The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-02-11
Waking the Wrong Wan,

The fac. that every business has
its particular lingo, which Is dead q
language to people of other profes-
sions, was never more clearly q
shown than in the following article !
BY Bin Nye in the Chicago Tri- /
buue;
One night about half II, judge,
l heard somebody step along TO
the window ofmy b0udOir. Hear /
ing it that time Of night reckon
ed that something crooked WIS
going on. SO slid out of bed and
got my Great Searcher and Liver
Purifier, with the new style of cen.
tire fire and cartridge ejector, and
Slid up to the window, calculating
to shove a tonic into whoever it |
might be that was pieknicking |
around my claim.
| looked out so as to get a good
idea Of where | wanted to sink
him, and then / thought before |
mangled him I'd ask If he had any
choice which part Of his yitals he
wanted to preserve, SO sings out
to him:
"Look out below there, pard,
! for I'm going to call the meeting
to order in u minute. just throw
up your hands, if you please, and
: make the grand hailing sign of dis
! tress, or III have to mutllate you!
Just show me where you would
+ like to have the fatal wound, and
: be spry about it, too, because Eve
Il got my brief costume ON, and
c the evening air is chilli"
He didn't understand me ap
! parently, for a gurgling laugh well
: ed up from below, and the part'
= sings ont:
k "lIullo, Patty, is that you' Jus
N lookm to see if you'd fired up YET
You know was to come aroun
c. and flag you if second seven wa
ID out. Well, I've been down to tn
n old mans to see what's on boart
pit Three ia two hours late and four
If reported on time. There's tw
TO seyens out and two sections
ne nme. Skinny'll take out fir
I'd seven aud Shorty'll pull her wit
OF 1902. It's you and me for secon
lg seven, and Timber Jim on frol
to end and Frenchy to hold down Il
'ir caboose. First five is wrong sic
e. M ina washout this side of Og'
m lala, and old Whatshisnamc tn
cd runs 95S got his crown sheet eay'
nd In and telescoped his headlight IN
sr- tho New Jerusalem. You kno
ID, the little Swede that used to II
III, extra for old ll0tbox on the on
of grant for a while2 Well, he's fri
re on 259, and he's under three fla
'o- and a coal oil tank, with II bea
I'll across his coupler aud his syst'
re more or less relaxed. He's go
ng to the sweet subsequently t'
Rest of the boys are more or l'
IL demoralized aud side.traeked
Fly repairs. Now, you don't want
hu monkey around much, for If y
10 don't loom up like six bits and
III out on the track, the old mai
=. give you u time check and
ue Oriental Grand Bounce. You III
TO- the mellow trill of my bazoo"
va Then l slowly uncorked
Great Blood Purifier, and NOV
to the footlights where the sily'
moonbeams could touch up
dazzling outlines, ! said: "Pardi
all, Pm pleased and gratiiied to h'
We met you. / don't know the II
.ith dinged busted thing you have s
non TO me, but that's my misfortune.
cgs a plain miner and my home is
rter digestive apparatus of the eal
ties but for professional melody of c
the you certainly take the cake. J
the also take the cake basket
it. what cold pie there is on the du
t to Ny name is woodtick Williams
ow- discovered the Feverish Hor
kill on the slippery Ellum. | am pr
ell" to know you. Keep right on
'alp ting more and more familiar v
who your profession, and bye and
up when nobody can understand
to you win be promoted and resp
the ed, and you will at last be a sl'
this ing car conductor and revel in
says biggest mental claim and y
'ort- shoreless sea of intellectual s
ong nation that the world ever
was You will
elu- But he was gone.
Jan e-e---
cate WI. K, Palestine-"I a
tab. young man of limited means.
'nsal only beeni in the state a short t
rnor and it doesn't suit me to stay
any longer. Would you advise
to 90 to Mexicol Please ad
I'll. tbo ualtt