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Show NOT IN ACCORD. "Is the daily newspaper a reflection of popular sentiment, or is it not?" he asked as he elevated his feet to the top of the stove. "No, Shur," thickly replied the man in the corner. "That's what I say," continued the other. "All the newspapers are agin wine at New Year's calls. Now, here is seven of us. We are used to whisky and beer, and the idea of our tramping around all day long and sampling nothing but coffee strikes right to the soul." "Strizs rize to ‘er soul," repeated the man in the corner. "WE wouldn't object to a change from beer to Catawba, or from whisky to champagne, but the idea of changing off to coffee-regular boarding-house beverage-is not only absurd, but positively disgraceful. Who ever heard of a tru gentleman getting drunk on coffee?" "Nobody!" growled the man on the stool. "Therefore, it is moved, supported and carried, that we drop our subscriptions to the newspapers, refrain from making our customary calls, and get drunk on the usual beverages, and I now declare this meeting adjourned."-Detroit Free Press. |