Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-26
Al Mardi.Gras Incident.

The Mardi-gr procession on Tuesday
was witnessed by large crowds, and the
ludicrous impersonatio OF characteIwill
live long in the memories of the masses,
who laughed until their sides ached.
Among the motley host who perambu-
lated the streets in the procession Was
long, cadaverous-looking fellow repre-
senting Comanche Indian. His face
was painted red, his suit WAS well made
L up Upon his ponderous ieet were
pair of new moccasins, and hanging
from the beaded girt that encircled, his
body were half a dozen 6 hoss. pistols
and as many scalps. Inside tlis4belt
stuck cheese-knife and scythe,hlade
His long, black hair was banded with q
brass hoop, from which stuck about q
dozen of turkey and geese feathers, and
in his right hand he held with an iron
| grasp tomahawk, red with some 'wic-
TINS blood. Anyone who had read or
heard of. the famous Indian warrior,
Bloody Nose, would have said he had
arisen from the dead and Joined that
procession. But it was not the blood
thirsty rover of the forest. 1t was Skin
ner who personated him, and he did 1T
| to perfection. His appearance was
terror to. women and children, while his
war-whoop and the revolutions OF that
bloody tomahawk were certain. death TO
" de culled population EverybodylsaW
the wild Indian, but nobody knew It was
| Skinner.
While the procession moved through
| the various streets Skinner wouldl get
dry and break ranksby dodging into bar.
rooms and taking in his usual dose OF
| g @lfire-water'' BY the time Skinner had
"war- -whoopedn ten or fiffeenb biocks,and
hid about half keg of s fire-Water"
about his person, he was in fine trim to
play Comanche, and began TO think he
was "Boody Nose" sure enough, for he
tried to tSsealpn no less than d dozen
darkies that fell into his hands 3d1
T. The, procession passed within q square
or two of Skinner's house. Skinner has
/ a wife, and she is the mother of five
4 little male and four female Skinners.
SINNERS wife does her own work; IN
fact. she's "boss" of SINNERS house,
and, instead of her rushing off with
string of little SINNERS after her to see
the procession, she kept the little ones
at home and stayed in the kitchen at
tending to cleaning the pots, kettles and
pans after dinner. st:s g4aIi
A new idea struck Skinner. He would
! go home and scare Mrs Skinner and all
! the little Skinners. He cut loose from
the procession, took another dose OF
/" fire-water," and by the time hercached
! his front gate he was the most reckless
| looking Comanche The world ever be-
held Picking up new courage he
rushed into the front room where the
/ little SINNERS were "playing circus"
| His appearance was accompanied by
wild wells and fancy dancing, while he
lmade that tomahawk flyaround the room
4 over the children's heads as if he meant
! business, the little Skinners shouting,
ooh! Mr. Iniin, don'tp "mother" mur-
| der!" "frep' and there were such
screams as would have made any %"sure-
enough" Indian run. 1880
& Skinner was just in the middle of his
fun, when the screams of the children
and the war-whoops Of the Comancbe
brought Mrs. Skinner to the scene, armed
/ with an iron skillet. She slipped upbe-
! hind the "playful Indian," drew bead
on his nose, and landed that skillet with
the force of a sledge-hammer and the
rapidly of lightning against it. The
hand let go the tomahawk, the feathers
flew. the belt bursted and the sca1ps,
/ pistols and knives fell to the floor. There
was fesh-and blood spot ip the middle
of his face where that nose was o
+ moment before the skillet mashed lt" IL
now looked like bursted tomato spread
all over his face. There was 9roan,
fall, somersault or two, and all was
quiet. That Comanche had found the
"happy hunting grounds"
i Instead of Mrs. Skinner sending for the
doctor and bathing his face she lo9Keo
down into his mutilated face aud, sllak-
I ing the skillet over him. with her right
hand, han j. exclaimed & Z q I'll war-whoop you.
4 You thought you'd scare somebody you
4 blamed old fool; but I know'd you;gnon
las I seen your feet and 1smelt sEour
breath" "s1 B d3a ,.anoe glg
i P. S.-Skinner has an Indian inasque-
rade suit for sale cheap He won't b"
able to be out until he gets done bref .cb
ing through his ears. The doctor saw
his nose may grow out again by t 20 tim, tim
the next Mardi-Gras takes p dee. W.
advise Skinner to get a rasa nose anf
go West" t."-L0uisUille co,,s;er-. .Io,nnnS nal
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