The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-02-14

beautiful chin. When that mouth opens it
reminds one of pair of shears, and its
teeth are an improvement on a saw mill.
Alligators grow TO be sixteen to eighteen
feet long, run swift on land, but can't turn
round much quicker than q street car.
They bury themselves 10 the ground during
the winter months, and the female leaves
her eggs there, ard the spring sun matches
them, not into spring chickens, but spring
alligators. Spring alligators on toast aren t
much saught after The eggs resemble
goose eggs but l prefer the flavor of the
goose egg to that of the alligator. They
aren't so tart, and make better omelets and
peaches. e y
Alligator meat makes very madiocre mince
pies, aud is not hankered after BY the ma
tives. The skin of the alligator is water
proof, This is wise provision Of nature,
as it keeps it from catching the rhematIsm
or neuralgia People with infant children
from fye,eighths to seven-eigbths Of yard
long are not particularly recommended to
keep many alligators lying around loose,
because there is nothing on bill Of fare
that an alligator prefers to baby. As to
whether tis white, dark, or even black, it
appears to have no choice, am speaking
Of the United States Alligator, as every
boy knows that the Ganges alligators pre-
fer fresh missionaries in fact, missionaries
in that section make better alligator bait
than any other substance known,
HOW JOHN COT TANNED.
In warm weather, going from Mobile to
New Orleans, you can see lots of alligatorsi
aud the passengers on the cars amuse them
selves shooting at them from the windows.
They pop away at them until popped alliga.
tors are more plenty than popped corn.
have counted on one trip, from the car win.
dyws, seyenty-two Of these interesting ami
mails. The people of Mobile are talking oI
erecting buildings for the purpose of tan
ming their hides. If they will send North
and get my old schoomaster the enterprise
will be success He can tan anything
He tanned my hide once with rattan SO thai
it has lasted until now. 70 parties who
have been vaccinated the same way it MAJ
be interesting TO know that rattan is Of thu
| genus calamus, and grows in India to tht
size of human wrist, aud from fifty to oni
hundred feet high If my old schoolmaste
had ever got hold Of a rattan that was o
age, might not have been here at present
except in the spirit Mobile ships piles o
raw cotton. They don't cook cotton, the,
ship it raw, and in bale. In fact, Mobile
baeiul influences are felt all over the civil
lied globe.
JOHN AS A BILLIARDIsT.
AS yet l have met with no ku klux. TIL,
The only cues have seen have been billart
cues, and the clucks have come from TIL
mouths Of female hens. ! played gam
Of billiards here with man. During th
game | was introduced to Miss Cue.
didn't kiss her but kissed the balls. Mis-
Cue doesn't help a fellows game much
Once the balls got froze, at least was toll
they were froze, although the thermomete
stood at sixty degrees. / was going t
pick EN- up, when the man said, "What ar
you doing?' told him, IL was going t
take EN- to the stove and thaw em out.
He said, 80, go ahead" rhenl went aheac
The man played with made thirty. II
called it run, but it looked like roll t
me. Then | took up the cue. ] grease
the little end with chalk, and then / rested
on my thumb, and quicker than the Iightnin
darts from summers cloud ] drew th
cue back and csromed on an estimable cit
zen, Judge IS stomach, It was dra
shot. / hit him with the but end, and
guess he thought it butted pretty hard, too
His breath kept absent so long ! was scarce
and / made the biggest run ever made
, my life. ran two miles, but he has r.
covered enough to sit on cushion.
t The fashion the ladies Of tho North hay
! Of borrowing babies SO as to procure sea-
! in railroad cars and stages is in vogl
? throughout the South. 80 Gi4
l OYSTERS on THE HALF SHELL,
: Yesterday . warm-tempered Mobile Gu
/ got excited and drew dangerous weapC
(; on me. 1t was pistol and it had an awf
t big barrel; barrel is good name for th
r barrel; thought at first it was wat
a main. / ordered some half shell oysters
him, net cash. was dissatisfied with Il
. size Of 'em, they didn't look to be over
s day old. There were no nails on the |,
d thumb, and their foreheads we're too smoot
g so said; 5
g Says l, "Look here" lyr
i Says he, swell, SIR odi trfT-ce &
# Says I,4Didn't order half shells Gief
:. Says he, "Yes, sir; what do you set
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