The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-09
For THE CLAhIoN.
That Amusing Journey Concluded.

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Not only is the Standeford Hotel
Louisville, cOmmendable for its proxim-
ity 10 the depot, but because of its
extreme cleanliness, comfort and rea-
sonable ra les of board. Unlike the Galt
House, that has turned to consuming its
own fat-living upon its reputation
the Standeford prOcures the fat of all
that is good from markets far and near,
and is fully capable Of pleasing the
most fastidious guest. And then, an
air Of politeness and courteousness per
vadng the entire house makes one feel
a sudden rise in the temperature of con-
sequence. Little Ellen, coming cutO of the
warm and dusty car, wanted TO know if
we had reached heaven Parenthetically,
one might observe what a compliment
is therein to the proprietors of this
hotel
While waiting to depart that evening
for BardstOwn, there entered the sitting
room a queer looking old lady, carrying
a lowered carpet-sack, of make the year
One. She sat down near me, still re-
tanning the sack, and eyed me. Having
the greatest reverence for age, did not
return the inventory stare longer than
TO notice how direct she gazed at me,
and that she had an immense snuff brush
in her mouth. She seemed very restless
arose and used the cuspadore next
her; resumed her seat, but soon visited
another, and having tried the capacity
Of all the cuspadOrcs near her, was ven
turing across the room when she spied
the children, who for once were quiet,
dispatching candy, and examining
beautiful rug upon which they were
seated
''Be you the mother or the nuss? she
asked abruptly, turning to me, and
pointing to them. Il occupy the envi-
able position of both" | replied, with
some amusement "Well, / clar, eff one
amt zackly like Obediah's child Claren-
thy Elizabeth-the big 'un with her har
in pig-tail" Here she laughed hearth
lv, and to my as onishment | saw that
she had but one tooth in her head, and
that, in front, in the upper jaw. /
foolishly fell to wondering the use of
snuff brush or indeed of the tooth itself,
but / soon found out the significance of
the latter.
Those who have noticed through
srace of the shuttle-plate of machine
how rapid the shuttle moves back and
forth, will soon conceive the necessity
of that one tooth For, in her rapid
flow of talk had the old lady's tongue
been literally, rs figuratively, loose at
both ends, she would surely have lost it.
feel almost criminal saying anything
of a ludicrous nature of an aged person;
lust as if l had turned my back upon
my grandmother because she wore a
faded calico, vet TO save me, had to
laugh, and have to tell it, the old lady
was so comical. so mirth- provoking, and
seemed straining to make herself so!
She took my laugh as an evidence of
equal footing and forthwith begun to
regale me with the full history of her
son Obediah and his entire family.
One instance suflices to show what
was subjected to the next half hour:
Char was that little Clarenthv Eliza
beth. wuss nor a New York poleece for
ferriting out of one thing, whiles hunt
inc up another. Always doing suthin
to make folks larf--jest like me, and er
trying new hexperiments. One day she
wint with her nanny to neighbor's
whar thar was a new machine, and one
of the wimmin begun to wind bobbin,
whiles the thread capered around on
the floor. All to onct she thought the
thread come sorter tight, and looking
around, bless yer life, she found
Clarenthy Elizabeth had swallowed the
spooll"
After delightful visit to Nazareth
Academy, and sat in the train at Louis
Vile bound for home, a youth came
walking leisurely in, twirling his cane,
his head thrown lack, and looking
through his eyeglasses over the passen-
gers as if at so many cattle. With
grand flourish he deposited his baggage
over the fronting seats, hung his cane
in ring of the hat holder, and took his
hat of, showing his hair shayen in the
prevailing fashion epidemic. Ellen had
been surveying the operations, and
when the hat came of, fairly screamed
"Whv, look, you can see the bottom OF
his headr' A perfect applause came
from the passengers, and gentleman
remarking just after that one could
generally see the bottom OF anything
shaliow, the youth quickly gathered UP
his property and changed coaches.
Much fun must be passed oyer to
spare time-but the last scene OF the
baby show came, when Ellen having
noticed the particular attention bestowed
by a passenger upon something over
which was drawn a dark cloth, settled
in her mind to learn the mystery.
Chapce favored her at last. The owner
fell asleep and the box lay nnnoticed-
Timidiy the child advanced toward it to
lift the cover, at which point being
hastily recalled, she gave the cover a
Jerk and there fell into the aisle glass
box. breaking into thousand pieces and
disclosing a nest of young snakes
Imagine the scene which followed.
KITTIE WAGGoNER-