The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-01-20

through the multiplicity 0fneWly.fOundcd
noble families to fit and commit society
to the new form Of government, and by
the transformation Of our whole domestic
life, and oil the fashions, the provision Of
numberless monarchical cmblems and
patents Of nobility, orders, escutcheons,
and the like, to give the industries and
tho arts such an impetus that tho whole
population will be Immediately won to
the new order Of things.
Keep this communication strictly secret
until have become acquainted with the
whole conspiracy in oil its qualifications
till l myself, for the welfare of tho re-
public, am admitted as q member of the
order Of American monarchy. Then all
will be brought to light.
A POWERFUL FEASIBLE MEMORY.
The bootblack at the corner stand on G
street was looking for a customer. He
was IS black a. the ace Of spades, and as
he carelessly busted off his stand with the
stump Of 4 corn brush he occasionally
paused and rolled his eyes hungrily up
and down the street.
Presently q tall, raw.boned, middle
aged man, with considerable length of
goatee and not little breadth Of hat
rim, stopped and glanced at the stand
with some show of interest.
'.Have = shine, boss ?''said the owner of
the stand, giving his chair = parting dab
with his brush. ''Shine 'em up in half
mint, sab. You'll jist have time to
glance over de mornin' papers,"
Without deigning an answer the lank
chap climbed into the seat before him.
"Whar ye rollin' them pants top
was his first remark after the owner of
the stand began to operate.
"All right now, boss. We mustn't
muss 'em, you see. It's all feasible now,
sah."
"Wcll, proceed to business
''l's q movin' boss; is a movin' sah!''
"Wall, sec that you keep movin'.''
''De people of de souf,' said the boot.
black, cockingIa cunning eye up at his Gus.
toner, ''dc people Of de souf (another
look Of the eyc) most allus gives us poor
cullud boys any little feasible job dey's
got.''
''You think I'm from the south?''
''1'se from the souf myself, sah."
*'Likely.''
Else from dc souf, saffron ole Kahn.
tuck, sah.''
''lndeed!''
"Sartin, boss. Use from Lexington,
Kaintuck, sah,' scraping away with an
old case knife at the mud on the soles of
his customers boots.
''I'm from Kentucky myself, and from
Lexington" said the man, beginning to
look interested. $50 you are from Lex
ington, eh?''
"Ges 50, boss. Practically was born
dar, sah.''
Like you I was born thar
"Nice old town, boss
"Very."
II golly. boss, Ct I didn't think from
the fast that l saw in you the rale old
Kaintucky gentleman. You've got
good deal of the cut Of some of dem law
and med'cn students dat used to be
about de ole Pennsylvania varsity but
you'se aged a-l.e-ctle grain more dan was
de boys in dem days."
''lve often seen the old university"
ut was fine old town, too. De main
stredt was NOR than mile long; dar
war beautiful trees long de street and dc
orphan 'sylum an dc baggin' facterys, de
wire-works, an de-
''The lunatic asylum
"Yey. boss, shore huff. dar was dc lu.
natic 'sylum."
"And the river"
"An' do riber; golly, dat fist big
bend in Town Of Elkhorn. up hove de
dat was a mighty feast.
bic proposition for CATFISH
"Amazin'.'
"Isay, boss, practically, you never
happened to know culled boy named
Columbus Parsons: as lived out on dc
road to'ards whar ole Henry Clay was
to'ard Ashland-did yer
sah!''
II knowed 4 culled boy named Colum-
bus Parsons that rode ole Woodpecker
against Plo2ghboy, down at the Blue
Grass course, and won the puss.''
DE Lord love us! Was you dar! De
great honkky! Practically, I am dat
same Columbus Parsons what rode ole
Woodpecker an won de puss down dar to
Blue Grass
1.-The Columbus Parsons knowed used
to be great fiddler played for all the
balls and parties for miles around.''
dat was me, sab. I was de boy.
Now you's a-beginning to know me-"
. ''The Columbus Parsons that used to
know was great singer-was lightnin'
at all the niger camp meetins'."
"Dat was me, boss; I'm identically and
dat same Columbus Parsons!
You's got de most feasible mem'ry dat
ever saw, sab"
''Thc Columbus Parsons that knowcd
went down to Frankfort and run on the
river as steward on the Bell Wagner"
"Yah, yah! You knows me-you
knows me, boss! you knows me like a
brudder, sab! In dem days didn't put
on de apparel! Wasn't I. attired! Prac.
tically, sab, yous got the most feasible
Mem'ry dat ever saw"
"The Columbus Parsons that knowed,
the Columbus Parsons that rode Ole
Woodpecker, the Columbus Parsons that
used to sing a. camp meetin' lis the Column
bus Parsons who burst open the trunk Of
a passenger, stole thousand dollars. and
was sent to the state prison at Frankfort
for five years."
"Practically, boss, you got powerful
feasible ms,n'ry, but dar was anoder Col.
umbus Parsons down dar bout Lexington
and Frankfort-partic'larly south Frank.
fort, cross de chain bridge--dat was a
boss rider, a fiddler, singer and steam
boater, an he was a low-hung, harum.
scarum, unaccountable felIer, l guess he
mout bin the Columbus Parsons what
you know'd. sah.''
"You think so!''