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tpoint to i tull rough bark tree grow
ing near.
*Allen," said he. tsyou used to be .
farmer Gun you tell me what what
snrt Of q tree that is?'
WHAT ALLEN Knows ABOUT FARMING
Allen. with ready intelligence. re
piled that he didn't know. Yong
Mecker said,it was Il cucumber. Mul
ilaIy thought it WAS rulabaga. No
body guessed right, and tho Philoso'
phcr said it was a yellow poplar. q
very uncommon sort Of tree fer this
part of the country.
Nelson-WeIl that's what's called
cucumber ont West
Meeker corroborated this statement
The Philosophcr-Bu that is not Il
eucnmbcr.
Allen (corfdcntly)-No, no, know
cucumber when see it. l haven't
E,rmed for nothing.
Scovcl-Well, if it is cucumber !
wouldn't want moro than one s.icc
of it for breakfast.
Mulaly (solemnly)-1f it is not a
cucumber, why cucumbcrcth it the
ground? 4?
The Philosopher - Well, Allen,
here's another treo I'll try you on
(pointiug to q thin, gummy looking
sapplingl.
Allen All! this is . Vermont tree
that | ought to be familiar with. !
would call that a hcmlock trec.
The Philosopher-Nonscnsc. That
is pcppeidge, ono Of thc gum family.
1t grows altogether in tho West ln-
dies.
Allen 0houghtfully y-How did it
get here, then?
The Philosopher (turning abruptly.
to his work again)-W,ll; that !
can't say.
THE FARMER STCMPED. -.
Great iubilation ensued on the part
of Allen on thus "stumpinS" the cx:
ponent Of Agricultural wisdom aud
he turned with o triumphant air to
Mullaly-:I guess that fetched him.
He can't teach mo anything about
farming
KEEN APPET1TEs.
The visitors had already BECOME
hungry. Allen looked ut Ills watch
continually in hopes that he could
hurry old Time along to two O'clock
by that means. Scovcl cfaimcd that
so long . delay before meal time was
a cusus brM. MulInly being offered !!
chance to try his hand at chopping
said he preferred steaks to chops.
Every body had ona satisfactory ap-
Ipeti,o except tho Philosopher, who
persisted in trimming his :rccs up to
| tho hour of two, unconscious and
needless of the awful moaning ln
spirit Of the hungry party below.
AN UNWILLING SET.
! 1t was not until after two that the
Philosopher came down from his
peIch nnharmed. Ho then wanted
Allen to try his band at cutting down
= small sapIing but tho Chairman OF
the National Committee replied that
somo of the illustrated papers had
put h,m in 4 woodcut; but he wasn't
= woodcutter Mu!laly being called
on said if they persisted in his chop
ping wood he'd "cut," and with that
lho started in the direction of the
cvcrgreens, where the lanch awaited
them.
THE DINNER.
The first state dinner was an inn
mcnsc success. Mr. Greeley occupied
the head of the tublc, fankcd by AIR.
Coates on his right and Judge Nclsun
on his left Professor Jackson occu-
pied the foot, and Miss Greeley and
Mrs. S,uart the seats of honor in tho
middle. The tablo was set rs usual
in the evergreen copse with the choi-
cest dclicasies, not only Of tn" tarry-
town farm OF the Stuarts and she
Chappaqua farm Of the Grcelcys, but
even with cold collation. from the
St. Cloud, Miss Greeley having pro.
vided champagne basket full Of cd
ibles from the larder Of that hotel in
view of emergencies. IT was o re-
markable instance OF
HAPPY FORESIGHT.
Tho way in which tho Executive
Committeeman ute would have made
an ostrich weep with envy. They
swept away salmon, potted val, cold
chicken, groen peas, mashed potatoes
and salad, with an utter disregard of
diges,iy, consequences, and slaugh-
tered such dainty del;cacies as cherry
tarts and strawberries and cream
with a ruthlessness that would have
been allowable only in times Of war.
But Miss Greeley and Mr.. Stewart
liked it. They heapcd the plates and
refiled the glasses (wlth water or
milky Of every one present with the
evident intention of varying the en-
|joymcnt by 4 case or two Of apo.
Iploxy.
PHILOSOPHICAL SUGGESTION.
At tho conclusion Scoyel leaned
back in his chair, satisfied, but the
Philosopher urged him to have some.
thing more. "No," he said, he dinn'l
believe BIZ could eat any more"
"You might" said tho Philosoper
dryly, ''if you'd stand up.
HOW GENIUS BREAKS OUT.
The conversation turned upon the
subject of whiskey drinking among