Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-03-14
MR.. AND MRS. BOWSER.

natural to them they cannot help
it. When the cook is in want OF
groceries or provisions she makes
out list and hands 1t to me, and
it IS my palnful duty to hand the
same to Mr.. Bowser. always
wait until he has his hat and coat
on and is ready to 60, and then 1
try to carelessly observe:
"Oh, by the way, the cook gave
me a list of three or four articles
wanted in the kitchen."i
"What! Didn't 1 send up a list
of things a yard long only two
days agoi7
alt was last Saturday, my dear"
"Well, what is it now'"
"Just three pounds Of Cat loaf
sugar, five pounds OF granalated,
a bottle of bluelng, some stove
polish, two pounds Of coffee, a
pound :"
"Good lawl Sut why don't you
ask me to buy out the whole
earth !"
"Mr. Bowser, We must have
these things to use to cook with.
You want something to eat, don't
youi'
"Someth.nG to eatl We are al.
ways eating! We do nothing but
buy and eat There Is more stuff
used mp In this house than would
feed fiee ordinary families !"
81 try to be as saving as I CAM
"Oh, yes ! All you women try to
be saving, but you don't know no
more what is going on In your
kitchens than a Sandwich Islander.
l got stove polish day before yes.
terday."
"N0 dear.p
"But am cure ofit."
"You got It the same day you
got the rat trap, and at the same
place. That was the day We sent
mother a book, aDd I put the date
down. 1t was just three weeks
ago."
"Well, give me- the bill. can't
stand and argue all day, but l want
to tell you that this extravaganza
has got to stop. We can not al.
tord it.n
The above is a fair sample of the
gauntlet have to run about three
times per week, but there are varl
atIons. For instance, the cool
tells me during the forenoon tha'
the -four is out. have two hour
in which to work up my nerve t
inform Mr.. Bowser. He cOmel
home particularly gOodnatured
and after dancing the baby about
says to me:
81 made $500 on a deal th;
morning as easy as throwing my
) hand over
"Ihst's nice"
He was so lively and goOd-na
tured during dinner that | told tn
cook to add a brush broom ant
d two pie-tins to her lis:. IA Mr.
Bowser was ready to go said:
"Will you take this list along
! so that Ne can have some of th
, things for supper I"
"LIst List of what 7" he asked
his smile vanishing in second.
"Of a few things. The -four /
out"
"W-whAt!'
"The -four is ont"
Mrs. Bowser, you don't mean I
tell me that that barrel OF -four
all gone"
"All gone"
"But got 1t only six weeks ago
g If it's gone, then half of it has bee
l. stolen !"
u "You got it just i've months sgc
t Mr.. Bowser. The date ID write
/ on the cover in pencil
"And we've used q barrel IN f7
months What have you been d'
, ing that you haven't seen the gi
carrying it out of the house ever
time she went homep
"The girl hasn't carried an OunC
OF 1: away. We have been extr
% saving to make il las! as long
we have. We are also out OF p
% tatoes.'
"Po potatoes "
"Yes.'
g "why, it wasn't tbree days ag
ie that l got five bushels !"
l at was just two weeks ago b
D day that you got one buShel, NJ
y BOwser. The lard Is also out. Yc
ID only got three. pound pail tv
weeks ago, and as You Ike"
"Ibree pounds ! Two week ago
IS. Why. Pve got ten pounds OF lal
ID only four or Eve days agO!"