Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-09-09

u may w Fiiy tof u fufal foos-
ter TO come TO this city, but ! can't
see where the fun comes in, far |
have been 'roughing IL" for week,
and can truly sympaihize with
MARK Twain in his travels abroad.
! arrived By the 10 a. M. train, and
no sooner had | stepped from the
cars, earpet-bag in hand, than mob
Of ragged urchins--it seemed there
we're a thousand made rush for
me and seized my carpctbag ]
erred IN vain that was not car
pct hagger, but the mob continued
topull and haul until one of them
got my carpet sack, and then they
went for each other To see who
should have IL; IL took some time 10
extricate myself from the crowd,
and as soon as dbl, showed my
game by backing mp against a build
ing, drawing nay old rusty six.
shooter, and proclaiming | would
sell my lite as dear as possible. \
"peeleT" came up aud arrested me
for carrying concealed weapons. |
explained that had Just arrived
and desired to put my pistol away
as soon as | could yet 10 the hotel,
and only intended to use u 10 pro.
tect my property-pointlng 10 the
carpet-bag-a my life from an m
iurlated mob. lie secured my car
pet bag, aud sad the boys only
wanted To carry il for me, AMI told
me 60 put my pistol ia il aud get. |
saw u carriage and made rush for
| 1t, aud fifteen thousand boys were
az my heels when | reached IL. |
gave SIGH of relief a. the car
rage started of. Arriving ut the
hotel | had 10 pay the driver 81 +,
and the clerk told me could have
come up on the street ear TOR nick
lc. went out on the street, and
every fifteen steps some william would
:, ream at nae, Don't you want a
shine ! stood this treatment as
long ~ my temper would permit,
when | seized onc of them by the
car and demanded an apology for
the insult, and he explained he only
wanted to shine my boots for a mex
le. Every few steps twenty FIVE
urchins thrust newspapers IN my
very eyes and shout Bulletin!
democrat" "Picayunc!" "nicklc"'
etc, until I'm nearl, drsiracte 4 ani
al every corner | met an apple
woman and fifteen bcggars, and al
want a nlckle. asked what car tn
take TO go To 2i2 ~. Charles street
IL was pointed out Ia me. | got
aboard aud showed a ngkle through
the change door instead of the mon
ey drawer and il fell on the plat.
form. saw the villainous car-dri.
yer pocket IL, and then deliberately
demand my fare. ! explained, bu,
he said "either put q nickle in the
box or get off," and as he was a saw.
age looking eLss, aud my old navy
six vas al the hotel, 'shelled out
another nickle. After riding abou,
Eve miles, | noticed we were pass.
ing the place got on at, and ] won.
dered how Il was that we had passed
the same place twice before reach.
ing 2l2, but kept quiet and rode
about Eye miles more, when we
passed the same place again, and
that everlasting driver-I will no,
cry when ! hear Of his funeral
looked in and asked il was going
TO stay in the car all day. ! ex-
planned that wanted to get of at
3f2, and he said, ~COniound IL, you
have passed zig three times already !"
and then got of, and walked six
blocks, counting the numbers on the
houses as I passed and when | ar.
rived at 2i2, found huge lion ly-
ing on each side the steps, aud not
wishing TO walk right into the
jaws of death, went around 20 the
back of the building. I heard q
whistle, and in a few seconds u con.
founded ''peeler' stepped M and
asked the what was doing in that
back yard. explained that the gen
tleman's lions were loose and on the
front steps; and he told me they
were castiron lions, and escorted
me past them. l transacted my
business and left. After walking
about three miles toward the hotel !
sat down to rect my weary bones,
when q "peeler" came up aud said,
mo loahng around here; shove on
l told hIm | was resting, aud he said
that was too thin; move on, or I
would rest In the lack mn \ roaehad