St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-09-17
sn:artest cook you ever saw in

snartest cook you ever saw in .
kitchen!"
"Never did Never said WORD
which could be twisted around to near
such thing! Anna isn't worth hel
salt!"
But you talked Of raising he,
wages"
Il did that to smarter her up, but
!; is Of no use. Discharge her to-mor.
row!"
At the table Mr.. Bowser found faul,
with the steak, the coffee, the pota-
toes, and everything else, and finally
called out:
Mrs. Bowser, are you stone blind -
"Of course not" she replied. "What
ie 1t now?"
Then how came you to buy such
honey as this? Anyone but q blind
woman could see that il is buckwheat
and not clover. Why. a dog wouldn't
touch it."
But you ordered it yourself"
What! l ordered this honey!"
"You ordered it of Green, through
the telephone. Thursday. Don't you
remember, you had to spell out the
word honey before he could under
stand"
"Never! Never telephoned! Never
spelled out the word! Better take il
cut and bury it,"
After dinner she began TO get ready
to go downtown, when he suddenly
looked up from his paper an asked:
whats up now?"
"Why, you said we were to go down
town this evening"
You must be crazy! Don't you sup
pose ! ever want a night to sit down
and rest myself? It's a wonder there's
a woman left alive on earth. It's moth
ing but CAD. CAD. CAD, from morning
till night. What do you want down.
town."
"You said we'd see about some sill
verwarc."
"silverware! Silverware! Great
Scot! but Is the woman a lunatic?
We've got bushels Of It now in the
house. We've got it in the closet, down
cellar. upstairs and in the garnet! It'll
De the insane asylum next"
MIR. Bowser. didn't you call me
Chickey' when you went away at |
loon ?" she asked as she turned on him.
"Chickey! Never! I'm not in the
'hicken business"
But you certainly did"
Il certainly didn't! Chickey? Well,
shen get as soft as that want some
ce-wagon to run over met"
About eight o'clock that evening he
emoved his shoes to put on his slip
ers, but suddenly paused and in
uired:
is there darning-needle in this
ouse. Mrs. Bowser?"
"Why. certainly"
And piece of sheep-twine
what on earth do you want Of
heep-twine?'
II want to darn this hole in nv
'ck. Some mems wives can see such
iings in half an hour, but this one .
as been there three weeks. I've got :
darn it. the same as I have to sew :
my own buttons. suppose I'll have .
make the bed and sweep the floor
another week"
Those socks were all right when
~ changed Sunday. I'll darn 'em the >
rst thing in the morning"
Not much! The limit ha. hen
ached."
He wouldn't even let her get a darn .,
g needle for him. but hunted one on,
the basket. and Their, instead Of TAX .
yarn, he got piece of Irvine which :
: come around package and began
sew back and forth across the hole
also made determined attemnt IN
'k like q martyr, and he succeeded
well that the cook, who had looked q
Tor a moment. beckoned Mrs. Row. II
out into the kitchen and wb;.. II
red:
I knew it wouldn't last. mo.,ma al
ew 1t all the time. He's rot ~. n
r. jinks on again, and now nothino q
II go right for the next months
Nhen Mr.. Bowser had finished n.
< he put it on and went for lis liz,
'scoat, saying: to