The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-21
AN ARKANSAS OPINION
TROUBLE CAUSED BY A MEXICAN DISH
The tnforiunatr Cnntr"versy B"twern Two
Citizens. aud the Learned DrcisIou
q The squire Bcfurr WI
the Cause was Tried.

lAraansaw Traveller
Some time ago, Colonel Mubank visited
Mexico, and, upon returning, declared that
the MrXlcans are the only people in the
world who know how to cook "Whv,"
said he, to hi, wife, "thcir dish Of 'chec' y
is excellent You take handful Of bird
peppers mix in little meal and stew ZEN,
up. o. course it's hot, and especially with
a stranger, seems to be composed of three
parts fire and ono part torment, but after a
man gets used to It, why there's nothing
that has such tendency to prunote di-
gestion. 1t undoubtedly prolungs life,
keep, the mind active and tends toward a
general promotion OF good feeling. have
brought home a sack ot those peppcrs, and
ut 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 days ago. when
old UncL, sam Blackamore, OF Red Fork
Township, came TO the city and called at
the Colonel, house The old man, while
at dinner. motto ID the host dipping into
what appeared to be cooked tomatoes. The
old gentleman is fond of cooked tomatoes
and, during an animated discussion into
which tho subject OF literal place of tor
ment in the world to come entered strong
ly, hc reached over ami helped himself to
spoonful of stewed pepper.
Nov" said the old fellow, lifting a
gooI.sized blaze on the point Of his knife
and holding it near his mouth until he
should reach a semicoon, IL am little
quar- in my belief and DONE hesitate to say
that the wicked will be roasted like a pos.
som"
lie dropped the knife, wiped hi, tongue
on his coat-,lecve, and without speaking,
he "hanled on' with IL sauce bp tie au,
knocked the Colonel down. The Colonel,
being resentful and impetuuus, arose ami
discouraged old Blackamore's familiarity
10y hurllmg his fuvorite dish into the WIS.,
itor's frank and open cOuntennnce \
hand-to-hand 0nccun'e or ensued. resulting
in the defeat of the Colonel and the ,ub,r-
quent arrest of the old man The case wa,
taken to court and tried by AN eminent
Justice OF the Peace, "A jurist whose idea of
justice rarely meets with reversal, except
when II chances to fall under the severe
gaze Of n Judge who knows the law.
When the lawyers had closed their arru.
ments, the old Justice killed "a horse.fy
with papcr-cutter, and said:
"rhs Court is ready todeliver its opinion.
The Court hollis that the defendant had a
right Ia visit the land of the Muntczumas
and CortczeS, and that while there had
perfect right to form a taste for the dishes
prepared 10y the inhab tants of that coun-
try. This Court fur hrrmore hold, that
the defendant hai II pertec- right 20 pre-
lare the dish and eat it under the Amrri.
can dag; in other words, he had a risht to
M " N his table"
~ N / under ,tand," said the lawyer
ar H. plant ", 'that you have decided
~ oGr favury"
Just wait, if you please, until this
court ha~ concluded the decision. In
order t. b. thoroughly prepared f' judge
the case wisely, this Court ordered and
tasted a sample of the stuff brought from
the depravcd land of the Mon'ezumas,
and this court is prepared TO say that
man who wouldn't knock fellow down
for placing such a hidden mine Of ex-
plpsive compound, within his reach,
ought To break out with the uettle-rash
aud bee deprived ot the right Of ~uifragr
Thi, Court would advise the plaintiff 20
keep out of the Defendants way, but will
say that il the defendant don't catch
him and maui the eternal pizen out Of his
disposition, he will lay himself liable 10 n
fine and the odium of being considered
blamed tool by this court"