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Show DRIDCET'S DEAFNESS. ' Tha Mlatreaa of the Klioheii Too Mils' J for h Ceniu Mnn.' j "There are nono so' deaf ns those that won't he.tr," nnd sp holiovcs il census enumerator, tho sqeno of wlioso joys and sorrows w'as .West, Qhestcr ' street, says tho Philadelphia Jlccord. Tho cook in a certain rosWonce.llrldget by name, was returned Ju tho form that was loft to be tilled out ns ilea'. 8. aud uo further thought was given to If", tho matter. Aa Somctlmo afterward, however, tho BKk euumccator called ht tho house to sua R Bridget, -who was just at tho tlmo HP watcliing a pot which' sho dld'not want- '1 to boll over. Tho following couvurst- Kf tlon onsticd: V1 "Is your namo Bridget"'' jK "Siit-o, nnd X am in d fldgot," said tho cook, anxiously gazing pit the pot. tjm "No, Bridget, " shoutodi the census V ofllcor. h V I J "Ah, faith, and I'm Urtdget." IB "Aro you deaff" s IB "Arru'hf now, thcro's boon ilo death M in lift family." W "Not death, but deaf; you can't Hi hear"? ''.. H "Yes, it'ri very ticar, -and if It boils it ) spoils." ! "Was your mother L deaf, or- jour K" uiotllor's ihotherP" ' HI 'Smothor is It you mano? ., Suro ami HI ye can't smother a boiling pot." t Hj "Whs your grandmother deaf?" fair- U ly yollcd tho frantic-enumerator.- "Ooh, and niy grrtudmothor Isn't in m, it. up," replied tho anxious Bridget. "It' mother's1 milk- and mifsift boll." V1 "Wcru any of y6nr httcostoM deaf?" Wb shriokcd tbo olllciul. "Fultli, nnd I h.iVcn't ji"uy Isters. fl, Oh, wirra, wlrra. It's f)vpr. Get out, yo spalpeen; I hayeh't any sistots or S brothers, but ray milk hus boiled ovor." flf The milk boiled ovqr,and sp did tho 2 onunierator. Ho garo up his Inquiries W about Bridget's Infirmity and was out of ho way, The problem remains to fl, bo answered what huslness is it of Sn- Mi perintqtidont Porter's employes If fho fl members of Bridget's family are deaf fl or nou Y |
