The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-25
LARGE AND JUICY FOOL.
hut He Knows Deal More About Guinea
Pigs Than He Did.


81 have just come in from the country"
said the young man with the fall style
derby, land succeeded in making large
and juicy fool OF myself almost every day
while was there. i staid with an uncle
Of mine who has q farm 10 or II miles from
nowhere, and the Reubens got the laugh on
me SO many times that can't remember
the number.
'The queerest experience that ] had.
though, was at one OF their county fairs.
They held the fair early this year, for some
reason or other, and was on hand TO take
it in. ! went out to the grounds with a
party of young women who were visiting
in the neiEhborhocd, and undismayed by
the failure Of my former efforts 70 string
the rustics started out to have fun with
them as soon as we struck the grounds.
We walked around FOR couple Of hours,
and was pokipg al manner Of fun at the
people we met. Flnhlly we came to the
shed where the poultry was on exhibition,
and as we vent along looking at the var
ously bred ttiekens. got particularly fun
was box With five or six guinea pigsin it,
standing arShhd looking at the queer little
animals.
1--WE walked over and looked at the
pigs. Then lssid loudly. DO you know
that II you PICK Sp guinea pig by the
men stared. Past ] continued. Pick
drop right out. Moet ineerly constructed
anatomicalls Qf anS animal known to nat
uralists. y tlnse pigs were mine. ! would
soon show yois' "a
"A big, stfappine fellow who stood bc
side the box said, STRANGER, don't believe
YOU / insisted that Was right, but lie
stood and doggedIr shook his head, and the
rest Of the connrrynnen sided with him.
Now, n guinea pig has no tail, and there is
where the joke comes in / argued foi
some little time and then made a grand
bluff. Ipulled out little roll OF bills and
offered 20 bet the Reuben s25 that Just
that thing would happen. Imagine my
surprise when the Reuben hauled n greasy
old pocketbook out Of his jeans and GOV.
cred the money. was sure had him, foi
the bet was catch one anyhow, and as the
young women who were with me were egg.
ing me on couldn't think of flunking
"'Understand,' l said, L claim that IL
you pick up that guinea pig 10y its tail its
t9'o wiz WV
81 understand said the countryman, n.
he opened n little door in the side OF the
box and pulled out a guinea pig. Now
pick this ono up aud let's see its eyes drop
out
"Then began tolnugh. 'Ha, my friends
said. I have played little trick on you;
that's all. As guinea pig has no tail you
can't pick one mp by IL. II you could, dc
not doubt that its eyes would drop OUT
''T reached out for my half of the bet.
when the big countryman said: 'Hol on
there, mister. You FIST look an sec n this
here guinea pig haint got tall exam
incd II, and may be switched II IL didn't
have tail an inch long. The countryman
picked Il up by the little caudal appcndagc,
and of course its eyes didn't drop out.
Then he reached over, grabbed the wad OF
money and put IL in his pocket, rcmarkina
the while. 4 didn't think when developed
that breed OF puineas that they would ever
make that much for me-
I'm be blamed II he hadn't been work
ing for threc sesrS TO prodnce guinea pigs
with tails, lie had succeeded, and was
chump enough to go up against the only
cage of that Sinl Of animals in the world
with my chcstnu. about theireycs dropping
out. '-Bulaio Picss.