Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-01-25
THE NEW COOKING STOVE.
BY CLARA AUGU STA.

Mrs. Job Bangs was possessed Of
spirit-an evil spirit, Mr.. Bangs said !;
but then men are so prone to indulge in
extravagant expressions, that it is not
we'll to place too much dependence in
what they say
Mrs. Bangs greatest ambition was to
possess a peculiar kind of cooking stove
the counterpart of which presided, in
black and glossy self-satisfaction, over
the clearly kitchen hearth of Mrs.
Judge Marlowe's grand establishment.
Queen of the World" was the title
in which the interesting stove rejoiced.
The queen herself was possessed of
as many hampers, CRATES, heaters, fues,
ovens, and nondescript poke-holes, as a
twenty-horse- power engine; and scien-
tifc old Watt himself would have been
puzzled in comprehending the use of
her heat refractors" and steam gener-
ators."
But Mrs. Marlowe fancied the stove
and, surely, Mrs. Judge Marlowe
ought to know about a stove-and the
consequence was poor Bangs could
never retire to bed without having
that stove, dear job" dinged in his
ears.
There is a period to human endur-
ance, and the time al length came when
Bangs could hold out no longer but
consented to make his wife the happiest
of her sex forthwith. And three
days afterward the deed was ac-
complished; a magnificent Queen
of the World, which cost forty-fve
dollars, was installed on Mrs. Bangs
hearth, and the delighted lady would
not have changed places with the Presi-
dents wife,
The man who set up the stove asked
Mrs. Bangs if she knew how to manage
it. She laughed in his face. Know
how to manage a stove? OF course she
did Why shouldn't she? And before
her lofty mien of injured dignity, the
stove man shrank away abashed.
1t was in July, pleasantly hot, and
dinner was to be prepared for the six
hired men who made Mr.. Bangs farm
blossom like the rose.
Mrs. Bangs cogitated on the subject
of dinner for few moments, and finally
decided on boiled potatoes, stewed cab
bage, fried pork, and hominy pudding,
with hot coffee, etc,
Come Bangs, love" said she cheer.
fully, make fire, while clap on the
kettles and see to things, and you shall
soon have a dinner worth eating"
Bangs flew to do her bidding but
after opening and shutting several
doors, with the kindlings in his hands
he was still undecided, ana called hi.
wife out of the meal closet.
See here, Sarah can you tell me
where to build the fre?'
Why, in the place for it, to be sure,
replied she
les, dearY, I've no doubt OF that,
remarked the perplexed Bangs; "buI
according to my idee, it would take q
college learnt man to find out whicl
the place isl"
Why the one where the CRATE ;g, o.
courseW said Mrs Bangs.
Well, there are just seven holes viii
CRATES in EN-, and three things that looI
like straiuers; according u my idoo.
can't tell tother from which"
~Staud round. Job. nm soon find out
Why Bangs ita strange Chat son can
see into nothing tba S the place utI
hers 10 'front.' in With tbe EHdlnss
and 81 spry about Iti ta ama. lover
eclaes Heu
So Bangs put m the llH
dnw generous aauu. .a.
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