New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-29
THE TALK or THE DAY

Saws n CORRESPONDENT Of a Machias, Me-, papert
Anybody who thinks South Beddngton dull place
ought TO have been around last saturday, when all tho
young people preparing for drive 10 A. s. Farms
worth's camp about four miles away. On arriving at
the camp they partook Of bountuI rpast, served by
the genial cook; but when about half done supper
accident bcfe part Of the company The deacon seat
collapsed and they we're unceremoniously landed on
the floor. The evening spent IN playing social
games dancing and mer' ymakng Of various kinds To
complete the evenings entertainment the cook favored
them With song Of his own composition
Your proposal is 50 unexpected: Mr.. spoma;
moreD SAID the young woman bsn hush, y mt sha tms
Certainly, Miss Jaggers," said the young man,
been in the it OF doing In cases like is.'-lChGsgo
Tribune.
The cloven-hoofed gentleman whose postofice ad.
dress Is ades not feel datered by che comparison
for, whatever else may be truly said against him,
nobody regards him fool; but IL really docs remind
one OF saan rebuhng sin to read an extended inter
view with Virgins denouncing Lieutenant Totten for
predicting dire cahmues at an early day In conse-
quence OF certain recent astronomical phenomena. The
Ottawa seer. who used 10 warn III OF forthcoming
cyclones that came, and which were 10 reno
things cverlastIngy oil the way from the north 10 the
south pole, makes this point. among others. on the
New. Haven Mother si6pton: professor Toten says
Venus and Heaven spell Jehovah Well, that Is
all right for the Englishman and the American, tnt
how about the poor Frenchman, lrshman, and Ouch
man The Initial letters Of thse words In their
language will not spell out Jehovah. Take, for In.
stance the Mandlnep language IN witch they stand
Fang 'Osss' Orna.' and Lena
Hand 70 Explain-to Her. whyte-i made fear'
full mistake the other night.
Whyte~why, told somebody. before my. wife that
rfacfw 9th n
WY Browne"well, what of that
Whyte-Oh, nothing. only the minute she got me
alone with her she insisted my telling her Just how
l happened 20 ind out that Interesting fact-somer'
Vile Jorrnn.
NO chemist ever produced brighter colors than
arc secured by our Maine Indian basket makers"
SAYS "Thc Lewiston Journal For the greater part
u the material, ash logs are taken, though maple
is cut for rims and handles. In the salt marshes
sweet grass Is found which, when dry, gives out
fragant odOr. Alder Is stepped for pale red white
birch bark for bright red cedar boughs for green
sumac for yellow: black comes from white maple
bark 4 light solution Of maple, however, shows
purple instead OF black Lazy Indians buy oswovd
for black. redwood FOR red and fustc for yellow.
family OF four basket makers In Oldtown cleared
Al last In addition 10 the household expenses.
IN tho same house where the baskets were made Is
200 piano. Brussels carpet lace curtains, plush
furniture picture Of II priest and one OF the Virgin
stuffed owl and u peacock. also stuffed. Two
canary birds sang In cage hanging In the room and
on a mat a tired fox-hound snored."
Tax Collector Andrew Bouchou, OF Hancock turned
part Of his funds 10 supervisor Wheeler,
January II. queer bank note. II passed for
$40 bill and but for the watchfulness of the cashier
in Nichols's banking house In this vnge, II might
have gone unchallenged. The cashier al once dis
covered that the front OF the bill twenty, but
the back fvc They the split halves Of
Two genuine bank notes pasted together The schemers
profit will depend on whether he passes the mate to
Il for go by proifering back up. BY doing SO hc
will have made Sl5 clear the transaction. The
Collector had taken 1t in for taxcs-(lancock N. "
Herald
seated at the dinner table few evenings ago wera
the father, mother and their two young hopefIls, the
youngest a ive.year-od and very averse to going
To school. The mother said the eldest Ethel Lent
will soon be here. What you going to give upf'
she could not make up her mind, but Enid quick ~
II fash. said, Mamma. know what will give up,
will give up school,
Wet Blanket" whas broke up the meetings.
inquired a symrathizcr.
What broke UP the meetingi' echoed the fiery
Anarchist orator. hercely. 1t was broken up, sir,
by dad gnged fool In the audience who star ed
around with a hat 10 take up collection to pay Tor
the dynamite r-tChlcago Tribune.