Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-21
AT LAST.
The Britons now our humor praise
CTS time that they awOke),
For they, by use of Roentgen's says,
At last can see joke.
AT LAST.

For they, by use of Roentgen's says,
A last can see joke.
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There is a story told of the late DR..
TAFT, archbishop of Canterbury, when
he applied for his letters to some village
postmaster in the Land O. Cakes. and
yell be the archbishop noo!' cried the
little shopkeeper, peering urbanely at his
grace over his spectacles. 'Weel, I've
hard tell O. We frae my son, who is weel
placed in London, and has hard We
preach. And indeed he was vera weel
satisfied wi your discourse"
1t seems that Clandon, one of the seats
Of Lord Onslow, has for some time been
haunted. AT least the inmates believed
so, and Investigations have been carried
on with the view of laying the appari-
ton. Lord Onslow has only recently
entered into possession of the house him.
self, and in answer to a letter from
Lord Butte, on behalf of a society of
which he is vice-president. asking wheth-
er the investigations might be contin-
ued. writes:
while acknowledging the courtesy of
the offer, would point out that with the
deDartHre of the tenants and their serv
ants all opportunity of unmasking impos-
pants of the house has ceased; and,
moreover. | am determined not to allow
any repetition of such nonsense. | may
add that the adult members of my fami-
ly sleep with loaded revolvers by their
bedsides, with which they will not hest
tate to shoot at any ghost who seeks
to play tricks on the members of my
household
We venture to predict that the last Of
the Clandon ghost has been seen. These
''perturbed spirits have horror of re-
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
TOT
Breakfast at Dutch hotel is an ex-
ceedingly novel affair to the American
visitor. Ranged around the table are a
number of little square trays, each hold
ing tea caddy, teapot, sugar bowl and
milk jug, and cup and saucer, the latter
without a handle. Each guest has a
tray and makes his own tea. with water
from kettle brought in over burning
embers in a pail-shaped brazier. Among
the viands served are eggs, cold salt her
rings. fried fiat-fish cold and salt. hams,
sliced SauSages, smoked meats in wafer
like slices, various breads and rolls,
delicious butter and excellent coffee.
Among wheelmen and women the en-
tertainment or charity that finds most
favor these lovely days is one that can
be reached or patronized on wheel and
at the end of a ride to some suburb
with good roads. For this reason bene-
fit teas and lectures go countryward as
the season progresses, if one hopes for
guests or patronage. A novel feature
of strawberry festival soon to be given
will be an auction sale of bric-a- brac
with well-known wit as an auctioneer.
The strawberries will be given out in
little baskets, with a small and delicious
patty-pan cake in Zach one. AT another
novel entertainment given for some good
cause the holders of the tickets had the
delight of hearing several well-known
writers of fiction tell short original sto-
ries never told before by the freight.
grandmotehrs when they found there
was nothing to be done by arguments
or denials Equal rights destroyed this
citadel. Beauty in our time scorned to
faint until the other day, when Mile.
Marsy's swoon prevented the introduce
ton of an embarrassing document while
she was on the stand in Paris court.
Her tactics have already found not few
imitators. and this revival is considered
of piece with gigot sleeves and
pelerines. Painting as Il mode was i'm
ported to France from England in the
last century, after the Able Provost
attempted to moralize French society by
translating Richardson's novels. The
sensibility of Pamela found numerous
imitators in court circles. The Revolu-
ton did not cure Josephine of her Rich
ardsonian sensiblerie. Directly Napo-
leon found fault with her milliner's bills.
she sank back apparently lifeless on
sofa. Her last faint was when he an
,,ounead his datprn,inatio TO divorce her