Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1875 — How a Homan Buys Meat. [ARTICLE]

How a Homan Buys Meat.

When a woman enters a butcher shop to select a piece of meat for dinner she has her mind made up to take mutton roast. Therefore when the butcher rubs his hands and asks what she will have she promptly replies: “ I’ll take some of that mut ” She stops there. Her eye has caught sight of a ham and she suddenly decides to take ham. “Is that nice ham?” she inquires. “Best ham lever saw, madam. How much?” “ Well, you may give me three p . Well, 1 don’t know either. My husband was saying he’d like some sausage. Have you any real nice sausages?” “Plenty, madam. Now, then, how much sausage will you have?” “ It’s pork sausage, is it?” “Yes, ma’am.” “ Well, I suppose a pound would be enough for our small family, but—but ” “ Shall I weigh a pound, madam?” “ I was just wondering if a veal potpie wouldn’t suit him better,” she an swered. “You have veal, 1 suppose?” “ O yes, madam. Here’s a splendid bit of veal—as good a piece as I ever “ Yes, that does look like nice veal,” she says, lifting it up. “ Amd you’ll take it?” “Let’s see!” she muses. “Y —no, I guess not. I guess I’d better take pork chops.” “Nice chops. How much,” he asks. “One of those slices will weigh a pound, I suppose ?” “About a pound, madam.” “And it was a young hog?” . “ Quite-young, madam.” “And you’ll cut the rind off?” “Yes, madam.” “Well,” she says, heaving a deep sigh, “ I guess you may give me some beefsteak —some that’s nice, and be sure to cut all the bone out.” And she’s only been half an hour coming to the point. — Detroit Free Press. , —According to an official statement there are 22,871 persons at Berlin who have to pay taxes on their incomes, viz.: One of them has an annual income of 600,000 thalers, one of 480,000 thalers,one of 320,000 thalers, one of 240,000 thalers, two of 200,000 thalers, two of 180,000 thalefs, one of 160,000 thalers, three of 140,000 thalers, seven of 120,000 thalers three of 100,000 thalers, ten of 80,000 to 100,000 thalers, nine 0f.68,000 to 80,000 thalers, seventeen of 56000 to 68,000 thalers, thirteen of 48,000 to 56,000 thalers; consequently seventy-one persons have each more than 48,000 thalers a year. Two hundred and forty-four persons have each 20,000 to 48,000 thalers a year, and 471 persons have each 9,600 to 20,000 thalers a year.