Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-04
In, Thank Heaven!

TtITON. ILL.,. NOV. 13-l.D m.
stove. It standard" &o 40 S and our co saa
but the hardware man, Mr.. Wheeler. told me
not to Five the price, as he let me have it at
Wheeler. Mr.. Mol, tinsmith. Mr.. Eckert. my
next door neighbor, and his daughter Carrie.
the hired girl, and myself
Yours truly, f.. WD.
P.S.-9p. m.-The pipe is not up. I did not
say it was. One leg to the stove is lost, but
three 90 bricks just fit The nickel plated foot
rest won't go on because one of the screws is
bent and We can't get ii out. Mr.. Wheeler,
who is a fat, ald-headed man. is on his back
now irving to straigh :en it with hammer by
reaching under the stove. He looks panied
Five thumbs in the crowd done up i'm arnica.
VIII, Wife has has Sc, SO far escaped She gives orders
Mr.. Mol. and as he speaks German. can't tell.
$40 p m.-PiPe all up and everything fixed.
NOta Bena.-Mr. Wheeler Just came back to
tel us not to build fire, as Mr. Moll forgot to
| row and put il in-Or send il up.
As the pipe must all come down again. the
prospect is pleasingI.'and only man is VILE.
6p. m, Nov. H.-Damper in, but my wife
says the stove must be moved out a foot or the
heat will injure the doors TO the parlOr. Mr..
Mol has gone back for more pipe by her
order It's mile to the tin-shOp and rainin5
furouSly.
Have sent boy to instruct Mr.. Mol not to
bring more pipe.
Latest! give in. The pipe is up and works
well. The cOal-dealer has ordered some coal
says it will be here the latter part of next
We hope the stove will prove a success. but
it may not-tE. W: d., an Danbury Ners.
THE TRADITIONAL KENTUCKIAN.-In the old
boating times the kentuckian of legend and
romance was rambling, rowing fellow who
ended every sentence with an oath. Ii was he
who made his morning meal of three cocktails
| and 'chaw'' of tobacco. His amusements
were OF much the same simple order. He could
emp The wing from mosquito at 10 PAGES: he
| would stop life-bOat 10 tell his scared fellow
a En 10 off, fol Id, ..a
| The noble and ariStOcratic gamecOck was his
delight. The pedigree of a race-hOrse was to
him q sacred thing. He was always ready to
| lose his own money and that of everybody
| else. He would fight anything. rather pre-
| ferIlng. indeed, the tiger. The invention of
what has been politely termed on the other
| side " American whist namely, draw-poker,
| was in his case the discovery of another world.
| 1t struck him all in a heap, beginning with the
name itself. Draw-poker! He was i'm the habit
of drawing on his banker, his pistol and his
imagination. In his game he could draw on
| all three at one and the same time. The person
have described was mistaken by the northern
banker for the southern gentleman, and the
| lightning rod agent who appeared among us
was there looked upon as a specimen of north
ern gentleman.-[Mr. Wdtterson's Lecture.
How DARWIN RECEIVED HIS DECREE
| The FRANKS of the American college student
nave nave won him bad name among people who
think that the collegian of no other country
has so little dignity, or so slight a regard for
| the amenities But the performance of the
| students Of the Cambridge university, on the
occasion of the comforting of the degree of ID.
C. l.. upon Charles Darwin surpassed anything
We pave ever seen recorded to the detriment
OF the American college student. As the dis
marched upon the platform clad In the scarlet
robes of the doctor, the efigy Of a monkey was
slowly lowered i'm the middle Of the hall, from
the most prominent point i'm the gallery 1t
was rObed in the ungraduate gown, and EN-
blazOned upon it, in staring letters, was the
legend, The Missing Link" The prank was
casiOn could stand. 1t was poor wit at the
best, and 1t outraged the prOprieties I'm a man.
ner that would make the American college
student blush
DRIVING THROUGH A PRAIRIE FIRE.-There
was a church opening at Woodlands last week
and the clergymen who participated i'm the
ceremony, on the trip home to Winnipeg met
with an adventure which Is worth recording