The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
TERRENCE is MAD.
Says the Rise in Beef
Has Lowered the
Quality.
CONGRESS OF NATIONS
Discuss the Question From
Boarding House
Standpoint.
CONGRESS OF. NATIONS

1nere was anotner congress OF ma
tions at Joseph Sauer's yesterday.
Not member was missing. Donald
the Scotchman, Terrence the Irishman,
Sven the Swede. Hans the Dutchman,
and AIRY the Englishman, were pres
ent. and said stein" at roll call.
Notwithstanding occasional little ar
guments, some with considerable of the
| caloric of debate in them, the old pards
are pards in the truest sense of the
word, and it's a case of mutual treat,
until the last stein is ordered and ad-
/ journment taken.
Hi see by The Spy" said AIRY,
that the price of beef as gone hup.
Hi think it's a bloomin' houtrage, don't
NAL, don't you know, and must ave
me meat. Hi caun't subsist hon boats
like Scotchman."
'Hoot, mon,' interposed Donald.
It's oatmeal, ye mean. 1 dinna ken
onnyWon that eats oats except the
horse. For my own part, I much pre-
fer the good old haggis Of Inverness"
Don't get hoxcited, Donald said
AIRY. Keep your Jacket hon. It's I'M
seemly and not hat hall the way of a
gentleman. Hi meant no reflection hof
your nation. But Hi habominate
aggis. The thought of hit puts griZ-
Fly chill in my blood. There's nothing to
be compared to the hold roast beef of
Hingland. Nothing like 1t served down
at my boarding 'ouse."
And as the recollection of the roast
beef came back to AIRY he gave his
lipS a reminiscent smack
"Spakin' av boordin' houses" said
! Terrence, seeing an opportunity to trot
/, in a couple of words through a favora.
. BILE opening in the lingual fence, IRE.
minds me thot the rose in bafe has
been follered boi deterioration in the
quality and quantity av the bafC
:. sarved at moi boordin' house. Where
) vance it was sirloin roast we now ge
: chook from the neck av the bovine
It's as tough as ould boots and as un
: digestible as brick froom the STATE
: Muehual, Tis glad Ord be now to b,
sittin' around the table av me ancestor;
! in. Ballykillbeg, attn my appetite full
} av good ould corned bafe and cab
bidge."
? 81 dank I make some suppisitioning.
! too, Terry" said Hans, dot l like to b,
/ home in Yermany. Oh, dot Susankrau
/ of der fadderland. Tt makes some vat
: erings NIT my teeth ven recollection
g it. l would l vas some childrens again
/. by der kindergarten already. I voulC
never have made emigrationings owe
dot big stein of salt water, der Atlantig
1t would make you veel like ten hors
powers yet, Terry, dot sweet Old goontr,
= susankraut."
eye NAME" said Terry, 'thot it would
put hair on me chest. Bad cess to We
3 Do We think tl;ot ORD ate sauerkraut
+, Faith, Ord rather bowl full av sou
mash"
, All this time Sven, the Norseman
> in deep thought, like Second regimen
orderly at muster. Terry noticed tina
he. didn't have a word to say about tn,
, question before the house. and that Il
!, all intents and purposes he was indif
: ferent to the rise in the price of beef.
"Oi say, Swim, amt We got a tongue
S in yer head?" asked Terrence. Curl il
/ around few sillybils, man, and let u!
1 know how We stand on this moighty
= question"
Yah, Sven, conversation NIT us
/ sometimes occasionally" said Hans.
Hi say so, too, said AIRY, putting
in his oar at this point "A man with
? out han hopinion his like ship with
= out rudder or a COW without a tail.
'Ow his hit at your boarding 'ouse,
Sven? Ave they replaced sirloin with
: chuck?"
IT dank I don't care" replied Sven,
who experienced difficulty in untang-
: ling the English language from his
tongue. 81 dank I like fish better. Give
fahar brain. Vot so goot as herring
und potatoes nit dere little Jackets
on ?"
t 'Erring!" said AIRY. "why hide has
: soon heat pigs liver smothered in ag-
, gis. Give me the old beef hevery time"
l ny fhn ttI5
} ventured Terry.
va" came in Hans, adding, Gin a
blaze we're it is nod embalmeded."
} "Spakin' av imbammed bafe." said
J Terrence, "calls to moind thot there is
: talk going on av sindin a loonch cart
to the Phillyppeens. Sure what would
the haythens there want av loonch
cart? Shure OF thought they was all
cannybills.'
iii see where there's a bloomin'
good hoppertunhy for the henterprisin'
Yank," suggested AIRY. "E could
hadvertise canned Hotis, canned Halger
or cold sliced missionary, five cent per
slice. Warmed hover, two cents hextra
Hi think the profits would be greater
than those of Harmour and the beef
trust that as set hup the price of the
dressed bovines.''
" tbs the great head We have on your
shoulders. AIRY" said Terrence.
"Shure tbs a commyserry ginnyril We
ought to be. What do We say, Donald ?'
"Hoot mon, by the kits O. Bruce 1
ken 1t we'll What say We, Hans?"
81 dank So" answered Hans "Und
you Swen?"
II dank so, too" said Sven, as he
gave the waiter an order for parting
round of stems.
DOG AND DIVORCE.