Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-03
A MEAN rRIoK
Played win . New HAT ana an
Old Cheese.


Probably the onssnss, tiok that was
ever played on 4 white man was played
last week Ia New York, aud tie iael
cha, there Ia NO vigilance Commli,ee
there 10 the Only reason the perpstra.
tors ol the trick Ara alive. A business
man bad last purchased an'wita hat.
aud he went Into q saloon With half a
dozen oi hls friends ~ at the hat on hls
heal, They all took beer and passe,
tie hat around 90 all could sea Il, One
OF the meanest men tia, ever held q
country Office vent 10 tho bar tender
aud had q thin slice Oi timburues
cheese cut OF, aud when the party we're
booking al the irsscoed ceiling through
beer glasses, this wicked person clipped
the cheese under the sweat leather II
the hat, aud the man put u on aud
walked out, The man who owned the
hat u QUE III your nervous people, who
10 always complaining III belng sick, aud
Who ieels "A Though some dreadful diH.
eaae WAS going Ia laks possession ~
him And carry HIN Of. lle went hack
io his place III business, took OH his hat
aud laid n on the table, aud proceeded
On answer some letters lie Thought he
deIecled umell, aud whom his partner
asked him II he dhln't feel alex he said
he hnlievud he did. Tho man iurne,l
pale and said he guessed he would 60
home. Ila met man on tho sidewalk
who said tho air Was iull III mlasma, aud
in tho street rar man who aat next to
him moved away o. the end III tho car,
aud asked him II no hal Iuat come irom
IM.A... III s.alA ll... A.l .all A.
hal not, whom tho stranger said they
we're having great deal III smallpox
there, aud he guessed he would get out
and walk, Aad he pulled tho hell and
Jumped OF The cold preparation
broke ouI GA thu hrehead ol the man
With the now hat, aud no took II Oft to
wipe his iorehead when tho whole piece
NJ cheese aaemed 10 roll over and
breathe, aud iha man got tho Iull benu.
~ VI N, aud he cane near ialntlng away.
Ito got home aud lila wiie mel him aud
asked him what was tina matter lie
aaid ha believed mort lllCallnn hal set in,
aud she took one whiil 80 he took oll hia
hat, and sald she should think II had.
Where dbl you Eel Into llr' said she
"uet into ~" zald thu man, III have not
got Into anything. but some deadly Ills.
eaae has vot hold NJ me, and shalt not
hya' She told him u any disease that
amelled like that had got hold Ut him
and was going ~ bo chronic, she ipll ~
though ha would be q buulen Ia himself
u he lived very hing Ahe ~, his
clothes oiI soaked his iunt Ia mustard
water, anl ha slept. Tho man slept aud
dreamed that u small poS ilag was hung
in front III hls house and that he was
ridlna IN q butcher wagon ~ tho pest
houae. Tho wlie sent ior u doctor, and
when the man oi pills arrived Aho told
him all about tia CaHn, Tho doctor
AMI tho wlia held post norton exam.
inaIion III tho hat, aud iuund tho slice
III l.imhurpur. "fes aud short were
the prayers they said" Thoy woke the
patient, and a. prepare his mind ior the
revelation that Wan about Ia be made,
the doctor asked him u he had male hts
will Ito said he hal not, but that he
wanted q lawyer sent lor al once, The
doctor asked him u be- felt ~ though
hs vas prepared Ia shuttle on. The
maa said he hal always tried H. load a
different lie, and hal triod Ia bo dono
hy the same aa hn would do u himseli
hut that lao might have made n mlsjeal
anma way, aud he would like ~ have y
miniaieT sent for IN take Nh account al
stock. Then tho doctor brought IN
the hedsido the hat, opened up the
sweat leather and showed the dying
man what u was that smellel ~, sn'l
told him lao Was ~ we'll ~ any man IN
tho city. Tho patient pinchsd himSoll
ln see II ho Was alive and Jumped uut al
ho,l aud called lor hia revolver, aud the
lortut couldn't keep up with HIN on
the way dawn town. THE Last va saw
III tina n,lnrlieroua rlliaen hn WA Try
ing Ia hribe the har tender Ia tell him
Witch Que oi these pelicans v WAS that
nut that alice al Chueaa la lila hat lining