The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-09-14
rUN on 4 TRAIN.
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/ go. into the cers anil took seat IN
iux.aposition TO female. That females
face wasa perfect Insurance company
Il insured her against ever getting mar
ried TO anybody ba.a blind man. Her
mouth looked Ikea crack in n dried
lemon, and there was nomore oppression
in her face than there Is in cup ci cold
custsr,l. She appeared ~ though shS
had been through ono famine and had
got about two.thir,lS through another.
Sho was old enough to be Groat-Srsnc'
mother to Mary TIA. had ,nc little lamb.
She was chewing prize popcorn, anu
carried yellow r9ss with q bantl.boS
AMI cotton umbgol.r nestled svce,ly by
her hide. / couldn't guoss whether she
was u mission OF chn'iiy, or going West
10 start saw. mill. was full Of cum.
osity to hear her rrcak, SO I said;
"Ihe cxigencice of the times require
great circums2ect,oa in peison who ia
travelling"
Says she, "what?"
Says /. "Tho orb Of day shines re-
splendent in the vault above"
She hitched around uneasy like, then
she raised her umbrella and said, 81
don, want any OF your sass-get out"
and got out.
Then took scat alongside of male
fellow, who looked ike ghost OF Ham,
let heightened ont. He was stately.
looking cuss, and he was reading
Said l. ",Iister. did you ever see q
camelopari2" I said cauclopard be-
cause it is p;ous animal, andncver eats
grass without getting down on his knees,
He said lie hadn't seen cameiopard.
Then snidI:
"Do You chewl"
Hc said, "No, sir.'
Then l said, Glow w. Is naturo!"
Ho took this fora conui drum and said
he didn't know. Then he said he was
deeply interested in The history of great
maa. "Alas." he exclaimed, "we are
but fsw!"
t,ld him I knew one. "tho man
that made NY cooking stove was great
man."
Then no asked. "would I read9'
Slys l, "What have you got?"
He replied: AWAITS Hymns, Reverics
by Moonlight. and How to Spend the
I sail, "None Of them for Hannah,
hat il he hal an unabridged busines,
directory OF Now York city I would take
4 hIto read"
Then hc said: Young nan, look at
these gray hairs"
told him l saw them, md that when
u man got to he ns old as ho was he
ought TO die Said I. "You needn't
think .hosc grey hairs aro sny signs OF
wisdom it ia only sign thu. your sys-
tenn lacks iron. and 1 advise You to go
and swallow u crow-bar."
Ee took this for irony, and what little
en,en.e cordialo there was between uswas
spoiled. 1t turned out that he was q
Of baseball club.
When we got 10 Rochester I called for
, bowl Of soup. 1 send you the recipe
for making 1t. Take lot OF water, wash
L we'll, aud boil it until it Is brown ON
both sides; then carefully pour one
bean into j: snd let it simmer. When
the bean begins 20 get restless sweeten
1t with salt; then put it up in air-tigh.
cans, hitch each can to brick and
chuck them overheard, and tho soup is
done.
Tho above recipe originated with a
nan in Iowa. who got up suppcrs on
,dd occasions Tor 0dd.rcllows. He had
, recipe for oyster soup, leaving ont tho
,alt.
Speaking of Iowa reminds me of the
way got my money to pay for my ticket
md that fellows supper. I bet fellow
, dollar tina. could tell him how much
water TO quart went under the railroad
,ridgc over the Mississippi at Dubuque
N year. I won the bet, but, after all,
he supper was an awful swindle.
Dubuque is celebrated for its fine
on the streets; while ! was
hero a wagon upset and spilled q lot Of
women. didn't see it ! looked the
other way. No cards.