The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-03
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the Restaurant VINO Mas EuIEuuuur4 ~
three OF his pas, ard who was himself
rapidly surroundlrS a large, thick
stock. with trimmings Of, corn on the
COZ. and lima beans, and kidney sauce,
az chIcken liver frlcagsee. and the
cot:enis ofn large. perspirirg bot. and
tho o;hyr carEal things, that the man
Xho isrit ~ IN h.s own shack, AID
who Is too mich y iadpo,e 20 have
wofd Or SO 10 say In the bosom Of his
own family, lsa't worth Mexican dime
or JO-csilt piece. which Is no lee yen
holS fanlas9;. I've earned this feed. I've
rut ibten dis earning IL Ny wife may
connect With Inc ldea that rsaily-and-
truly. sure enough, Nc hsn OF this era
and epoch can slide gong on a diet.of
Shelley and stewe1 carrots, but IN be
wubbiylmGn-ned II the IDEAS going TO
stick with me-"
What DO yuu suppose the jays talk
ing ab0ut?' inquired the three pass
gazing az each other queerly.
stick with ME, now or ever
again. want to be q coHrse ard brutal
and carnal. / want TO shoulder my
common clay path along the lower
strata. / want 10 Inspect the stars
while stumble over the Gods az she
puts Il, although I've OL.y gauzy idea
Of what that means. I'm not hunting
for the pipe dreams OF the nesthete,
haven't lost any conceptions OF the IL
llmitable' that I'm going TO look for.
Just want 70 go along Ike the ordinary
everyday human bipeds, getting the
civilized Whites that are provided foe
me II / hustle to pay for them, and"
"Just a bit sunstruck, probably, said
his friends, looking ut him queerly.
Not on .our life, am / sunstIuck.
But I must hn' been when my vile
sprung this vegetarian gag upon me
ten days ago. Shed been limiting around
at Il for some time-ever since she got
mixed up wish that See-saw- phical 30
cIety, or what-d' ye-caN-lt, with the Joss
as the spiritual head-but / never quite
tumbled to what II was al about. But
on this morning she took advantage OF
the Newfoundland puppy good nature
was exhibiting over having done good
bit OF business on the day before, ana
she unwOund this vegetarian coli for
fair I'd Just got on The outside OF
good brenkfuSt, and didn't feel like
I'd ever care to have another square
meal Well, anyhow, che got me TO
promise to do ten-dly trick Of He6e-
tarIanlsm. She said Il would not only
make me feel like fOur-time winner
physically, but that the exclusion Of an
imal food from my diet would cause me
TO take a spiritual brace that would
give me a whole lot OF inside glimpses
into upper atmosphere games Of which
ordinary ilesh-eatinS folks know moth
ing.
"She Enid l stood show even to be-
come mahatum, or n.Ihatmn, or some
old thing like that-lhose ducks in In
dla that cit in caves, with about seven
ty-two grains Of hop in them al the
time, thinking huge thinks. She said
that by sticking to vegeturinnism all OF
my ciuyey, earth-earthiy aspirations
would drop away and slough on like so
much drusS, and that. iguratlveiy, Ia
be able 10 see all four sides OF thick
MORO castle at ore and the same time.
II seems, you know, that folk mat eat
animal fOOds-chOps and steaks ana
good birds and ruasts,-Hre the ordtnarl-
est kind OF dubs, who don't possess the
spiritual light VI angle worms and all
that.
well, as say, was doing a good
natured stunt u. the time, ana prom
ised her that would, Just to please her,
turn a ten-day trick Of vegetarianisn,
/ told that ] was perhaps too common
and thick-headed man to get next TO
the maunlng OF all of her tributes to
vegetarianlsm, but that II she wanted
me to, I'd just give her chance to
prove her theories.
Say, It was right then that / must
have been sunstruCk Say, are you fell
lows aware that I've been on the brink
OF horrible crimes ever since started
-, tsf1 20 frntnGF nnNg
ago? I've been In restaurants, chewing
fried eggplant and lyOnnalse spuds,
and longing for something to eat, when
fellows weuld drop In that knew and
sit down at the same table with me and
proceed to cot bacon and eggs, and big
Juicy cuts VI roast beef. and young
lamb with miES sauce, and-well, none
OF EN- knew how near he was TO death.
felt like hitting those ducks with
chairs and then grabbing their layouts
OF meat and things and bolting for H.
and It's sure enough fact that I've
been offering UP thanks to-day that I'm
not now in Jail / got along the vege-
table diet oil right the first day.
Ny wife had nice little ti&.out OF
fried and stewed and roasted and
broNed vegetables for dinner the FIRST
day, and as II was pretty hot, didn't
especially want any meat. The next
morning, though, was pretty nippy
when there was nothing bU: canteloupe
and graduated oats and fried sweet
corn and baked tomatoes on the table
for breakfast, and / sort o, looked
around for the chops. My wife looked
at me ~ dlsaFprOvlESsy, however, that
/ remembered tina; | was up against
ten-day vegetarian whirl, and ate
what she gave me and made no howl.
/ make II II point not to so back on any
compact / make with my Wife, and SO I
did a milk and pie stunt for luncheon
that day. For dinner my wife had
Enshed ard Drowned potatoes, baked
squash, siewed NINA beans, celery salad
and lot O. that kind o truck
"'Weu,' said l.. then, not knocking
your little idea, wife, but bit OF rare
roast beef would be about right with
this, wouldn't u?
THE animals are our brothers OF the
fields said she, and they should be
permitted to live their lives
II didn't ask her where | cut In In the
nroposltion. having resolved to abide
hy The agreement. but ! know THAI she
didn't GET much amusing talk out Of me
M that meal. rNr has she since. Hun
yryl Say. on the THIRD day out | could
ha' eaten Il burr0 stuffed WiSh iirecrack-
crsl I've eaten tons az this vegetable
stun. ard all co!Ors ard kinds Of bread,
and / haven't yet broken away from
talle loaded down that way that
didn't banker FOR a meal Of whites, !
wnntCd to get a case OF beer TO sort o
keep ml going one evening. aud !
asked my wife II beer was cut OUT OF
tbr vegetarian plan. She said that Il
was-that the heating qualities Of 1t de-
s,royod the spiritual erect OF the vese-
table diet,
"W,@ my ten days was up Glis morn
linz L dLln,i cat hrenlifhst az home, but |