Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-25

''spacn iii shawl We all signed our names
10 the lottery list. and then-won by our
ssaero sty--he offered to repeat again his in
auSurl ting sy,s<ch for our benefit, as we had
been - Oh late arrivals
Moa ting on TO q chair, he got through
some ifty lines Of doggerel, Of which he
mcdesfly disclaimed the authorship. at 4
an old poem he said. and has been repeat-
ed for many anniversaries, but viii not saw
that ave not added to IL and improved it,
One hing In the poem amused US. Every
psasan be told US. contributed 80 much To-
wards he entertainment This arrangement
Is surely better than that adopted at similar
feasrs n Northumberland, where the vii
layers ay fourpence each to the fiddler for
each p rtner. 50 that the mean members OF
the cor immunity stick TO only one partner for
the eve ming, and the plain or otherwise I'M
tnteres lng damsels perhaps feel that they
are nos even worth fourpence The wine
and le non was given TO Us all around to
taste, and our healths were drunk. and
nov, said the young man, I'VE must be
going, Of the girls will be complaining that
we hare not danced with them The girls
OF our larty seemed 10 think this last remark
hardly chivalrous
Our friends departed, continues our CORE
Il,
for GU old milkwoman, who lived in the
village had invited Us all TO tea and we must
not Ike, p her waiting. We found her cottage.
AMI eli nbed up the steep chicken ladder to
her neat little room. where a table covered
with a snowy cloth groaned under the cakes
the good woman had baked for US. life in
Germany, it must be confessed, consists,
among the well-todo at least, OF an unceas-
ing series OF Misunderstanding times
The m lkwoman was a neat, trim Old lady,
over %. with cheeks like rosy apples. She
would not be induced TO join Us at the table
but br, ught her coffee cup TO a modest dis
tance
She ivei all alone, and at her advanced
age carried milk twice daily 10 and from the
town, e distance Of four miles She had five
cows in a stable near, and her only ccmpan-
ion was a mongrel dog, 70 which she had
taught surprising number OF tricks On
the Old oak chest in the corner was a portrait,
-honofed by q frame-of a good looking
youth n evening dress That il NV son,
she Saii proudly; he is a waiter at Darn
stadt, Ne comes to see me once in every two
years
One Il my companions, fun loving. TO-
mantle German girl, said: He has such
beautiful eyes, should like to marry him.
Win YOU be my mother-in-lawfn The Old
woman took the matter seriously and said
with a rather dignifed air, my son does not
think o. marrying yet And he must not
have a line lady wife, who would not work"
OH" cried the young lady, that does not
matter. You shall live with Us and do the
cooking and / will make the room pretty
with Gu -tains, etc" The old woman frowned;
she evio emily was in deep inward cogitation.
But hs has no money 90 marry with, :" she
at length objected; "he sends bis savings 20
me tvice year; he's q good son to his old
mother ''oh, y said the young woman, Il
don't nsed money. l have enough Of nv
own; Jnly want kind heart The mother
made n answer TO this; but an hour later.
as we were departing, she called my Young
friend aside and whispered: See here. II
you an really IN earnest about nv SOD,
viii spsak 20 him about you at the neIt
kirmess be has promised to visit me then.
and We TiIl see what he says. GeltF-Pal
Mall &c Zette.