The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-04-24

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% evsr, tyies supty III ooaI ~
eaas % " whssIs viii sundry
othsr hdIcuIously ~ lrieks. The
passenger, = ws bslbss rssuasksd,
wsfs . worry lively ~, and the Ans
ws heard of then allss thsIs dspar.
tuFa was from Rsetown, on ~
lower end Of Csnoa liver, 1t I way.
side Inn. The boys Isn Virginia
when the small pox was prevailing,
but none Of thsm carried Il along,
although they joksd : good deal
about Il. The idss was conceived
by Jimmy Ellington that II such .
thing did happen among tho passsn.
gers, It would be as well to test the
hospitality Of the tavern keepers
then and there, and zee what would
become Of Z small pox patient
None Of the passenger had IL % 4
was concluded 70 st up . bogus
patient for the occasion. Y.
johnny Clark agreed to be the
patient, and, = ted stage was ap-
proaching I tavern, they rolled him
up, head and heck, into three pain
Of blue blankets, and whsnthe stage
stopped in front Of the tavern they
lifted him out Of Of the coach scare-
fully y possible and carried him on
q board into the house, laying him
on the Aoof. Just then the land
lsdy came in, and, manifsstsd asrsat
deal Of energy ID hor style, wi1hsd
to know what Il meant With all|
the gravity imaginable they In
formed her that they bad Just arriv-
cd from Virginia City, and that one
Of the passengers was taken with =
dreadful stack of small pox, and
they must leave him then and there
or he would die. The passengers
instantly turning around, leaving
the patient On the floor, and getting
into the stage, drove OF. The poor
woman screamed and yelled, ran
out to the barn, and fairly made the |
4welkin ring with her boIsterous
behavior, whils the stage logged |
along slowly, and the passengers en- |
joyed the The livshneds Of the scene.
The landlord was engaged in the |
barn, innocent ofwhat was going on
IN the house, and - his wife come
out screaming and yelling, ed cry
ing AamaIl pox in the house r ~mur-
ierr' arobbenr' ct, he run into
he house for bis sho( gun, and N his
taste fell headloug over The spa-
lent on the door Of the bsr-room,
which he took for ! desd man
up for burial. Getting hls
yun he followed the stage for hall .
nIle, and riing Il up 70 take aim,
threatened 70 shoot the hsad Of fevery
'sssengsr Il they didn't como back
md got the corpse which waa on the
|oor. His threatening attitude Of
,oune sfopsd them, and they tried
o argue the case Of liza and death /
nth thsman whowsS sick. swhat
J the matter With him r asksd thsl
he landlord. ~Why hs haa IL
mall pox." Thunder md light
'ingI The mail poxi Nov, yos
ut ooliy hek esd ~ ~ ID
mall pcx out Of my house, o. IN
in svsEy moshersson q yosi mol
mall poz patient fbr ne q nyji
III 10 IN wi(h - whsls ~ q
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