Telegram-herald., 1889-06-25

k{x ~ " tooElze1e. Or every T
HMs s.ts ths eve Easels .
ais 1a-es, Gel4s al +
slopes covered vita natures beautiful 4
zr--u carpet al sdoraed NlLa iarze fsrest +
trees sad krl2bery, Iader aad among
Nslcn are 0oeEsks, nsngmeuts, 5onDs, f.
s.af4ary, ether u white marble or tns /
darker bat Isrs po.isaed sranise. Tie /
number, size, n4gnlncencs aud Ia posing /
proportions II many Of these mauso.eans
nave ~ D. seen - Be realized S9 mere pen
description csa 10 4slics - I1sa or tas
beau y 0I ths surroundings.
len I got 70 the cemetery expected
. galA. see every thing that was % Dc seen
o. sLrQLisz over the grounds, 0ut gave up
that idea ~hca l learned that there wers
tlIrtT mics q carr.4ge drives alone, -
abandoned ny pedestrian proclyltles, and
climbed into oas OF the vehicles that was
f0r hire. Tie back seat 0t the vehicle was
Already occupied By m4L aad rs wife.
The husband vas = middle-azed rOrid-
faced Gan. wn0 aas under the influence OF
some such s-iululaRE a. beer or vine HIS
wife seemed % 90 Of a more sentimental
aLd reUrIBg nature. The driver of the
vealcie MAS not = mere pros2ic Jehu. Be
sides steering the emzcisted. o0ue spav-
lned croWbaiE attached 20 hls vehicle, hs
Impaired % the p4sseu gers useful statist-
ics aud information about the cemetery,
Using ver5 hlga-dOwn expressions
After driving q few minutes, John
brought Is horses % a standstlll and be
gan - point o4t the most prominent sarines
IN The vicinity telling how much they cost,
who was inside, etc The Intoxicated 1As-
seBger persisted Ia annoying the orator by
asking Irrelevant qnestlons about the na-
. Of inn
OF the tom5s died, how long they were sick,
what were their last words, IL that was the
mrs, time they had died, when they were
gong % die again. A the driver had not
collected hls money N advance 10 did not
get angry, but every once IN while the
Kan . wife would say, Heunery
Whose he facet ) thisf' asked Hennery,
pointing 70 three-story tomb OF 70 the
right.
The driver. who seemed 10 be glad 20 have
a chance % air his knowledge. told al he
knew aad probably grea, deal more, but
h.s fOw OF elOquence was interrupted BY
d tie uuhltched horses which stamped their
feet and seemed ~ 90 nervous about some
tning
That, sir" said the driver, pompously,
''is the family metropolis OF the Ebeneezer
V Straddlcs-keep sun, you dOd gastcd
f0oi-nltting one OF the horses awhack. 'He
was ths welLknown and talented ginger
pon maker on Broad street-whOai will
yeri That's bis bust you see on the root Of
the catacomo"
so he il desdF'
Dead You bet hers dead, dead as a can
OF pressed beef he did an immense busi-
ness IN giuger-pop That inscription reads :
we shall meet again. IN get down and
bust your snoot wlde open"
This last remark was addressed 20 the
horses, which seem % have eaten some
thing that disagreed with them.
when did the ginger-p pop man hzzle outl
When did he pop otf'
sEhfr
When dl1 be cross ths Stygian ferryT
80. Henueryi
"He didn't cross the ferry at all The
procession came over Brooklyn Bridge. Do
you see that cenotsph over on the hiLl, the
enc with a sort Of q manserd roof on iti''
asked the driver.
Yes. whose moment nl0ri is thatsr
s.It's receiving vault No less than
1900 stIrs can Do Accommodated in there
AZ one time.
"Hennery' was probably going TO aS6
where they bought their clothes when they
were alive. or how they voted at the last
Presidential election, when he discovered
that rs wife was IN tears
~Whazzer matter, Susan Them canned
peaches make you tiredi told you not 70
ga them"
.Ir's not the canned peaches, Hennery;
it's the surroundings.
Wei. you would eat some Of every thing
on the programme. told you 70 be care
ful~
"lt amt that, Hennery. I have 70 give way
tony emotions when I see these tombs with
their silent inmates"
'.We.l. I don't know, Susan. but they are
better Of They don't have 20 get I'd on
cold mornings aud make hres Ike had %
al last winter"
20. HenueryiT
They don't ~ Ter none from rheumatism
Or bronchitis They don't have no taxes 70
par They si1't expected 20 tip waters at
the New York hotels. Ike We have % II NE
want % ger say thing 70 eat. They don't
have 20 pay rent. and sin't never worried
bytEht boots, and they don't suffer from
TO much canned peaches. Seems TO ma
they on rht NOT 20 kick when they have got
soft thing Of IT,
sThem i've silent sarcophaguses. inter
rupted the driver. p1 nti0g % i've mounds.
Ira called me tf..k " t.'l : AhFl~F mere
vva-e r. .~a sisters whacy' w1ac'zi That of
h-Ssbas got something The matter with it,
uhsrz. whsc6r
Maybe its canned peaches" said Hen
ne~r
As I was sayin'. The averags of their
ages IS cne hundred and FIVE years, the Old
49,. bsinx oae hundred AMI eleven years cd
when she died.
II -1ezs tbev steered clear of canned
pcaches
%. Henuervf'
think the driver cut short The trip On
-~-orur - Hsnnerv growing now demon
sr-afivs and refreshing himself from =
Hasx. ~ he returned % ne gaze az soon ss
possible ~ xet rid of him. A. HeaaerT
ana Susan. who were from the country.
moved or the driver motiOued 20 ne %
come uear and sad, m a mysterious voice +.
That farsr must BE- under the influence
q some powerful narcotie
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u-r -sssors far Eeartax