. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1350 The American Florist. Dec. 28, I I I I L Rice's Record Christmas Goods Have the "Selling Punch" We Have Anything You Want in Red. -« >-- -j-^-j-^-^ w-iy ^^_ t~^£~^ THE LEADING FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE AND i%>l.« .WTX^^ JCV ^C' ^•V-F* RIBBON SPECLALISTS. 1220 Race Street PHILADELPHLA, PA. OUR PASTIMES. The Hop Toad. The department ot agriculture has been studj- ing the toad, and has issued a bulletin stating that It la In all respects harmless, while as s destroyer of insects it saves the country
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1350 The American Florist. Dec. 28, I I I I L Rice's Record Christmas Goods Have the "Selling Punch" We Have Anything You Want in Red. -« >-- -j-^-j-^-^ w-iy ^^_ t~^£~^ THE LEADING FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE AND i%>l.« .WTX^^ JCV ^C' ^•V-F* RIBBON SPECLALISTS. 1220 Race Street PHILADELPHLA, PA. OUR PASTIMES. The Hop Toad. The department ot agriculture has been studj- ing the toad, and has issued a bulletin stating that It la In all respects harmless, while as s destroyer of insects it saves the country mllUoni •very year. The hop-toad is no beauty. He can not sing a note, But yet when he's on duty All night adown his throat Bad bugs go in procession. He eats them by the peck; Oh, youth! 'Tis grave transgression To hit him in the neck. His breath is nothing baneful. His touch promotes no wart; Away ^xith legends painful! The toad's another sort. He wanders in the shrubbery. To catch the errant worm; To scorn him is flubdubbery; So scientists afiirm. He wouldn't bite your finger. He has no way to sting; Long may he live and linger. This kindly, useful thing. Insecticide primeval. He guards the growing crop, Yet gossip says he's evil; 'Tis time the scandal stop. The Onus or Office Holding:. Judge Leander Stilwell of Erie, re- cently appointed first assistant com- missioner of pensions in Washington, writes to a friend in Chanute: "The boys all tell me that I shall have to buy a dress suit; that the same is absolutely ong raggle in order to obtain the ongtray to any import- ant function here in Washington; that should I appear at a presidential or other reception clad in my present style my appearance would create as much consternation as if I had stalked in with nothing on but a nightie. So far, however, I have successfully stood out, and a dress suit is not included in the list of my possessions. You have been in and around Toneka con- siderably in recent years, an
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