Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — One on the Englishman. [ARTICLE]

One on the Englishman.

BlufTkins wandered in at tho club the othor night and drew his chair close to tho fire. “I would n't be an Englishman for anything!” ho ejaculated. “They ha, o tho most gluttonous appetites on record.” “You oawn't prove that, bah Jove!” said Mr. Algernon Hawkins, who lived on chops and swore by her Majesty. "I can,” replied Bluflkins, with unruffled composure, “and hero is tho proof. I was riding homo in an electric last night. Two Englishmen sat next to me. ‘I 'ave just bought a stove,’ said one. 'So'ave I,’said the other. ‘But mine is the best on earth; it cooks my breakfast in 'alf an hour,’ said tho first. ‘Jove,’ said the second, ‘that isn't anything. I can ’eat my stove in five minutes.’ ” And even Mr. Algernon Hawkins acknowledged that tho Englishman did have a pretty solid appetite.—Boston Budget.