The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-10-04
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ArEansaw Traveller.

| Iiyered lecture in Little Rock sew
eral days ago, to one of the largest
audiences that ever assembled in the
State. Old Tom Blaborn, who lives
| over in the ecut-off district Y and who
was in the city during the visit of
John L. Sullivan, entered the Opera
House, expecting to see "some fine
knockin'." Before the lecturer arose,
old Tom remarked to a gentleman
who stood near;
am be dinged if I'd like for him to
hit me-"
"There is no danger Of his striking
you,p replied the gentleman.
"No, you are mighty confed thar
amt. A thousand dollars is a heap
of money, an I'd like to take that
amount home with me, but fifteen
hundred wouldn't persuade me to
stand up in front O. his mauls."
The Rey. Mr.. Kennedy arose and
gracefully introduced the lecturer.
Old Tom, after listening a moment,
shook his head, and as Mr.. Talmage,
with one of his characteristic ges-
lures, squared himself, twisted him
self, threw back his head, shook him
self, squatted, stood on tiptoes, rock
ed back on his heels, paved the air,
and then, straight from the shoulder,
struck at the audience, old Tom
"nudged" the gentleman, and said
"By grip, that was thousand
FOUNDER"
"Hush."
"Wall, it just was. A steer couldn't
stand up agin such a JOLT"
"Hush, tell you"
'If You want to bet anything, put
up"
The gentleman moved away, and
old Tom, punching preacher who
had come too late to get seat, said
'Bet he could down Sullivan, don't
youp
~ don't know" whispered the
preacher, who knew nothing of Sulli-
van.
"Pd put up my little wad on him.
He's got the action, you see. Look
at that, will you9 1t was regular
jig"
''Hush," said the minister
"Wall, it just was"
The minister moved away, and old
Tom, after listening awhile, and laugh
ing heartily at a joke Mr.. Talmage
had clipped from a newspaper, and
run in without credit, turned to
sedate-looking man and said
"When's he going to take off his
shirt ! want to see his muscle
"Don't know"
"When does the knockin' begin ~
"When some Christian defender of
dscency knocks you down /; and if you
don't shut up, TIL be the one to do it."
"You belong to the combination,
reckon, Wall, l won't angry with
you, but if had you whar could
just slash around naehul, I'd make
you take back them words calculated
to raise steam in the biler Of any
voter. Go on away. don't care"
''My friend" said some one" who
saw that old Tom did not understand
the situation, "this is not prize fight,
1t is a lecture by Mr., Talmage, the
great preacher"
"Wsll, partner, you must excuse
me, fur thought this was sort O.
prize fight, amt got much edyca-
tion, but can git as much fun outen
Q serman as the next man"
He became an attentive listener.
eyes said Mr.. Talmage, "please de-
liver me from the long.faeed Chris
tian. | once knew an old brother who
had not laughed for ten years, He
approached me one day, and In his
impressively sorrowful manner, bor-
rowed twenty-five dollars, and he was
so sorrowful and delicate in manner
that he never again spoke Of the bor-
Towed money!
Old Tom threw up his hat and ex-
claimed "Tharl II that don't drive |
the nail clar up, I'm sheep"
"Hush, or III put You OUT said a
policeman.
"No you won't, fur I'll go out, I've
get enough to last me till corn-geth-
erin time. Come on and let's take a |
beer"
The policeman looked slyly at the
mayor and seeing that the lecturer
was holding his attention, accompan-
led old Tom to a neighboring saloon,
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