The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-09-23

frogs, the bargain being made in the
presence of the boys father, a good.
honest German. The boy went out
and the father asked me in broken
English what | was going to do with
the frogs. When | told him we would
eat them, he simply threw up his hands
and with an expression of holy hor-
ror on his face he exclaimed "Mein
Gott." 1t wasn't necessary for him to
say more, as that fully expressed his
opinion of people who eat frogs. And
yet lots of people have felt Just the
same way. | used to think SO myself,
until l tried them and found them
mole delicious than chicken. Well.
the boy brought in thirty frogs in
about two hours, and we all enjoyed a
delicious supper. l suspect that he
got more than that, and took some
home to break his father in on. but |
don't know for sure.
The Episcopal church at Plymouth
contains fine pipe organ, presented
eight years ago by the daughter of
Judge Elwell, Mrs. c. F.. Smith, and
her daughters, as memorial to their
husband and father, P. H. Smith. On
Sunday morning I was requested to
remain after chnrch in the evening
and try the organ, and | assented,
supposing that only the family and
very few friends would remain.
Imagine my chagrin when after
evening service, the entire congrega-
tion remained seated, and | was in
formed that they were waiting to hear
the 0ygan recjtat Somebody had
quietly passed the word around and
the joke was on me. OF course no
preparation had been made for such
an occasion, but being in for it, | did
the best | could, and made 10, of
noise, at least. felt however, as
though | had gone to church once
too often that day.
One day we spent at Elkhart
Lake, beautiful resort about six
niles from Plymouth, only IS minutes
by rail. It is a beautiful sheet of
water about three times as large as
Eaglesmere. On its banks are seven
large hotels, and numerous handsome
cottages, and there is plenty of good
boating and fishing. One Chicago
man has erected beautiful villa,
and this season he employed four
gardeners and spent $1,000 on his
grounds. AS We were leaving the lake
and reached the depot, our attention
was called to steamer trunk stand.
ing on end on the platform, and from
it was oozing something that looked
like oil or varnish. When the lady
who owned the trunk appeared We
soon learned what it was. She had
packed 4 jar Of strained honey in her
trunk, and it had broken. No doubt
when she reached home she found her
party dresses just too saoeet for any
thing. Not being man she didn't
say what she thought about it.
On leaving Plymouth we found a
man acting as baggage master, who
ought to be given an assistant or else
relieved entirely from all dnty.
Though we had purchased tickets and
had nearly ten minutes before the
train started, he refused to check our
trunks, which would have taken about
ten seconds. The result of his OBJ
stinacy or inefficiency was that we were
obliged to wait at Milwaukee until
the check was semitic us next morning.
Milwaukee is called the "Cream
City" and it is a beautiful place.
There is great wealth there, and some
of the residences are magnificent, ri,
valling the castles and palaces Of the
old world. As we rode over well
| paved avenues and past the velve.
lawns with palms and ferns and rare
plants everywhere, we inquired Of the
driver whenever we saw a particularly
stricking residence, as to its ownership
Each time his answer was the name
of the owner of big brewery OF
official of brewing company.
Milwaukee beer has made big fortunes
for its manufacturers.
The weather at Chicago was so bad
that no time was spent in that city,
but taking the good old Pennsylvania
road again, we sped on homeward
aid reached here on September Sth'
But little was heard about politics
The Sullivan-Cobett fight was the all
absorbing topic, and naught else was
talked about. Every man in the
sleeper was up in time to get paper at
Pittsburg, the morning after the fight
and every man but one was glad
that Sullivan was whipped. The one
dissenter had bet heavy money on
John L, and lost.
After an absence of eleven days,
wlch we would have gladly made as many
weeks, we reached home to buckle
down again to the routine of editorial
life and to realize more fully than ever
that the staff OF life is earned by the
perspiration of the brow. E.