The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-26
TROUBLE CAUSED BY A MEXICAN DISH
The Unfortunate Controversy Between Two
Citizens, and the Learned Decision
- the squire Before WI.
the Cause was Tried.

Some time ago, Colonel Mihnnk visited
Mexico, and, upon returning, declared that
the NJ exicans are the only people in the
world who know how 10 cook "WuY,"
said he, to his wife, "their dish of 'checl -
is excellent. You take handful of bird
peppers, mix in little meal AMI stew 'em
M. o. course it, hot. and especially with
stranger, seems to los con,o,"d of three
paris fire and one part torment, but after a
man gets used to T., why there, No, hing
that has such tendency TO promote di-
gestion. 1t undoubtedly rrolongs life,
keeps the mind active and tend, toward a
general promotion OF good feeling. have
brought home Il sack OF those peppers, and
AT every meal after this, shall expect my
favorite dish"
Bird peppers entered into the Colonel :
daily diet. No one thought of sharing the
dish with him until several lays ago. when
old Uncle Sam Blackamore, of Rcd FORK
Tow nship, came to the city and called al
the Colonel's house. The old man, willis
at dinner. noticed the host dipping into
what appeared to be cooked tomat oes The
Old gentleman is fond of cooked Tomatoes
and, during an animated discussion into
which the subject of IA literal place OF tor.
ment in the world to come entered stron =
ly, he reached over AMI helped himself to
spoonful of stewcd pepper.
"Now," said the old fellow, lifting a
goot.sized blaze on the poiut OF his knife
and holding it near his mouth until he
should reach a semicoon, Il am LITTLE
quar- III my belief and dom, hesitate to say
that the wicked Will be roasted like pos.
SOM"
He dropped the knife, wiped his tongue
on his coat->leeve, and without 9peaking,
he "hauled off, with sauce bp tie an
knocked the Colonel down. The Colonel
being resenttu and impetupu,, arose aud
discouraged Old B,arkamorp's familiarity
by hurting his favoiite dish into the Wis.
TORS frank and open continuance. i
hand-to-hand encounter cn~uei, resulting
in the defeat OF the Colonel and the oub,e-
quent arrest of the old man, The case wa,
taken To- court and tried by an eminent
Justice OF the Peace, jurIst whose idea Of
justice rarely meets with rrve3 sal, except
when it chances to tai under the sever.
gaze Of a Judge wuo know tine law.
When the lawyer, had rl',"i their nrgu
ments, the oil Justice lllll'd mos. IL,
with paper-cut ar, aud said:
"Ihis Court i, ready todcliver is opiuion.
The Court holds that the defendant had u
right to visit the land Of the Mout Iuma.
and Corte2c,, and that while there had "a
perfect right to form taste for the dishes
prepared by the nhab tant- of thai couu.
try. This Court fur hrrmnre hold tina
the defendant had "A per:ec right TO pr
rare tue dish and eat it un Ter the Am .r.
can flag; in other words, he had right ia
NJ il IA his table"
-xe"u understand" said the lawyer
OF IT, plaintiff "that you have decided
"a "nr tavor"'
Just wait, if you please, until this
court has concluded the decision In
order to b. thoroughly prepared 10 iudg
the case wisely, thi, Court ordered aud
tasted n sample OF the sui brought from
the depravcd land If the Mon'rzumas,
and this court is prepared To say that %
man who wouldn't knock a fellow down
for placing such hidl n mine of ex
plosive compounds within hs reach,
ought to break out with he ncttle.rash
and be deprived of the right of sutf ag,.
Thi, Court would advise the plaintiff TO-
keep out of the defendpn,'s way, but will
say that ii the defendant don't catch
him and maui the eternal piIen out of his
disposition, he will lay himself liable to a
fine aud the odium of being considered
blamed fool bv this court"
We learn from the tOt0id'S that u
monkey Signalman manages the rail-
way traffic at Whtcuhage, South Al
ric" The human Signalman has had
the misfortune to lose both his Ices, and
has trained babuon to discharge hi,
duties Jacko pushes his master about
gu II trolly. and under his direction
works the lever to set the signals, with
"a most ludcrous imitation OF humanity.
He puts down the lever looks round to
see that the correct signal is up, and
then gravely watches the approaching
train, his master being AT hand to cor
rect any mistake.