The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-06
CHE 1emorrat-S Sta,
The Remedy for a man VII. .,w.w
Full Of COons, ""Ss'

nma' special TO the N. Y. Sv,
Doctor said II red.faced QUA ""1
Watery-eyed man from and
Township, as he came in DR. pyne
cocks Office in Hammondsuor,D a A.
other day, 'I'n afraid NV era. me
g"in' back on me, and / 5es Is
III to kind q see if | a 6dpped
where they're lame.n ""u Oul
"Ah!" SAID the doctor .nv,
seems to be The matter with WI" v''l
eyes I" your
That's what l don't know >.
Piled The man, ''but they plavodr e,
trek on me t'other day that d",Isa
leave no room for doubt bni "In !
heres s0melhin' out o. gear " mia
'em, somehow. III give Won VII" ,hn
symptoms. Maybe you don't kn ,"e
thai | SIN quite a coon hnnler I I".
am. T'oiher day my boy hnn oHs
one O. these britch loadln' and I :
pealln' Nhotguns, and told hin,
would 90 out and ses. wv il wnnli
work on a coon. IW",nt ont anG
fadn t gone more than a m,la nv"
the hill when Isseen a bio coon ,O Op
on To Il chestnut tree. He ,anIp
there 30 sudden that | couIdn,, s"o
where he had come from or bow ~
got there. Bul | didn't slon % ~
ask no questions, bul Up and bloYr'
ed away. Now Tve goi The namo
over our way, Doc. of never miSs;U,
anything | shoot at, aud, of course
when | pulled up and whanpao
away at That coon, | expected IN
see him tumble, but he didn't
When The smoke cleared away ha
sol there jrsl As he was when
seen him at lust. was SURPRISED
now. | tell YOU. | thought II was
the guns fault, but blazed AWAY
again. The coon never moved.
happened to look, somehow q roth.
er, at a lice off Ia she right of lhe
one The coon was in, and there eeL
another coon on a limb. | thought
III try my luck OH him, and 80
lei HIM have a shot. He eve
stirred. | begun to gel mad nv
Ibis time, aud during a little con.
versation | was havin' with nv.
sell about The gun, | happened 10
glance at "A tree to 1.-THE left OF the
first Tree, and there on a limb was
another coon. Tried my luck on
lie third ccOn, and didn't hit him
no more n l did t'otner two. 7
looked al The first tree and there
that coon, settin right where
We was when | first Saw HIM,
ooked at the second tree, and
here was that coon still on the
NIB. IIurne1a my head toward
mother tree, aud there | saw a
coon, ;nnd. l"okin' around
ne, whichever way | might, every
rec l seen had a coon IN it, and as
At as coOns could be-. | COL wild.
"Thundtr" | holIered, there's
he woods full % co0ns, AMI
amt got nnthin' but this new-fan-
led gun that won't hit a barn"
"But | began TO blaze away fast
S the gun could spit a cartridge,
list al one coon and then another
MIL every darn load was Ont of
nat gun, and l hadn't dropped a
non. | was jest a goin to Stat that
10 flinders against u tree,
hen | happened to rub my eye,
nj when | took my hand down
lere ON my finger was Il nice fat
Oodlouse. | looked up and every
ION was gone, The fact is, Doe,
Iai woodlou,e had been hangin on
one o my eye-wInkers all the
me and | thought | was seem
ions. Be l giltin' near-slghled
is The optic nerve cOablm' up on
e ?"
Neither one" said The doctor.
the hind-pOcket OF your
pants cut down from a
Iarl size 10 halt a pint, and you'll
all right"
The man went out shaking his
al aud said he'd think about it.
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