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Show paper.ns water would." explained the grocer. "I had hard work to get people peo-ple to believe they could carry milk in a bag at first, and had to let it go at my own risk. I've cent it xo half a mile by slow transit; still I'd advise you cot to stop to tell any long stories or. the way home." Providence Journal. A raj of Ki'k. "Here you are, two pounds of chops, good scant weight" said tha merry Cranston Street grocer to tho young man of family who h;id brought in an order from his wife, "and now for the milk; where's your can?" Tho young man of family protested that he hadn't read the order, nnd had not been equipped with a can. "Never mind," said the grocer; "here, hold on to it" and he dcxteriously Blipped one paper sugar bag inside of another and filliped the corners into place. Tho two quarts of milk were poured into the inner bag. "The greaso in the milk prevents it from going tlirough the |