The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1876-05-13

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From the Crcrn MssnlAln FSss1aaa.
One night during the recent
troubles in The Pennsylvania coal
regions, Judge POts's brother.
Thomas Pots, was round at meet
ing of mine-owners, and after The
adjournment he stepped into .
tavern. While thcre he met some
Of his friends, and In the course Of
an hour or two he got very intoxi-
Gated. On his way homo he lost
his hat, and . miner who knew
him, feeling compassion for him,
clApped on his head : miners hat
ard II order to make the strcce
look brighter, hs lighted tho lamp
IN front Of the hat. When Pots
reached the house his wife had
gonc 10 bed, aud the lights were
ont j; but Pots felt certain the lamp
was burning In tho hall, but he
couldn't for tho life Of him tell
where it was.
Hc looked st the regular lamp,
and Il seemed to be out; then hum
ted In every direction for thelight,
but he was unable TO find II, altho'
| Il seemed to shine brightly whcr-
ever he went. Presently he hap
pcued to stop In front Of the mir
ror in tho hat rack, and then he
saw precisely whore the light was.
After . brief objurgation upon
Mrs. Pots for leaving = light In
such . place, he went up TO tho
mirror and tried to blow Il out.
He blew and blew, but somehow
tho flame burned IS steadily as be-
fore.
That" said Potts, is the most
extrornary lamps ever bcen my
misfortune Z encounter"
| Then he took of his coat, and
holding II IN front Of him, crept
cautiously up to tho mirror, and
tried to crush the coat over the
lamn. which still burned brightly.
He said:
Il That's certainly very extr'on'
ary. Mos astonishing circumstance
ever como under my observation
j Dono how to count for It."
Il occurred 70 him that perhaps
he might smash the lamp with -
umbrella. 6eising tho weapon b
went up to tho hst, ard aiming I
terrible blew At the light, be bro
} the umbrella down. He missss
'and smashed his Sunday hat int
, chaos. Ho took aim again ~
/ brought the umbrella In the lanhI
overhead, bringing II down with
!. crash. Then he tried . third tim
! aud plunged tho ferulc Of the un'
!. brella through the mirror, smash
4 ing It to atoms. Ho felt cxnltan
4 for q moment a. tho light disap
l
Il pcared from his vision, but he va
i perplexed to find there was anothe
!. light somewhere, he did not kno,
. where. So ho eat down on th
4 stairs aud remarked:
i. "lroz 'stonishiM' circumstanc
4 ever came under my observation
a What In thunder does Il mean, an
= how7 Lights gone and vets sh
J. ming! Perfectly incomprchens
!. BILE! Wish to gracious Mrs. Po
4 would wake up and 'spIain
4 Durn a know what I'd better do,
81 Then Pots took on his bat
scratch his head, IN the hope th'
he might scare up an idea, aud u
Or truth flashed upon him. Gaxil
re At the lamp for . moment, until
al drank IN ) full condition Of Il
10 trouble Il had caused him, he 90
%. denly smashed Il down on the 40
N in : rage, and cxtinguished II at
m covering two yards Of carpet WI
100 grease. Then he went to bed, q
iy in the morning Mrs. Pots inform
he him that some Of those horrit
les miners had broken into the hou
lis the night before, and left one
et- their hats with lamp. Pots tul
be cd over in bod % that she could
ot. see his face, and said If the ste
;ht hand Of tho law wasn't laid up
I'M those rufllans soon nobody's
Id, wouldn't be saie.