Life — June 2, 1904 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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R. WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY asserts that his purpose in publishi The Ballads of Bourbonnais (Bobbs-Merrill | Co.) is to preserve the dialect of the Ilinvis : Conadians. He has certainly contrived to be amusing while pursuing this worthy ject. The French, it will be recalled, first me down to this part of the State in 1535, tling at Kankakee. The colony to- ittered in a number of towns, numbers about en thousand, Bourbonnais, with its five idred inhabitants, is typically French, with tasingle American resident. As an exam- of the quaint English spoken by these peo- wit, we may quote se stanzas delivered as a toast at a banquet honor of Mr. Opie Read at the Press Club of sicago, May 2, 1902 : Dis language Anglaise dat day spe’k, On State . Is hard for Frenchman heem to learn, It give me moch ann Las’ we’k ma frien’, McGoverane, He com! to me an’ say, 41 mak’ a toas’ on Opie Read W'en dey geeve gran’ banquay. I mak’ a toas’? Not on your life. Dat man’s one frien’ of me; Wrat for 1 warm heem up lak’ toas’ De reason I can't see. An’ den John laugh out on hees eye Wren he is to me say : “To mak’ a toas’ is not a roas’ : It's just de odder way.” Dat's how I learn dat toas' an’ roas* Is call by different name. Dough bot’ are warm in dere own way, Dere far from mean de same. An’ so, ma frien’, in lof’ I clasp Your gr'ad beeg brawny han’, An’ share vit you in fellowship An’ pay you on deman’, You're built upon a ver large plan, Overe seex feet you rise ; You need it all to shelter in Your heart dat’s double size, You are too broad for narrow tings, You gr'ad for any creed ; Til eat de roas’, but drink de toas* To ma frien’, Opie Read. —Evening Post. ra certain mine in the Tarkwa District, t Colony, the doctor fell sick nd went home, and pending the arrival of his successor the manager, who evidently thought that acquaintance with glass-stoppered bottles implied a knowledge of drugs, handed over the care of the surgery to the assayer. A friend om a neighboring mine, calling in to see the er, found that he had arranged all his bot- on three long shel! marked respectively: Useless,” “Dangerous,” and “Fatal.” “You see, old man,” he remarked, by way of expla nation, “I tried them on the bally niggers, and classified ’em accordingly.”—Sporting Times. ERHAPS a share of that Carnegie fund should go to the hero who brings out the season's first. straw hat.—Cleveland Plain Dealer, No drawbacks when motoring in a Franklin The secret is mainly in the Franf/in air-cooled four-cylinder motor, which is a marvel for its flexibility and concentrated power. It is easy to believe that the engineer who cooled cylinders by air, when everybody else declared it impossible, also has the ability to devise a motor and carburetor of the very highest efficiency. These, with the Franklin system of control (which has been copi tensively in America and Europe) and the unbreakable /randin transmi make Franklin motoring a pleasure not otherwise known. The Franklin engine is in front where it ought to be. Having the engine under the seat or under the car is as much out-of-date as water- cooling is. The durability, the simplicity (so little to get out of order), and the accessibility of the /rank/in make the work of motoring very slight. The spirited Franklin motor-cars have no drawbacks. Light Car Light Tonneau 24 H. P. Touring Car Send for catalogue—tells the facts and reasons. H. H. Franklin Mfg. Co., 311 Geddes St., Syracuse, N. Y. Member Association Licensed Automotile Manufacturers ——— — The Best | Patronize American industries. Social and Weare Business Register KN Ox is the | Telephone HAT Directory. the creation par excellence of the nation. Agencics in all the principal cities in the world. | i] NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. | 15 Day Street. | comicbooks.com