Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-01-31

ever Haiu VI tiiC pifiC0 ssS ~ Wal SDnAse d
be. Why, gentlemen. just picture to
yourself the beautiftilest and grandest |
saloon it is possible to imagine with
a bar in which, in the finest crystal |
glass bottles, were the rarest and cos
tliest old liqdors that anybody ever
laid eyes on; the ceiling was beauti-
fully frescoed, and the floor was of
polished marble an immense chande-
lier lighted up the place till you could
see in every nook and corner; all
through it were soft cushioned lounges
and chairs upholstered in rich crimson
velvet; there was no doors or win
dows, but all around the walls We're
bright colored pictures, more beautiful
than can be imagined; and above
some of them were fancy-worked mot
toes that read sWelcom,' and There's
no taace like like there, you know,
and such; and to set the whole thing
off and make it pleasant. The man,
or whatever he was, who seemed to
boss the place, was dressed all in red
and trimmed with gold lace, and look
ed so good-natured that one felt that
he would take it as favor to be ask-
ed to put it on the slate Well, in
stead of cold looks and hard words,
like a man sometimes gets here, be
met me as 1 went in, and clapped me
on the shoulder, and said: Jersey,
how are you? I've been waiting for
Won for long time; but l wasn't t
worried about you. l knew you'd
get here Without saying all l
Thought, | told him was we'll as could
he expected under the circumstances,
and asked him how he found himself.
He said he was all right, and then
went on to say that this would be my
room forever and ever, and that he
wanted to make it as agreeable as
possible, and that l must consider
myself Mt home, and that when L felt
like taking any nourishment, l was to
help myself. Then he said that, hav'
ing welcomed me, he would leave me,
rs he had business in another part ot
his establishment. And he disappear
ed: lust how | couldn't rightly un
derstand but he was there, and ther
he wasn't there, and that's the last
saw of him.
"Well, when he had gone, l com
menced examining the place, ant
thirking. And thought, this beat
. ANYTHING l ever heard of. This i
not like the place I've been told about
e and l doubt very much whether it i
the place there must be mistake
this is not hell. / thought this, an
lots more, and then thought | wa
dry: and SO looked around for
ouencher. and walked behind the ban
o saw a glass and licked it up, onl
lust as touched it Igot such SHOCK
similar to an electric battery, that
thought I'd never be able to NOV
u again. did get over it, though, i
a few mi ,utes, and thinking to my
self they are pretty trickery dow
here, l grabbed at another one An
| was mighty sorry for it; for strea
of lightning couldn't have served m
:, much We rse 1t was a quarter of a
hour before came to my senses, an
then you better believe l was might
cautious about what touched mex
But was getting dryer and dryer, an
y and that made me more venturesomt
So l tried every glass and every bo
tie and everything ] could find, jul
touching them with the end OF IN
. fingers. But they were all alike;
couldn't take hold Of one of them.
kept on getting dryer, and the deeal
:. ters sparkled and twinkled in the ligi
like they were laughing at me. Fina
ly, when I was about to give up in de
pair, found away back in one co
: : ner big decanter that would hold
suppose, a gallon, labelled 80
, Bourbon" and filled clear up to Il
stopper. l touched it. Eureka!
had found it at last-the only thlr
in the whole place that could ha
die. I took hold of it carefully
~ the neck, carried it out so as to ha
~ plenty of room for a good swig, thr'
" nv head back, and had just rais'
= = the bottle to my lips, when the co
founded thing slipped from my ha
and was dashed into thousa
pieces on the hard floor. Gentleme
- 1 gazed on the fragrant wreck, typi'
:. of my blasted hopes, and l turn
an away, healtbroken, l said to myse
that is hell
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