Life — June 2, 1904 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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R. WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY asserts that his purpose in publishing The Ballads of Bourbonnais (Bobbs-Merrill Co.) is to preserve the dialect of the Illinois French-Canadians, He has certainly contrived to be amusing while pursuing this worthy object. The French, it will be recalled, first came down to this part of the State in 1835, settling at Kankakee. The colony to-day, scattered in a number of towns, numbers about seven thousand. Bourbonnais, with its five hundred inhabitants, is typically French, with nota single American resident. As an exam- ple of the quaint English spoken by these peo- ple, and of Mr. Amsbary’s wit, we may quote these stanzas delivered as a toast at a banquet in honor of Mr. Opie Read at the Press Club of Chicago, May 2, 1902: Dis language Anglaise dat day spe’k, On State of IMlinois, Is hard for Frenchman heem to learn, It give me moch annoy. Las’ we'k ma frien’, McGoverane, He com’ to me an’ say, You 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 I warm heem up lak’ toas’ De reason I can't see. An’ den John laugh out on hees eye W'en 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 t'ings, You gr'ad for any creed ; Tl eat de roas’, but drink de toas’ To ma frien’, Opie Read. —Evening Post, T a certain mine in the Tarkwa District, Gold Coast Colony, the doctor fell sick and 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 from a neighboring mine, calling in to see the assayer, found that he had arranged all his bot- tles on three long shelves, 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 Franklin 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 /ranklin system of control (which has been copied ex- tensively in America and Europe) and the unbreakable Franf/in transmission, 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 Fvankéin make the work of motoring very slight. The spirited Franddin 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 Assoctation Licensed Automotile Manufacturers The Best Social and Business Register is the Telephone Directory. NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. 15 Day Street. || Patronize American industries. | Weara | || the creation par excellence of the nation. Agencies in all the principal cities in the world comicbooks.com