The Iola register., 1883-12-21
Evacuation Day.

A
Two Brooklyn girls met at the bon
net counter Of Fulton street store
yesterday, and having gravely pecked at
each others cheeks in the excess of their
Joy on seeing each other, went into an
immediate swap of views on the i'm
portant topics of the day.
Getting ready for Evacuation Day?"
asked one.
'Oh. yes; isn't it perfectly lovelyr
replied the other.
'Indeed. it's simply grand''
$50 ma says. but pas awfully OPP
posed to it, but then. pas opposed to
everything patriotic. Every time our
lovely Brooklyn SO diers turn out he
turns up his nose, and on Decoration
Day he looked down the lines and said
there were not twenty veterans old
enough to voter
Goodness mer' exclaimed the bru-
nette. 'Tm sure not Icing old isn't
crime, and then l think those young
men look ever so much nicer than those
grizzly old fellows we used to see car
rying those dreadful ragged flags"
Well" sighed the blonde. "you
know, pas an Englishman, and ma
says that's why he abuses America But
don't see why that should set him so
against Evacuation Day"
"I'll tell you," whispered the black
eyed girl, confidentially. my pa. you
know, is so dreadfully learned, and
lately he has been drilling me in histo-
ry. Ma says have been taught too
much already, but pa says Pm going to
have solid education or a muss with
him."
"How l envy your exclaimed the
blonde. 'Only the other day you told
me you had finished ancient history"
'.Oh yes, indeed! Pa kept me at it,
and now I'm able to talk about those
old mummies and gladiators. ma says,
very intelligently, but pa said l must
get posed on Evacuation Day, and SO
we commenced on English history"
"Mercy!" exclaimed the blonde. in
dismay. "What has English history
to do with it? That's like my pa; he al
ways drags in the English. l certainly
thought Evacuation Day was an Ameri-
can affair"
$50 it is" continued the brunette.
"Now listen. and l will tell you. AS |
said, pa commenced on English history,
and finished Off with American. Night
after night he read. Ma would drop
asleep, and would kill time by doing
fancy work. Well, you know we had
war with England!'
dear me! When?" calculated the
blonde, looking up from a bunch of tips
she was trying to match.
'Oh, ever so long ago." replied the
black eyed girl" "In 1S, Is, oh, in
1912, 1 guess. Anyway, the time don't
matter. England said we Americans
must not drink tea, and then there was
a long string of stuff about taxation, but
| lost most of that through counting
stitches on the tidy. Then. it seems,
we said we would have the tea. Well,
by and by England sent us over lot of
ship loads of tea that wasn't good, or
was too high priced; anyway. the Bos-
ton people Just went out in the harbor |
and tipped the tea all out. and that's
why we have Evacuation Day. Evacu-
alton, pa says, comes from evacuate, to |
get out of; SO, you see, that is the way |
we got out of the taxes. Of course, the |
English were awfully enraged."
"Good gracious" spluttered the
blonde, trying on bonnet and cooking
her head one side to see how becoming
it was. "You don't suppose my pa is
mad over that yet?'
"Wouldn't be surprised" giggled
the brunette. Men are such creatures |
to sulk. But. of course, you are going
over to New York on Monday?'
Yes, indeedy. And now, since
you've explained it all so clearly, I shall
enjoy it all the more. 1t is great ad-
vantage to have such friend rs you
are. What do you wear?"
my new wine plush. And you?"
"My green velvet and silver fox.
Goodbye, goodbye"
Goodbye, dear. 1 suppose she
thinks she is going to mash things by
the regiment at a time, but the man
who gets her will wonder who con-
trived to get so much ignorance togeth-
er in one bunch. .''-Br0otiun Eagle.