The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03

very small and it was always orna-
mented with the following: Two clay
pipes. their shanks laid across each
other. thanked on one side by half
empty jar of lozenges and sweets (bull's
eyes) and on the other by jar of sugar
stick of every shade and color. Pasted
on the top of the window was a greasy
sheet of paper, bearing the words
"Reckitt's Blue and Colman's Starch"
and Immediately inside all this fascinat-
ing paraphernalia a loaf of bread, two
yellow candles and a slice of flabby
bacon were placed upon board. The
outside of the shop was in keeping with
the inside On one side of the street
door was a barrel of red behring's, that
pass as often as you will, seemingly
suffered no diminution, and on the other
side a barrel of American apples, that
from the look of them came from Amer
lea the same time as himself. An old
NANCY collie dog, with a blind eye, lay
now beside the barrel of apples, now
beside the barrel of herring, and there
he lay thoroughly impervious to sun,
rain. wind or the kicks Of the pas
sersby John Dowd was a bachelor,
and when twitted by his neighbors, and
especially by Jim Scully, upon his single
state, he would Join his hands most
unctiously on his breast and answer:
Me prepinsities (propensities) never
led me in that direction"
Twas we'll for We they didn't" said
Jim Scully to him on one occasion, "for
iv We maTrit any dacint girl an trated
her as rascally as yer after trating me
now by giving me such a name ounce
ov baccy, be Cob, I'd want Father
Toms microskop to see it. I say, iv
We trated her so, we'll, iv she had only
the blood ov a grasshopper in her con-
stituShun. she'd make a diShcloth oV
ye; that she wud.'
l will be more charitable than Jim
Scully, though /, to, had a grievance,
and many a one, against John Dowd on
account of the smallness CT his penny
worth of sweets, still, 1 say 1 will be
more charitable than jim Scully, and
only add this: eff John Dowd took
unto himself a wife, and both were
living in this one day, there is one thing
l am certain Mrs. Dowd would be, and
this is suffragette. How often have 1
watched John Dowd on a Sunday in the
church He is seated up in the front
benches, with the fingers of his right
hand stuck into a large, Well-Worn
prayer book. and hand and prayer book
are placed behind his ear, in order to
catch the better Father TOMS words
When Father Tom said thing that
pleased him, he turned his head half
round to the congregation with a nod
and a smile but if there was anything
unpleasant in Father Toms words or
an illustration he could not understand,
the hand and prayer book came down
from Johns ear. and he sat bold up
right in the seat.
watch ould Dowd, boys" says Jim
Scully, land by his shapins (shapings)
l know the bint ov the sarmin; he's
the sarmin's weathercock." And the
collection when it was being made on
the Sunday, and the collector came as
far as John Dowd's seat, John would
bow, and with a grace, a kindly grace,
put into the box a half-crown, the read
er will say: mo, only one halfpenny."
Let us kindly presume it was not bad
one, for Father Tom had a veritable
collection of bad coins, notably old
Georges. 1t is an October's evening,
and there is a little star in the village,
on account of poor law elections. John
Dowd stands at his door, addressing in
a very eXcitable way some five or six
men gathered around him. We draw
near and listen. Alasl we have come
too late, for Johns great Philippe is
ended and we only catch the concluding
Some day I hope to riprisent We,
boys, at the council board, an thin,
PLACE God, whin that day comes, I'll
go in for electricity an the steam roller;
that 1 WILL May John Dowd live to
carry out his cherished dream.