American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-17
Ezekiel Perkins Hat.

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and festive lawyer. Of the oldsn Tins by
same Ezekiel Perkins, wsllso do bach
slor. who was always made welcome At
social gatherings. and was very pspalas.
His weakness was too great a fondness foe
good wine. Now. Mr.. Perkins had . few
peculiarities: among them. lie had An
enormous heal. his hats always having to
b. made for him Then. having got one to
1T his immense Uranium. he took tho very
useless precsutisn Of putting label In the
crown thereof. reading. Ezekiel Perkins.
Counselor and Attorney -at-Law. Hartford.
Conn.,"
His peculiar social failing WAS. that as
all stag dinner parties land to them hs
eottoned tho most) he got-he got-well,
there il no uso sinking il. he got rather
Intoxicated early in tho evening. He, how
ever. had tho faculty Of knowing when he
had got Is much as he could comfortably
carry. and knowing this. to take his leave.
Ono evening, Mr.. Perkins wendell his
way to one of the best mansions of Hart
ford. He was in full dinner dfese-blue
coat. with gilt buttons. white vest. with
black combinations. and spotlsss linen
Lightly he stepped along. his hat q little
70 one side. swinging his cane. and hum.
ming IN air as he went. He was in high
spirits. in view of spending an unusually
pleasant evening-enjoyiag the affair in
anticipation; aud how often does it ex.
coed the reality! Having arrived. and do
posted his - among . number Of others
on the hell table, he in due couxse sat
down to dinner.
RA- Sok.p hcnw;r~ h3a h>.A I'D ~ .
pFspsnsity - indulge too freely At ,hss
meets. determined 70 have . Lat Of fun .
his expense So. during the time which
occurred before dinner was announced. he
managed to take the label out Il Mr.. Pes
kins's hist and affix It In tho crown Of the
smallest hat on tho table. He then ~
tired, and swaited events The dinner
was. ~ ME Perkins expected, . prime A.
fHir; % that. what with song. jest. wit.
and wine, he found himself 1t the end Of
. capital Story by his host. ," down 70 his
beayinGs," - . sailor would say. Rising
from his chair. carefully sseAdyine him
self BY the back. he nodded gsod-by 70 the
host De could do no more). aud. expatia-
ting on tho good time he had had. and the
sxeellsnee Of that last joke. he got out Of
procesaed to get his hat.
Pom mo soul |" he said. a. he esaned
aAd nooned over the table. looking for his
hai-~'pon me soul. that's the hes joke !
ewes heasd-'' His uttesnAee was rather
thick. Yes. an the be5 dinner I was
ever At" Here he gave . lurch. bu. was
stsadied by tho waiter In Attendance in
the hall. At last after swaying about Tor
some time, hs detected his labol. ADD,
pouncing upon the hat containing it. Fad
aloud. zekesl Perkins. counshr un-ho-
cup r.rey . law. Hartford. Coness>uA
That's ny hat
put on the article In his usual Jaunty
style. 1t weuldn't do He ben, to II, tried
both hands. held it to his head. fairly try
Ing TO force his head in. swaying: rocking.
staggering the while hat it wouhn't do.
He WAS hot and stupefied. He couldn't
understand It. Turning to the waiter,
whose gravity had nearly given way at tho
gyrations. he said with great politenes,,
" WEI you big me Ivy roadin' what's In
that hast
Certainly. SIR. Ezekiel Perkins. Ceua-
selor and Attorney AtIaw. Hartford,
Conn.,"
my hasr' And Immediately begsn the
eame performance. but with more enc. Ky.
After some moments Of staggering. pre-s-
ing. and pulling. until he was once IN. 70
at fever-heat he again Addressed the scr.
want. and with still more mystefeI air
than before. but \ determination, a IL
were, 70 know the wo.st-
''i beg PARDON. but will you be pleased
20 toll me who amr'
Certainly, SIR. Lknow you perfectly
we'll You are Mr.. Ezes isl Perkins. o,un-
selor and attorney -aslaw hero In Hart
ford"
~ knewNl ! know Il! That's right;
that's mo. aud that's my hat but my
heads most unlnerrifuIly sweiledr
Waste Paper.
Few housske -pcrs are aware Of tho
many uses to which waste Iaref may b
put After . stove hiss been bIseksned. it
may be ke,t looking very well for hong
time BY rubbing with paper every mora
Ing. Rubbing with paper is . much nicer
way of keeping the outsides Of a t-. ketsis.
coffee pot. and tea pot bright and eileen.
than tho old way Of wasLis1 them 10 suds-
Rubbing with paper h also the best way
of polishing knives aud tin ware after
securing. This saves wetting knife hand.
les II a little -four bo Lei on the pare.
in rubbing tin ware and spoons. they shiEs
like new silver. Fo. polishing mirrors.
windows. lamp chimnays. &c. paper is o.:
ter than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles
keep much better il brown paper instead
Of cloth is tied over the jnr Paper Is much
better 70 put under a ear, OF than s:raw
1t 10 warmer, thinner. aud makes less noise
when one walks over IT, Two :hiein-sses
Of paper. aced between other coverings
on bed. are AS warm AS quilt
Thickness Of Glscfers
In his memoir "On tho Mechanics
Properties of Ice." published in tho Phil
osophical Magazine" for January. 1870,
Canon Moseley arrives at eonci usior in
regard to tho crushing of ice, to winch
am unable. without notifications, to agree
In his experiments ice WINS crushed under
d pressure OF 1904 pounds on the SQUARE
inch, anil concludes TINT il xla cier is over
40 foet in thickness tine CO 1T the unier
surface must be crushed by the incum-
bent weight Profess7r Thilipr also III do
some experiments on the crushing OF ico
and he came to the conclusion that the
height Of a crushing column OF ics 10 b.
tween 1000 and 1900 feot. and concluded
thickness the ice would loss its solidity.