Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-15

Probably the neatest trlcs that was ever
PLAYED on white man was played last week
in New York. and the fact that there is no
vigilance committee there Is the only reason
the perpetrators Of the trick are alive. 4
business man had just purchased new stiff
hat, and he went into saloon with half a
do1eu Of his friends to ft .he hat on his
head. They all took beer, and passed the
hat around so all could see it. One Of the
mcanes, men that ever held n country Office
ven; 70 the bartender and had thin slice
Of limburgcr cheese cut of. and when the
party we're looking al the frescoed ceiling
through beer glasses this wicked person
slipped the cheese under the sweat leather
Of the hat, and the man put il on and y alsed
out. The man who owned the hat - one Of
YOUR nervous people who Is always com
planning Of being sick. and who feels as
though some dreadful disease was gong to
take possession Of him and carry him 81.
lie went back TO his place Of business took
of h.. hat, laid It on the table. and proceeded
10 answer some letters. lie thought he de
icctcd a smell, and hen his partner asked
him Il he didn't feel SICK he said he
h,,ics cd be did. The man turned pale and
said he guessed he would go home. He met
a man on th, sidewalk who said the air vas
f4.. of miasmA. and in the street car a man
~ho al next to him moved away 20 the end
Of the car. and a,kri him If he had JUS; come
from Chicago. The man With III. hat sa.l
he had not. when the stranger said they
we're having a great deal Of small poN therr.
and he would gr; out and walk. and he
pulled the bcl and jumped of The cold
preparation broke out on the forehead of
- .E
20 wipe his forehead, when the shulc piece
oi cheese seemed 10 roll over and breathe.
and the man got the full bcneii, Of il. and
be came near fAin,ing away.
lie gu, home and hi. wife met him and
asked him What was the matter He said
be believed modification had Sc, an. and she
'-,A one uhif a. he tnok Off hi, hat and
aid she should think il had Where did
YOU ert into ], p" sali she Get into il ?"
said the man. Il have not gotiuio anything.
but some deadly disease has got hold of mc.
aad ,hall not live" She told him i any
disease that ,incl.cd Ike tha, had got hold
u him and was going g be chronic, she felt
= though he would he : burden 10 himself
If he lived vrn long. She 20; his clothes
of. soaked til feet in mustard water. and
he slept. The maa slept and dreamed that
a small pox aag being hung IN front OF
his house and tina; he vas riding in butcher
wagon TO the pest hou>c. The wife sent for
4 doctor and when the man Of pills ar-
rived she told him all abou, the case The
doctor picked UP the patients nes hat,
tired i, On and got sniff. He said the hat
vas picked before i ~as ripe The doctor
and the wife held pos, mortcm cxan.na-
,ion Of the hat, and found the slice Of Lin
baEser Few and short were the PRAYERS
they said" They woke the patient. and %
prepare hi mind for the revelation that ~as
about to be made the doctor asked him II
his worldly affairs were IN satisfactory CON
diion. He gasped and said they we're
Tn. doctor asked him II he had made has
will He said he had not but be wanted a
LAWYER sent for a, once. The doctor asked
him II be fyl, As though he vas prepared 10
shuttle of The man said he had alwas.
tried 10 lead different life, and had tried to
be done by the same. he would do it him
rlf, but that he NIGH, have made a misdral
some way. and he would like 10 have a min
ister sent for 10 take an account OF stock.
Then the doctor brought 10 the bedside the
hat, opened up the sweat leather, and
showed the diving man what il was that
smelled 80, and told him he was a. well as
any man in the city. The patient pinched
himself TO see # he was alive. and jumped
out Of bed and called for his revolver, and
the doctor couldn't Keep up with him on the
way down town. The last We saw Of the
odoriferous citizen he was irving to bribe
the bartender 10 tell him which one of those
pelicans il was that pat that slice Of cheese
in his hat-lning.