The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-12-12
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"A fiddle of the eIts-Ss -eon
% his inner man bv a cOmfortaDie IA

. his outer man by change OF dress,
vending bis WAY through the thronged
is TO the Fair ground
on The peregrinations of Mr.. Potts and MS
boots at the fair it boots not now TO tell. lnere
was the usual collection OF fat cattle ana proolg-
ious sheep. big brets and monster pumpkins
marvellous geese who wore feathers and marvel
Gus geese who we're without, wonderful machines
which would do nothing at all, prize boquets
and patchwork bedquilts, homemade carpets
and embroidered collars, milliners' cases inll OF
bonneis which made all the women break tne
tenth commandmeat-and, in short, as II IS I'M
possible for me to do justice to the subject may
as well stop right here and leave the rest to your
imagination | never could have the patience to
write out Details and you wouldn't bore your
self reading them If did.
Suffice to say. Mr.. Potts saw all the sights, and
having satisfied himself with seeing, at nine
O'Clock on Thursday night he appeared at the de-
not, homeward bound.
il occurred 10 him that he might as well pass
The Eve or six hours which must intervene before
his arrival 1T home in comfortable snooZe. 30
he bought ticket for the seeping-car, and hav-
ing edged his way into it, through the press,
found his berth, and proceeded TO stow himself
away upon one of the cupboard shelves which the
railroad companies succeed in deluding sleepy
people to believe to be beds.
tie placed MS nat IN tue TACK, uNesteu nlu
self of his coat and laid it on the berth behind
him. rE.-f q
Then he took off the immaculate boots, looked
at them with Il satisfied smile. gave them an af-
fec,onate pat OF approval and set them down in
loving companionship beside his berth. Then he
stretched himself comfortably out upon the bed,
gave long sigh of relief and satisfaction, closed
his eyes and slept the sleep of the just.
Mr. Potts's slnmbers were long and deep, bu
at last be was aroused by vigorous shaking o.
his shoulders and the sound ofa voice in his ears
At first he could not comprehend its meaning
but few. more shakes reused him sufficiently tc
understand that the darkey who had charge o
the sleeping quarters was endeavoring to fulni
his promise to wake Mr.. Potts before the trair
got in.
"Timeis-up. sab ! Wakeup, sab Train in ir
ten minutes, sab ~ yelled the ebony individual
in his ears.
"Al right, I'm awake" mumbed Mr.. Potts
And as ebony passed on to disturb the dreams o
other sIamberers, he proceeded to prove himsel
so by reinststing his manly form in its cast-ol
garments.
First. as it came perfectly natural for a mai
10 do, he put on his hat, then adjusted his coat
and reached out his hand to take his boots. Blu
alas it WAS a bootlcss attempt The triumph
Of genius in leather had disappeared.
Mr.. Potts looked on the berth, he looked un
der the berth, he looked over the berth, he look
ed everyw here where search might be made
without success. Then be appealed for aid,
''Here you Sambo !" be shouted, "where'
my boots ?'
Sambo came, leisurely and grinuing, from tn
other end of the car. 'Boots, sab ?"
ayes, boots p cried Potts. 81 put 'em righ
down there before went to sleep, and now the
are gone W
ttCao. ,o,,, follar dona otolad ,e,n - said Sam
DO.
'sStoIe 'em p cried Potts. "From right ur
der nv nose Who do you think could d
that p
fDunno, sab, " replied Sambo. aspects de
didn't 90 widout help. Two or free fellows don
got OF last station Reckon dey got yer boots
"Konsense p insisted Mr.. Potts. "They mu'
be here somewhere"
But all search proved in vain, and the trai
was fast nearing the station. Mr.. Potts wa
forced to accept the truth. Some wayiarln
scamp had taken the occasion OF Mr. Pott
slumbers to strike up Irritation with his boot
and finally, unable to over come his passion
eIoped with them, leaving their unfortunate ownt
in the lurch.
Mr.. Potts, as this view OF the case impresse
;tsetf on his mind, tried to speak, but words vel
poweress to do justice to his emotions and .
was obliged to give vent to his feelings in expre
sive pantomime.
When the train stopped, having no alternative
Mr. Potts was obliged to descend, satchel
hand, in bis stocking-feet. He looked aroun
for carriage, but not carriage was in sigh
OF course, at this unreasonable hour not sho
was open where pair of boots could be procured
and to make matters worse it had been rainin
and the streets were by no means in good cond
tion for pilgrimage barefoot.
porter informed him that carriages would !
there in an hour 10 meet the eastern train, an
advised him to wait. But Mr.. Potts was tire
enough, without another hours waiting. b
stood in no great fear of hardships, and thel
were much worse things than a walk in the mu
without boots, SO be rolled up his pantaoons
protect them, and set bravely forth.
Half way to the ankles in mud and slusb, OF
hero YEARLY aud Erathfully trudged onward