Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-03
A Cold in His Head N iseries OF a
"Dab Fool" that wouldn't Blow
His "DOze.''
BY DIR. @. W. BAGBY.
Publisher and Proprietor

By dabe is odes- D lddle Jodes. | ab
the bost biserable bad udder the sud. l
alb eterdally catching cold; by doze is
everlastingly gubbed up, so that | dever
cad talk plaid. l have tried every thlg
id the world to preveDdt it, but the cold
will cub id spite of be. sabber ad widter,
il is all the sabe. l breathe through by
bouth frob Jaduary to Decebber, frob
the begidding to the edd of the year. I've
tried Allopathy, Hydropathy, hobeo.,
pathy, ad Tobsodiadisb every systeb OF
bedicid, but id valid. All kides Of teas,
drobs, ad old vibbed's dostrubs have bid
tried; I've swallowed edough of theb to
drewd be; butts do use Dothing udder
heaved cad keep my feet warb, dothig
keep be frob cstchig cold. .
/ alb dot rich, l ab dot poor; but | had
rather be beggar, ad orgad grider's
budkey, the beadest thig you could dabe
-adythig--rather thad be bad with q
stopped up dozs, ! ab very tod OF wib-
beds society, but dare dot 60 idto cub
pany; peoble are too polite to evidce
disgust, but ebery body becubs udessy
whedever l vedture dear theb. wadt to
barry but doboddy will have be with by
doze-dever dever lab idcodceivably
unhappy
Sub years ago | fell id love with a
chsrbig girl. Her father was bad Of
beads, ad she was the bost Eidding little
dubsel id de world Ad she slode of all
the world seebed dot to bide by bisfor-
tude. Ad loved her with love of ud-
ID ldgidable intedsiiy; every atob of by
beig adored her l deterbided to sere-
dade her. Accordingly shut byself up
id by reos I'D waited log tibe, udtil by
dcze got albost e5t;rely well. At last,
wud fide Autub Digit, / veatured forth,
wrapped up to the eyes id cloaks, over
coats, shawls, hadkerchiefs, sd what dot; F.;
cd by feet I wore the thickest kide OF CUB
shoes, 4 bad of bpsiciads wedt slog
with me. Twas after eleyed o'clock
whed we reached her residedee in a
fashiodable sd retired street. After the
bad had ylsyed dubber of fde tudes.
edough thought to have walked her, l
ordered thab TO stop, so that | blight sig.
had studied sevefs, gogs, all bore or
less sedtibedtal ad beladchoiy, sdtil ]
thauqht was perfect. But do sooder
had / pulled the hsdkerchief eff hy doze
Ad bouih thad | caught cold. cob
hedced:
"'Tvas ted o'clock wud bOodlight dight;"
it soudded very badly, SO thought |
would Try
"Whed twilight dews ara falling fast;"
but that was albost as bad as the hsrt
But had cub there TO sing, and sing l
bust. So / sung at the top of by voice,
Cub. oh cub with be.
The hood Is beabif;
Cub, oh cub with be,
The stars are gleabig.
And all around. above,
With beauty teabig;
Boolignt hours are beet for Lowell
Ira la lala Ia, and so ferth."
While | was goig on with ''tra la lsla
Ia" codgrslulatig byself bedtally upod
by success, yug fellow livig in the bad
siod sjoidig by sweetheart, threw up a
widdew and shout, d, "BlOp your dOze,
vou dab JoOu blop yotr dOEer Ad all
the bad sf busiciads laughed long ad
udfeeligly, Fadcy BY feeligsi Shakig
BY cledcbgd hst At the jug scoundrei i'd
the w;ado=, sasshe5s.i=sd hih with the
bost awful lbrecaiiods could ihidk Of,
udbideful Who blight hear or who blight
dot. OF The iddecedt ad udfeelig busi-
ods look do further dotice thsd 10 hurl
theb their pay upod the grod. Taed l
bArched hobe ad retired to By sPsFsSsS',
frob which ! did dot eberge for budths.