The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-27
Silas Jones'.

Good evening Verne. Have you just arrved?'
Eyes, and you bet m glad to get back"
"What success have you had on your trip?'
When one has story to tell one is always puz.
zled which end to begin at. You have parties to
introduce that you know and your readers do
not and one thing so pre.supposes another that
which ever way you turn your paper your subject
still seems i'll arranged. The mall item have
given will do as well any other to begin with
1t certainly will lead you to ask who is Verner'
and this will start me sy scientifically my story.
Verne Hazelton was a travelling salesman for
prominent firm in the city of x. He had just
returned from a western trip. The person asking
the questions is Theodore Gray a travelling sales
man for the same firm.
You ask what kind of success had. must
say the success was great considering the Jonah 1
had with me'
who or what was your JonahT'
"Oh. my country cousin, Sas Jones. He is the
eldest son of my mothers twin sister. well to do
widow who lives on farm. You remember.
spent my vacation at her place last summer. Silas
is about 30 years of age, with a great knowledge
of farming and very littl e knowledge of travelling,
and having great desire to see more of this coun
try. he embraced the opportunity which offered
when last wrote him, that if he wished to take
trip with me, to meet me at the v House, s.,
on the 18TH When l arrived at s. found this
Experimentation in a very bad form-on the reg
lister: 'Silas Jones. Pious Hollow. This State
1.-THE greeting received was something like
this: What. you got here quick? I'm gosh
darned glad to see you. just got here. 1 wasn't
going to sign that ERE book. but the fellow said
you might not come to- day and had better sign
it and get ROOM His trunk came with piece
of rag carpet sewed around it so that it WOULDN'T
get scratched. Silas said it was bran fred new
trunk and ma didn't want it to get spoiled on the
trip. What did it contain? WELL can't begin to
tell you, but besides his wearing apparel there was
about a bushel of apples. When dinner time ar.
rived it took me some ime to persuade him that
it would not do for him to go into the dining room
with the suit he had He said that he didn't
want to wear his best suit because he never wore
that except ON Sunday and to funerals. and that
the suit he had on he always wore to church when
it rained 1 finally got him to hange his suit by
promising that if it got ruined 1 would pay for
another. had to give him a few instructions as
to how to order what he wished to eat l told
him that the meals served in courses and
never to order but one course at time; that the
first course was soup and fish. and with all probable.
ity there would be three kinds of SOUP one of them
oyster SOUP and as ne as fond OF that to order il
it it was Oh the menu. After few more instruc.
tions left him to dress, agreeing to meet him ut
the dining room in half an hour. When ar.
rived at the dining room, he and the head.waiter
were having an alteration because he could not
60 into the dining room in his shirt sleeves 1
heard him say, All the people in Pious Hollow
eat in their shirt sleeves and they are Just as good
as any of them in there When told him that it
was not etiquette to appear in public dining
room without coat on, he went to his room and