New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-11-13
from the Danbury New,
That UOOp-Sikrf.

We hlH visitor Saturday afternoon. He
was a Squlre-buiit, heavy man. When he
cauc IN hc took Il seat opposite "a, and after
preliminary examination g.. our features,
yrDposuIcd the fpllowin, singular bat rather
important question
Did yuu ever heav tell Of a woman lcaS-
ing q Erup-Sbig; on the iloor IN front of the
bed ." We thought over the subject for q
moment 80 - not To seem hlstv in our iu3E-
ment and briefly intmatcd that We had not
any knowledge of this popularity ~ the sex
e." Well, nor either till last night, " said be-
And - yuu dii hear OF j, last night 81
asked Il rpl'i,y think | !. / r4fls.
think | did, hp repeated. Then he pulled up
his pautl!ponS lrg disclosing g Sh.u-1,u.
that looked as i: had passed the night IN "A
>nnkc-lpusc fighting flies and n brUise NJ "a"
top that must have called forth The .'vn'r,t
expression, Of wrath when received. " Do
yUa see that hr asked. A. w. were
inrL.n. directly NJ x, there WI, possibility
that ~. -.5N IL, and Nc answered iH the NJ.
native. Well. Young man. =" he oNpl1.ucl.
Il Sc got another one Ike that On ny 5ac,
and lump on the top oi nay head, and Ia.
COL jJrndr>i shaking up generally You eyer
saw He paused moment to rc-1i'u~t h'-
Iuu:al 'ous, leg, and then continued: ON,
see | ~, taken n little bad IN the nigh,
with Il pain IN my stomach. had been over
to the fair, and must have eat s0mcth.n
that didn't agree with me. | guess il wl,
about three O'Clock in the mDrun' when !
begun To feel the Gripin'. thought n !..,'
Ia lay still, an i; NIGH. pass over; bu' B.,
kept g.tting wng>r. an finally | got ur o.
loo. Tor the Cami'rc. Il was darker than
hla7cS. IA tlynr.tc and pertinent ,imir " an
the masses. En., an had To h.ch rnuut
kinder CarctUily lor a match. | expect | Ior
on t'r wyuu. Side %! the bel in thr d8th g..
tE' fist lh.uE | hnuNtd one 90: my .y,t
ydl,hci in something, and Kinder ijchci ur
ahead, then the other foot cItchcd and vU.lrt
ne up again, an then both legs got tangled
mp in iuc internal hoops, for It w,;> the OLD
womGu'- h1up-,h.-t, Iu' some a.! th' ribs -u:
between NY toes, and >mJrtcd Ike thGHdrr
an when | uudrrtnrk To move .our way %
would pull ne back another. and finally %
cot cIt,hcI ul II a cheer. an ! Suddenly
went over t. wUust. the cheer too, an !
truck my ann across tn" tnnt-hoarl oi the
bed. an liked To have wrruchcd my shoulder
. III, and that threw To one side kinder, an
come plump with the toy %; my head again
the mantle. aud jest made every timber IN
thdt house shake rs if thuudcr-bolt had
struck il. is Il great wonder Il hadu Z
killed me a II was, 1t SCI the old woman
to scrcamIn' like "A stuck pig, an for two 90,
three minutes i; made mo dreadful sick au'
dissatisfied. You can bet that when | got
on my feet | made short work "i that hoop
skirt. IL amt hardly worth mcutjon.u' IA
the paper, don't suppose, hut | thought 81,
might be Il good thing To- just warn the wn-
men against lravjn' hoop->krt~ On the floor
nights, an putin peoples lie in danger,
Won know" Here lac stopped, and lcan.u.
back in his chair with sigh Of relief from au
oppressive duty performed, eyed u tor mo.
mcut with considerable and rather uncJIlrI-
for anxiety. Then rising and replacing his
hat with another sigh, asked Us it W. had en-
gagged our potatoes for the winter, aud find
Ing that we had, and there was nO probable
" within the h"rr ot earthly comprehension
that we should need any pot-hou-c cheese,
he sighed once more ami took his leave.