New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-07-23
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You see,'' said my friend, ST am ct
here. But Of this you can not really
Judge until you have spent night with
me.
Il san as well as not; have day $ lay
off.
'.An right he delightedly exclaimed.
/ shall never forget that night of COM
fort nor the morning of surprise. We
were called by the of1ce-boy at Z O clock,
and when we went into the editorial
room half-hour later were Informed
that breakfast was awaiting. In the
dining-room we found everything in ex-
cellent order; the richest of cream had
been generously supplied by the Jersey
COW; the foreman had selected the
tenderest of steak. and, indeed, had pre-
pared the meal. The cat took her place
under the table, and the dog came in
and playfully tapped the floor with his
tail.
Blink, !" said /, this is the happiest
household / have ever SEEN. If could
hope to secure such paradise should
not mind toiling year after year.
s'You can secure it, my dear boy, if you
will simply save your money
Dou IAAeLG 40 O Vel y uA1AASuAI ~
do. I am engaged to marry the hand
soonest girl in the city and have been
saying for some time and have succeed
ed only in raklng together $780,"
He thought for moment. The cat
purred; the dog tapped the floor with his
tail John" said he, "has your girl
got any money!
"Oh, she may have few hundred dol.
lars.
"Well, I'll tell you what was think
ing about. MY uncle wants me to come
out west, and I have been thinking of
selling this place. You may have it, dog,
cat, cow, and all, for ST, $780,
Then, without replying, fell into a
blissful musing. How charmed my Min
! ME would be. I begged Blink to say
nothing to any one until he had seen me
again. In whirl of delight returned
| to town and that evening called on Min
ME. How her eyes sparkled when told
her of the village paradisel She would
| help me raise the money. I should go
out Immediately and take charge of the
| paper, and just as soon as she could ar
| range her wedding outfit we should De
married.
| Well, I paid Blink the money and took
charge of the Office There was the dog
and the cat and the boy and the foreman
with his sleeves rolled up, and there, too,
was the Jersey cow I could scarcely
realize the change in my condition, and,
as sat at the table writing an editorial
on the crying necessity of grading Maple
street, was afraid that the scene might
be suddenly shifted and that I might
find myself in a dingy old room, receiv-
ing instructions from city editor, but
the scene was not shifted was in
paradise
The second night after my lnstalla-
ton l sat up rather late, writing an
article on the tariff, having turned my
attention to national affairs, but I
was consoled by the thought that ]
should not have to get up early, and
that when I did get up there would
be an excellent breakfast and rich
cream from the Jersey cow waiting for
me; but when I went into the dining
room the next morning found that the
table had not been get and that no fire
had been made in the stove Having
expected SO much l was naturally lit
tie put out at this, and stepping into the
composing-r I called the foreman
and said:
"Ah, Mr.. jackson, why is it that break
fast is not ready?''