The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-13

I1eS TOUT OF I'VE OIL These 1uV8llOS
came out Of the same school, but none
of the others graduates. Two have
spinal diseases, two consumption, and
several of the others uterine diseases
in one form or another.''
The Bahled Book Agent.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
He came in briskly and sat down
with jerk. One end Of his paper-col-
lar reared over his left ear; a qualmy
smell of last week s clothes hung about
him. He turned his glass eyes upon
us, and loosening his India-rubber
tongue he began:
'*The Universal History of the Uni
verse'-in 1000 installments-5Oc cents
an installment- engravings-''
''Stop, my friend. Restrain the in
tellectual f1ow-dam up that torrent of
eloquence. Listen to me-do yoa know
what has come to me since l saw YOU
last! It was in Octo-''
"But, sir,'' interrupted the book
agent, ''you never saw me before!''
"Never saw you? impossible Could
one who once gazed on those noble
lineaments ever forget them! Could
that coy wart on the nose be forgotten
OR that eloquent mole ON your Jaw
Never, never! It was in October that
I met you last. Blessed October-that
month of richness and of sobered pas
sion! Do you know Of all the months
in the year October is
"PardOn me, SIR" exclaimed the
book agent, rolling his brass eyelids in
desperation, ''you are
''Pardon me, sir I cannot allow any
man to hold the reinS of conversation
over mel will not be interrupted-to
resume; my grandmother was the
most perfect woman of her age you
ever saw. She was 1872 years old, and
yet was as clipper as the best of us.
My brother, who was an inventive
man, put her on a pair of wheels, aud
it would have done you good to have
seen her scoot around. I suppose ou1 $;
was the only family that could boast
of a grandmother on wheels, and yet
"But, sir, am in a great hurry and
"You must positively not interrupt
me my friend. AS I was saying be-
fore, whe2 man has a family grown
up around him, it is hard to say which
one he loves best. And yet that boy
of mine, with strawberry mark on
his left ear. There's queer story
with that strawberry mark
that would please you,-have you a !
child e.
81 am the father of thirteen miser-
able Children he replied.
"Ah, then you can sympathiZe with
my story. You have been a mother
yourself. All, who can sound the
depth of a mothers love! 1t is as
deep as an artesian well, as high as a |
liberty pole. It scars like a Chinese |
kite, it grovels like ground hog. 1t !
is sweet to be mother. 1t gives US a |
new life, and fills us with broad deep |
REALLY, sir, l havn't the time,''
broke out the perplexed and desperate
agent.
..Now, there you go again. You
throw me out every time. But to go
back to our conversation. I do think
re was the sweetest dog ever saw.
Jaw. Although he was quite young
when he was born, he seemed to take
% learning naturally. When I would
send him to drive the pigs out of the
'ard he would take the little pigs pat
:onizingly by the ear
.'Ha Ha - laughed the book agent,
lolefully, quite a bright dog-quite
would you like this
iV-'
"Interrupting me again there - but
t don't matter. To resume: AS I said
before, the boat was very small and
quite cranky. It rocked wildly, and
he girl became excited and it was
lard to control her. You have doubt
ess been on tho water, and under
just here the Book agent rose, his
steel joints swapping viciously. He
cast one wild, scared look around him
Ind made for the door. Having reach
I'd the door, he turned and looked back
lungrily. He frightened up, as if he
Vas going to open the conversation,
out he gulped hissorrow down hastily,
and fed.
@'Come back and see us again." we,
called blandly over the stairs. ''You
liz Sucu SOOu ASteucA ~ . d pAcdSule
% talk to you. Yes, come again
Come during the next centennial -
Merchants Gargling Oil has become
,ne of the most popular ]iniments for
human flesh that is now prepared.
while for horses and cattle it has no
equal in the world. We are assured by
hose who have used it for piles-one
If whom is a distinguished physician