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Show Stairs Were New to Her. Some of the immigrants arriving in this country are wonderfully ignorant of the commonest domestic appliances. A lady who had a fit of economy not long ago conclnded to get a fresh arrival from Castle Garden, hoping by her wise management man-agement to train the girl into a capable servant Biddy arrived, stout and willing will-ing and rosy, and with mouth wide open in surprise at the novelties surrounding her on every side. On being taken to the Btairs to go up to her room she stopped suddenly. "And is it op thim things that oi'U have to go?" she said, panic stricken. She explained that it was the first time that she had ever seen a staircase. She overcame her fear speedily, however, for the next morning the entire family were awakened by a sound that resembled the prancing of a war horse. Hastening to investigate the cause, the irritated master mas-ter of the house discovered Biddy racing np and down the wooden staircase in the abandonment of her joy at having discovered dis-covered the "hang of it." "Shure," she said, "it is an illigant amusement." New York Tribune. |