Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-20

A Philosopher who Holds that . Poor
Season for Ferries Makes Little Bust.
ness for the Parson-The Strawberry
Festival Ms . Promoter OF Cupid's
Schemes

ness for the Parson-The strawberry
Festival Ms Promoter OF Capid's
Schemes.
"Ihere won't be many marriages this year, -
said the judge, throwing himself on the leather
covered settee by THE STAR man, with the air
OF one who has something to impart which isn't
generally known, but ought to be. The judge
knows most everything, and, has a talent for
| the strange and paradoxical. He is somewhat
| OF philosopher, too. and watches closely the
remote effect of one thing upon another, and
notices their most distant connection.
"There won't be many marriages this year,
he repeated, and looked at THE STAR man as
| II he would like to be questioned further upon
the subject.
why sos" asked the scribe, carelessly.
strawberries are scarce"
"But what's that got to do with marriages?"
"Do! Why it's got all to do with EN-" And
ns h s his
OF man who has made an important discov-
cry which he doesn't mind telling you about.
strawberry crop. When there are lots of straw
berries and you can get great big ones four and
five boxes for quarter, that's the year for mar
riageS. 1t ought to be the strawberry bloom
| instead OF the orange blossom that's emblem
attic. When strawberries are high then the mar
riages are few. That's why say there won't
be many this year 1t would make ali the girls
respondent II they could go to the markets and
price quart of these little red hearts. Picnics,
dings: but they don't count up like Strawber-
ries. They weren't made like hearts for moth
mgr The judge took off his hat and famed
himself for q minute.
But how is ite' asked THE STAR man.
We'll, you see," continued the Judge, seeing
is done by indirectiOn. Strawberries in plenty
make festivals, and it's strawberry festivals
that makes marriages In Vermont it's sugar
quilting bees; some it's apple-parings other
places it's singing schools or spelling downs;
the work for the young folks and keeps the
preachers busy tying knots all through the
autumn. This is a fact. There's something in
buying two plates OF berries for quarter, with
plenty of sugar on them, and going over in the
corner to eat them. That's sociabIe-like, and it
sort O. ties the two young folks together that
do 1t. And that's why we aren't going to have
many weddings. Strawberries huvnt sold for
less than ten cents this year, and it was for
body could get together a festival they iumped
right up to twenty and twenty-five cents A
festival with berries at that price is out of the
question. 1t would take all the merit out of it.
TO pay fifty cents plate for berries, and have
to sweeten Them would knock all ideas of mat
taste oh s mouts or
there haven't been any trawberry festivals and
won't be many weddings"
son for EN-, continued the Judge, after taking
long breath and settling himself down to the
small of his back on the settee. "a remarkably
bad season. Where grew weddings down in
Accomac county, mean Strawberries; but it
don't matter; it's all the same-the strawberry
season used to be eight weeks. That's rather
better than you could do now. Good seasons
now are from five to six weeks. This year the
season was only three weeks. The home pro-
duction came in at thirty cents, and it was
some time before they got down to twenty,
Finally Tor just one day they got down to ten.
then jumped right back to twenty and are hard
To get now at twenty five. You see look these
things up and can tell you all about them
There is an association between salt water and
Mormonism-Oh, certainly not! l shan't dis
cuss that now"
The judge and THE STAR man then took some
soda water with syrup No. 8 and cream.