St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-10-14
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor,

= fond Of company. you're runnin'
risk. Wait till tell yau how the mejuna-
sized cooker saved my life. Well. the
old witch doctor took q big dislike 70
me. and kept tellin' the folks that
would make . better meal cooked than
] would coolkin,. URogina wanted to
marry me, and the chief was wiilin',
but the witch doctor prophesied = lot Of
calamities IL the marriage took place.
and scared the chief Now ] didn't
want to marry Ugogina. but could SEQ
that II I did ! would be saved from
bein' ct; but I thought would try 10
save myself and get out Of the marriage
also I could have run on to sea
any day. but there warn't no
boats I could see ships sailin' by quite
often, hut there warn't no way to git
of to 'em decided to Ak the witch
doctor first lgot Ugogina to whecdle
the old fcllcr to give me my mejul:i-
sised cooker, the small-sized not beiu'
largo enough for my purposes Then I
got . lot of African beans and somc
hollow reeds and some sticky clay.
set the beans . cookin' and put the
reeds into little hole made In top Of
the cooker. invited the witch doctor
In, and told him this was some of my
new vaporized atmospheric air, and
told him to put his mouth to the reeds
and suck some Ia. You know, il you
have studied chemistry. that beans are
highly charged with gas Especially IS
this true of the genuine African bean.
Well. sir, that old chap swallered = lot
of that gas. and quicker than . wink
Ugogina and knocked him over and
plastered his nose and mouth mp with
clay. and I'm . dummcd liar il that gas
didn't noat that old feller right up in
the air. clear out Of sight You see. he
was remarkably capacious. and the gas
was remarkably strong-rcmarkably
strong. stood there in front of the
people when he was lloatin' in the air,
and told 'em was . magician, and
could set ,em all hoatin, They was
scared; wanted to elect me chief; but !
wasn't used to high political honora.
and compromised with alderman and
president of the school hoard Well,
sir. Ugogina was dyin' to marry me at
once; but STAYED her of for . time BY
sayin' I wanted to git my trousseau
ready. That's how the mejum-sised
cooker saved my life"
II will buy . medium-sizedo one" !" said
the rector, family. 1T can be used BY
st. Margaret's ward of the guild church
fairA"
.'Or country fairs, either. However.
1 think you would like the larye-sized
cooker for the church fairs. But you
wait till finish my story. Now. I was
engaged to . girl in the United States.
II married Ugogins what would be
the consequences? Breach OF promise
suit for ten Thousand dollars. and me
with no assets but three sample cookers
Of block tin. What then3 Default Of
payment, states prison for life. Sides,
I didn't want to marry Ugogina- What
did I do: Well. sir. one day / sec .
ship goin by. and, stretchin' ont the
large-sizcd cooker-they are all air
tight-I jumped on IL and padded OF
to the ship. poundin' on the small and
mejum-sized all the way TO scare sharks
That's how the largc-sized cooker saved
my life"
"Put me down for the large size,
said the rector Of St bartholomew.
wearily.
II knowed you would" said the mild.
hammered man with the soft, low voice.
There's something affectin' In the
story Of how them cookers saved my
life. Allan Curtis. in Har>
per's Weekly.