Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-07-21

was ever pihyeu ON Q white man
was played last week 10 this ity.
and the fact that there 10 no viSi.
lance committee here 10 The o9ly
reason the perpetrators Of the trick
are alive. A b0sinsss man had lust
purchased . new stiff hat, snd he
went into q saloon with half q doe.
en- friends to 6t the hat on bic Head.
They oil took beer, aud paaeed IL
hat arouud % oil could zee it. Ooe
Of the meanest men that ever held
a country olaee went TO IL bas.tea.
der and had thin slice Of liuberRer
cheese cut OF and when ~ posty
were looking ut the ffesooed eeilise
through beer glassea, this wicked
person slipped the cheese aatlee the
sweat leather of the hst, and the
man put 1t on and walked out. he
nan who owned the hst 10 one q
your nervous people, who 10 always
complaining Of being nick, and wko
feels ~ though some dreadful dis
ease was going to take possession Of
him and carry him Of. He went
back to bis place Of business, took
Oh bis hat and laid IL on the table
aud proceeded to answer so0e let.
tiers. He thought he detected Q
smell, and when Ills partner asked
him II he didn't feel sick be said he
believed he did. A clerk said it was
evident that somebody's feet needed
washing. The man turned pale,
and said he guessed be would 70
homo.
he met . man on the sidewalk
who said the air was full Of massos,
and 10 the street car . man who
sat next to him moved away to
the end Of the car, and asked him
If be had just como from Chicago.
The man with the hat soid be kad
not, when the stranger said they
were having q great deal Of snail.
pox there, and be guessed be would
get out and walk, aud he pulled the
bell and jumped Oh. The cold pers-
piratiou broke out on the forehead
OF the man with the new hat, and
be took It OF to wipe his forehead
when the whole piece Of cheese seem.
ed to roll over and breathe, and the
man got the full benefit Of it, and
he came near fainting away. He
got home and his wife met him and
asked him what was the matter.
He said be believed modification
had set In, and she took ooe whiA
~ he took of his hat, asd said she
should think It had. "Where did
you get into it~ said she. "Get In.
to itr said the man, ~ have not
got into anything, but some deadly
disease has got bold Of me, and !
shall not live.' She told him II any
disease that smelled like that had
got hold Of him, and was going 70
be chronic, she felt - thoagA he
would be burden to himself II he
lived very long. She got. bis clothes
Oh, soaked bis feet in mustard Va.
ter, and he slept. The hat was ".
ing on the centre table, aud tie
children would come 10 and get .
smell Of it and look at each otbe:
with reproachfnl glsnces, and 20
out and play. The man sleps and
dreamed that q small. pox flag was
hung in front of bis house and that
he was riding In butcher wagon to
the pest house. The wife sent for .
doctor, and when the man Of pills
arrived she told him all about the
case. The doctor picked up the ps.
TENTS hat, tried it on, and GOT .
sniff. He said the hat was picked
before 1t was ripe. The doctor and
the wife held . post norton exami-
nation of the bat, and found the
slice of iimberg. "Few and short
were the prayers they said" They
woke the patient, and to prepare
his mind for the revelation that Was
about to be made, the doctor asked
him IL hixworldly afain were In A1nas.
isfactOry condition. He gssped and
said they were. The doctor asked
him If he had made bis will. He
said he had not, but he wanted .
lawyer sent for ct once. The doc.
tor asked bin il be felt - tAoagh
he was prepared TO shuttle Oh. The
man said be had always tried to
lead different lite, and had tried to
be done by the same a he would do
it himself, but that b. might have
made Q misdeal como vay, and b
would like D have minister sent
for to take On account of stock.
Then the doctor bcoaGht - The
bedside the hat, opsoed up tho
sweat leather and allowed tie DYING