Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-06-22

lungs to snStain life. An strange
as il may seem, dere mus be wat.
or in de air to sustain combustion.
YOu cOnll not kintlle q fire were
it not for de aqrrons gases OH de
air. (By aqueous, I mean watery.)
l call dat wOnderful-I can ace
nothing like it in the lan'-dat de
water which pnt ont de fire il ne.
cessary to make lie fire burn"
Mr.. MorehOuse said: "Mr.
Chairman. I hope dat You'll rule
ont all dat DR.. Crane JUS said.
Instruct de- committee not to TAX.
no connt oh il. Sich talks too
much fool nonsense, Excuse my
spressiOn, but ] GIT 20 excited
when ] hear sich tomfOOlery an
ridicnlns slnsh in q spect;.ble
meetiR dat ! forgets myself,' an
don't know for de mint weddcr
PS lrivin' mule waggin or in meet.
in. Scuse me, an III try to keep
my frelin's down. But as ! say,
when sich trash ia lngged in NJ
sinsible argument, it rifles me-. DR..
Crane says We mns' hab water to
breeve. ] daar him to de trial.
He may go down an stick lis coll.
eye he'd (rxcuse me, Saar), his
esldicatesl he'd. in de creek an tn.
ke his breevin' dar. Saar, an I'll
take my stan an my breevin' on
dis platform, hy lie stove, Sn' let
lie committee decide de case on de
merits oh de proof on who holes
ont de longest. Den listen to
what he sez abOnt water mater
maxim de fire burn. Did you
el@r-,li'l yon ets.r hyaar de like I
Now, 'cOrdin' tn Dr.. Crane, srOsen
! wants to start q 6re in dis var
stove. ] gifts some shavin's an
puts in, den some pine kintllin's,
den berry carefully pour on q lit.
tie, JUS n little, karysene, den puts
on a few nice pieces Oh coal, lights
u match, sticks her to de shavin's,
an she don't burn; l lights a
newspaper an frOws her under de
CRATE; de shavin's don't light. /
gits mad, an I slaps in q bucket
oh water, an away she goes. all
ablaxin' in q second. Oh, shaw!
sich bOsh Don't take no count
oh dat. II coMld be a wonder If
it was true; but. oh my! what
it is! Jedges, don't take
no count Of sich idle talk. l say,
Saar, dat de lam produce de mos
wonders. Look ut the trees, de
flowers, lie grain, de cabhagps, ale
ingnns, dat spring mp out lie lam.
Look ut 'le Mammoth Cave, more
wonderful dan all de falls dat eh-
rr fell. See how sley bore in de
grOun' fifteen hundred feet an
ont come cOal.Oil two thOusam'
bar1 mint. I'd JUS like to see
any dpse wafer folks bOre q hole
fifteen hundred feet down into de
ocean, an pump out one gallon oh
in an hour. Can y0u dig
down in the ocs.am or in le lakes,
an git "ut gold an siIbrr an iron
an coali Can you build u rail.
road on de ocean, an cut a tunnel
thru de watersi No, Saar."
Mr.. Hunnicut said: "It's jus'
'cnrred to my mind, on Mr.. More.
house sl,rakin' 'homt de trees an
lie inguns an cabbages, dat when
I was ont in de- far Wes, + allns
notice dat on de plains, on dr.
mountains, any where's away from
lie streems, no timber grows, no
vegetation, no grass, mostly barr.
n hat all along lie streemx dere's
de- grasa, de trees, de vegetation.
Whyf Cause oh de mOistureness,
de water. So 'l@ars to me dat dc
cause Oh all de b'Mtifnl vegetation,
after all, Ia de ,rater. Amt dat
~, Saarf'
Several other speeches were
made on both sides. No pen ics.
cripti0n can convey any idea Of
the "get nr," the gestures, the
imt0"a tiOns, aud the style Of the
oratOry. 1t must b aeen aud
heard to he fully known. The,
committee decided about as foil.
ows: "De adv0cates oh water bab
made q good showin', co.,siderin'
how little we really know about
water. But m We Ia more sure oh
de lam, We mus decide in favor oh
de laM', but recommend de water
side a. describin' high credit for
tlrir Investigations, an DE- iustrnc.
ton on eslityiD' OBJ de meetin.'-
EDIT0Rb DRAWER, in Haypers
Negasise (or Jelly.