The Yazoo Democrat., 1858-10-16
A BORE.

duu CmyieT one nlgnt stepped INTO
quiet hotel to read the news. (The reade
lis perfectly correct we also ordered tw
glasses of lager to come with the papcr.)
/ i was in the midst of an interesting an
rather abstruse article, when figetty an,
selfish, overbearing looking person alongsid
me, and who appeared in deep thought
| probably on the means to be adopted to g.
poor devils to work an hour longer daily, "a
lower wlges-began nervously to frt a still
tooth,pick The "Aap, a p, fap," cominI
so suddenly upon my ear, for momen
destroyed the thread of the argument.
started looked round at him. aud resumed
Flip! ftp! fp!" be went at it again
Again stared at him a little harder.
nervous looking gentleman in the opposit,
corner eyed hun too. And then endeay
ored to pick up my subject again.
clip! flip"
"Damu the felowp' / muttcred, and
caught strange CLEAN in the corner o
Smyler's eye,
For two or three minutes the annoy ane.
continued, and began to think it best t.
quietly proceed to some other house, whc,
after most energetic Flip! flpl flip T
from my neighbor,
Rat tat lat p was echosl by Snyier's
boot heel on the f,or.
/ got glimmer Of Smyler intentions.
'"FIip p
"Tat p
A silence for nearly minute, aud then
Flip! ftp p
"Ra tat !" instantly followed
"Fnp! fl p! ftp flip! flp!" went tooth
pick shortly afterwards.
4Rat tai vat tat tat p came euerget-
EdcdlIy from boot heel
The proprietor of the dental assuager
looked tierce-got red in the face as
"Tap tap tap tap tap !" was produced
by the application of four fnger nails On the
table in the opposite corner.
I. P. looked digniiei, and with an i'm m,
portant air called for bottle Of wine, which
he proceeded to drunk in s,lemn grandeur.
Gu the strength of the impression which he
imagined such an outlay in that 6fth-rate
place must bave naturally produced, he
thought he'd try 1t on again.
Clip flip ! flip p
Three Short sharp whistles, which had
evidently been practised in old Bnwery,
were the leading accompaniment, from IA
saucy looking fellow in his shirt sleeves, and
who had caught up The joke.
"Rat tat tat Y
"Tap tap tapw
"Bow wow! wlw!'' from another new
volunteer, very particular friend Of Smyler.
"What do you mean p iercely demanded
T. p, eyeing Smyler, who was the least OF
tue party, savagely.
tRat tat tat !"
Three whistles.
"Bow wow WOW !"
"Tap! tap! tapY'
"Hi hill hiH
"Can't | firt my tooth pick, if IKE ?"
ferociously demanded the port wine patron
zer.
"Certainly," blandly replied Smyler; "and
you Of course cannot possibly object to my
employing my foot thus
"Ral! tat tat p ''
"Or | my hands thus tap tap! tap"
issued from the opposite corner.
COR | my mouth" dexterously exempli6ed
by him from the Bowery
eli hi !! hiv' and "Bow WOW WOW ?
completed the argument.
The upshot was that as he had commenc+
the annoyance of whole company for his
own peculiar gratihcation, we continued to
persecute him for our especial amusement,
TILL, fairly boiling over with outraged dignity,
be paid for his half-fuished wine, and
bounced out of the room amid fearful y
original chorus.
Every man carries moral tooth pick.
The wise know how to use it; the selfish
get taught sooner or later.