Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1877-11-29
/ A PROSECUTED PILGRIM.

'T ifIss
HOW HE WAS RUINED By A JOKE THE
BOYS PLAYED ON HIM.
He was a litAasla pan Fithif rest
ess black eye and an equally restless
aw, the latter being constantly en-
ployed in the ndasticatioh Of s'fine
cut, . while the former fonnd bssi-
ness in more directions than there are
points to the compass. Iron-gray
locks projected from under his slouch-
ed wool, hat and a beard Of the same
color struggled far down i oyer the
front of his blue lwoolen shirt His
voice was shrill and piercing, and all
his assertions were Of the moss posi-
tive description.
He. carried a, small bundle i'm q
handkerchief, and shortly ,after taxi
ing his seat in the cars at Reno, foI
this city, Returned to the passepgsrs
nearest to him and said sHBoys,
there are somel curious ups. and downs
in this Country. / One day YOU see 9
man's breeches, half soled with -four
sack, and the next he is q millionaire,
rolling in his coach and four, telling
back and smoking o Havana cigar q
foot long. There is flip, q flap, and
a flop, and he is back in bis old
driving a ball team. ist
''Three days agoI was :, not only
well to do, bet fixed for life, as /
thought; but bang! she went, and j
was fat on my back again. Not my
fault--not a thing / could foresee
and guard against--jist regular dis
pensation of Providence as you may
say. Never heard of sich q thing be-
fore in all my life. aii q
"Bottom drop out of yer miner
asked q passenger. o sit ta-i a
"Mine be blowedl No, / had a
ten pin alley, and was doing . land
Office basiness--just scoining money,
as you may say-when oil went to
''Burn outa asked o listener.
"Burn out !! No, worse, than that
upi" s.ts. i.s.Isi, 8,
stBlowedi aa ~ n
q 'sYes, blowed upl 1t was the most
terrific explosion and one of the most
curious you ever heard of Some
fellows come in one morning to roll a
game for the drinks, my first Ecusto-
nersi that morning. 9i3 IF 4eloos
s.s'My Chinaman, Hop Sum, set up
he pins for 'esn. = One of the men
'ook up a ball--one of the biggest
he took short run and let dripe--I
IAN see him now. The bail no Soon
n struck the alley than there was a
'eport that shook the whole building,
ore up the planks and shattersdsthe
,lass in the windows. Each, bound
made by the bail down along, the. ali
ey was followed by the same kind OF
'eport and the game kind of. wreck
md ruin. The ball reached the pins,
md made 'ten-strike. put at the
anne instant there came SIGH an ex-
,losion rs sheokthe whole.town. AL
he pins were shwered to. pieces and
iplinters from them filled the walls
md the roof, nothing was left Of my
Chinaman but the soles Of his SHOES,
lbout foot of his ,ttail and Q few
stripes Of his,iiblue cotton shlouse.
Sot.enough of him could be found
or the coroner tolset on--he, was lit
'rslly exterminated, by the shower of
plinters from the alley d and the
,ins." adE .aiiy 6bist 40 slj;a Il
o''What eausedoithe explosioal z"
'sked some one,i 10. -sz ss4.ii "a;
'Well, you see, they had n certain,
Iild Of club in, my town thai they
wanted me to jine. NJ refused, tellin'
EN- / wasnss,gualified and could not
become a member.
This got the club down on me and
osne Of 'em slipped into my place at
light and creased my alley and all
he balls and pins with nitro-glycer-
ne. Blast sich town dis Austin and
ich an Organization as the Sazse.lec
YIN Club, anyhow! BY theft do
MS | am again a poor man again 4 |
ianderer, roamins the wide world |
,itilout dime. viii any gentleman
lease let me have The price OF |
quafe meal and q nights lodgin'
AZ afil ---la..- 49,
1T is a sin to- steaLa pins,'a and a
nan in Philadelphia has been arrested
or that very ofeese- The pin had a
Iialnond attached TO It.
sssEgfsE ---4--..A.s t8ssf ss@et
! A man who has been an inyeterate
nioker for twcnt- years has suddenly
md permanently given uR the prac-
rice. He knocked the ashes of his
,ipe into keg Of blasting powder.