Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-16
ONTHE WRONG TRACK
6EBUFFs MET BY MAN WHO WANTED
TO BE AGREEABLE.
variety OF Topics Chosea for Couvcrsa-
tion OF No Avail.-Attempts of Sew
Yorker to Flatter Kansas Hostess
Meet with Dismal Failure.

Meet with Dismal Failure.
"It ig not always necessary to throw
bouquets when you are out dining
said a Now York travelling man. when
] was in a Kansas town not long ago
was invited to the home Of a customer
TO take dinner. A travelling man never
permits himself to misunderstood au
invitation to eat home dinner
My customers wife was one OF
those matteroffact, common sense
women TO whom primrose is a prim-
rose, whether IL grows by the rivers
brim or i'm the barnyard. Soon after
was seated at her dainUly spread Ia.
bic ! began fumblng around for some.
thing of gracious brand to launch
which would show my appreciation Of
her hospitality.
81 opened on butter. Il was worth
travelling miles to taste such butter as
that ON her table! ] said few nice
things about Now York, of course
all do that-but | admitted that there
was 10 such butter in New York as |
found On her table.
she couldn't understand that. for
the butter was tasting was from a
Grkin sent her by express by her aunt
in norhimcr county. Just then | hap
poncl to think of story and the but
ter Incident was relegated.
"Wo had got down to peas and al.
lowed that therc were no peas like the
home grown kind. 1t added to tho
lusciousness Of the pea to watch it
grow and Gun it from the vine.
"She thought otherwise. Her peas
had boea a failure ever since the
grasshopper5 did her gardening last
year, and Goorge-that was her hus-
bands ramo-had bought canned peas
ever aiacc. he'd been throwing tu-
lips at canned peas,
u think | said something about tho
weather. just then. That's what n
man coughs up when he goes against
the rocks. You would think after a
throw-down or two such as have
mentioned that | would have confined
myself to the monosyllable; and
wolld had not the little woman spoken
of the wild goose she served
"'At least, she said in splendid
way. we can offer you in this some
thing you don't often have in New
York
"Of course. Allowing much in New
Yorli's favor | must say that the goose
we get in the metropolis is n pretty
tame bird | admitted this. And then
| | cut loose on the delicious meat of
| the fowl that honks.
Il could conceive of no sport like
that of hunting the wild goose. Then
quoted something from 'Hiawatha'
about the wawa-Longfelow for wild
goose, you know.
Il said her husband must be a
mighty hunter OF course ii is only In
the great open country that the wawa
can be hunted, | said. | got a second
round of wawa, and felt quite satisfied
at last that | had hit the right trail.
Then the little woman. looking at me
with her gray eyes, said:
81 think we are indebted to Mr..
Edison or some one of his school for
the dish we are enjoying Recently,
quite recently, our modest little city
has been lighting the streets with
electricity.
I'm the night when the sky is over
cast these lights seem to attract the
great nocks of wild geese which pass
this way and when they get into a
radius of the lamps they become con-
fused, and even the boys kill them
with clubs.
"'Tho wild goose we have this eve
nj ? is quite modern. II was indirect
| ly allied by electric ligh
well, it was time to laugh. There
was nothing else to do. didn't feel like
| it, but | laughed. And so | lifted my
goblet and proposed the health Of my
hostess in the pure, sparkling liquid
which only Kansas could produce.
"'Frrn Blank Springs in the state
of New York said my hostess.
Then | laid down; the time left on
my hands at that house was devoted to
discussion OF infant baptism, Cuban
reciprocity. the Philippines, the beef
trust and Carrie Nation"