What do You Find to Cook? 
BY A FARMER’S WIFE. 
ered hand, looked him over from head to 
foot, and then replied: “I guess you are 
mistaken; I don't think I ever saw you 
before.*’ 
“Why, yes you have! my name is Smith; 
I used to live at Kalmazoo, and you look 
exactly like my friend Jones of that place.” 
“Well,” replied Mr. L—., “my name is 
L—. and I live at R—, so I don’t think you 
ever saw me before.” 
“Oh, I beg ten thousand pardons; I do 
not see how I could have been so mistaken,’’ 
and the polite stranger moved on. 
Mr. L—. had stood there but a short time 
longer waiting for his friends, when up 
came stranger number two, who, with a 
very welcome smile upon his face and out¬ 
stretched hand greeted him with— 
“Why. Mr. L—! How do you do? I’m 
very glad to see you! When did you arrive 
in Chicago ?” 
Mr. L—. not noticing the proffered hand 
any more than in the former instance, 
gave him the same close scrutiny that he 
had the preceding one, before replying— 
“I never saw you before. I guess you- 
have made a mistake.” 
“Why, no, I haven’t! my name is Brown; 
I lived at R—, a few years ago, and my 
father is conductor of the C. branch of the 
N. Y. C. & H. R. R., and I’ve seen you lots 
of times.” 
“Well,” replied Mr. L—. firmly; “I don’t 
know you, and I never saw you before.” 
The discomfited sharper, finding he had 
caught a sucker that he could not land, 
took an abrupt departure. 
He had hardly disappeared, before Mr. 
L—. was approached by a third party, who, 
throwing aside the lapel of his coat, dis¬ 
closed the badge of an officer. 
He inquired of Mr. L—. the business of 
the men that he had been conversing with. 
Mr. L—. told him in a few brief words 
what had transpired, when the officer ex¬ 
claimed: 
“I thought so! They are two of the worst 
sharpers that infest Chicago, and I have 
been watching them for some time.” 
Mr. L—. being now rejoined by his 
> friends, proceeded to the depot where he 
took the train for home. 
The above question was addressed to me 
me by a neighbor with whom I was spend¬ 
ing the afternoon a short time ago. I replied 
that we had experienced no scarcity during 
the past winter; we raised an abundance of 
excellent potatoes, both sweet and Irish va¬ 
rieties, also plenty of cabbage, turnips, on¬ 
ions, salsify and pickles. These, with dried 
corn, canned tomatoes, and squashes for 
pies, always furnish us a variety to cook. 
Now my neighbor with whom I was talk¬ 
ing is the possessor of two hundred acres of 
land, and yet with the exception of a small 
crop of potatoes, they have bought all the 
vegetables they have eaten during the past 
year. Last spring when I purchased some 
choice new potatoes for seed, they assured 
me that the “old-fashioned Peach blow” and 
Early Rose were good enough for them. 
Well, the season was unfavorable for Peach- 
blows, and the Early Rose was injured by 
wire-worms, hence they failed to have even 
plenty of potatoes. 
Now let me say to the readers of this arti¬ 
cle that it is poor economy to plant inferior- 
seed of any kind; the best is always the 
cheapest. For years I have helped to eke 
out a scanty income by the sale of plants 
and vegetables in the summer time, and* I 
find a saving in the expense of growing them 
by obtaining my seeds of experienced seed 
growers who have the advantage of long ex 
perience in growing and selecting the best. 
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