Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
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OYSTERS IN ST. LOUIS.

HOW ZIMMERMAN worked OUT SIX
''TINs'' IN ONE DAY.
Job Givens is from the lumber region OF
Wisconsion, and until yesterday, says
st Louis paper, had never eaten an oyster,
1t wasn't his fault, only his misfortune.
Job belonged to the truly rural, and some
how or other oysters had never came in
Job Given's way. Fore some reason Job
had drifted to st. Louis to find something
to do and by chance he came yesterday
morning to where an oyster dealer was
packing oysters in boxes for Christmas Or
ders. Job stood looking on for about an
hour. and then he said to the oysterman
Say, captain, what have you got in them
things p
Baltimore oysters
Oysters, eh I'd ike 10 have one of
'em.'
'One can p
NO, one oyster I've heered tell on 'em.
Pears to me I'd like TO hev one mighty
WELL
The oysterman teok Job Givens inside
and picked out and oyster from the tureen.
Heturned it over an over on the fork, put
his tongue TO it, smeit it, and still he
couldn't make up his mind exactly what to
do with it.
It's all right, suppose = said Job.
''Of course it's all right
job put it cautiously to his month, and
finally into his mouth, and the moment it
came off the fork it slid down his throat.
We'll, I'm darned,' said Job Givens, II
that arn't queer the critter didn't give
fellow any show. Say. Major, can't you
stand another r
The oysterman forked oGi another 70 see
the fun, and this ore Job took good cale TO
taste. He caught il in his teeth, and there
he held it, afraid to let 60. At length 1t
went the way Of all oysters. aud job said
quietly:
It's big thing, t. its looks anyhow,
say, Colonel, how manv's in one nf them
.ins.'
-Four or five dozen
Is that fact a? say. | arG't got any
money, but I'd like 10 work out one of
them tins
The oyster man wanted help and 50 lie
said 20 Job. Pitch ia. then. and earn your
can
After working a couple of hours, carry
ing up boxes and doing the rough work.
Job stopped and asked him for his tin. IL
was ,igsn TO him and then the trouble was
TO open it. He had about as clear au idea
Of doing this as he had Of reading Hebrew.
At last they opened the can for him, and
be sat in the cellar pouring the oysters
down his throat out of the can. They Of
iered him a fork and q plate. but that pro-
cess was too slow for Job wanted TO know
if be couldn't wGrk ont another tin, and
The cystcrmon set him to work again. AT
The end OF another two hours Job, who had
worked enough for two men under the in
SpirarI5m of coming oysters, asked If he had
earned hls lin and !ie ;upk lis ,.d. seat IN
IN, cellar and disposed "i tic secund eau In
about IN, salue mauu-T ~ th. frs,. Al
ht eiia WIS th'' i.' NV - l'''-' q"
their iouks.
AMI stiI. 'hr. "N>l.'ur.n keg', "a packing
b.,xes ana Job Gsy-u- k"pt'n working ike
. s;raui e., .ir' :.nd ,; ti. -Xlifa'i'a "i
r.ary two h.dilr taking his 'in into tbs ccl-
lar aud p.a.ii2 lAe uys.'rs down hiz capa-
ci0ue throat At eleven o'clock last night
job had worked almost thirteen hours and
had six cans OF oysters slowed away under
his waistband. All that he said after every
can was, 4 tell you General'-he had bre-
yelted the oysterman all the way up from