The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-02-20
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EeHHt Flkeins OfeRonlensls W.
lived II lIse iiaIIss, OFeRoh, where hs
had retired 70 enJeg elly ne, anef
having accumulated : competency ny
LUCKY sreeulailons IN cattle,
Tom wa no f,oI on ihe coolmy,
rather sharper Than The average ci
Ne hind, In matters and things that
"ho knowed about"
One morning Tom walked up town,
"a was hla wont, 10 SEQ what was
going on, and stopped 10 front Of the
"Mouhi Hood saloon TO exchange
saluiations With bis friends, Jim G
aud Vie r., who occupied arm.chalrs
near the door. Adjoining the Mount
Hood was cigar, fruit, and "gcnulnc
mecrschaum" pipe stand, and among
The multitude Of wares exposed for
sale on tho. sidewalk, was huge
pile ef cocoanuia, arranged like can-
non balls. iaNDh
"what's thcmg' asked Tom.
"Cocoanuts," replied Jim quietly.
"What are they forg" Tom In
quircd.
"To cat, you darncd fool" said
jim; "didn't you ever see cocoa
nut bcf6rc?"
"How do you cat emp" continued
Tom, waiving the reflection upon his
ignorance.
"Why boil thcm," continued Jim,
{ with great immobiliiy Of face.
So, without further delay, Tom
, bought the largest one he could find,
paying six bits therefor, and made q
' bec-line for home. fsa
] That evening Tom came up town
Q and entering the " Mount Hood :
d said to Vic, in a quiet tone:
4 "Thc old woman has becn a bilin
o that cocoanut all day, and Il pear
It like Il ain't done yet-cvery once Il
z a while she makes a dive after ]
with a two prong'd fork, and Il ca
N vorts oil round the kftle. What d
a you Think" z .a0'a'. 9'gHigR.l
: "why,D said Vic, perhaps yo'
u didn't put any salcratus IN the water
a that's It; gohome and put In i hand
Q fdl Of salcntns, and keep on boiling
q Il; itmay be an old onc."ao .'i'
8 The next morning Tom started ~
q Main street, walking quito fast, with
Q a very excited air about him, and
y going into the saloon, he at once nd
Q vanccd towards Vic and Jim, and
J; pale with half suppressed passion
Q exclaimed. ~ A.lp
g "You think You are mighty smart
+ don't you, to tell q fcllcr to go and
!, bile cocoanutg Here we've been .
;. bilin and a biIin the cussed varminl
! all day and all night, and the blamed
k thing ain't done yet. Now TIL JUS
e let You fcllers know that I don't neal
. believe that's the right way to cook !
I cocoauut no how" "'a'.e
a whercupon Tom called dupon Judg'
a -, late Of Western Virginia,
. knight Of st. Crispin and Justice o
. the peace, and appealed to him 4
j prove that boiling cocoanut wa
n mot the proper culinary method q
II prepare that tropical luxury for th'
d table. Tho judges ideas upon th'
1t subject Of cocoanuts being somcwhn
, crude, his evidence was rather mixed
N Said the judge, very Deliberately
- after taking sugar in hIs'n," "Wha
I was raised, | think cocoanuts wash
$ ginerly bilt. III don't dlsrcmem
e Der, they barbecued Fem, or eat 'ef
like shell-bsrks, sndp-bcing guide
4, by observing smile going around-
"I think. Tom, that these yer fellow
! has been selIin' yoa." ~ pn e
{, The idea now becoming perfect
clear 10 Tom that he had been asold,
= be was fiantic with rage, and grssui
- ously offered to q lick" any man WI
said that "bilin'' n cocoanut was Il
right way 10 cook Il. The DO.
=, ~ smiled aadibly, but kept out Of d
I way.
y" A few days sflsr this oceurcns
Ton came 10 The saloon with tea
~ running down his checks, and loo
ing distressed gcuerslly. CaIIi'
'k- Vic and Jim aside, he aid, with
J TO voice sremuloas with mortifcatio
en- "Boys, this bilin a cocoanut
e. mighty rough on me SURE; them 9
81 lers that gos stuck in that qual
S mine up in The basin, just come
int me % borry Ave thousand dolla
ek- and offered 70 give me she ledge q