The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-04
STUCK IN A MoLAssEs TROUGH.
The Vanity OF New York Woman
WinterinR in Florida Got Her Into
Trouble.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
A New Yorker who went to Florida to
see the prize fight, and visited Corbett at
his training quarters, at Mayport, tells
an amusing story. A well-known Young
woman of this city who is spending the
the winter in Florida went, accompanied
by a cousin from Jacksonville, to inspect
the surroundings of the champion.
Among the articles which chiefly in
terested her was the weighing machine,
which registered the ayoirdupOis of the
champion twice a day. She asked and
received the privilege of being weighed
and was somewhat Mortified on learning
that her well-nourished blonde beauty
was to be measured by a symbolic 1888
pounds. After leaving the grounds, she
expressed skepticism as to the accuracy
of the machine, and, with her companion,
went to small grocery. which, half
buried by the shifting wind-driven
sands, is visible from the steamers pass
ing up the St. Johns, to learn what
story the grocery scales would tell.
These scales were kept in a dimly-
lighted extension, having a floor about a
foot lower than that of the main build
ing. In this extension was also kept a
row OF large Inolasses hogsheads, in front
of which was wooden trough two feet
wide by foot deep and eight or nine
feet long, which received the drippings
from the faucets.
In the dim, religious light sitting
through the small sand-stained panes the
tourist, 1t so happened, did not perceive
the vulgar trough. While stepping from
the higher to the lower floor, she tripped,
and, in trying to recover her balance, fell
nat along the sticky length of the ancient
trough. Arabic figures never lie, though
feminine ones may, and the secret dis
closed by the "l3S pounds" could not be
questioned by any of those who saw the
generously plump form so snugly wedged
in between the pine sides of the wooden
box as TO be unable 10 rise. Struggling
wildly to recover her feet, the victim
kicked open the faucet of the end hogs
head, the first fruits of which action were
apparent in the form of a stream of amber
sweetness falling upon her ankles at the
rate Of pint in ten seconds.
The proprietor and his assistant rushed
10 the SPOT, attracted by the screams of
the lady, but so thoroughly had the tour
lists personality pervaded the box, that
they found themselves unable, unassisted,
to restore the fallen sufferer to the per-
pendicular. Reinforcements were neces-
sary. Two men digging in bed of natural
oysters were invited to aid. The COM
bined strength ofthe quartette finally ex-
tricated the lady.
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good.
The tourists contretemps proved q wind
fall TO the two little sons Of the grocery.
man. Previously restrained by their
father from venturing 10 the extension.
they now, In the excitement OF the acct.
dent, laid aside precedent for some fleet
ing, happy moments and viewed the
swoetened mysteries OF the building.
While the victim, sweet In spite Of her
self, was being conducted 20 the rooms OF
the grocer's wife, they followed, apply.
ing their frugal fingers 70 that portion OF
her sacchari1ed costume containing the
heaviest deposits