. The New west era; an illustrated monthly devoted to Canada Northwest- May-July 1904 . hit siiivter use. Lucinda retreated to the kitchenin sable dignity, and returned sol-emnly, bearing the receii)t, whichread : H. E. Duzzit to L Feedam, Dr. One can corn, lo ; one boxshoe ])olish, 5 cents; six candles, 15cents; two pounds rice, 10 cents;two bars washiuig soap, y cents;one cakfc yeast, i cent; bottle , 2^ cents; one- half peck potatoes20 cents; one mackeral, 18 cents ;three pounds prunes, 45 cents; tenpounds salt, !o cents ; six packagesllcwer seed, 30 cents; one featherduster,
. The New west era; an illustrated monthly devoted to Canada Northwest- May-July 1904 . hit siiivter use. Lucinda retreated to the kitchenin sable dignity, and returned sol-emnly, bearing the receii)t, whichread : H. E. Duzzit to L Feedam, Dr. One can corn, lo ; one boxshoe ])olish, 5 cents; six candles, 15cents; two pounds rice, 10 cents;two bars washiuig soap, y cents;one cakfc yeast, i cent; bottle , 2^ cents; one- half peck potatoes20 cents; one mackeral, 18 cents ;three pounds prunes, 45 cents; tenpounds salt, !o cents ; six packagesllcwer seed, 30 cents; one featherduster, 33 cents. Paid. Daht is, said Lncinda. Dahtis. An dey all in dat ole puddinceptin de haiile er dat featherdustah, en -ijlame f I knows howter wuk hit in whenst Ls stirin upall dat otheh trash. An ef yo alllak dat ki;: er jmddin, len yobetteh git some otheh lady ter tenter de cookin foh you, ca^^e I ainu^e ter hit. But Mr. Du/zit soberly tojk hiswile by the arm, led her to the lib-rary, took down tlie big dictionary.:rd pointed out the wor Is recipeand receipt and their tftp: >:^:^v avkrt kr^v :35 El]t N^m WiBt Era. AX ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY DKVOTKl)TO NORTH-WEST CANADA OVK PKR YITJAR A. M. :mertc)^ AND JVBIIHHHR m:af»i^k crp:k:k, isr. w/r. JL:srE-JX^LY 1904 KOITORIAT. ®HERE is a certain species ofimpudence that frequentlypasses for intelligence to thesuperficial mind, which either hasforgotten or never knew, thatbrevity is the soul of wit, as isamply illustrated when some whole-souled individual uses plain andshort words to express his thoughtsand is almost immediately reprov-ed for so doing by a repetition ofhis utterances in more stiltedEnglish by the would be intel-ligent idiot, who shows by his ef-forts that his early home instruc-tion, commonly referred to asbreeding has been sadly neglect-ed. Thus, for example, if the manwith an idea to express in regardto the weather casually remarks,Its going to rain, his wouldbe is sure to remark, Ah yes,my fri
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