St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-03-24
A SOAKER'S EXPERIENCE.

Were the monkeys eve- afte
me! Well, ] should smile. Ate
me! They had me-had me down
Crawled up on top of me, and ra,
all over my PROSTATE form 7" ane
the old soaker drew n long brreatl
and shuddered at the recollection
Il was out in Texas" he con
tinued. "Texas is the creates
State Oh the American cont:nen,
for the jim-jams. More men will
have dellrium tremens in Texas. in
December and January, than in any
other State during the whole year,
Why, l have seen 'em two in a bed
lighting devils until you couldr t
rest. l was IN San Antonio once
got roaring drunk there and STAYED
drunk two weeks. I was as Timber
as rag for a whole week, and one
day. Just as l was entirely and COM
pletely broke, the police run me in.
Ihe next morning 1 was not in a
condition to be tried, and stayed in
the lookup all that day and night
Two days without liquor found me
so restless that 1 could not sleen T
knew that my system needed to be
let down gently from such q spree
and l begged for whisky without
success. L was cornered. 7 had
no money, no whisky, no friends,
and saw distinctly what was sure
to follow the sudden withdrawal of
the stlmulant that had kept me up
for two weeks. I asked for NOR
phine and they said they weren't
getting up funerals. 1 begged
them for Gods sake to give me
anything that would save me from
dellrlum tremens, but they laughed
at me. l paced the floor Of NV cell
all night. I felt weak, my hand
trembled with nervousness, my feet
and hands grew cold. All at once
| felt like my body was swelling
My head felt as heavy as lead, and
half as big as a barrel. NV legs
felt as big around as tree. I felt |
like was sinking away. I GOT |
scared at my condition, and then |
began to imagine all sorts of things.
l fell into a sort of reverie, from
which | was awakened by seeing
the face of dead man, with his sad
CLASSY eyes peering in through the
grated door of the cell, and lust
visible in the dim light. The face
moved away slowly. Great heaven,
L would recognize that face TODAY
If | were to see it, it made such
terrible impression on nv mind.
My cell was dark. 1 turned away
from the door, and in a minute /
saw the face in one corner of the
room. Tie head was on the BODY
Of a dog. 1t moved slowly from
side to side, and then l saw two
Then a third head came. that was
severed from tie body, and the :
blood was still visible about the
throat. Then [ saw a dozen heads
and then the room was full of them ,
and they all made at me. gave a
yell that was loud enough to have !
Taked ali San Antonio, and made :
'reak for the door. Do you think !
man would come to my helps Not :
| man. | raced around that cell :
md nearly butted my brains out .
'gainst the wall, and finally made :
dive for my blanket. / covered ,
Up my head, but / covered up sew
raj other heads with 1t, and 1 could
eel their cold cheeks against mine. :
yelled and howled ike mad
nan; l beat at 'em with my blan-
,et. but they would dodge me and
. couldn't hit one square lick. Il
finally l made passable luupe a
nd fell on the floor almost insen. O
ible to everything. Then thew left O
ne, and l was congratulating N.Y. :
elf on my escape, and wondering =
ow long it would be until day. {
eht, when | suddenly sprang from .
~ pallet like l had been fired n
rom a cannon. A huge rattle d
make had slipped into the folds of '
~ blanket, and was coiling itself
bout my neck. I felt for nv
nife, only to remember that it had v
cen taken from me when l was O
'cked UP. Then I caught the q
lonsler In my grasp, and while he n
issed and ratified, and struck at G
ie, l tore him from around nv r,
eek and dashed him toward the b
oor. He turned, and standing on d
is tail, deliberately mn and h;f mA =