Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-27
WIDOW PERKINS ACCIDENT.

WIDOW PERKINS ACCIDENT.
There are quite large number OF per-
sons in this world who have never nearu
of Hanks grocery, yet there is such
place situated on the edge OF vast
prairie in Texas. At this grocery one
tine spring day, some ten Or fifteen COW
bows eongregated, and AS they had just
come in from long drive they were |
anxious to hear the news OF the settle.
ment. an " Z" se3
ON al. Hanks, what's turned up in
| thu aeieabgrhood, lately" inquired
IBiu wilson, seating himself on the
counter and making preparations TO
white gap III the edge OF 1t. 7l
"Nothing much, replied Hanks; "but
| guess you fellers heard of the rumpus
kicked up at Parson Dilley' camp meet
ing, down at Wolf Point " g4.e
ono. we didn't tell US about II"
DWELL. all the excitement was caused
by an accident that happened to OLD
Widow Perkins-poor old soul, she
HASN'T been able to walk since. guess
5 the old lady is nigh onto seventy years
! of age. but she likes to fix up when she
: rocs to meeting and acts pretty peert Tor
| an old hen. as tough as she is. You
know last summer she took trip down
f to San ANTIQUE, with her kin folks, the
I Bundicks, and while there she learned
y how all the women folks wear bustles,
Il and she too took it in her old head to
4 have one herself. AS soon as she got
# back home, she hunted up rawhide
it string and wrapped paper aroundi 1t I'M
o til it was as big as a saw log; then she
Il hung it up on the wall, ready for the
d next meeting. While that hustle was
lie roostiug on peg, a whole lot of scorp'
d ions built a nest in it, and began tf
1. multiply aud replenish the earth, ant
Of old Widow Perkins limped around thu
10 house with the rheumatism in her back
ID ana cackled to herself to think how nice
is her dress would fit behind--poor, vail
It. old creature! When the protractet
N meeting came off, she sailed into tina
st hustle and a blue dress and was the frs
So. one there. ... ,..,i...r, . ..,.r.rr 'so
it "Old Parson Dilley lead off with
ed hymn, and then lit into snortins sermo
so on Samson and the .Philistines, an
/. l began to tell the folks to keep an eye 0
g, the devil, because he always. made, n
lie. attack from the rear This started OIL
ere Widow Perkins to shouting, and whee
oh she began bouncing W and down, 9
III her hustle, it stirred up e, tn
ad scorpions, and the next minute she gay
sir, yell and scooted over four bench
a snatching at her clothes, and climbir
ing for the woods. The deacons thinkir
MT that she was in shouting fit grabb'
her her. and began to comfort her, and Pa
md son Dilley came down out of the pull
ied and asked her if it wasn't heavenly j
ope to be moved by the spirit. ..s....
had s''It's not the spirit, she screamed, i
the snakes, reptiles and varmints, SEEK,
nat whom they may devour, Parson Ollie
'me and she began screeching like a WI
ara cat, and yanking her back up kline
qua painful-like.
leu docs your conscience pain y(
'hc sister Perkins, said Parson Dilley, Ii
own ing his eyes heavenward; has Sat
gripped your soul!
"'No, it's not that. It's MY
.hiz. sakes Pm beset-Tm beset with dev
What ravenous beasts and crawling iii
most They're eatin me alive, and me a p
had lone sinner. Ouch 90 ow! Oh he
the ings-mercy NATURALIZATION
put Fetch loose my hustle, Sister Maj
they Parker, fetch loose my bustle,' she y
k in ed :: but before the sisters found out W
ut was the matter with the poor old $
feet knocked over Parson Dilley and
and deacons, and lit out OF the church I
,ugh ming like mustang colt, with b
It to hands clawing for her hustle, and
ught scorpion doing his duty.
saw. "Aunt Nancy Miller told me that
pull swelling was getting worse all the tt
egan and that mighty nigh all the linln
Whole in the neighborhood had been used
voice | kinder feel sorry for old Widow
,unc. kins, boys, cause scorpions are I
T. pizan