riven by Michael Lennon. OF % Ralch /
treet. when on Cromwell street at 6:iO p
n. Yesterday She was hut slightly iniur-
d Lennon. aided by Judge Lee assisted
er 20 her home where pr !. T Farrell |
ttended her.
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