Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-25

n yht and left. In those DAYS papa went
and soaked a Goldfish in the creek as soon
as he had baited the visitors horse.
can see the wan smile of the large salt
Goldfish now as my grandfather took him
down from a nail in the attic. can see
also his ruptured bosom full of rock salt,
and can hear him quarreling with the
other odors of New England as he
started gayly for the brook Even now
l see his low, retreating forehead and
hear his fragrance knocking the bark off
the tree as he goes away where he can
soak his head.
The Smearkase House is run by an
elderly man, who does better at break
ing colts than he does in editing menu.
We stopped here over twenty-four hours.
Rates two dollars per day and split your
own kindling wood. Guests wishing to
take bath are requested to apply at the
Office for roller towel and other facilities
After bathing guests are requested to re
turn mackerel tub to the Office. as other
guests may be waiting to take bath. For
bell boy, ring two times and then go and
do it yourself. For meals wanted in
room, wiring the neck of the large Shang
hal rooster in the back yard twice and
cook same on oil stove. Fire escapes on
this house are exclusively for guests of
the house. Any one seeking TO escape
on one of our fire escapes and not patrons
of the house will be fired
The other day at another hotel l was
! robbed of my bathroom. Fortunately
was not in it myself. While was at
tea the bathroom was purloined from
my room and given to another man
Some of my things were in it at the time
1t was one of those bathrooms connected
with two rooms. The other man was
more profane at the Office than l was. so
he got the bathroom. l could never ac-
| conplish very much by my profanity.
anyhow. / was taught at home to avoid
it il conversation, and so it often hap
pens that men who are gifted that way
get the bridal chamber while | am given
the suicide room.
Thus ii happened that when returned
to ly CHEEKY little cupboard, No. sos.
| series B, l found that some one had
swiIed my bathing place, together with
a rich oriental bathrobe which l bought
two years ago at Ober-Amergau of Judas
lsca1iot. He was also understudy for
Pontius PLATE, and this robe was one he
wore while ON the bench.
/ would not have lost it for a good
deal.
1t s a glorious season of the year in
which to travel over our country and see
the brown fields take on their living of
green. As the train pauses at little
station the odor of the Maltese pussy
willow comes in at the window, while
far away the peculiar, happy hearted
song of the blackbird comes over the
April scented meadows. At the station
l see a lad stepping high, like blind
horse, and know that he is Just going
, baref Dot for the first time this season.
His feet are very white, winter than they
viii DE again till next April, and he is
trying to sell a small tin pail full of
frogs legs. The conductor says that the
boy will close them cut at a sacrifice, as
he has been trying now for two weeks to
sell Il EN- and frogs legs do not improve
with age.
Crops III Ohio are looking unusually
well. Winter wheat under the careful
auspices of Governor Mckinley is look
ing thrifty and very rank indeed. Rhu-
barb s looking very robust this spring.
Cowslp greens are plenty and good.
Why should we enter into direct compe-
tition with the foreign market by the
removal of our tariff when cowslip
greens are 50 abundant and the poke
berry season almost upon us as l write:
Last week we stopped at the Cobb
House Icall it the Cobb House because
am wary about giving the correct
name. A friend of mine once wrote up
an account of this same house, giving
the correct name of the hotel and the
proprietor. The latter ran the house
then as he does now. purely by brute
force and main strength.
He ran the elevator then just as he
does now, by means of the surplus energy
of his butter. If he could get storage
system for his butter power he could
move buildings at a slight expense.