Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-19
THE COMING MAN.

'4t's getting so cool that I think we
had better have the stove up. Don't
you think so?" she meekly ventured,
as she handed him a nice cup of steam
ing coffee, and pushed the fresh, hot
biscuits q little nearer his plate, as
though for a coaxer. II
The question of putting up the
stove" when the .melancholy days
draw nigh is one that is universally
relegated to the limbo of ''last resorts"
in all we'll or i'll regulated households.
Possibly the present one was no ex-
ception, else why did the worthy ma
iron hasten to automatically suggest
that the honorable head of the pros
pectiye fireside 'try some OF those
biscuits while they are nice and hot"
The daughter ceased shoveling div
ers teaspoonfuls OF sugar into her
coffee, and almost shudderingly await
ed the "irrepressible conflict"
Paterfamilias quietly selected g.
nicely Drowned biscuit, broke it, but
tered the upper half, and then simply
and concisely said:
III believe it is generally conceded
that man dislikes to tackle so cold
FLOODED q thing us a stove. But that
coffee has warmed me up till I declare
would stand up to q set-to with the
, the most scientific sLove IN existence,
a la Sullivan; but I'll compromise on
another biscuit for the present.
They'r re just splendid"
Mother and daughter looked at each
other; the father was interested in
spreading another upper half.
20, fixed for 1t two days ago, but
you seemed to be hurried or worried
about business, and so l hated to
bother you about it,"
swell, you see, I've just been ap-
pointed superintendent of Registrars
by President Cleveland. NY duties
are a little arduous The Registrars
are worked very hard, and | have to
see chat they have proper and suf1i-
clent nourlshment. One of 'em tainted
yesterday from overwork," and he
winked with his off eye at daughter.
While mother was trying to get the
tangle out of his last remarks, he had
buttered and eaten another upper
half. lie was dainty in his epicure-
anism.
'Then youth be ready to put the
stoye up tonight, after supper, will
your she finally asked.
"What's the matter with putting it
up now"
"Why you can't do it this morning;
the train goes in forty minutes"
"Call john"
Mother and daughter looked at each
other some more, as this Napoleonic
fiat went forth, and another upper
half disappeared.
The hired man was out in the patch;
it made him SO mad at being disturb
ed that he yanked q tomato from the
vine and hit yellow rooster a. TIRE
mendous whack with it.
Soon there was q select assembly in
the coal shed; the introductory services
were short; Che monument of perversi.
ty was quickly unveiled lit had
been placed in II corner and COW
cred with an old carpet six months
before) and u slow-moving, bent-back
procession, attended by two mourn
ers as body guard, sidled it's sint,ous
way through the yard, across the
porch and in at the door, only paus-
ing long enough to keep from skinning
it's knucklos against the door posts,
to the zinc throne thathad been raised
for His Iron Majesty; the legs were ad-
lusted, every one fit, not one had
swelled or shrunk in the interim; the
stovepipe slipped into it's joints
aghast at the unwarranted humility
OF its former joint conspirators, the
legs; it actually forgot to put its el-
bows akimbO or trail SCOT on the car
pet; it was all unconditional surren-
dor" In just twenty-seven min
utes from the time that the upper
hall OF that last biscuit was buttered,
Or in just twenty-four minutes from
the time that John astOnished the
yellow rooster with the tomato that
stove was in it's place, secure, erect, a
"standing illustration and unparal-
ieled example of what science, dizziness
and good nature can accomplish-the
Man, the Hour and the Stove had
made close connection that time.
Not even "big, big d" smote upon
the astonished air with trenchant sug-
gestiveness. There had been nothing
like it since the last eclipse, orfood,
or something. ,..gs- .>...'
Mother and daughter gazed at each
other in utter CONSERVATION for half
an hour, and then it occurred to them
that it would be q good thing to build
9 fire and get out the stove polish.
He-the coming man was going on his
way rejoicing. y. 's' p, = 49,
Where! ) -s..,.. 49,, ...
Why toward the train leisurely
smoking cigar. "a. 4, AS s..s. a
But the mustard seed had been
planted; the leaven had been introduc-
ed!S fs4 Y B. S3 81 |s7 q 3 }.
Pretty soon fire was burning
cheerily. /. i N
aWhat was the matter With your
father this morning." said the next
door neighbor, rs she hastily wiped
the dishpan and hung it up to dry.
why, ! declare, never saw him in
such q good humor Il, and she looked
at the daught Ter with interrogation
marks bristfiilg all over her. q I,
Sc. We had him put up the big stove
this morning. !" .5-% a. s$l
put mp the stove? Why, land
alive! You don't call that anything
eo put g man III a good humor, do.
your Why, il / look stove at my:
old man he makes It an excuse to 50:
on on q spre6. ';3s
PA put II up in twenty -seven min,
ute, said sd1aught Ter. la and i
wanted him to wait till tonight. hut
not he said IL must 10 u this morn
Was afraid We, d catch col in the
chilly house. Yfe,ye rot y fire burn,