The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-11-20
TIE HISTORY OF A BLACK EYE
WHICH Recently WENT TO NEW
YORK

TIE HISTORY OF A BLACK EYE
WHICH Recently WENT TO NEW
YORK
A young man well known in the best
of New York society came back from
New Hampshire last week, after having
spent month at the beaches located
within driving distance of Portsmouth.
He came back with green patch on his
right eye.
"Why, Henry" exclaimed the young
mans mother in tone exhibiting great
alarm, whats the matter? You haven
put your eye out, have you, darling ?"
ooh, no, mammal" the young man
answered give just blackened it bit.
Run against a-a-bedpOst, you know.
BE all well in a few days"
II didn't care to tell mother how got
hurt" Mr. Henry remarked next day to
one of his men friends; ''She' never
stop laughing at me if she knew. But
I'd just as soon tell you, if you like"
"lf like There's nothing I'd like
better. I've already made a guess,
though, my boy
whats your guess ?'
"That you ran up against something
with more life in it than there is in a
bedpost. What do you say Am l
right ,"
Fright you are. ran up against the
hardest fist in America. I'll bet you l
was knocked the full length of this room.
All my fault, too. Quite deserved it,"
What had you done ?'
played joke on mana milk
man."
Good joke ?"
"Well, rather. I'll tell you about it.
Twas up in Dover; that's ten miles from
Portsmouth. l was up there to see a
friend, and he took me into place
called Skip TwOmbley's for lunch
Said twas the only place in town where
we could get any baked COON
81 never ate any baked coon. Isn't
it good ?' ;,
They didn't have any the first day we
went in, and the next day got knocked
out before | had chance to try it,
While we were in there the first day the
milkman came in, set his big can down
on the floor, stepped into the back room,
ate IA sausage OF two and went out.
When he went out there was something
in his milk can besides milk; some
things, I'd bette say, for had turned a
quart of minnOW bait into the milk"
''Why, little fishes about an inch and
a-half long. Just good mUuthfuls for
pickerel.
"Well, the proprietor of the place saw
me put the fish in the milk, and made
me pay him for them, which was, of
course, all right enough. As gave him
the m he he said: 4 pity you if Charley
ever fin, out who )ne that"
"'Ono, said, "Jwat only done for a
joke"
"'Well, guess if you was milkman
you wouldn't care bout havin' a joke
like that played on you.
II laughed, and pretty soon my friend
and | went out. Next day at about the
same time by the clock we went into the
shop again"
"''What did l tell YEP said the pro-
prietor to me as soon as he set eyes on
me. | told we Charley'd be mad, didn't
|? He's gon' up an down town
swearin' h1'll kill the Teller that put
them fish into his milk. Says it's lost
him the best customer he had, the res
taurant man up to tie station
elbows that?' asked.
"'WhF, there was man came up to
the counter and called for glass of
milk. They gid it to him an he went to
drinkin' in. All of q sudden he turued
red in The face an commenced a-chOkn'.
lie pat ms thumb an forelinger into his
m puth and pulled out one of them min
MES. You can jest bet your hat that
Teller was mad. An So was the restaur-
ant man.
"'rhis mornin' Charley KNOWN
nothin' about it, went into the restaur-
ant same's usual and asked how much
milk they wanted. They told him they
didn't want no more Of his milk. Twas
bad enough, they said, to buy milk of Il
man who watered his cows at a pump,
'tnout goin' further an bulin' of one
that dipped his water out of the brook.
"'Then Charley flared, and he was
farm half an hour before he caught on
to how it happened. Then he come
down here with blood in his eyes
"'Did you tell him who did it?
asked.
mo, Stree; | didn't do nuthin' of the
sort
"'Then will
"'You'd better not. He'll maui ye'
"Just tnen in came the milkman. He
was the maddest looking man | ever
saw.
81 stepped up to him and said: Look
here, old man. I'm the chap that you arc
looking for. I'm awfully sorry about
that restaurant matter, you know
'He looked at me second, and then
blazed out with the longest string of nm
mentionable words that l ever listened
to. He ended by saying: IN Farm you
to put fish into my milk
"The next thing l knew heard my
friend say: He's all light now Then
up came somebody with piece OF law
meat aud clapped it on over my eye.
Then it suddenly occurred to me that
I'd been struck by lightning"
"What did you do about it ?'
Nothing, except that l got out of
Dover as quickly rs my friends horse
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