The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-25
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~ oai tenuer always takes the opposite
view of everything The other day Mr.
Gallagher was in Court street saloon
and tipped his chair back and went over
and Jammed his head into q cuspador
and was considerably hurt. The incl
dent annoyed him, and the bar tender
told him he hadn't ought TO swear. Gal
lagher said that under the influence of
sudden pain five men out of six would
swear. The bar tender would not be-
lievc 1T, and the result was bet. Then.
for the test, Gallagher got an ordinary
brick and heated It fearfully hot and
placed it on the marble bar. Now a
brick doesn't show heat, and therefore it
was not surprising that when NIr. Cuff
came Ill and saw the brick OH the bar he
should pick it up. He, however, showed
no disposition to put it in his pocket, or
DO anything else with it; he Immediately
laid 1t down and made frantic gestures
and said number Of wicked things.
Then in came a butcher, who also picked
up the brick and laid it down. He
looked around savagely, and after freeing
his mind OF some unholy sentiments, said
he shouldn't see anybody laugh, as he
preferred not to be under the necessity
of doing murder. The next victim was
Chlnaman, and he spoke every word of
English he knew, and two-thirds of what
he remarked would be improper in n
Sunday-scho He Joined Mr.. Cuff and
the butcher in sucking his fingers and
watching for the next man. lie came in
the form of prominent politician, and
as he placed the brick upon the bar, his
language sounded like after election talk.
Inc bar tender began to be nervous, but
the next man merely pranced about and
wildly waved his hands without saving a
word. 1t appeared that he was dumb
man. So the next man would decide the
pet He was young man from the lum-
ber districts of Maine, and didn't look
IKE talkative chap. But when he got
mold OF that brick his jaws seemed to be-
come loose, and the way he blasphemed
even SHOCKED parrot, and the butcher
said he'd give seventy-five dollars il he
could talk ike that. Gallagher had won.
He rose up and explained the affair.
The six, headed by the young man from
Maine. started for him az one man. They
pulled him all over the place. They
brushed the ceiling with him, used him
for foot ball, threw him down the cell
lar, tore his clothes off and made him
drink "ati.. They say they wanted to
see 1t 1t would make him swear. It did.
HYBRID" COTrON-PLANTER BE-
wARE.-A gentleman recently returned
from Western Louisiana, where he had
been on matters connected with the CEN
sus, informs us of fraud of which the
planters in that locality have been made
the victims. a man WAS offering tho
seeds of Worm Proof Hybrid Cotton"
claiming that the seed was from
hybrid" between the cotton plant and
"a wood which no worm or bug would
touch" AS our friend is q competent
botanist, he was able to put some awk-
ward questions to the man with the "hy-
brid', seeds, who, not liking the situation,
left the town. The seeds were sold for
30 cents each, or So per dozen seeds, and
the vendor claimed to have sold $4,000
worth of them last spring in Western
Louisiana. Swindlers in seeds, like
comets, have cratic orbits, and it is not
at all likely that the hybrid Cotton"
man will be heard of again in Louisiana,
but our friends in other cotton growing
States should be OH their guard against
him. He will be quite likely to turn up
at some Of the fairs this autumn, and also
to make his "house to house" visits du.
ring the winter. 1t is we'll known fact
that cotton or any other plant will not
"hybridize" with any plant not of the
same family. AS none of the family to
which cotton belongs are known to be
poisonous, it is safe to set down this re-
markable "hybrid" as a poor fraud
american 1gricuNuria.