The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-05-09
SUCKED IN.
Tho "Old Mana" First Sensation Of
Life In Florida"

When threw up the curtain my
first morning in Jacksonville, and
looked ont into the park in front of
the hotel and saw green trees OF all
kinds, orange trees filed with ripe,
yellow nit, sha'ie trees outside the
wa ks with oranges on, and ladies'
with parlsos, ! began to look around
for the South Pole. 1t was an en-.
chanting sight for a man right fresh
+ ON a sleigh ifle In Milwaukee, and
! got out into couple of pants pretty
quick and went ont to walow in all
this yeriure. | wanted to go and
io.l in the grass. | went down stairs
without waiting Tor am elevator,
rushed tliron,h the o;liee. 70 getting
all about breakfast, AMI began to
walk about the park and the town.
The oranges didn't look riyht to me.
| couldn't see how they could grow
there in the streets, right within
reach OF eyey little Niger coon in
town. without being sto Ell. In the
Moth, the sourest crabapple that
ever broke 4 mans jaw Or puckerel
up pretty mouth would no. be safe
moment az expose as those
oranges vera, and conld not believe
thar bows in the South were more
honest than boys in The North. Then
| got TO thinking, and mdle mp my
mind that the oranges were tied On
the trees with pieces OF wire. and
were intended 10 deceive Northern
people. thought it WIS Il mean de-
ception, and IN lde up my mind to
expose il TO the world. | asked a
co.orel man il there WAS any objec-
tion 10 man picking an orange. and
he said he rerkoned not. So reached
up and got hold OF ons nn picked it.
| looked for the wire strin,, but it
was actua ly a growing orange, and |
had more faith in Florida than ever
| shall always believe that the col
ored man smiled when he saw me
take ont my knife and cnt piece out
of that orange. Anyway, he turned
his back when started the piece OF
orange towards NV month. Many OF
nv iealers will remem Dor my mouth
as it was when | lived AT the North.
1t was a p city decent so OF a
mouth TO stab Il oln hon wth. A
plan, every day sort OF u hoe. with
teeth and tongue and lips, when |
took that piece OF orange in. Ie
Gods The orange WAS as much
sourer than vinegar rs vinegar is
sourer than honey And bitter A'oes
an fhuharh and quinine combine |
would be m lla sses beside that orange.
NV lips bagan TO enrl up and d'aw
around under my lett ear, my teeth
became loose and ratt'el around like
dice in Il dice.box, and my tongue
Glove 10 the loof Of my mouth. One
eve opened so wide that the evehall
10 pked like the face OF 4 six shilling
bulls eve watch, and the other
closed systematically and w;nked 80
a colorei mn Sc sirl who thought |
was winlling at her got OF : bench
and hauled the baby wag'd away.
and the baby cried as though Il pin
was sticking in it. on account OF the
expression on my face. | reached
around 10 mv pistol pocket for a
handkrrch Ell to cover my face until
| could unscrew my mouth and get
it back in front OF me. and the col
ored man thought | WAS going TO draw
pistol, and sta ted of on a run.
Well, if / had picture of my face
when | took a moIthful OF that
orange, they COLD sell them by the
thousand in dime museums IA the
wild man of Borneo. And that is the
reason oranges are safe growing in
the streets. They are too sour to
eat. and a boy W Il not steal anything
he cannot ea,.-[Peck's = Sun.