The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-04
bRpsK INA sORrnER,
Mr. fauglcfOOl, Of Tarranl, on . Tear,

lie was q plain, old counirYman, aud
came from 1arrant county 10 sell
chickens, on something else day be-
fore yesterday, lie looked upon The
tanglef,ot aud II sm0le him sorely
Tuesday, II viii he remembered, was a
beautiful, mild day, which woupd up
with u sudden, intensely cold norIher
which cane up about eight o'clock,
aud proceeded 10 freeze creation,
MR TANGLEFoOQ
had been around town seeing the
sights, aud the sights had got lnlo his
legs aud flown 10 his head In fact the
gentleman from larrant was on high
old sky seraper Having linlshed his
fesllvillet, lao began 10 attempt the
discovery Of the wagon yard where he
had lefi his team, The irregular, REQ
llngulAr triangle way IN which Dallas
IN laid out would confuse Boston nan,
much less 1aTant man, Well, he
wandered around IN the cold, the wind
blowing u young hurricane, and for the
life Of him he couldn't lind that con-
founded wagon yard, which seemed to
be revolving around him, wagons,
mules aud all, Instead Of stopping
until II passed him, aud then hopping
aboard, he opened gate he was pass
lug, stumbled Inside aud measured his
length on the gallery, where he lay no.
llloqnlzlng,
A NiCE MAN Amt yOu2
"You are nlcc man, now, arn't yonP
Drunk nv u fool aud don't know where
the devil you nrc. Pm thinking you'll
freeze to death dead sure II you lny
there.N
Then he began 10 whoop, aud yell,
and stamp, aid his old teeth chartered
aud his lifty.hve year old frame shook
mud lac went on.
"Bulwon't you catch 1t, you old fool,
What did you get drunk for, say?
Wher's your wife aud children? Gone.
Where's them things you promised
to gct2 Gone, and you hfly-hve years
old.p
Hero he resumed the kicking OH the
floor, and the cries Of "hellow,n which
brought the gentleman Of the house
out of his warm bed, shlvering, on to
the porch where lay the gentleman
from Tarrant, who said In Icy accents,
'Say, mister let me In, won't you?
Just TO warm, or I'll freeze, sure. l
nm very drunk. | am llliy-live years
old | live In Tarrant county"
He was brought into u warm room
and then said;
"Let me take or my boots" ooh,
no." said the good Samaritan of the
house, 81 would not do that,you know"
"Let me lie down here till morning."
"rhat wouldn't do, but | l'll just
wait until you are warm, and | will go
with you and find your wagon"
"All right" and so his friend In
need did dress himself and start out to
find that wagon "whar my bed
clothes and things is.n
AS soon rs the two got outside the
house and the norther struck them,
1t doubled up Mr.. Tanglefoot instanter,
and he was that cold he could hardly
walk. Reaching the yard, the keeper
was reused up. The gentleman from
Tarrant tumbled into his wagon, and
his chances for freezing to death di-
minished considerably.
MORAL.
Countrymen coming to town and
getting drunk during the winter sea-
son run the risk of being frozen stiff
before more morning If they don't re-
main in their wagons.
FOR INSTANCE,
only the other night man was found
dead drunk lying across the track.
Had the train been coming he would
have been crushed to death. Fortu-
nately some one passing discovered
the poor creature and hauled him of
by the head upon the depot platform,
where he lay Us drunk as beast, UNI
conscious of his late peril.
To return to our matters. When Mr..
Tangleioot gets home, wonder wheth'
err he will tell his wife of his perform
ances in Dallas?