THE OOLOGIST 



By way of showing that me w^'^i 

 does not have a monopoly in the o;) 

 portunities it offers for home seel^ers 

 may be cited the case of a colony of 

 Italians who a short time ago settled 

 In CliMutaiiqua county. N Y. 'i'her" 

 were 400 I'len in the colony, which 

 uunilu'red "2.000 with women and chil- 

 dren The\ bought up 1.758 acres of 

 land at $."!."> an acre and put it into 

 vineyards, and the same land is toda;- 

 valued at SirA) an acre, an increase 

 in value of more than 400 per cent 

 The same thing on a smaller scale is 

 being done by other foreigners in this 

 and other New England states, the 

 land being used for the production of 

 a great vajicty of early vegetables and 

 other staiWe food crops Bred to an 

 almost painful thrift In the old coun- 

 tries, they have come U) the new and 

 by applying the same methods in the 

 sections mentioned are becoming well 

 to do. where the less thrifty American 

 is scarcely able to elie out a living. 



The Awakening. 



Two weeks after he had faced thv^ 

 parson with the only giri in the world 

 he chanced upon Jones, one of his old 

 bachelor friends. 



"Well, old man." remarked the lat- 

 ter, grinning. "1 can't say you look the 

 part of a hapi)y benedict. What's the 

 trouble? Have you sutfered a disap- 

 pointment'/" 



"I have." answered the other grimly. 

 "My wife can't sing.'" 



"Can't sing'r" echoed Jones cheerily. 

 "Byt in that case 1 should have said 

 you were to be congratulated." 



"That's not the trouble." responded 

 the young husband. "The trouble is 

 she thinks she can I" 



His Authority. 

 Browning— 1 hear you are engaged 

 to that yrai7ig widow who is visiting 

 relatives here. Is it true? Greening- 

 Yes. Browning— How did you discov- 

 er that she was the one woman in the 

 World for an old bachelor like you'/ 

 Greening— Why. she— er— told me so — 

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