Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-02

wife: land thank you for opening my
ewes TO the treachery Of that womanF
aMrs. Roland, my dear" said Frank,
s'not that woman" Remember now
Won berated me for so designating herr
Winona only sobbed and nestled
closer to his breast.
vassar Girls Discuss the Egyptian
Question.
The Fat Contributor in Texas siftings.
At the last regular meeting OF the
Blue.eyed Violet Club of Vassar Col
iege, the subject fthe Egyptian com.
plications came up for debate. We
will explain that the Blue-eyed Violets
is a society composed of the more adj
yanced young ladies of Vassar, which
has been organized for the examination
and discussion of the popular topics OF
the day, and for mutual improvement.
After the minutes Of the previous meet
ing had been read and approved, the
President remarked that nc question
| OF the present time exceeded in inter
est and Importance that OF the
Soudan. The eyes Of the civilized
world are at this moment turned upon
| Egypt and the Nile, and the great heart
of humanity is throbbing its sympathy
for the brave General Gordon shut up
in Khartoum.
"Will some one please state where
| Egypt can be found?" asked the Presi-
dent bending her eyes on the assembled
Violets.
There was an embarrassing silence
| for a few moments, when q young lady
timidly suggested that perhaps it could
be found on the map. Another said
she found it in the Old Testament; 1t
was the place where Joseph went to
buy corn.
IL remember now" said a Chicago
girl. whose father belongs to the Corn
Exchange, sit is in Southern Illinois
General Logan came from Egypt"
"And he can go back again now"
said a Mississippi girl, who wore a
Cleveland badge pinned on her shout
der.
Girls" exclaimed the President,
sharply, II must request you to avoid
political subjects in these debates"
"Well, 1 don't care, " pouted the Chi
cago girl; "it's a downright shame that
Mrs. Logan isn't going to be the Vice
President. She is just as sweet as she
can be, and they say that she receives
beautifully"
"You are quite in the wrong, young
ladies'" said the President. "the Egypt
we are considering is not in Illinois, but
in Africa. Can any one bound EgyptY'
81 can" cried a specialized young lady
from Boston.
Proceed them" said the President.
Egypt is bounded on the North 10y
De Lesseps and the Suez canal, On the
east by the Red Sea, on the South by
the Abyssipia, and on the west by the
Great Sahara"
"Bernhardt?" suggested q mischiev'
GUS maiden near by.
Its productions" continued the Bos.
ton girl, without noticing the Interrupt
ton, "are wheat, corn, camels, rice,
rhinoceroses, pyramids, obelisks, name
lukes and mummies."
"Bravo!" cried the President. "lI
bounding it, however, you might men
ton Tripoli on the northwest, which
would make it.
more binding" put in a st. Louis
girl.
This remark brought q severe re-
burke from the President. She depre-
Gated in the strongest terms the EN-
pioyment of slang. 1t was unladyhke
and detracted from the dignity Of theil
deliberations.
LET us drop it from this time out,
suggested a Denver girl.
"That's the ticket" said her neigh
Dor. count me in on that"
"Now you're shouting" crisd the
President, "let the show go on"
II should like to sail on the beautiful
Red Sea-" SAID a brunette from Calves.
ton; red is 50 becoming to my complex
ion. And it is the fashionable color In
Paris now, Tn told"
one NOulu Inc w pdlllb VIC toml
red" whispered a Montana girl to hel
neighbor.
at must have been q red letter day
when they discovered it," said a Phila
delphia girl.
Discovered what?"
discovered the Red 9, Of course"
A demure young lady who had beel
silent thus far, raised her eyes from he
embroidery to remark that it must be a
o-pun sea Judging from the comment
upon it.
Speaking of De Lesseps," said an
other yiolet, "they say his Panam
scheme will inlict great injury on th
United States"
"But we can collect damages fror
him in the courts" said the daughter {
a Washington statesman confidently.
an what way?" asked the President
"Suez canal, you know" vas the re
Spouse.