Thomas County cat., 1890-07-31

Joe MulllattOn Talks
Colonel Joe Mulhatton of Kentucky.
the biggest liar in the United States il
not in the universe, has been drummer
for long time. He has been liar for
twenty years or more, according to tho
story he told reporter for the Times
yesterday. He has made good deal OF
money out of both callingx Colonel
MulhattOn is an understood man, and
the shirt he wore yesterday looked like
it has never seen , laundry since the
day of its manufacture. Neverthes4
Colonel Mulhatton's collar was cleAn,
and fine stud blazed on the front Of y
gorgeous red four in hand tie. The
liars coat was linen, three shades on
the black in its rustiness, but the
cOlOners handshake was warm, and his
smile sought the reporters better na-
ture and the two were friends.
Il am not liar by nature" said Col
Onel MulhattOn; make business OF
it for amusement. told my first big
lie for a Louisville newspaper twenty
years ago. ! told of score Of mum
mics that were discovered in a wonder-
ful cave in Pike county, kentucky
Each mummy was eighteen feet long,
and had red hair all over his body. The
cave was three miles long and mile
wide, with a very small and almost i'm
passable entrance. One chamber was
lined with the richest of gold quartz,
and in another diamonds and ruhies
sparkled like the stars in the firm1-
ment. People iOcked to Pikeville BY
the hundreds, and town lots were sell
ing out near White Post, in the north
ern part of the county, at S10Oa foce-
Every Snowman in the country lad
agents in Pike county, and old Barnum
himself was down there trying to Duy,
the cave.
O"Where got real fame, however.
said the general liar, strutting proudly
before the crowd that had gathered
about him and the newspaper man,
twas in that meteor story. l was tax
ing to Bill Eads, Louisville news44-
per man, one time, and he asked me To
write him a story. l told him I vas
out of ideas and couldn't do it. Just
that minute little meteor shot across
the blue dome of heaven and it brought
me an idea.
"I'l write you story about meteors.
Bill, said, and 1 turned right around
and got to work. Well, while Ha WAS
talking to me of the newspaper business
and the last sCOOph he missed, Iwrote
the story. The meteor covered an acre
of ground and sunk about 100 feet The
people all over Texas thought the end OF
creation had come. / located the thing
in Brown county at Williams ranch,
near BrOwnwOod, and worked in lot
of stuff about the fleeing populace and
sulphurous smell that pervated the
atmosphere for miles. said that thar
meteor sized and sizZled in the damp
ground, and withered plantations fos
acres and acres around, parching III.
ground into fire brick for many mics
Well, the story appeared In good ses-
son and the Associated press sent Tia
item out. In week there were more
scientists and newspaper men on their
way to Texas than toe Loa-dtng houses
of the state could accomaodate. Sons
of them got lost in the mesquite brunh
and fed on the beans for weeks and
some of them got discouraged looking
for the meteor and bought a hundred
acres of 5 cent land and are living there,
yet, raising mosquitoes, tarantulars and
chickens. think it was the best thing
for them that ever happened. TheLsn-
don Times, Paris Temps, Paris Ganlois
Paris Petit Journal Hong Kong Clsoss-
Chou, and the Tolksblatt of Berlin, al
had men securing Texas for that meteor
These poor fellows were afraid to g
back home without the facts and sone
and they just stayed hsso
The London Times man is now TR
ming saloon at Cheyenne, the Ts1p
man.is q barber down on DelaHRo
street, and the Chou Chou coE1eepan&
ent has laundry on Franklin ssenaa
st. Louis I've lost track Of the otheA
Kansas City Times.
A Yankee genius has invented ag
patented smachine for buttering hEeod
The machine cuts and buffers 80 lo00W