The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
NEW BREED OF GUINEA PIG.
Experience Of City swell on HIS
Vacation Among Reubens.
Buffalo Express,

Il have just come in from the country.
SAID the young man with a tall style oerDy;
Juicy fool of myself almost every day Wnie
L was there. L stayed with uncle OF mine
Who has a farm sixteen or seventeen lnileS
from nowhere. and the Reubens got the
laugh so many times on me that can't re-
member the number.
THE queerest experience that had'
though, was at one of their country fairs.
They held the fair early this year. for some
reason or other, and / was on hand 10 take
IT In; went out TO the grounds Win a pr
~ of young women who were visiting in the
neighborhood, and, undismayed by the fall-
ure of my former efforts TO string the
rustics, started out to have fun with them
we struck the grounds. We
walked around for couple OF hours, ana
was poking all manner OF fun at the people
we met Finally came To the shed
where the poultry was on exhibition, and
as we went along looking at the Var.ously
bred chickens L got particularly funny Al
the end of one OF the rows of coops was a
box with five or six guinea pigs in IL. There
were quite number of countrymen stand
ing around looking at the queer little ami
I'VE walked over and looked at the piss.
Then said loudly: Do you know that IL
you pick up guinea pig by the tail its eyes
Will drop out% The countrymen stared.
Fact L continued. Pick one OF them up by
the tail and its eyes will drop right out.
Most queerly constructed anaJOmlcally OF
any animal known To naturalists. III these
pigs were mine L would soon show you.
"A big strapping fellow VINO stood beside
the box said: stranger | don't believe
you. / insisted that 4 was right, but ne
stood and doggedly shook his head. and
the rest OF the countrymen sided with HIM.
Now, a guinea pig mas tail, and there
Is where the joke comes in. L argued for
some little time and then made a grand
bluff. pulled cut a little roll OF bills and
offered To bet the Reuben $2J that just
that thing would happen. Imagine my sur
prise when the Reuben hauled a greasy
old pocketbook out of his jeans and covered
the money. L was sure i had him, for the
bet was a catch one anyhow, and the
young women who were with me were egg
ing me on L couldn't think of fiunSing.
" Understand L said, Il claim mat il
YOU pick up that guinea pig by its tail its
eyes will drop out
L understand said the countryman, as
box and pulled out a guinea pig. Now,
pick this one up and let's see its eyes drop
out
Then 1 began to laugh. 'Ha, my friends
L said, L have played little trick you,
that's all. AS a guinea pig has no tail,
you can't pick one up by it, If you could,
L 90 not doubt that its eyes would drop
out
II reached out for my half of the bet,
when the big countryman said: 'Hor on
there, mister. You jist look an see if this
here guinea pig hain't got a tail L ex-
amfned ii, and L may be switched il il
didn't have tail an inch long. The coun-
tryman picked it up by the little caudle
drop out. Then he reached over grabbed
the wad of money and put il in his pocket.
remarl6ing the while: 4 didn't think when
/ developed that breed of guineas that they
would ever make that much for me-
"Tn be blamed If he hadn't been work.
ing for three years to produce guinea pigs
with tails He had succeeded, and l was
chump enough 10 go up against the only
with my. chestnut about their eyes drop
ping out"