The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-17

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close study This lion VS. fepfesaotad
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a1d rcd gums A. ime passed on anil
" succeeded year. this lion continued
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AVID dropped Ike . hired man on a hot
DAY HIS gums became less fiery rcd,
ant ne reddish skin hung pver his bones
in a louse and d~stranght manner, like
IN ed buffalo robe thrown over the
knees 81 vlnerary old maid spiders
spun their webs across his dull, white
fanrs Mice made their nests In biz
abdominal cavity liz ginss Eye be-.
came hopelcssly strahimused. and the
moths leh him bald. beaded on the
stomach lie wAs = md commentary
on the extremely trahsitory mature u all
things terrestrial and tho hollowness III
the stuffed beast.
] also had q stuffed bird for a long
time. which showed the cunnin g Of the
sluiier TO a great degree. II afforded
me 3 great Zeal Of unalloycd pleasure.
because | liked TO get old hunters to
lo'ik NJ Il and tell me what Kind Of q
bird Il was They did not generally
agree. A bitter and acrimonious fight
grew out Of a discussion in relation TO
this bird. A NAT from Vinegar Hill
named Lyons, and a party called Soiled
Murphy (since dcceased) were in my
Office one morning-Mr. Lyons as q
witness, and Mr.. Murphy in his great
specially as q drunk and disorderly.
We had just disposed Of the case, and |
had just stepped down from the bench,
intending TO take of the judicial ermine
and put some moro coal In the stove.
when the attention Of Soiled Murphy
was attracted to the bird. lie allowed
that Il was n common ~''helldiver with
an abnormal head, while Lyons claimed
that il was a kingfisher.
The bird had a ducks body, the head
OF a common eagle, and the feet Of a
sage hen. These parts had been adj
lustcd with great care and the tail load
cd with lead somehow, so that the
powerful head would not tip the bird up
behind. With this rara avis, to use a
foreign term, ! loved to anluse and in
struct old hunters who had been hunting
all their lives for n free drink, and hear
them tell how they had killed hundreds
Of these birds over on the Poudre in an
early day, or over near Elk Mountain
when the country was new.
SO Lyons claimed that he had killed
millions OF these fowls, and Soiled
Murphy, who was known as the tomato
can savant of that country, said that be.
fore the Union Pacific railroad got into
that section, the birds swarmed around
Hutton's lakes and lived on horned
toads.
The feeling got more and more parti-
san, ill Mr.. Lyons made a pass at Soiled
Murphy with a large red c%uspadore that
had been presented 10 me BY Valentine
Baker. n dealer in abandoned furniture
and mines. Mr.. Murphy then welted
Lyons over the head with the judicial
scales. He then adriot'y caught a lump
Of bitumlnous coal with his c%ountenance
and fell to the floor with a low cry of
pain.
called In an outside party rs n witness.
and IN the afternoon both men were
convicted Of assault and battery. Soiled
Murphy asked for n change Of venue on
the ground that | was ~prcjudiced. | told
him that | did not allow any thing
whatever to prejudice me, and went on
with the case.
This great taxidermic masterpiece led
TO another assault afterward, all of
which proved remunerative In a small
way. My successor claimed that the
bird was a part OF the perquisites Of tho
office, and SO ! had to turn Il over with
the docket.