Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1895 — Shopman’s Clever Reply. [ARTICLE]

Shopman’s Clever Reply.

An Englleh lady i« told of, In the Spectator, who complained to a shopkeeper that, in sending parcels to her, he would address her as “The Honorable." “Don’t mention It, ma'am. It doesn’t signify at all.” “But it does signify. My parcels may go to the wrong person. I am not ’Honorable.’ ” “We, madam, have always found you so.” It is well to get clear of a Cold the first week, but it is much better and safer to rid • yourself of it the first forty-eight hours—the proper remedy for the purpose being Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant. Virginia Is not so wealthy as before the war, at least In the estimate of the first families, but still has a valuation of $318,331,441. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is not n liquid or a snuff. It quickly relieves Cold in the Head, Headache, etc., and really cures Catarrh. 60c. The most respectable sinners are the moat dangerous ones.

Dongbnuts Under Divers Names An old New Yorker says that “olekoeks” were made by the Dutch the same as doughnuts are mode, but a rasln was Inserted in the center of each. The art of making doughnuts Is said to have been learned by the New England people from the Hollanders during the stay of the Puritans In Holland. These sweet and wholesome cakes are known by many names nowadays and are made in various forms. The modem New Yorker calls them crullers, although the crullers he eats arc not nlways made according to the recipe for doughnuts. In some parts of the South they are known as Friday cakes, s name due partly to the fact that they are fried In lard and partly to the fact that where so called they are generally aiade on Friday.