The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-10

f..r mott guess he's told me that
zeal nOC .;,,es And l don't yet know
nLidto - means. But what does be know
va = -ocesP Why, horse eouldn go
aooI o in FIVE minutes when he was
:, aIiVe. And he died himself When ne
was For or sbane!" said Mrs. Brown, quite
shocked, Now you go away, Minnie:
and send some one else. but don't SEND
Mr.. Macks great grandfather"
Mrs. Brown raised her niger LOT
moment from the hat. When she
touched it again new movement was
visible. The hat seemed to be trying
rbvthmic hop from one foot 10 the
other. In response TO the USUAL -lhteI
rogation, there came:
Els e-B-iI-l-y-J- ONE d.e-A-d-e-l-p
h-i-c-h-a-m-p-i-o-n-c-l-o g-d-a n-c-e-r-
MI. jones wants some music" sale
! Mrs. Brown.
One of the ladies sat down to the piano
and played melody of plantation Jlgss
and reels. Mr.. Jones, the Adelphl
| cha .npion clog dancer" began-or at
least the hat did-by tapping gently IN
| time with the music; then he began
rocking back and TO tn like q see-saw;
then he spun around and warmed TO his
work, and trotted back and forth, now
front, now rear; then the music grew
faster and he made splurges In the air
like q William goat preparing for battle.
Faster and faster went the music and
faster and faster went that Derby, jig
ging it with q freedom and rattle that
would make the Eyangeline helfer sick
with envy until the tune ended with
Sol oh > Il
the letter K clear across the room.
Mrs. Brown again raise ed her finger,
and when she next touched the Derby
an entirely new motion was seen. The
hat swayed from side to side and then
pulled up with with a jerk, repeating
the same movement over and over.
What spirit is this2" was asked.
"Phars oh, King of Egyt," spelled ont |
the hat in the usual way.
EVERYBODY was surprised, for this wss |
Pharaoh's first appearance. Asked what |
messages he had. the KING replied by |
asking:
You remember that scurVy trick |
Moses played me2"
20, psha "! said one of the ladies'; Il
know who that is-it's my cousin Jim.
He was always joking about something, |
and wouldn't even let the Bible alone.
q captain. Come now, Jim. own up"
she added, addressing the hat.
BE you King Pharaoh or be you
Sailor Jim ?' asked Mrs. Brown laugh
ingly.
The hat merely repeated its rolling
motion up and down the table.
That's Jim, sure" said Jim's cousin;
that's the sailor way he used to walk
when drunk"
The hat stopped instantly.
You shouldn't make sport of US,
Jim, I" said Mr.. Mack; "it isn't Pharaoh
you"
The hat quivered as though stricken
with palsy. Then it tapped the letter l
and rapidly spelled out;
James Robers is my name,
America my nation;
spud Junction. Pa, is my dwelling-place,
And heaven is my expectation.
"SiDg US a song"
"What kind of a song Mr.. Ro berts2"
Yeo-ho-heave-ho."
He wants a sailor song" said the
cousin, land I'll give him one which
Mr.. Gilbert and myself made up be
tween u.s." And then that cousin in
suited the helpless Jim like this:
To lay aloft in a bowling breeze
May tickle landsmau's taste,
But the happlest hour sailor sees
Is when he's ashore
And half. seas ore,
With his Nancy on his knees, geo hol
And his arm around her waist
And in graveyards grim to grosn and sigh
May tickle landsmans ghost,
But the jolliest place in earth or sky,
For the ghost of tar
Is a ghostly bar
With ghostIy Nancies so spry, yeow no!
In ghostly grOg to toast!
After Jim came Mary Royne, whose
mother had been witch, and after her
came a miscellaneous assortment of
equally interesting spirits. The Dane
ng Derby" was unanimously voted
great success. Mrs. Brown purposes
aking out a patent for it.-Chicago
Tribune