Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-01-06
HMASHED, THE WAX WOMAN.

grocery man. "Is your ma sickf'
No, ma 10 worth two in the bush.
It's pa that amt we'll. He is having
sems trouble with his digestion. You
see he went to the exposition with
me 40 guide and that is enough to
ruin any mans digestion. Pa is near
sighted, and be said he wanted me to
60 along and show him things. Well,
/ never had 80 much fun since pa fell
out of the boat. First, I 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
smellsd the meat they just clawed
things. He run against show case,
and then wanted to 60 away. He
said he travelled with q circus when
he was young, and no one knew the
dangers Of foollng around wild ami
mails better than he did. Well, you
would Q died to see pa there by the
furniture place where they have got
beautiful beds aud chairs. There was
. blue chair under . glass case, all
velvet, and q sign was over it telling
people to keep their hands off. Pa
asked mo what the sign was and I
told him it said ladies and gentlemen
are requested to sit in the chairs and
try them. Pa climbed over the rail.
ing, 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 col
lar and ysnksd him back oyer the
railing, and was going to kick pas
pants. Pa was mad to have his coat
cellar pulled up over his head, and
have the set of his coat spoiled and
he Was going to sass the man when |
told pa that the man was a lunstic
from the asylum, that was on exhibit
tion, and pa wanted to 60 away from
there. He said be didn't know what
they wanted to exhibit lunatics for.
He went up stairs to the place where
the young woman makes pancakes
out of self.rislng flour, and puts but
ter and sugar on them and gives
them away. Pa said he could eat
more pancakes than any man out of
Jail, and wanted me to get him some.
l took couple of pancakes and tore
out piece of the lining of my coat
aud put it between the pancakes and
handed them to pa with a paper
around the pancakes. Pa didn't no
tice the paper or cloth, and it would
haYe made you laugh to see him chew
on them. I told him l guessed he
didn't have as good teeth as he used
to, and he said, Never you mind
the teeth and he kept on till he
swallowed the whole business; but he
said he guessed he didn't want any
more. But thought l should split
when pa wanted drink of water
/ asked him if be would rather have
mineral water, aad he saia he guessed
1t would take the strongest kind
of mineral water to wash down them
pancakes; so l took him to where the
FIRE extinguishers are and got him to
take the nozzle of the extinguisher in
his mouth and | turned the faucet.
I don't think he got more than a
quart of the stuff out of the salerstus
machine down him, hut be rared right
up ana salu ned De condamneu II he
believed that water was ever intended
to drink and he felt as though he
should bust, and then the man who
kicks the big organ struck up, and
tbs building shook and 1 guess pa
thought be had busted. The most
fun was when we came along to
where the wax woman is. They
have got wax woman dressed up to
kill, and she looks just as natural as
If she could breathe. She has a
handkerchief in her hand, aud AS we
came along told pa there was lady
that seemed to know him. Pa 10 on
the mash hissslf and he looked at her