South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-03-07

the rsllreSi sonpssy Coz al'e.iss dog
II The Ger. Riaally tss coaduotor vasl
cent Tor. Keeping Up ny Imitation, hs
5000 located the obnoxious eur under
. eeetains 49, and reAohed Ces Il. I
saarlsd and - jerksd HE hand back.
aad etter several attempts 70 pail the
boast out by hand he got the stove.ro-
ker and faked it out. SufIlcs 20 cay,
when it vas held up TO public view the
shoots OF Laughter drove Mr.. Conductor
out Of the car.
Another time when In PhiladeIpbia
. servant girl 81 The hotel cane into my
room 10 announcs dirnsr. slapped
out Of the door atssi Of her, and just
- sks closed il [ threw ny voics 10 the
roor. Let me out. lot me ou',' relied
an imaginary voice. in piercing tonee.
The girl looked clarified. opened The
door sgsin and cav no one. She loot.
cd ssilderoa and clofed the door.
tried IL again bot she casght me this
time. 'Nusha, she said, .you have the
devil In you anyway. You kspe ae ~
from me ster this and with that gave
me crack on che back that nearly took
the breath ont Of ne.
THIN remember b&ira IN Q hotel IN
Rochsstsr. N: Y. In The room next 70
re heard Lady pot . child 70 sleep
and then 60 ont Of che room. Before
che got many feet away initiate d the
crying Of baby through the transou
between the rooms. The mother ran
back In alarm, only 70 ind her child
peacefully sleeping. Again and again !
played the trick until my heart smote
me. and I let the mother depart In
Oncs I piassd . trick which is quit.
eoa6noaly prsSliceJ b coed ventrtlo-
qntses- 00ing 10 Moput Desert one day
On . steamer noticed 8 man oiIiIg
tl,o mactlaery ab0ot The walking team.
I stood quietly near ard co.n meucsd
Fimilatine the crsakisG Of machinery.
The man was perpleIed. He looked
over it and poured more oil on. When
he got little bit further The mysterious
creaking commenced. The more oil {
put on the worse the crealking got. Well,
I played Il on him. sill got tired, and
he wss never Tho wiser.
But probably the qusersst Of my ex.
periencss were Ia The South. The ne
sroes ere terribly sspsrstitiour, aud
used 70 call me shoodo man, 1 re-.
member meeting one Of them, who bad
bsen q our performance, afterwsrd.
With sort Of ave he said 70 some open.
mouthed companions, 'Dere's dat we're
man what got de debbil 10 his stomach.
dosn' 60 nigh him yer bet yer life.
FRS thing yer know he'll hab me hang
in up 10 de sky Why, really, they
get 70 look on me - able to do any hing
and I was bothered to death With then
coming 70 select numbers to play policy
on.
major Newell and strayed down to
the level at Mobile one day. A row of
darkies sat with their backs against Q
pile Of cotton bales. backing in The noon.
day sun. l saw an opportunity for some
fun, and threw my voice into enc Of the
bales. You should have seen the OK.
preston on the black faces of the gang.
They stood 1t for two or three minutes.
but IS the sepulcbral voice rolled out
louder and louder The whole OF them
took to their heels like scared rabbits.
The Major and / waited around awhile
to see the after effects. Pretty soon out
comes tho oversecr 10 set bis men TO work.
Did they gof Well, We hung around
Ter half an hour. and when We left be
had not succeeded. Each and every
darkey swore the voice sounded as II It
came right from hell up through the
cotton bale CHICAGO News.