Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
ENERGY ON TAP.
Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Discuss the
Latest Scientific Discovery.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
II see that Frenchman has got a
patent for canned energy" observed
Mrs. Spoopendyke, as she picked up a
lot of steel beads on a needle and
began sewing them on medallions for
dress trimming.
SCOT a what?" interrogated Mr..
Spoopendyke, who was backing his
boots.
eyes. He says he can put strength
up in bundles and send it anywhere.
so they can run ships and things
without steam. He sent ever so much
over to Scotland -
"What circus bill have you been
reading now?' queried Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, glaring at his wife.
"It's so," she replied. 81 saw it
in the Eagle. He does it up like pre-
serves and it lasts ever so long, and
it's just as fresh and strong when
they open it as it was at first" ;
"Who puts it up? Who're you talk
ing about?''
IA Frenchman. He gets lot OF
strength and fixes it with electricity,
and you can buy it anywhere. I'm
going to get some and take it. It'll
| be just as good as going in the coun-
try, and may be it'll help my head.
aches. suppose the Government will
buy lot of it for tramps."
"You gone crazy again"' demand
ed Mr.. Spoopendyke. "What dye
mean by putting strength in boxes
Think energy is some kind of doc
gasted fish? S'pose you can put nair
strength up in bottles like measly
shrimp? If you're going to read, why
don't you read straight"
''Why, / did. He has some kind O
machine and he makes energy SO i
: will last, and then he soders it up il
tins, or something, so you can keel
! it in the house. I'm going to hav'
, some to do the washing" -
: "Does it strengthen up the mind O
b a dod gasted idiot?" blurted Mr.
0 Spoopendyke. "Can it make a measl,
+ Spoopendyke woman talk sense?"
'The paper didn't say; but if it
. all they claim for it, it will be grea
r help in house cleaning and movin,
e the step ladder around when 20
q want to hang pictures. And then
saves boiling beef tea. Oh, you ough
to read about it They say it's th
grandest invention Of the age
y "D'ye tell me that they're sellin
n muscle by the keg? Want me t
y understand that some frog eater
? keeping industry on draught? Thin
g Pm an ASST"
3 "That's what the Eagle says" re
" joined Mrs. Spoopendyke, with
woman's implicit reliance on anythin
IS in print. ''And they can make it
u % any quantity cheap, so We can ha,
- all we want. wish you'd get sou
= right off. and We'll try it on the FIR
d days sweeping"
j. "Quit!" howled Mr.. Spoopendyk,
"Stop making an idiot asylum I
n. yourself! Spose you can make n
y believe that house-cleanlng comes
"a jugs? Think I'm going to b'lie7
Is that a weeks wash comes in e bo,
y like measly pills? P'raps you wal
r. me to think that your dod caste
a. q. stuff will pay the rent and run II
10 10 business. Next time you strike
A corn salve you read it understan
a ingly, We hear? Energy by the pin
es Strength by the yard! Got that r
I'd sowed up in my pants?'
q, eyes, dear!" murmured Mr.
n Spoopendyke, meekly; and Nj
Is Spoopendyke having arrayed hir
q. self, plunged out of the house a,
st made for the ferry boat.
tn "Hello, Spoopendyke!" salute
9n his friend Speeklewottle, ''see I'll
g; g; thing in the paper about the Frenc
- man who is bottling up energy?"
''Yes, certainly" replied Spoope
dyke, land I've been all the mornil
trying to explain it to my wife, b
to these women can't understand SUI
&C. things. How's stocks?"