Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-21
vos m.sLFREsH's CLOTHES.
.,.n,s chief Ex-Executise Becomes
Dnde and Catches Fire.

voe m.ELFRESH'S CLOTHES.
s. ..xu,s Chief Ex-Executive becomes
nude and Catches Fire
~ qum. y ought ter seen tn may.
~ All Harding, in the village
~ ,i,s,nith shop at Hardentown, near
81 ssrenceburg, Ind. HE came back
s til city yesterday lookin' like a
80 S. aasted dude, b gosh. y
s.ye don't tell!'' exclaimed the black
.;tb leaning on his bellows and let
Ell l -tba shoe for Bills mule fade from
color to black. "Ye don't mean ter
~ nat hat Mayor McElfresh has been an
ses another new suit O. clothes?"
.glbat's what, an she's eorker! re-
.l,ed Bill. splitting tobacco juice at
snothole close to the anvil
INV jeeminyT quavered old jed
80 who was sitting on a soap box
the forge ''Ef that ant three
- suits inside n a year I'm switched.
~ Is MAYORS Twin putty fast, boys;
.sel,on we'd better hev committee fer
,a.lool, over his accounts.
.What kind of suit is it. Biz
a4ked Sam Unkifer. You SAID twas d
eorker" -
s.Kinder gray an yaller, with tails to
y. b renlied Bill. I'm dod-binged eff it
~ TIL -. Why, here he comes
nowp'
The twenty-four-inch wrought-iron
4afeh on the door was thrown Mostly
81 and in stepped a little man with
saanpv black eyes and thin yellow
s.b;skers. He was clad in light-eoI-
ared plaid suit of wondrous figure and
,eorkmanship. There were ereases in
~ nants. and also in the coat-creases
mad came there naturally and not by
mention. The tails of the frock coat
sta1ck out in manner at once stln ana
SlIaVestiye of newness.
aMornin'. boys" said the little man,
snosing toward the forge with an ex7
|aaustive Indifference to the chances
asntered upon his attire. Mighty
frf,sty weather fur this time o year.
I,ze out lookin' at my northern spys.
Every dog-goned one of 'em fruz solid.
named ii, ant kind O chilly myself.
The mayor warmed his fingers over
tie forge, and his studied unconscious
ness of the examination he was UNDER
going grew deeper
aDon't look like ye'd been abut in an
orchord, mayor" said Jed Brown, re-
moving his pipe from his mouth and
tapping it on his boot. "Looks more
like we'd ben abut a-mashin' tn gals"
This sally brought out a very gen
srous response from the admirers of
tile village humorist. When the laugh
ter died away the mayor said, rather
stifly: Huh! Some people amt got
much to think about. Reckon / got
enough to tend to loolSin' after my
family"
This rather spoiled the effect of Jed's
sally, for it is notorious fact that
Jed's family gets little looking after
from its paternal head.
The blacksmith relieved the awk-
hardness of the eituation Having
away briskly to warm the
mayors fingers. he discovered that he
had heated the shoe for Bills mule.
He pulled it, splitting and glowing.
from the fire, and hammered away
hriskly. The major shrugged his
Shoulders, backed up closer to the
forge, and said Never noticed nothin'
like tn way politics is stirred up in TIL
city. Seen few people there, an
what they told me JEST knocked me
silly Why, they sav they're coma take
in al TIL towns around Cincinnatty.
ssYe don't say responded Bill Hard
ing well, that's an idea.
Yep" responded the mayor, IAN
What he intended to say further can
not be stated Just as he got ready to-
Pronounce another great truth Sam
uneifer shouted: Mayor, yer afA.eFH
The blacksmith seized the mayor by
the arm and turned him round. The.
whole rear of his checkered person was
III hames
Gosh almighty, he'll burn up" shril-
N Shouted Jed Brown. The mayor
seemed utterly paralyzed by the mis-
zap A dozen hands dragged him in
dozen different WAYS. Bill Harding's
mule even joined in the excitement.
Throw him dom and smother it
outP yelled some one. The unfortunate
mayor was promptly dumped into an
aala pile and rolled vigorously over and
over. While dust filed the low-ceil-.
1nged shop, but tongue of flame could
oecasionally be distinguished about the;
mayor's person. An occasional inartic-
uAafe sound also arose from the mayor
nnt no one paid any attention to it.
let the tub!'' yelled some one Four
arms promptly seized the
2laeksmith's dip tub. and deluge of
eiack, freezing water was poured upon
1hs mayor A yell followed.
bod CAST it all, you dod-gasted sons
z guns, shouted the mayor, what do
2en want to do, assassinate me?s The
mayor got to his feet and looked as
alRnified as man could look in a.
ksAu made suit with the tail burned
e. and the front elevation soaked with,
lnky water {
pay, said he, as he strobe from the
sn2p "Ih' next time you boys see me
za.fe you let me burn to death.
aed Brown broke the silence which
the mayors departure.
seen tibet there coat tail ketch.
Esq said he, but didn't feel called
81 20 say nothin' when the mayor was
n plane peart about tibet little joke O.
' Cincinnati Enquirer
Lyman Gage, after a firing meet
ms, had Just gone off to he'd and was