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A donkey laid him down to sleep,And as he slept and snored full deep,He was observed (strange sight) to weep,As if in anguished mood.A gentle mule that lay near by,The donkey roused, and, with a sigh,In kindly voice inquired whyThose tears he did exude.The donkey, while he trembled o'erAnd dropped cold sweat from every pore,Made answer in a fearful roar:"I dreamed I was a dude!"
A donkey laid him down to sleep,And as he slept and snored full deep,He was observed (strange sight) to weep,As if in anguished mood.
A gentle mule that lay near by,The donkey roused, and, with a sigh,In kindly voice inquired whyThose tears he did exude.
The donkey, while he trembled o'erAnd dropped cold sweat from every pore,Made answer in a fearful roar:"I dreamed I was a dude!"
Tom Typo was a printer good,A merry, cheerful elf;And whatsoever care he had,He still "composed" himself.Where duty called him he was foundStill working in his place;But nothing tempted from his post—Which really was the "case."He courted pretty Emma Grey,One of earth's living gems—The sweetest Em, he used to say,Among a thousand "ems."So "chased" was Emma's love for Tom,It met admiring eyes;She "proved" a "copy" to her sex.And wanted no "revise."And Tom, he kept his "pages" clearAnd grew to be a "type"Of all that manhood holds most dear,When he with age was ripe.He made his last "impression" hereWhile yet his heart was warm,Just in the "nick" closed his career,And death "locked up his form."He sank into his final restWithout one sigh or moan;His latest words—"Above my breastPlace no 'imposing stone.'"
Tom Typo was a printer good,A merry, cheerful elf;And whatsoever care he had,He still "composed" himself.
Where duty called him he was foundStill working in his place;But nothing tempted from his post—Which really was the "case."
He courted pretty Emma Grey,One of earth's living gems—The sweetest Em, he used to say,Among a thousand "ems."
So "chased" was Emma's love for Tom,It met admiring eyes;She "proved" a "copy" to her sex.And wanted no "revise."
And Tom, he kept his "pages" clearAnd grew to be a "type"Of all that manhood holds most dear,When he with age was ripe.
He made his last "impression" hereWhile yet his heart was warm,Just in the "nick" closed his career,And death "locked up his form."
He sank into his final restWithout one sigh or moan;His latest words—"Above my breastPlace no 'imposing stone.'"
The parents and the old relatives are chatting over their darling's future. Meanwhile the fiances have escaped into the back parlor.
Virginia—Where are you leading me to, John?
John—I wish to tell you, while others forget us, how happy I am to marry you—you, so winning, so witty, the gem of Vassar College.
Virginia—Oh! how many compliments to a poor graduate who only won the premium of rhetoric, and was second best in geometry.
John—I love you, and worship you just as you are.
V.—Oh, my friend, how anaphorical, and especially how epanaletical.
J.—I don't understand.
V.—I mean that you repeat yourself. It is the custom of lovers to abuse of the gorgiaques figures from the very protasis and exordium.
J.—I love you because you are accomplished and perfect.
V.—Did I not know you, I should think that you favored asteisin and ethossoia.
J. (Somewhat abashed.)—Ah! do you see * * *
V.—Why this aposiopesis?
J.—Aposiopesis!
V.—This reticence?
J.—That is clearer. I acknowledge that the expressions you use annoy and trouble me.
V.—You, on your side, speak a language stamped with schematism, while to be correct, even in making love, your language should be discursive. Allow me to tell you so frankly.
J.—Anyhow, you do not doubt my love?
V.—I pardon this epitrope, but pray use less metaphor and more litotes in the prosopography you dedicate to my modest entity—
J.—What will you? Men love women; I am a man; therefore, I love you.
V.—Your syllogism is perfect in its premises, but the conclusion is false.
J.—Oh! you are a cruel angel!
V.—I like that catachresis, but once again I repeat, I am practical, and prefer synedoche.
J. [Very much perplexed.]—Will you continue the conversation in the garden?
V.—Yes. (They go into the garden.) Look, here is a very lovely parallelogram of green surrounded by petasites. Let us sit under those maritamboues will you?
J.—Willingly! Ah! here I am happy! My heart fills with joy; it seems to me it contains the universe.
V.—You are speaking pure Spinozism.
J.—When I think that you will be my wife, and I your husband! What will be our destiny!
V.—The equation being given you are looking for the unknown quantity. Like you, I shall await the co-efficient.
J. (Who is determined to follow out his own thoughts)—With the world of constellations above us, and nature surrounding us, admire with me those orbs sending us their pure light. Look up there at that star.
V.—It is Allioth, neighbor to the polar star. They are nearing the cosmical moment, and if we remain here a few moments longer the occultation will take place.
J. (Resignedly.)—And there those thousands of stars.
V.—It is the galaxy. Admire also the syzygy of those orbs.
J. (Exhausted.)—And the moon; do you see the moon?
V.—It is at its zenith; it will be at its nadir in fifteen days, unless there are any occultations in the movements of that satellite.
J.—How happy I am!
(They go indoors.)
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TheState tax of Florida this year is but three mills.
Hogcholera is again raging in Champaign county, Ill.
A catshow is to be held in New York, beginning on the 23d inst.
Iceharvesters along the Hudson river are on a strike for higher wages.
TheOhio river is rapidly rising from the melting of heavy bodies of snow.
Severalheavy failures among grain dealers of New York occurred last week.
Senator Anthonyis unable to attend to the duties as President pro tem of the Senate.
Theglucose works at Buffalo N. Y., have been removed to Peoria, Ill., and Levenworth, Kansas.
OnFriday last one murderer was hung in Virginia, another in South Carolina, and still another in California.
A veryheavy snow storm prevailed in Western and Northern N. Y., last week. It also extended to New England.
TheState Senate of Texas has passed a bill giving the public domain, except homesteads to actual settlers, to the public schools.
Therewere over four thousand suicides in Paris last year, which is attributed to the tremendous pace at which the people live in France.
Thestarch-sugar industry of the country consumes forty thousand bushels of corn per day, and the product is valued at about $10,000,000 per year.
Inattempting to slaughter a flock of prairie chickens near Fort Sill, a party of eight hunters grew so careless that three of their number were badly wounded.
Theemployes in three of the nail-mills at Wareham, Mass., struck, Saturday, against reducing their wages ten per cent. The nailers and puddlers of Plymouth also struck.
Canadais raising a standing army of 1,200 men to serve for three years. The full number applied at the recruiting office in Montreal, where the quota was only one hundred.
TheGrand Orient of France has issued an appeal to all the lodges of freemasons in the world asking a renewal of unity between the Grand Orient and all other branches of the masonic rite.
Thesituation in Tonquin effectually ties the hands of France. The announcement of the blocking of Canton harbor is the only important event of the week in the Franco-Chinese struggle.
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Senator Edmunds has again been chosen president pro tem of the Senate. Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, declares himself too ill to perform the duties of the position. On Monday nearly 500 bills were introduced into the House. The total number of bills introduced and referred since the session began, reaches nearly 4,000. There are many important measures among them, while there are more that are of somewhat doubtful import, especially those which look to a still further increase of the pension appropriations. There are bills for the regulation of banks and banking; several new bankruptcy acts; one reducing the fees on patents as follows: The fee upon filing original application for a patent is reduced from $15 to $5. The minimum fees for a design patent shall be $5 instead of $10 and the minimum term for which granted shall be five instead of three and a half years; a bill to reorganize the infantry branch of the army; for reorganizing and increasing the navy; several to revise the tariff; to look after the forfeiture of land grants; to restrict importation of foreign adulterated goods; to stamp out contagious diseases of animals; to establish a department of commerce; to repeal the act prohibiting ex-confederate officers from serving in the United States army; to relieve Fitz John Porter, and hundreds of bills for the relief or benefit of individuals in different parts of the country. There are also bills for the regulation of transportation companies and for the establishment of a system of government telegraph. As yet no appropriation bills have been reported and the Ways and Means committee has but recently organized into subcommittees and has not begun the consideration of any subject. There is already business enough before this Congress to keep it in continuous session for years.
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Office of The Prairie Farmer,Chicago.Jan 15, 1884.
There is an increased financial activity over last week. Bankers, on Monday, felt quite certain of a brisk week and were correspondingly cheerful. Interest rates are unchanged, being 6 and 7 per cent.
Eastern exchange sold between banks at 60@70c per $1,000 premium, and closed firm.
There is no change in Government securities.
The New York stock market was weak, and it is reported that the New York millionaires such as Gould, Vanderbilt, Sage, etc., have suffered to the extent of several millions each by the late general shrinkage in the value of stocks. Nevertheless, it is in such times as these that the Vanderbilts of the country reap their richest harvests. They have money to buy depressed stock with, and when the wheel turns their investments again add to their wealth. The little fellows have to sacrifice all their cash and then go to the wall.
Government securities are as follows:
4's coupons, 1907Q. Apr.123¼4's reg., 1907Q. Apr.123¼4½'s coupon, 1891Q. Mar.1141/84½'s registered, 1891Q. Mar.1141/83's registeredQ. Mar.100
There was more of a speculative feeling in the Chicago grain and provision markets yesterday than for some time. There was something of a recovery from the panicky feeling of Saturday, when the bulls had complete charge of the prices, but there was no advance.
Flourwas unchanged, the article not yet feeling the uncertain condition of the wheat market.
Choice to favorite white winters$5 25@5 50Fair to good brands of white winters4 75@5 00Good to choice red winters5 00@5 50Prime to choice springs4 75@5 00Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras4 25@4 50Good to choice export stock, double extras4 50@4 65Fair to good Minnesota springs4 50@4 75Choice to fancy Minnesota springs5 25@5 75Patent springs6 00@6 50Low grades2 25@3 50
Wheat.—Red winter, No. 2, 97@99c; car lots of spring. No. 2, sold at 89@90½c; No. 3, do. 84½ @85c.
Corn.—Moderately active. Car lots No 2, 53@537/8c; rejected, 46½; new mixed, 49c.
Oats.—No. 2 in store, closed 32½@32¾.
Rye.—May, in store 58@58½.
Barley.—No. 2, 59 in store; No. 3, 52½c.
Flax.—Closed at $1 45 on track.
Timothy.—$1 28@1 35 per bushel. Little doing.
Clover.—Quiet at $6 15@6 35 for prime.
Provisions.—Mess pork, February, $14 75@ 14 78 per bbl; Green hams, 9½c per lb. Short ribs, $7 47½ per cwt.
Lard.—January, $9 20; February, $9 75.
Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:
Short dimension, per M$ 9 50@10 00Long dimension, per M10 00@11 50Boards and strips, No. 211 00@13 00Boards and strips, medium13 00@16 00Boards and strips, No. 1 choice16 00@20 00Shingles, standard2 10@ 2 20Shingles, choice2 25@ 2 30Shingles, extra2 40@ 2 60Lath1 65@ 1 70
Note.—The quotations for the articles named in the following list are generally for commission lots of goods and from first hands. While our prices are based as near as may be on the landing or wholesale rates, allowance must be made for selections and the sorting up for store distribution.
Beans.—Hand picked mediums $2 00@2 10. Hand picked navies, $2 15@2 20.
Butter.—Dull and without change. Choice to extra creamery, 32@35c per lb.; fair to good do 25@32c; fair to choice dairy, 23@28c; common to choice packing stock fresh and sweet, 18@22c; ladle packed 10@13c; fresh made, streaked butter, 9@11c.
Bran.—Quoted at $11 87½@13 50 per ton; extra choice $13.
Broom-corn—Good to choice hurl 6½@7½c per lb; green self-working 5@6c; red-tipped and pale do 4@5c; inside and covers 3@4c; common short corn 2½@3½c; crooked, and damaged, 2@4c, according to quality.
Cheese.—Choice full-cream cheddars 13@13½c per lb; medium quality do 9@10c; good to prime full cream flats 13@13¾c; skimmed cheddars 9@10c; good skimmed flats 6@7c; hard-skimmed and common stock 3@4c.
Eggs.—In a small way the best brands are quotable at 25@26c per dozen; 20@23c for good ice house stock; 18@19c per pickled.
Hay.—No 1 timothy $10@10 50 per ton; No 2 do $8 50@9 50; mixed do $7@8; upland prairie $8 00@10 75; No 1 prairie $6@7; No 2 do $4 50@5 50. Small bales sell at 25@50c per ton more than large bales.
Hides and Pelts.—Green-cured light hides 8¼c per lb; do heavy cows 8c; No 2 damaged green-salted hides 6c; green-salted calf 12@12½ cents; green-salted bull 6 c; dry-salted hides 11 cents; No. 2 two-thirds price; No. 1 dry flint 14@14½c. Sheep pelts salable at 28@32c for the estimated amount of wash wool on each pelt. All branded and scratched hides are discounted 15 per cent from the price of No. 1.
Hops.—Prime to choice New York State hops 25@26c per lb; Pacific coast of 23@26c; fair to good Wisconsin 15@20c.
Poultry.—Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are: Turkeys 13@14c per lb; chickens 9@10c; ducks 12@13c; geese 9@11c. Thin, undesirable, and frozen stock 2@3c per lb less than these figures; live offerings nominal.
Potatoes.—Good to choice 37@40c per bu. on track; common to fair 30@35c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $3 50@4 per bbl for yellow. Baltimore stock at $2 25@2 75, and Jerseys at $5. Red are dull and nominal.
Tallow and grease.—No 1 country tallow 7@7¼c per lb; No 2 do 6¼@6½c. Prime white grease 6@6½c; yellow 5¼@5¾c; brown 4½@5.
Vegetables.—Cabbage, $8@12 per 100; celery, 25@35c per doz bunches; onions, $1 00@1 25 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@1 50 per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat.
Wool.—from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Eastern Iowa—dark Western lots generally ranging at 1@2c per lb. less.
Coarse and dingy tub25@30Good medium tub31@34Unwashed bucks' fleeces14@15Fine unwashed heavy fleeces18@22Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces22@23Coarse unwashed fleeces21@22Low medium unwashed fleeces24@25Fine medium unwashed fleeces26@27Fine washed fleeces32@33Coarse washed fleeces26@28Low medium washed fleeces30@32Fine medium washed fleeces34@35Colorado and Territory wools range as follows:Lowest grades14@16Low medium18@22Medium22@26Fine16@24Wools from New Mexico:Lowest grades14@16Part improved16@17Best improved19@23Burry from 2c to 10c off: black 2c to 5c off.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Received.Shipped.Cattle38,91318,801Calves21637Hogs169,07642,205Sheep24,59514,225
Cattle.—Notwithstanding a reported advance in England, cattle did not improve in prices over Saturday. Indeed, there was a decline of a few cents per hundred. The supplies were large and the quality inferior. Indeed few really fat cattle came in during the week. Eastern markets were reported as over stocked. Shippers and dressed meat operators bought rather freely of common lots. We may quote as follows:
Fancy fat cattle$7 00@ 7 25Choice to prime steers6 25@ 6 85Fair to good shipping steers5 60@ 6 20Common to medium steers4 65@ 5 55Butcher's steers4 50@ 5 00Cows and bulls, common to good3 25@ 4 50Inferior cows and bulls2 30@ 3 20Stockers3 50@ 4 50Feeders4 25@ 4 75Milch cows, per head25 00@55 00Veal calves, per 100 lbs.4 00@ 7 25
Hogs.-There were fair receipts on Saturday and Monday—an aggregate of 21,000 head or some 7,000 more than for the same days last week. As city packers are at work again, the market was quite active. They bought about 15,000 head, and shippers took nearly all that were left. Prices advanced from 5 to 10 cents. It may be said in general that the quality of the hogs now coming in is poor. Heavy lots were sold at $5 15@6 25; light hogs brought $5@5 60. Skips and culls $3 25@5.
Note.—All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1½c per lb for weights of 200 and over and [Transcriber's Note: blank in original] for weights of less than 100 lbs.
Sheep.—The supply was sufficient to meet the demand, though considerably less than on Monday of last week. Really choice animals were scarce. Shippers and butchers bought freely. Common lots were dull, bringing $5 25@5 50, while fancy lots sold at $5.75@6. Very inferior sheep sold at $2 50.
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