Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-02-14
CAUGHT MAPPING.
A" Account of How one Practical Joker
got Ewes with Another.
Caught Mapping

'us" SsppihG
For some time pat George silver
burg and Tom Irvine have been in I
dulrinp in many practical Joke. and
IL would appear that George. IA hc T
Thought. until Wednesday, AWAY,
had th. best of II. The hard boiled
egg iok. which >ilv.rburg had per
Intratc,l on Tom has ever -ince rank
led in the old ir,ntirrs.nan', bosnm
ans, lac ior IL l"iig tim. seemed troubled
~ Ia how Ia cancel ia. liitl, debt due
Ia TX G,orgr.' Finally lr thought Of
Georges bottle of Ayers hair r,'-t"ra-
live. which was la it, arru-tnImd
plurc "n the -drhoari ofil- bar and
after comforting with several ri hi-
friends, discovered thai u mixture ol
>lrilar, Iolas,cs. Hour aud alrrl"l.
would amount to about the same thing
in r,lur. and after obtaining a ,ar
similr hmilr in which hc put the mix
iGrr hr proceeded Ia ,icoryc'> place of
hu-lnc,-. After tie usual every day.
rXrlIaugr III -alutation.. opinion. and
nrw-. Tom suggested that George pl"-
rr,,i L. thr puStutlicc and get hi> mail
-. II. had done ~. much for t,nrgc.
George, Anxious I" crafty hi, did
friend and to brath the tr,'.h air, cuii-
secuted ~ 90. iitilr -u>prcting that h.
WA "a hc made the victim uf "A hoax
Oui ie went aud up Tom dail,d, the
iir.t 10 ia, po,toilirr, the latter To the
sidch"ari, wInr" pulling out the mix.
tur" fr,mr hi, Isrkct hc exclang,'l the
loltlc. Day. lar>rd by and nothing
wa. -:,ii aBd Georges hair looked in
tat, jul a. glossy and -ui@th. bni
.howiu. ii-'"l"ration In spots, but
Georgc was unsuspiciouS and never
failed To crow over hi- egg joke. alway-
mailing Tom with II say, Tom, how
ARE the eggs This thing continued
and Tom aud those 20 whom he had
conii.led the secret began I" feel UNI
easy lesi some coniiiani had proved
trescl,.rou> and given the snap away
and they were about to give up in
despair. when II was noticed that tile
mixture Was working like charm.
On Tuesday, George arose al his usual
hour, and after his customary uhlu-
tim. aud morning toddy, he caught
hold Of hi. lnltlc, which he agitat.,i
and pouring cut "A RDd handful ap
plying the >aIil- To his sparse locks al
the same time trying 10 rub Il In thor
oughly. hut the old thing would moi
woik something wu> wrong-am,
lac started for the mirror in order {,
ascertain the cause. After fixing him
self lminre the glass lac began his rub
hing. hut the hair, what there WAS o
IL. was 80 tightly matted Ia his hea,
that hr could not yet nj IL, and he lie
gan rhapsody IN Hebrew. Sancri
and either foreign tongues with whicl
y, he Is familiar, and turning around 4
Ssm,,e friends. who always managed 4
be around, h~ said: well! what Il,
YOU suppose l. the matter with ~.
h.,i:" A smile spread on the visitor
face as h. said /: "Do you suppose tina
anything YOU had {" do with tho-
I rprs could have had the effect .
change your head Ia substitutes re-
:, sci,,bling then, ." George darted fr.
for the bottlr then for the door, an,
!, opening, which h. threw the bottle II
far ~ llc could send II aud riurniu
E. sought the wash hn-i,. Ater appl,
:. ing aud using up all the soap With
|" his reach and eNhausting the suppl
of bath cold and hot water which u
vigorously used. he gave II up as uss
less. Returning. lac met the gan,
the news having spread, and hr M,
their gaze which WAS directed 10 III
nrost.a c,liar head ri hair imaginable
such "a sight would he difficult Ia io'
tray, the hairs sticking up like bristl,
In all and every direction and he r,
sunnsl the work Of disentanglinI
How he ever managed u i-n myster
: hut after several hours he manage
tl,ra,gi, his own exertions and thOs
Of the barber Ia effect somewhat of
compromise between standing ere,