The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-28
Bunso AMI Bnnsrc,

"Wyoming may not occupy moro nor
three square yards on goggcrfy map
ol the United States" remarked Wood
tick Williams Mt recent session o! the
Forty Liars Club, after being called
upon for speech by tho chair. .but
,ic's got mighty good packin'. What
mean Is that her internal improve
mcnts contain some mighty smart
men. With all due dctcrence to the
char and the honorable company, j
must say that for fast.color. pigeon
toed. copper.riyotcd scn'c, the humble
individual who now addresses you does
not cantcr along ut the rear Of the pro-
ccssiOn. | may not ridv oni the seat
with the driver. but If / do. say II !
follow up pretty close TO the .hcrcavcl
relatives. am willing 20 admit that
my father was smarter man. even,
than / -lelStwisc no must have
been. or the conrt records &c l.llosha
County. WiSconsi pcr'.tt=r1o ,in,h
q marvellous .!sstie. is~ss, Sl'iuk
ca hicr lie went up 10 Canada for his
hcal,h-oilico work is 50 combining. YOU
hnow.t hat il soon breaks Il man down,
especially bank cashiers. lis great In
tcllcct gave way. however, short time
before lc died -lca,twisc he was fool
iSh enough 10 make his Will and - The
family. oi whom am which, got moth
ing. Some cousin by-his-w.ic' s-aunt
put i'm "A claim, and the lawyers com.
promised the case hy gobbling NJ
the estate themselves.
"But. ~ | said. I'm shalc or two
above n nalural-born idiot, and 10 prove
il I'll relate my experience while IN 'hi-
cago last September. You know took
lot of cattle in there 10 sell and Il Ter
I'd disposed of them took II ,pikc-tail
car AMI went up town. bought me .
bran new outfit at u clothing store, had
the wrinkles pressed out. and dressing
ip i'm nv new toys, ! set out Ia take In
the sights. Pretty GOA was tacSlcd
by very decent looking party. who
seemed ticklcl To death to see me. lie
call Il me TOmutins, from TituSvillc.
lui.. aud asked after the boys. told
him he was oil his cahaSc, and Just
about that time. too. btgan To smell
something most awful rank, So when hd
asked me my name, | said II was John
Taylor, uf iccum.ch, Ncb; that | was
director of the Fist National Bank
there. and had Just come tO Chicago 10
see som thing nf city life. Then told
him about the pos master. Lou Davis,
and tn, station AGENT whom called
Brooke. aud 80 on. and made him thor
oughly ac ,uain,cd with ever, thing and
everybody in the place. knew there
was such town in Nebraska, but oi
cOur.c didn't know soul In IL; but
thinks Ia myself, ii there isn't any.
h dy Oi thai name there, WHY there
ought Ia be-, and a. for myself. why the
name oi TAYLOR was good enough for
m. Well. we Chaitcd long while,
until my new fri nd said he had an ca-
Eagcm MT. bat he'd call at the hotel in
the evening and show me around Well,
it, NO uSi to prolong your agony. Ii
was the same old story. The custom.
nry son OF an old friend appeared in the
REGULAR. .orlcr OF things and made him,
self extremely agreeable, and MIR. Tay-
lOr' went with the Young man 10 sec
him draw a prize IN Il lottery
"rhc rules If the game. mp 10 thl'
point. had been strictly adhered 'to-ap
parcn,ly-but il gives inc great pleasure
iu STATE that, in the subsequent procccd'
ingS, | introduced certain innovations
that. il generally adopted, must tend e.
dctract seriously from the Interests oi
the noble came ol buuko, and eventual! :!
bring il into dis.ayur among spOriTC
gentlemen. entered, apparently. into
the spirit oi the game with great ON
thu,iaSm and gratifying rccklcSSncss,
aud huchcl NJ il SO worth. when
told them that as | hadn't drawn ANY
money since | struck the town, and
only started with little for fear oI
pickpockc,s in the ears, that broke me.
As | appeared To be ENJOYING myself,
however. the bunko men kindly kept
the game going. and accepted my
checks tO the amount of $3.50 ON the
Tccun>ch Banking-hOuSc. Finally
told them that Id played enough fol
one day; that il was lots of fun but
that. like all the other good things o'
lite. il came high. II they'd Just casl
another check Tor SlOh, 10 give me q
little ready cash 10 Spcnl about town,
I'll drop in the next day and give them
another whirl. The generous bunkC
incn cheor.ully complied, and quit the
game Just So ahead. don't know
what they did with those checks. In
fact | haven't allowed myself To worr,
over il NJ all since. suppose its 4
little rough on the bunko man TO dis
cover suddenly that he is the bnnkcc
but then you know there's nothing GER
,iin in this world but death. aud foul
aces backed up with a king."-Ih'
HyOncrdIIl.