"Quad's odds"; . The agent followedme four miles on a hot day, while giving me its freezingpoints, and I took it more to reward his industry than any-thing else. I looked high and low that night for some-thing to put in that refrigerator, and only succeeded ingetting hold of ten cents worth of radishes, which I under-took to preserve on twenty-five cents worth of ice. I gotup early, opened the doors and found a cat seated on theshelf, wiping the sweat off her browwith her hind feet. She didnt sayanything, nor did I, but we both didconsiderable thinking, and that boxwent out of doors after brea
"Quad's odds"; . The agent followedme four miles on a hot day, while giving me its freezingpoints, and I took it more to reward his industry than any-thing else. I looked high and low that night for some-thing to put in that refrigerator, and only succeeded ingetting hold of ten cents worth of radishes, which I under-took to preserve on twenty-five cents worth of ice. I gotup early, opened the doors and found a cat seated on theshelf, wiping the sweat off her browwith her hind feet. She didnt sayanything, nor did I, but we both didconsiderable thinking, and that boxwent out of doors after didnt propose to open any con-veniences for wearied cats house. the wearied cat. The next was called the Frigid Iceberg. I told the agent that I had always supposedicebergs were as limber as strings, but he replied that thename didnt make any difference with the box, and put ona frigid look himself. The box was a fine-looking affair,four-holes-full-jeweled, with a fine brass door-knob which 162. STILL AILING. 1G3 glowed and winked in the sun like a midnight lamp. Ithad just begun to be a success, when the servant girl, whohad that day received a letter from her William statingthat his affections were on the wane, went up into the sec-ond story of the box and took poison, and she was deadwhen we found her. The sight of the box was so mourn-ful that it had to go out of the house. Poor girl! she wasvery scrupulous in her habits, and would have chosen someother place if her mind had been free from trouble. Theagent was rather put out when I told him that the bodydidnt get cold for five hours, and he remarked iceof the present day wasnt the ice of years ago, which wasa very graphic remark. The next one was called the Greenland was warranted to save ten per cent in fuel, fifteen percent in oil, and I dont know how much more, but remem-ber that the agent warranted it to have taken twelvethousand medals at State fairs, and a few certificates at
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