Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-08-05
THAT HAT.

ANAL nal.
Probably tho ineanest trick that was
ever played on white man was played
last week In this city, and tho fact that
there Ia no vigilance committee here IL
tho only reason tho perpetrators Of tho
| trick are alive. A business man had just
purchased now stiff hot, aud no went
into o saloon with half q dozcit friends
10 1T tho hat Oh his head. Tlcy all took
beer, md passed tho hot around 70 oil
could 700 IL. Ono Of the mesnst men
that ever held o country office went 10,
tho bar tender aud had thin slice of
Of limberg cheese cut of, and whom tho
party wero looking at tho frescoed
ceiling through beer glasses, this wicked
person slipped tho cheese under the
sweat leather Of The hat, aud tho man
put IL on and walked out. The man who
owned tho hut Is ono Of your nervous
people, who IL always complaining Of
being sick. and feols ~ though some
dreadful disease was going 10 take poss-
ession Of him aud carry him of. He
won't back to his place Of business, took
of his hat and laid it Oh the table and
proceeded to answer some letters. lie
Thought he detected u smell, and when
his partner asked him IL he didn't fool
| sick, hc said he believed no did. A clerk
said twas evident that somebody's feet
needed washing. The man turned pale,
and said no guessed ho would 80 homo.
lie met a man on tho sidewalk who
said tho air was full Of miasma. and in
tho street car q man who rat next u
him moved away to tho end of tho car,
and asked him If 10 had just como from
Chicago. The man with tho hat said he
had not, whom the stranger said they
were havinga great deal Of smallpox
there, and he gu essed he would got out
and walk, and no pulled tho boil and
jumped of. The cold perspiration broke
out on the forehead Of tho man with the
new hat, and he took it off TO wipe biz
forehead when the whole piece Of cheese
seemed to roll over and breathe, and
tho man got tho full benefit Of it, and
no came near faintiug away. He got
home, and his wife met him and asked
him what was tho matter. lie said be
believed modification had set in, and
she took one Whit, az he took of his
hat, and said she should think It had
"Where did you get into it," said She
"Get into it, said the man, ~ have moi
got into anything, but some deadly dis
esse has got hold Of inc, and shall moi
live"
She told him that il any disease that
smelled like that had got hold Of him
and was going to be chronic, she felt u
though he would be q burden TO him
self if he lived very long. She got his
clothes of, soaked his feet in mustard
water, and he slept. The hat was lying
on the centre table, and the children
would come in and get smell of IL ani
look at each other with reproachfu
glances, and 20 out and play. The maj
slept aud dreamed that smallpox flag
, was hung in front of his house and thai
he was riding in q butcher wagon to tn,
pest house. Tho wife sent for a doctor
and when the man of pills arrived sh
, told him all about tho case. The doc
tor picked up the patients new hat
tried it on, and got q sniff. He sal
the hat was picked before it was ripe
The doctor and the wife held q pos
mortem examination of tho hat, an,
found the slice Of limberger. Few an
short were the prayers they said. The.
woke the patient, and to prepare hi
mind for tho revelation that was abou
9 to DO made, the doctor asked him if hi
worldly affairs were in q satisfactor!
, condition. He gasped and said the,
, , were. The doctor asked him il he la
made his will. He said he had not, bu
). that he wanted a lawyer sent at one
The doctor asked him If he felt {