Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12


and hr' waving banners and flags could |
hr plainly seen aud the big Gust room |
was hllrs with visitors. suutcs were |
fired and the roar ut cannon shook the /
very glass In the windows.
Mr. Dinsmore then chief usher, $1,000
an tic doorway with Come guests, whcn
bang huug. went the cnuuon, ana Uncle
Jerry CAME running through the corr
dor, screaming "Cunucl for Che LaWd
sake tonne ycr tNuW. lurl' Jerry
sucnLs pretty rUol English aud ouly a
little uutyc dialect is uuuccdJ
Whats the matter derry asked the
usher,
Buorru has come down smash just
stopped outcn his gold frame. jos fur
smile, fur spite ruuurli Don't tell me
sucrugs don't get about lively in this old
house,
MIR Dusmorc shook with laughter
and snM Co tho GUESTS; "Nou spv Uncle
Jerry hcrp is great believer iu spirits
and ghosts marching about lie auors
hurd Go convert me-
You'll get converted this ycre day
IL um not the OWt timc che dead and
gone presidents has kcrried ON about
This fuss and iOulin' over George Wash
mgtuu's birthday"
4 gentleman asked; "Aud how IL II
they behave, Uncle Jerry, when Wash
iugtou's celebrations are going unf
"Sir, They kerJ1Cs ON awful. Gets
mad whom thp cannon roars ana lurgits
10 be- gentlemen. sir They leaps up and
down, an In rage, they p,u Too ragged
aud disgnsied 20 hang ON The korrider
wall. sir! an jcs falls down HAT on
their faces. Come and see ole Martin
Van BuOpn now.
Uncle leriy's keen black eyes rolled
aud glarcd and he grew grey about his
lips with excitement
PrcNdcut Martin Ynn Buren, did fan
that day ont of his gold frame That for
many years had hung quietly on Tho
south wall of the corridor Whether the
laundering of cannon just below ON the
monument grounds, helped the old cord
10 break who 6uowst but The crash OF
the falling frame on the ears on Uncle
Jerry ut the moment of heavy Nalut,
and nothing has ever persuaded him thn
IL fell from natural cnuses. IL was Mr
Van Boorens jealousy Of George Wash
ingtou.
The next morning crowd OF boy
gathered in the White House LOT {,
hear the particulars of the catastrophe
"lnclc Jerry Sd you see Mr. Van
"sonny, / didl An l got jos as Ia
on MS / could, fur l don't meddle wit
sperrits on this side of the river"
"llow did he look, Uncle JcrryF
II didn't stop to look long but IN
face got dark redl aud flushed. an h
jes' lay dat down In disgust, and AN tina
evcnin' hoard o mutterng nm q grun
bling In the corridor among en-
~ should have Thought everybody
the house would have beon scared
death" said the boy
"Ies, sonny. the cook told me an
monhn' that not one soul slept a win
an l know all the spcrrits of departt
presidents kerricd on the whole nigh
discussin and disputin an talkn' boz
this we're fuss over George Washington
Only few days ago | had liit
visit with Uncle Jerry Ia the VIII
House about the "spCrrits of the o
presidents" aud ne still insisted IN
they did walk about that night "a
make u great noise. lilo admitted IA
George Washington was hne ma
but Abraham Lincoln aud General Ira
beat him all TO pieces"
AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BEA
While MIR Hayes was president
frend sent him fr0m Dakota hu
hoarslln coat with sleeves made Of
Bruins legs, the cuts being Of his 4
and claws.
One evening lust before dusk I'm
Jerry was strOlllug up aud down IN
lower rooms ntuer putting 30 rights
with the servants and telling stories
his go0d-naOred way. "A he stood a,
aud shoulder above them all sudce
d great black hear lell upon hiip. 4
lunn shaggy arms clagped ierIg''s ne
and tho claws fastened themselves I
his back Suddcnly the bear dis
pcarcd.
Jerry's shricls rang through
White House lie fell against the p
Try doors pallid and speeehlcss,
shook viii, q chill Airs, Hayes ga
running dONn tie stAirWayNinio
kitcheR. 4kere sat Jerry IA a chair