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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-11-26
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ipiiIen 3reiieH Seniatisn, iudbreno bod
bic meiiten Renihen ni6t iuilieH iuas
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art. am ROnta9 faub in Baris elne
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Relultat bra1te. Grit Dor elm paar
Gaaen erSielte Der 8eridufer zines BO'
items Der BaanSen tn 2onoOn etma
$4,000. Die Bunoeror6ioee fam
ndmli6 irhber einmul bur4 eiHen 9ua
Tall nad europa. Wtit elmer Senoun9
braliliauiiber RoUsarten lan9te lie ais
8erpndHn9 an nnb blieb icttoem usrs
IbDlen. Srlt iest gelaH9 es einem
eifrisen eHsliiden 5ori4er, bic perlO'
rene pieoer Su entoeden. Dem 9epbbn'
li6en Sterbli9sn nun eri6eInt oieler
llmitnnb jiemlib 9lel49llti9, inter ben
OrhioeeuSii6teru aber bat er 9roBe
Gluireauua berporosrnfen. Nsit ben
Observation-Disclosures 1T es ndmli9 10
cine eisene Sabe; feiH Sauimler tann
fi6 rGbmen, tuirfli6 uoaSdhli9 aae
Sulelarten bel chamber 81 baben. @S
lit aber aud 9eraoeSu cine SilDphus'
arbeit iclde O9loe,niammIun9, oeHn
burd 3a6tuna f6nnen idbrli9 unses
s6hlte neue Irteu Trseust iueroen. Den'
nod iino bic Breiie fir neue, i9one Orr
6loeen labelbait bod. pier big fiinItau'
Ieuo, ia $4,000 5taucs fino Geboten
tuo1oen. 0atiirli1 baben Die OrbiOern'
mduner au6 eiseHe 5a9bldtier, ems in
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hes, Obluobl es nod isbr lansen Oa-
tums iIt, bod i3eu flnibuuOert Abou
nenteu bat. IS beibt .POrdioopbile. "
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oeue glrtea. Die 9rbBten Sammler
finO ,ruei @naldnber: CIR 3reoor 9elu'
re zee uuo Utr. Reaiures. Die beioen
Nerren iiub unerrel9t. gia3 ibueu
fOlaen, aber erl in sroBerem lbltanos:
@ral @ermins. SerSos BON geaha nuo
be BarOue Goolpb 9aftau, @omuHo
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-11-26
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fI9te Der 8aiur Der oortlgen 9r6Bteu
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&nuSelreouer iino. Sic preolsten Dol
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nidte ibm Su, baun folsteu Seufsr,
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bro9en mar. braden breituuisub MeH'
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Eeine 3uh6rer beobaatet uub mein lin.
term5gsu ertaunt babe"
- Nus ber 9 duGs. 2ebrer;
.Man fannie alio oisr @lemenis,
1su,r -. wsiter SBrsl (Sditel
idwest )Run, wOmit bait 9u Old bis'
fen 0torsen gepaiden?" Sora: n9eaI
ijt tein SoRntla. Serr 2eRrer!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-11-26
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bieien ReHl6eu ni9t bebieni. Der Uers
Ideu9t mir ia al1e anberen @diteI" -
uno bdmit lelbIt non Der 8ilbId1e pers
ldwinoet. Die &eGner nutDDrteteu
beun au9 trOd n auf ale 8efe0unssn
uuiereS Siant Sirid. SIT 9eraoe a[Ie
seuoroen," 70 oas i6m ni9ts 9lHoerss
iibri9 bIieb, als ben Blnb Su rdumeu.
Vim auoereu Gage trifft er wieber mil
Silberltein Sulaminen uub er5dhlt ibnl
iem @rlebniB. silnerb6rti - Ra. id
Weroe SbHen eine perl6nlide @mpfeh'
tung uon rtr mit9ebeu, oa wOlleu mir
bod eiHual ieben -, uRO piri6 sebi
nun Itol, Sum Smeiten Utnle su Bell.
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tOmmeuoke pOn bem g8irtbe ielbit be.
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-11-26
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Ter. Sn elmer BrOOiujiaIitaot bat Elm
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-11-26

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1891-11-26
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01

was going to write a letter 1 should
direct it Chicago, Cook, County, Ill,
U. S. a, via St Louis, Mo-"
Yes, sir. You have put me under
great obligations"
Don't mention it. Hope you'll get
something out of the smash. You don't
look we'll"
And I'm not, sir"
"Well, here's another dollar to help
put you on your feet. Follow my
directions when you write, and if
there is such a town out there any
where the postal authorities will prob
ably look it up. Chicago! Chicago!
Yes, it strikes me that I've heard the
name somewhere this summer, but 1
can't just place it. It's i'll Illinois, [
think, and was located on account Of &
stone quarry or something
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01

two months. A mule suddenly kicked
the man and he died-the man did.
That's circumstances, amt itY"
"Certainly.'
"Then somebody robbed a store, and
as they couldn't find anybody else to
arrest they collared me. 1 wasn't
within fifteen miles of the store, but
they 7 not at all particular in Della
ware. They didn't claim I was guilty,
but said they paid their c~onstables for
hustling and expected them to arrest
everything lying around loose. Cir
cumstances again, chg
Looks like it."
Il wasn't content to stay i'll jail. 1t
was too combining, and the sanitary
arrangements were bad. l sent for a
lawyer and gave i'm $50 to advise me
He advised me to give the other fifty
to the jailer to let me out. See the
hand of circumstances"
YES"
Game out dead broke and headed
for New York expecting to meet friends
who would help me. On the way up
q tramp held me up for an exchange
of clothes, and I got here to find my
friends gone to Europe for a five years
tour. More circumstance, eh2"
"PIenty of it; here's a nickel"
He took it in a gingerly way, felt of
it, held it out to the light on the tip of
his finger and said:
eff that's all you pay for ten feet Of
solid old truth in this town what on
earth would a liar do to get a bed and
a bowl Of soup?'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
A PLAIN TRUTH.

No nan has a right to marry till, in
every human probability, assured that
he can support Il family in his own
station. Mere love or imprOvident
matches seldom ever turn cut we'll
poverty comes, and there is SO much
self reproach on either side that gall,
is added to it's bitterness; their tempers
are sOured, and they soon wish them
selves unmarried. But when trials
assail an attached, a reasonable pair,
sorrow unites them closer; the man,
feeling how much depends on him,
never flags in his exertion, and often
RECEIVERS the last step; if not, there is
still consolation in his wife's unvarying
love-in her sweet, noisless sacrifices.
In these uncertain times there are few
commercial men who have not met
with reverses, and they will often say:
Had it not been for those at home l
should have blown my brains out: I
could not have stood it,"
Wife and children! They are a bea-
con to us in our troubled sea; we renew
the struggle when ready to sink be
meath the wave, and at last are saved.
At the worst, when all is black-when
friends are cool or roproachful-when
the cruelest doubts assail us-there is
still one who respects and loves us; at
home we are still dear. - York
LedQer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
TRUTH M CHEAP.

This is the story as he told it to me
the other night at the corner Of Broad
way and Vesey street. Said he:
II L was lazy or extravagant or
shiftless, 1 shouldn't ask you or any
other man for money; I'd be ashamed
to. I'd say l deserved to starve and
freeze. 1t IS III nowise my fault that I
am brought to this condition"
ITS circumstances, I supposew
Exactly, I'd been working for a
man in Delaware for nearly a year and
had saved up 500. 1 started out to 90
into partnership with a man buying
apples. We expected to make $500 in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01

But, my dear, Hoyle is authority
on cards"
Never! I allow no man to make
rules for me! You either say you'll
pass or | don't play any more"
To preserve the peace Mrs. Bowser
passed, and he turned it down. She
then made trump hearts.
"But you can't do it" he protested.
When I turn down diamondh0w can
you make it hearts?"
Cant I make it what I wish?'
mo, ma'am, you can't-not in this
game! If you were playing with some
two year old baby you might play a
baby game, but you've either got to
play a straight game or quit.'
Mr.. Bowser, HoyIe says that when
your opponent
"Hoyle again! I tell you HoyIe has
nothing to do with il! There. we don't
play any more! KNEW how it would
end when we sat down."
Don't be foolish, Mr.. B0wscr."
Foolish! Do you suppose TN going
to sit here and be cheated out Of my
eye-teeth! Its mighty funny that a
woman can't play an honest game Of
cards."
I'm afraid, dear, that you don't
really understand the game Of euchre, 5"
she replied.
I don't eh? I, who was playing
euchre forty years before you were
born, don't understand the game! That
settles it, Mrs. Bowser-settles it for
ever! If I should live to be ten thousand
years old I'd never play another game
with you! Iseenow why so many hus-
bands are driven from home-why SO
many go to destruction. It's because
the can't find any comfort at homel"
Mr.. Bowser, you promised me be-
fore we sat down that -"
And who raised this row? Who
set out to deliberately swindle and
cheat? But it's no use to say more.
l ought to have known better. Every
husband ought to know better Smith
is an Internal old liar and I'm going
to bedm
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
What

"Do! He won't do anything. What
can you expect him to dO?'
"Doan' he bark and scare 'em away2
Doan' he go like some burglar
alarm?"
mo! Look here, man You seem
to have some queer ideas about coons,
AS l told -
"All right-au right doan' took
him! I doan' gil you even one dollar
for him! If he doan' keep burglars
away how vhas he any good to me?
How vhas he any trick coon2 No, sir;
I doan' buy him for ten cents, und I
like to see you go to shall for a
shwindlerr,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
A GIANT HORSE.

There is in Detroit an equine
thoroughbred which is pronounced
not only the handsomest, but one Of
the largest horses in existence. He is
in truth a giant, and the veriest novice
in hOrsefiesh could not but view his
size and beauty without a certain feel
ing of awe. This colossal animal is 5
years old and is 81 hands high, weigh
ing 1866 pounds, An ordinary sized
man cuts but a small figure beside
him. He is a dark chestnut in color,
with superb name and tail. He is
owned by Richard Tregaskis, and can
trOt in four minutes.
1t seems a pity that there will be
none Of his progeny. lie was imported
from France by a Kentucky horse
breeder, who paid $1,000 for him.
When put in the stud the animal be-
came a veritable fend. He would kick
and bite on the slightest p~rOvocation,
and 10 Il could do anything with
him. He soon killed one attendant
and a short time after another man
fell a victim to the vicious brute. The
death Of these two men caused the
owner to change the animal into a geld
ing, and with good effect, his temper
being greatly improved.-DetrOit Free
Press
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
SELLING A COON.

A man who had a fulI-grown coon in
a box was showing the animal off the
other day just outside the Christopher
street ferry-house, Hoboken. His OBJ
ject was to make a sale; but it was a
long time before anybody became par
ticularly interested. Then a fat and
jolly looking rnan came to a halt, in
spected the coon for a minute and
inquired:
My friendt, who vhas dot?'
THAT is a coon, sir" replied the
owner. Il ketched him on my own
farm, out here about 1even miles,"
do you like to sell here"
That's what I brought him in for.
That 0 is we'll worth $40 of any
mans money, but as times are hard
and 1 want cash I'll take s.. He's a
big bargain at that price"
"Vhas he good for sometings?"
Wa hel Well 1 should say be
was! In the first place coons are
mighty .skeerce around here, and, in
the second, he's a trick coon. I've
spent more than six months learning
him tricks"
"Vhell, I guess I take him" said the
fat man. as he felt in his pocket. q
belief I like to buy some trick coons."
Where will you have him de-
livered2"
"Shust wait q minute. [ like to
know about dose tricks. Does dot
coon walk on some t~ight-rope?"
"Tight-rope? I have never tried him,
but l think he could. A coon, you
know, is as intelligent az a dog"
Yes, I know dot. Does he say to
you: All! dareY und Where you got
dot hats"
"No, of course not, Coons can't
talk"
"Doan' he go COP in some b~alloonsT'
mo. How could a coon go up in a
b~alloon7"
"Vhell, if he vhas a trick coon ind
hat s2ome balloons 1 doan' see Why he
can't go oop. Does he hang by his
tail, like some monkeys in Central
Park?'
He could, Isuppose. I'll guarantee
him to furnish you more amusement
than any ten monkeys"
Dots fine. I vhas a great hand to
be amused. II 1 hat some coon to
amuse me I sit oop nights and laugh.
Can dot coon sing some funny songs4"
Sing! Who ever heard Of a coon
singingE"
"Vhell, doan' see Why, If he could
sing TO me it makes me feel better.
Doan' lie call out to peoples like a
parrot ind say he WANTS a crackerT
My dear SIR" said the coon
man, you evidently expect too much
of a coon A coon is not a bird. If
you get him for S. you are making the
biggest bargain of your life. Next
Spring, when the money market is
easier, I'll be glad to give you SO to
get him back"
Yes, dots so. I belief she vhas a
big bargain. Ivhas trying to buy a
coon for more ash twenty years. How
vhas dis coon about burglars9"
How do you mean?"
why, if some burglars got in my
house vhas does he do nit 'em7"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
Poetry
EXCUSE NE WHILE LAUGH.

enc o. the queer things that we see.
lis really no delusiOn,
Is to witness the old party boys
Come together in a fusion.
Republicans will take their part,
The Denis the other half.
Ii makes me smile right out loud
Excuse me while l laugh.
The Reps, they praise the Democrats
And say, Things all are righted,
For now the time has come to pass
That we must be united.'
They pool their issues all en- masse,
Then divide up, half and half;
l vow it's such n funny sight
Excuse me while l laugh.
They used to act when the would meet
Like cats and dogs a-snarling;
But now a change comes DER their dreams,
They meet like lovers darling.
have witnessed fond reunions
Between mother COW and calf,
But tIis beats all l ever saw
Excuse me while laugh.
Their faces all 50 long have grown,
The BARRIERS chan ge them double
And You can very plainly see
They're in a pack of trouble.
tive got the death grip on them,
spite Of all their blow and Chatf;
Il 1ici-leS me- to see them Squirm-
Excuse me while laugh.
They toin together with intent
To rob of all who toll.
The, care not for the starving poor,
- they but reap the spoil.
But the people now are after them
With pitChfOrk, pick and staff;
The way we make them hunt their holes -
Excuse me while laugh.
The Reps say to the Democrats,
" II you want an Office pick it."
They would vote for the devil, sure,
If he were on their ticket
Eut we have learned their tricky ways,
And viii not put up with half;
Nell elect our own full ticket, boys
Excuse Us while We laugh.
lis often said he who laughs last
Is the one who laughs the hest.
A. they have laughed at us for years,
Now let them take a rest.
Then We wi ! join together, boys,
And fling them back their Chatf;
It's our turn to be tiCkled now
Excuse US while we laugh.
C. $ White, HdlSt6Gd, Kan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
HOUSEHOLD.
FILLING,

Put half pint milk in double boiler.
Beat together the yolks of three eggs,
tvs tablespoonfuls sugar, one of flour.
Adj this to the hot milk, stir until
thick. Take it from the fire, add a
te~aspo0nful vanilla and stand out to
cool. When the puffs are cool, make
a slit in n side and fill.
CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP.
Heat one pint of chicken or veal
stock, n pint Of milk and half a cup
of syeet cream, When boiling, thicken
with one tablespoon of fine whole wheat
-four, add salt and white pepper to
taste. Cook half a ~caulihower in boil
ing sailed water about 20 minutes.
Cut IL the little hOwerets using none
of the stalk; put in enough to thicken
the broth.
CINNAMON SAUCE
Oae tablespoonful of -four was mixed
with half a cupful of sugar. A scant
cupfui of boiling water was poured on
this and a piece Of stick cinnamon,
about two inches long, was added.
This sauce was cooked for ten min
utes, when the cinnamon was removed
and & teaspoonfuI of butter and a salt
spoonful of salt were added. The sauce
was then ready to serve.
LEMON PUDDING.
Half a pound Of sugar, a quarter of
apound of butter, five eggs, the grated
yellow rind and juice of one lemon.
Beat the butter and sugar to q ream
Whisk the eggs and add to it; then
stir In the lemon juice and grated rind.
Make a paste, I'VE your pie plates,
pour in the mixture and bake in a
moderate oven. Two tablespoonfuls of
brandy may be added, if preferred, to
flavor it.
PADDOCK STUFFED WITH OYSTERS.
Remove the head, tail, skin and
bone, keeping each half in shape.
Lay the fish on the platter and spread
oysters between the layers Of fish. Dip
each oyster first in buttered cracker
crumbs. Press the edges of the fish
together to have it like a whole fish.
Spread softened butter all over the top
and sprinkle with buttered cracker
crumbs. Set the platter across a pan
Of hot water and bake about half an
hour. When ready to serve, garnish
the dish with red cabbage mixed with
buttoT-dressing.
PUDDING A l. CHARLOTTE Russo,
\ delicious pudding and one quite
easily prepared may be made a la
Charlotte Russo with a filling of ice
cream and ounce or wine jelly. Line
small Charlotte russo forms with lady
fingers Mask them all over the inside
with a nice wine jelly or with ounce
jelly. Fill them with any suitable
favored ice cream. This dessert NAV
be prepared at a moments notice bv
purchasing the ice cream and charlotte
russo forms ofcoke at a French bakers
In combination with wine Jelly it is q
much greater novelty than charlotte
russo, and altogether a delicious dainty.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01
THE MAN FROM ST. LOUIS.

1t was at the depot in Paterson and
a number of us were waiting for
our train when a middle-aged man,
who was lame and d~ilapidated, be-
gan to quietly solicit aims. He told
some sort of a story about sickness,
death and so on, and about the third
man he struck replied to him:
Look here, mister, I can put you
in the way Of making a couple of
dollars in about five minutes
"Heaven will bless you if you will, "
said the lame man.
q don't want to be blessed. Do you
see that chap down the platform seated
on his trunk"
lido"
He's from St. Louis. Come over
here in the corner and III tell you how
to work him"
The two drew aside, and, after three
or four minutes of private and conf
Dental" talk the lame man limped off
down the platform and half a dozen of
us followed on to witness the per
Torrance.
81 beg your pardon, sir said the
lame man as he halted before the other,
"But l am an unfortunate man."
Yes, the woods r full of EN-"
was the reply.
cit isn't my fault. 1 lent my brother
$500 to go into business with in a place
way out West somewhere, called Chi
-Chi-Chicago. I think hat is the
name of the town. Ever hear of itF'
I've heard there was such a place."
replied the St. Louis man, "but it
may have only been a rumor. Here's
a quarter to help you along"
MANY thanks, sir. was going to
tell you about my brother. Some one
told him that Chicago was a growing
village, and that they were going to
move the county seat there. He went
into the grocery business, and what
dye think he did! Laid in a stock of
81 900 worth right on the start-a
stock big enough for a town of 10, 900
people"
"Did, eh? 1 guess I can spare you
another quarter"
He might possibly have pulled
through, but it rained a good deal,
and the farmers couldn't get into
town for the mud, and most every
body was trading on store orders, and
so the Sheriff closed him out"
"But didn't you save any thing from
the wreck7"
"Not a dollar. That is, 1 haven't
got anything out of it yet. I can't
even get a letter to my brother there"
why not7"
I've written no less than four and
they all come back marked 'Misdi-
rected.' I've been trying for a month
past to find out in what State Chi
cago is"
Lets see, :" said the St. Louis man.
eff there is such a town, and I am
quite sure there is, it is in Indiana.
No, 1 am wrong-must be Illinois"
why, nave Dcen GlTecIng 10 han
sas! It's in some county, of course!"
Very likely. [ think l can spare
you another half"
Thanks, sir. Did you eve hear
the name of the county,"
Lets see; let's see. They named a
county up there somewhere after a St.
Louis barber, 1t is Cook, I think"
81 put On Crook, but as I didn't
even get the State right it made no
difference. Will you please write the
address for me?'
Il won't guarantee that it will be
correct" said the St. Louisan, "be-
cause those new villages springing up
like mushrooms are sometimes called
by three or four names, and none of
the maps exactly locate them. If I