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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Good ENOUGH to be Told Again.

The subjained story, which we remember to
have read long agO-when but a boy-will bear
telling again. As revised and corrected by Jon
athan of the Yankee notions, it reads as follows:
1t seems to he generally admitted that 'Jor-
dan il a hard road Jim Sherwood tells of one
that, if not the veritable Jordan itself, must
certainly be its next best friend. But let Jim
Sherwood speak for himself.
Time, towards evening-place, forks of the
road, somewhere in North CarOlina-log cabin
close by-rsd headed boy sitting on the fence,
whistling JOTdan-Enter traveller and old grey
mare, both looking pretty well beat ont.
Traveller-"Say, boy, which of these roads go
to Milfonp
Suffering boy-'B-b-bOth on em goes thar"
Traveller-"Well, which is the quickest way
Boy-"B-b-bout alike; b-b-bOth on 'em gets
thar b-b-bout the same thine o'day."
Traveller-"lIOw far is itY'
Boy-"B-b-bout four m-m-miles."
Trayeller-"Whch is the be.t road n
Boy-"T-t-they amt merry one the b-b-best.
II you take the right hand road and 20 b-b-bont
q mile, you'll wish You was in h-h-hell; and il
you t-t-turn b-b-bGck, and t-take the left h-h-
hand one, by the t-t-time you've gone half IN.
m-Inile, you'll w-wi-sh you had kept on the 9TH
er r-r-r0ad ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
TIle Fun Of the Ching.
LORD RosooE's soLuoeUY.
PntmetaI Poetry

scrxr-Tifih Avenue Hoie. Tine. nidnisht-bcaro"rn
Qurxeoa--.-Slovelid- Medal on the table
loKp Roscor Salus-In scarlet drawers ana pink night
capJ
he deserves the Medal and eEslsiiss--j
What. this s-e! \ dagger Nay M; -
Nor vet doth ball-dog pistol rise upon ms sisa
It's ,:ien is docile It's shape rOtund and
is,;h dosthdesling dy Mantle lnrk within
Wkenee came tins unsag1tly mass Of metslf
Hath our cook dared TO leave IL boldly thus
Upon the sacred snrfaoe Of my toilet table
Canfasinc things cosmetic, and causing
Things aesthetic TO blush before it face,
So bTanEe. 10 bfassy. ~ poirasi2lhe,
So Ike the debris urchius can odd iron :"
CSeizcs his .pectaeles-l
Al hold hold Let me bring my optic lens
Full TO bear upon the mystic legend
Round the central face wrought in high relief
10! now SEC il 4 the secret mrtlal
BY ClAa CamerUns bare-kneed Boss designed
GeTgeous specimen Of Il. Lnuis an.
Cast in some iron faundrys stoye-Ed mould.
To commemorate the six-and-thrty votes
OF the Grant Phslaax thrive hundred and sly
The Spartan Band plus the number SI,
led by Lord Roscoe. prinoely DGke Of York
[ili they fell and persisted in the last ditch
Tie takes up the ''Medal.1
And HIRE behold that central profile head
Head cast by KershAW. In Missourian brass!
Like Mars, tcigar in MOUTH born TO command.
What hOncyed elOquenee hath that mouth uttered
Hear him debate Of commonwealth Affairs,
Yon would say. 1t bath been all in all hs study
A bloody battle rendered you in mHsic.
Turn him any enurse ai policy,
The Gortan knot Of IL he viii unloOse,
Familiar as his garter" Here al~O.
A lone star see ave. 'istars and gartcTs stand
symbolic Of the oval third.tem rule:
sta-s far the princey breasts garters for the StAi
wart' edlresf
For now sits Expectation in the air,
With thrones imperial crowns and eorone:s.
Promised TO all bis 'StalwaTt followers!
oh for q of fire, that would Ascend
10 highest heaven Of invention
A kingdom for q stage. princes To act,
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene
That this brave st0ve-lid medal here suggests!
True rnosf rude and POnderOus II is-but
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle!
days down the Medal ,
Now will HE me TO my dOwny bed
Fold the drapry Of my couch about me,
And gently fay down 10 pleasant dreams
OF FIesu de la. ribbons. stars and gartsTs:
OF that 'Old Guard" around royal throne:
Aud all the princely p0nIp and circumstance
That murder foul and thrdterm rule imply.
[DreaminG. be mutters-l
IT'S safer 10 be that which destroy
Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful jog"
(SnoresD
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
kendaIPs SPAWN Cure

Wilton, MINI, jan, ilth, issi-
H. J. KENDALL Co, Gents ;-Hsving got a horse book
Of you by mail the Of which persuaded
me 70 try Kendals Spawn Cure the hind leg
my horses which badly swollen and could be
dueed by any other remedy. got two bottles Of Kendas
Spawn Cure Of Preston Ludduth, Druggists q waseea
which completely cured horse About Eve years ago
had thr-- year old colt sweened very badly. usrd
Your remedy given in book without rowsling and
must To credit that the colt Is entirely cured which
surprise not only 20 myself but also neghbor-
You sent the book for the rihng Of cents and
could not get another like IL would take twenty
I'VE dollarr for IL. Yours truly.
GEO MATHEWS
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

are kept, the cream Is regarded as the important
part of the milk, while the skim milk goes to
the pigs or the poultry. OF course il is thus util-
lied, and ultimately comes around as food, but
il may he better to make a more direct use of it.
The skim milk contains valuable portion of
that NEST nutritious food; in taking the cream,
only part of the nutriment is removed. The
skim milk is allowed to become slightly sour or
.elabbered." The pan is then set upon a cool
part of the stove TO warm gently, OF upon the
top Of kettle of boiling water. II shonld get
no warmer than the heat of new milk, when the
whey will appear clear and separate from the
cnrd. When separation takes place, pour the
whole inlo a bag and hang to drain. When il
ceases to drip, turn the curd from the bag, and
mix with salt and little sweet cream.-Amui-
cdR .iqricHltHrist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

RAISED wAFFLEs.-To make nice waffies. take
one quart of wheat -four, stir into it sufficient
lukewarm milk to make thick batter Add A
tablespoonful Of melted butter, ateaspoonful of
salt, half cup Of yeast, and two eggs, well beat
en-. Stir it all together, and let il stand in a
warm place until light. IF the wafles are for
tea. they should be made soon after breakfast. }
Bake in waffle irons, well CREASED and very hot.
Turn the irons over once while baking, that the
waffies may be Drowned on both sides Bake
until of nice brown-about five minutes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

Sow IoCR 0ATs.-The Importance of sowing
early is well understood by all progressive farm.
ers. As soon as the ground is sufficiently dry
so that it can be plowed and narrowed, oats
should be got in. Early sown oats are Away.
heavier, and when once in, they are out of the
way of all other work. We have known oats
to be sown in the last of Februury in New Jer.
sey. and the crop was remarkably good. In the
New England and Middle States they can be
got in from the last tn the middle of March, on
dry soil; on wet lands early in April as posi-
ble-Far7a and FIreside
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
wAsHINaroN's PRAYER AT VALLEY
FORGE
BY J. W. BRYCE.

Father. the hour II dark and gloomy;
Humbly i bow befure Thy thrune,
And If this bitter cup my doUm be-
only say: Thy will be done;'
But for my bleeding country hear
One prayer: Unseen BY mortal eyes,
come 10 offer all that's dear
To man-a willing sacrifice.
IF have erred, spare not Thy hand,
Let all Thy punishment be mine;
But froin my loved. nv native land.
Father, withhold Thy wrath divine.
'Gainst me let enemies prevail
And all my hard won honors take;
But listen. Father. to the wall
Thy suffering children make
III on the deathlcss roll Of fame.
had too fondly hoped To place.
By honest deeds ms humble name,
The record let Thy hand effaee;
Purge pride. ambition. from my heait.
Make me TO feel Thy awful power
Let not Thy eountrnanee depart
From Freedoms cause. in this dark hour.
Twas TINS, while kneeling on the sod
At Valley Forge, meath ~intry skies,
The Chief in secret prayed TO God,
In contrite soul, in humble gui-e.
Then through the clouds asunder rivon.
A solitary star was seen,
IL came a messenger from Heaven,
And in its light he grew serene.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

"HAvE you any elm wood 7" said a seedy look
ing customer TO a Boston dealer in wood ''Oh,
yes" was the reply, 'some down the wharf"
The fellow bought log. The next day he du-
plicated the purchase, and the day after.
''What are You doing with this woodfr asked
the dealer. Every log is worth ten dollars,
since the Great Elm tumbled down." was the
significant reply.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

'MY dears, miss something or somebody,
can't tell what or whO," said Jones to his chill
dren, as he sat down to tea the other night
"P'raps it's mother" said little Billy, ''she's
gone over TO Aunt James TO tea" The child
was right. II was Mrs. Jones who was missed,
and Jones said in continuance: "Well, let'shave
n ouiet simmer thenr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

IL Munich tavern: Guest to proprietor
"See here, mine host, what l found in this mug
of beer; piece of paper and a brandy glass .
Host-"Well, and supposin' you did. 4 man
was here the other day, who found an apple
dumping in his beer, and didn't say n word. .
Bfrfin Humor
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

MARY WASHINGTON, the mother of Washing
ton. was buried at Fredericksburg, Va. In
1881 n wealthy New York man, Mr.. Burrows,
proposed to erect q monument over the grave at
his own expense, and Andrew Jackson helped
to Law the corner stone, but, rs Mr.. Burrows
failed in business. work was stopped half way.
The people of Fredericksburg now ask Congress
Ia have the monument finished.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

THE monument to Desaix, on the des Epis,
near Strasbourg, has been restored. The i'm
mense helmet, feet 4 inches high. which in
1922 was removed by order of Louis XVIII, has
been replaced on its summit the helmet Is one
block of red stone. The old inscription-gilt
letters on black marble-has been put back:
ssTo General Desaix, the Army Of the Rhine,
1890
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

PICKLE FOR HANs-For one hundred pounds
Of hams take six gallons Of water, nine pounds of
salt, quart Of molasses, three ounces of salt
petre, and one ounce Of saleratus. When ready
to smoke. they can he soaked and freshened to
taste, If too salt.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
FROM a
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN,

. washin=tonville. Ohio June nth 1870
DIR b. j. kEspALL Co. Gents Reading your adver
tsement IN Turf Fied and Farm Of Kendall SPAWN Curr
and having valuable and speedy which had been
lame frun SPAWN for eighteen months Ist you for
bottr BY express which In sx works reJsed ali
and Enlargement and large splbt from aDoth-r horse
both horss are to-day sound colts The bottle
was worth to one hundred dollars.
Respectfully yours.
IL A BERTOIETT NJ d
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

A LITTLE South Kansas boy ran away from
school, Monday, TO go walnutting. During the
expedition, he fell twice ont of one tree, to the
imminent danger of breaking his neck, was lick
materially lesSened by stumbling against his
stomach, ran a silver into his knee, and was bit
ten violently on the neck by new kind of bug.
When he got home, his father anointed him
with the soft side of lath, and the next day at
school, the teacher escorted him twice around the
room, by his poorest ear. He says that wal
nuts are wormy this year, that it don't pay to
vo after them
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

SAILOR in the pit of theatre, looking over
his Playful, read, ''au interval of twenty years
occurs between the first and the second acts .
At the end of the first act, he put his old tar
panlin, and left the house, saying-'few of these
folks will see the end emit"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

To Toast CHEESE VERY FISE.-Slice it into a
saucepan, with little butter and cream Sim
mer it gently, till dissolved. Remove it from
the FIRE, let it cool little add some yolk of egg.
well beaten: make it into cakes, brown it before
the fire. and eat warm.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

A CORRESPONDENT asks: Where will Beech
er 60 tot" We forget; but heard the name
mentioned once by n school teacher, who sat
down on a bunch of pins, tied up with an eye TO
business by mischievous boy. "Hellr' he
yelled. --Paola Spirit.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

A DAYS work for the hired man of some OF
the farmers of Taunton, sixty years ago, was
from the time '.they could see stars in the morn
ing, until they could see stars in the evening .
This is a little different days work from eight
hours
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
WEEK oIp-wRE co1p-wxAx OLD.

ifor combination Of pathos and humor the following
ION the Norwich tConnectieutl 4dreytsy. purportng
the wall Of father his buried boy, is very clover
Close naztled IN his mothers arIss.
His cheeks red roses.
With eyes Of Heavens buest blue.
And snubbies Of noses-
Close nestled in his mothers arms.
Ny week old boy reposesL
Fast mouldering in the hillside green,
where myrtles bloom. and ros1s
His baby mother seeps I veen-
No arm his form incloses-
Fast mouldering On the hillside green.
Ny wee cold boy reposes.
Sweet slumberer In lnving aims
Dear dreamer meath the roses
Nay - free from all xlarms
Hest when this brief life elos~s,
When. mooldering the hin aide green
This weak old boy eposeS-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

al CAN'T bear children" said Miss Prim, dis
dainfully.
Mrs Darlington, looking over her spectacles,
replied, perhaps if You could, you would like
them heffer.r
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

'fDo you keep matches here 81 asked wag of
q retailer.
"0h, yes, all kinds" was the reply.
''Theu I'll take trotting match"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

PERSONS who have horses troubled with
scratches. can try simple remedy. viz:
Keep the fetloek clean with CASTLE soap-suds,
and then wash them twice a day with bntfer-
milk. Give them good rubbing at each time.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

Eeeys Island Erie County Ohio. Mar .. Isso.
DR. q J. KENDALL & Co. Gent-3-I have used yoaI
"kendal- SPAWN Cur a bone SPAWN and pleassd
10 rep1ft that has taken the enlargement completely off
II took ony bottle 10 form the confident
II IT Is properly u--d il will do all you claim for 10.
Yours truly, G. NJ LINCOLN
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
THE TwRNTY-sKcoND OF FEBRUARY.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRrASI.

Pale il the February sky,
And brief the midday's sunny hours;
The wind-swept forest seems 10 sigh
For the sweet time Of leaves and flowers.
Yet has no month prouder day,
Not even when the Summer broods
Der meadows in their fresh array.
Or Autumn tints the glowing woods.
For this chill season now again
Brings, in its annual round, the morn
When, greatest Of the Sons Of men,
Our glorious Washington Was born
In. where. beneath an icy shield.
Calmly the mighty Hudson fiows,
By snow clad fell and froren field.
Broadening the lordly river goes
The widest storm that sweeps through space,
And rends the oak with sudden force
Can rai-- no ripple on his face.
Or slacken his majestic course.
Tins, mid the wreck Of thrones, shall live
Unmarried undimmed. our hcro's fame;
And yesrs succeeding years shall give
Increase Of honors to his name.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Kendall's SPAWN Cure {!

Acme, Mich December 18th Is.g.
DR. r. J. KENDALL Co. Gents IL you dollar
Tor your Kendall's SPAWN Cure last Summer which
cured bone SPAWN with half bottle The nimeni
j ever us-d Yours respectfully.
HOMER HoxIE
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Kendall's SPAWN Cure !!

on HUMAN FLESH has
c0RNs BUNI0Ns FRosTBITEs
medicine
good for BEAST good for NAN and
SPAWN child
wonderful human flesh and not blister
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

'wILL you open the services n inquired
deacon, of brother who was an oysterman BY
profession. "No, / thank you," said he, half
~sking from doze, 1--WE left my knife at
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

Dr. Simpson, of Edinburgh, it is said. is work.
ing wonders with eonsumptive patients, by hav.
ing them well rubbed with warm olive oil.
Some of the patients have increased thirteen
ponds in weight in seven or eight weeks
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

the Cessiry Gszfienas thinks that everybody
ought to sleep on corn-hnsk beds
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

UNoSTowN turkey was observed the other
day on a fence, intently studying an almanac,
and reckoning on his toes how long it was from
Thanksgiving.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

The weather used to get along all right until
"Oid Prob" went to fooling with it. and now
the goosebone, ground-hog and all the old signs
that worked so well fail entirely
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

"Do you understand the nature of an oath r
juryman was asked in a st. Louis court room.
s'Of course do" was the reply. do you take
me for a member of the Electoral Commission r.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

1T is said that our popular licoriee drops are
made Of bad sugar and lsmpblsek, favored with
licorice
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

NARROW paths divide farms in France, Ger
many, and Holland Illinois is said to have ten
times as much fence as Germany, and Dutchess
County, New York. more than all France
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.
Hamilton, No. June 18th. IL

Hamilton. No., June 18th 1871.
b J. KEsDaLL Co. Geuts,-Thi. 4. to certify that
have u-e Kenda- Spawn Cure anil have IL 70 be
all IL l. recommended o be- and In have
removed by using the above: Gallons Bone spavins Ring
bones splnts and eheerfaIy testify and recommend
10 TO be the best thing for bone substance
used and have tried many made that my study
for years Respectfully yorr.
p V CRIsT
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

leo, but he awoke in the neght, and yelled ont
"why don't you put some more wood in that
stove ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
WHAT is GOOD FOR BEAST Is GOOD FOR MAN.

Grzvesebd l. L. January. 1851
b. KENDALL Co.. Gents5-I wish to add my ;-stino
ny N favor Of your invaluable Kendss SPAWN Cure am
In the employ Of the Prospect Park and Cney Island Rail
road and fose very badly this Winter suffered
intense pain until Mr. Dunley applied your linment % them
u gave me almost instant relief and By twice
day for week IL restored the its original and
have had trouble with since feel very grateful TO
you. and would recommend Kendals SPAWN Cure 10 al
JOHN DERBY.
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seleft goetrp.


WHAT TINE - IrF
What time Is if
Tine TO do we'll
Time Ia do better
Give up that grudge-
Answer that letter
SPEAK that Kind word 10 sverten . sorrow;
10 that good deed you would Rave till to,norraw
Time 70 try hard
In that new situation:
Time Ia build upon
A sslid foundation:
Giving rp neediessiy. changing and drifting
What time is lit
Time 70 be thrifty;
Farmera take warning
Piov in the Spring time
Sow in the morning
spring rain Il coming. rephyrs are blowing;
Heaven viii attend To the quie krning and growing
Time TO count cost
Lessen expenses-
Time to LOOK well
To the gates and the fences;
Making and uendng. good workers shsuld:
Shutting out evil and keeping the good.
What time IL i'll
Time 10 be earnest.
Laying up treasure;
Time to be thoughtful
Choosing true pleasure:
Loving stern jnstoe-of truth being fond;
Making your word a. good your bond
Time to be happy.
Dung your best;
Time to be trustful
Leaving the rest
Knowing in whatever country cline.
N--r can We call back one minute Of time.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

uEpzR the heading of "Happy Thoughts, :,
sns retersbnrg (Va.) zppeaisaS that more sick
ns.s prevails in that city, than for many years
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23
Read its Effects on Human Flesh !

Waterloo. Ind, sept 7th, Isef-
BorHR CAMrBELL GeBtlemen The bottle Of Kendars
SPAWN Cure purchased Of yo.- has eur-d Of very
lame back aher napg alno-f everything e-; the relief
vzs almost nsfant put only very litrie at a time
and rubbed IL In veil consider the best inent far
man or horse eItanf would not do without IL for ten
times the amount 10
Your truly, HIRAM LETB
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

WE never like to say a man is drunk, unless
we have n good evidence of the fact-nOr then,
IL We can help il, but we must concur with the
Boston Herald, in giving il as our decided con-
viction that the hero of the following anecdOte
was every drunk A few evenings since a
young married gent, who had just commenced
housekeeping, went toward his house. in Beacon
Street, aud installing his neighbours door for his
own, fumbled away for some fifteen minutes
trying TO fluid hole for his night-key-but he
couldn't, for there happened TO be none in the
door. In despair he finally exclaimed, "what
-hic-is coming uext-hic-somebody has sto-
len my-hic-key hole ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

A DIGNITARY.-A Constable in Pennsylvania
served a legal process of some sort on partic-
ular friend of his, greatly his superior in
strength, who, being partially drunk at the
time, rebelled against the law aud its myrmdon
seized the officer, and shaking him though he
meeting a few days after, Jim, the offender, was
profuse in his apologies. lyon know, Jake"
says he, II would not have served you so, i'll
had been duly sober; it was the devilish whis-
key did it ALL" The official at last modified
and relented under Jim's representations. LAS
to the shaking" said Jake, Il don't bear any
malice; don't vally it cent my own &C.
count; but, as an ofiicer-recOllect next time,
Jim-whoever shakes me, shakes the common
areaIfh ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

THE Atlanta Herald says: The latest snatch
in the ice cream business invented by the Allan
IA young men, is to go TO restaurant, buy a
plate of ice cream, eat about twO-thirds, and
then, when the proprietors back is turned, tn
catch a fly with a dexterous swoOp of tine hand,
slyly drop him in the remaining ice cream, wal
low him around till he is pretty well broken up;
then voice of dignifed severity-leaning
back in outraged astOnishment-"How the devil
do you expect me to eat ice cream, filled with
mashed fiiesi Bring me n fresh plate, and I'll
mix my flies to suit mpself." The proprietor,
overw helmed with grief, hurries up another pill
ing plate, and pours apologies by the peck"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

ORIGIN OF THE SAYING more TRUTH THAN
PORTRAYAL n social dinner, sylvester chal-
lenged Ben. Jonson TO see who would the most
readily form a rhyming couplei. Sylvester
formed one that ran as follows:
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-02-23

To which Jonson Immediately retOrted,
Il. Ben J0rson.
Rugged your wife"
"But," said Sylvester, rather chagrinned at
the turn, "that's not rhyme"
NO." replied Jonson, "but it's true"