Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-12-12


house for this morning. asked the
grocery man. as il your ma sick 2
mo, ma is worth two in the bush.
It's pa that amt we'll. He is having
some trouble with his digestion. You
see, be went to the Exposition with
me, as guide, and that is enough to
ruin any mans digestion. Pa is near
sighted, and he said he wanted me 10
20 along and show him things. Well, ]
never had so much fun since pa fell
out Of the boat. First, / made him
jump clear across the aisle, there
where the stuffed tigers are, by the
fur place. told him the keeper was
just coming along with some meat to
feed the animals, and when they
smelIed the meat they just clawed
things. lie run against showcase,
and then wanted to 20 away. He
said he travelled with circus when
he was young, and no one knew the
dangers Of tooling around wild ami.
mails better than he did. Well, you
would a died to see pa there by the
furniture place, where they have got
beautiful beds and chairs. There was
one chair under a glass case, all vel.
vet, and a sign over Il telling people
TO keep their hands of. Pa asked me
what the sign was. and | told him it
said ladies aud gentlemen are request
cd 10 sit in the chairs and try them
Pa climbed over the railing and was
just going to sit down on the glass
showcase over the chair, when one Of
the walk around fellows with police
hats took him by the collar and yank.
ed him back over the railing, and was
going TO kick pas pants. Pa was mad
70 have his coat collar pulled up over
his head, and have the set Of his coat
spoiled, and he was going to sass the
man, when / told pa the man WAS a
lunatic from the asylum, that was on
exhibition, and pa wanted to go away
from there. He said he didn't know
what they wanted to exhibit lunatics
for. We went up stairs to the pan.
cake bazaar, where they broil pancake
out of self rising -four, and put butter
and sugar on them and give them
away. Pa said that he could eat
more pancakes than any man out of
jail, and wanted me to get him some.
/ took a couple of pancakes and tore
out a piece Of the lining Of my coat
and put it between the pancakes and
handed them to pa, with paper
around the pancakes. Pa didn't mo-
tice the paper nor the cloth, and il
would have made you laugh to see
him chew ON them. | told him |
guessed he didn't have as good teeth
as he used TO, aud he said, "Never
you mind the teeth" and he kept on
I'LL he had swallowed the whole busi-
ness, but he said he guessed he didn't
want any more. But l thought l
should split when pa wanted drink
Of water. | asked him II he would
rather have mineral water, and he
said he guessed it would take the
strongest kind OF mineral water to
wash down them pancakes, SO | took
him to where the fire extinguishers
are and got him 10 take the nozzle Of
the extinguisher in his mouth, aud !
turned the faucet. l don't think he
got more than quart of the stuff out
of the saleratus machine down him,
but he reared right up and said he'd
be condamned if he believed that wa.
ter was ever intended TO drink, and
he felt as though he could bust, and
just then the man who kicked the big
organ struck up. and the building
shook, and / guess pa thought he had
busted. The Most fun was when we
came along to where the wax woman
is. They have got a wax woman
dressed up to kill, and she looks just
as natural as If she could breathe. She
has a handkerchief in her hand. and
as we came along told pa there was
a lady that seemed TO know him. Pa
is ON the mash himself, and he looked
at her and smiled, aud be said good
evening, aud asked me who she was.
l told him it looked TO me like the
girl that sings in the choir at our
church, and pa said course il is, "Pret.
ty good show, isn't it, and put out
his hand to shake hands with her, but
the woman who tends the stand came
along, and thought pa was drunk, aud
said, cold gentleman, / guess you
had better get out of here. This is
for ladies only" Pa excused himself
to the wax woman. and said he would
see her later. Milwaukee Sun,