The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-01-03
4 TRANSFORMATION THAT
BEATS SpIRITUALISM.

A TRANSFORMATION THAT
BEATS SPIRITUALlSM.
According to the Albany Police
Tribune, Mr.. and Mrs. Hall have re-
sided in Albany..for some months
Their home was formerly::in Michigan
Mr.. Hall is a gentleman of full hab-
its and passionately fond of duck
shooting; this accounts, perhaps, for
his having bagged Mrs. Hall. Mrs.
Hall is a middle-aged woman, who
does not like to be "left alone" She
is subject to fits of nervousness, and
runs away with the..idea that them, ore
solitude you have in a..house, the soon
er it becomes haunted. Mrs. Hall is
very agreeable woman, has q mag
niticent eye, and talkss'Auidly," as
Mrs. Harris would say. So much
for the general appearance Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall:
On monday last Mr.. Hall imprint
ed a kiss on Mrs Halls cheek, and
told her he was going a shooting on
Long Island, and be absent from
home for week. Mrs. Hall burst
into tears and said such an absence
would be the death Of her. Mr.. Hall
said, Pshaw!' and concluded the
speech by promising to bring her a
hundred dollar dress from Stewards.
Mrs. Hall was mollitied. In cOnse-
qucnce ofthi. Mr.. Hall repaired to
the office, to write up the cash book,
and give the clerks such becoming ad-
vice As would keep their morals
sweet for "the coming week"
During Mr.. Halls absence at the
office Mrs. Hall busted herself with
filling his satchel with a few necessa-
rics for the tramp. In the collection
were two shirts, four dickeys, six
handkerehiefs, two pair Of socks, a
bottle of cough medicine, n pair of
razors, one lathcr brush and n broken
cup. Mr.. Hall returned to the house
fixed himself up, and at about half
past six o'clock he started for the
st. amboat.
Mr.. Hall intended, when he left
home, to stay a week. Instead Of
that, he staid one day. On arriving
in New York, he was Overtakcn by
sore throat, of such severity that his
physician said he must instantly re-
turn home, as weeks duck shooting
on Long Island would lead to an ear
ly funeral in Albany. Hall took the
advice, and on Tuesday returned to
town on the Hudson River Railroad.
He came up in the 5r. NJ, train and
got home about halfpast ten. He
was met on the stoop by the house.
dog, who waggcd his tail, and when
the door was opened by the servant
girl, accompanied him "up-stairs."
Mr.. Hall found Mrs. Hall still up
and dressed. Mrs. Hall was surpris-
ed at Mr.. Halls sudden return, and
hoped nothing had happened" Mr..
Hall said, mo nothing serious, only
a sore throat, that a little care and
hore- hound would soon overcome.
Mrs. Hall said she was rcioiccd to
hear it, and gave Mr.. Hall n kiss that
him of old times"
Just here the dog, Carlo, went into
the bedroom and commenced bark
ing.
What's that dog barking at my
dear?"
"Can't say unless it's that distress
ed cat that has annoyed us all sum
mer.
"Not that yaller cat that tried to
kill last week.
"Thc same, suppose"
"But how did he get into the bed
room?"
"Come in off the back shed, | sup
pose. saw him there just before
tea. He will go away in a moment"
"Go away! not by long shot
Get me my revolver, and Ill blow his
brains out"
"Not for the world, my love-
Don't bloody up the carpet. ltaisc
the window and call Carlo away and
he'll 90 out himself"
81 don't believe in any such an ar /
Mrs. Hall. I've been af-
ter that cat about a month, and am
now determined to blow his brains
out, blood or no blood"
Mrs. Hall tried to dissuadc him,
but it was without effect. Mr.. Hall
had resolved to kill that cat, and he
would do it.
As Mrs. Hall would not '.touch a
pistol for the world" MIR. Hall went
10 the bureau and got it for himself
Having examined the load, and ad- |
justed the caps, he advanced to the
bedroom, preceded by Carlo, who po-
Ned his nose under the bedstcad, and
gave a yelp that walked the baby
that the nurse had in the next room
Mr.. Hall dropped on his knees. Mr..
Hall then leaned over on his hand,
and BY this means enabled himself to
see as far under the bed as Carlo did. |
Mr.. Hall gave one look, and then
asked Mrs. Hall "if that yaller cat
wore blue coat with brass buttons?"
Mrs. Hall gave a ascrcech and lost her
reason. Mr.. Hall told the yaller cat
to come out. The yaller cat obeyed
the order. and when he did 50, he was
discovered to be .''an old moa-cr,"