Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-05
HORNsWOGGLED.
CoIOneI Weston in y New R0l~-He
Turns Dancing s-Master-H0W
COHhide sERgnesizes
Weak Kneea-

Yesterday afternoon, ID. Cunningham, the
st. Louis gentleman who mas been Ia solemn
search OF some eight hundred dollars lost by
Colonel Weston, and claimed by the Tiger,
encountered the latter gentleman W estonj IN
front OF Benson 5 music store, on Main street.
1t was not meeting that the aforesaid u. c.
few dollars, and never intended to do more
than raise hellaballoO In squire dall's Illus
and a thnndering noise generally were alone
wanting, aS WAS supposed, to make the money
come. Squire Halls genius was also invoked,
but all these persuasive agencies having
failed, the cowhfde was resorted to. Curiollsly
enough the eowhide was handled, not by the
unhappy Cunningham, and no cunning of
GUS hagellation, and poor G. Is striped
like unto zebra with twenty
stripes about his body and another
across sundry physical protuber4nces, until
no cunning Of hams would enable the poor
devil TO sit down quietly and brood over the
Nicissitudes of the gaming-table, OF over those
curious distinctions which the law defines
between larceny and embezzlement, and be-
tween stranger and a partner and between
the rights Of these two to the use OF the part
have q partner, especially Of the sort fhat
totes villainous cowhides. In fact, most men
will hereafter have Il specially provided ia
all partnership contracts thai neither member
Of the firm shall ever tote acowhide. Lawyers
will be required, when drawing partnership
indentures, to look into each fellows boots
Iainous twisted leather constituting a little
dormant partner. c. Cunninshaun Eso was
ambling comfortably along Main street yes
reflection, and elaborating the curious
thoughts suggested by squire Halls learned
judicial diotd- suddenly Blr. Weston, who has
been undergoing terrible processes of prose
eution in the courts and newspapers, who
has been grand II juried and sguire-halled un-
til made frantic BY the persistent plaintiff
Mr.. Weston, when he inst the aforesaid Gun
ningham, drew from beneath his modest vest
ments yard Of cow-slxin deiieately twisted.
Weston lifted his right arm gracefully above
his head, and the insinuating coWhide In sim
uous coils interspersed itself with Invisible
rapidity and cutting force among the coat
hat, vest, breeehesi suspenders, shirt, unmen-
II he had been Snlitten over the head and
shoulders by the ten thousand words Of
the great pole near which he stood, Cunning
ham would not have been more startltngiy
electrified. He danced around with uRre-
stricted facility, knocked eyer enF fat friend
which beloved Like bnli-calf,, scared an in.
nocent who was Iausie-buying out OF her
smashed a big-bellied drum that viii never
grow silent when there's q cOvhide in mile
OF IL; he finally rolled over table, ala a
ood-natured lawyer eoHing ~ interPosed,
steam man, IS once In motion Ii couldn't be
sttIled, kept flying up and down, right and
left, with inyisible m9yements aud tAeoneeiy-
able rapidity for half an hour. In fact, the
whole performance seemed 70 do Weston
vast deal Of gaad, and there wasn't the slight
est sympathy IN this shown by poor Cunnfng-
ham who entirely wilted, was doubled up be-
hind the counter.
Mr.. Cunningham, fearing the machinatiops
Of Squire Han, as he stated, went Tor a tolfces
man, He ka5 himself taken before the Re-
corder ilrst and put up . forfeit for his appear,
ancethis morning. He then went to squire
Winters and caused himself ta he bound over
70 appeal this morning In this gentlemsnss
atste Court, sud TINS Hall Is evsded and VI es-
lop Is happy. 9A
Thank God, the country IA relieved of the