The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-17
eaoflr n ov.NsA p.os.
neward Of Three Yssrs' Labor In FRO
dueins 4 Cr d lated VARSITY.

duelns 1 sdiatsd Varsity.
~ speiit last fall Id tho coHntry." !"
said tho young ihaa With. THO, fall
style derby, "and | sncceeded Id
making a largo md juicy fool OF my
self almost every day while ! was
there. stayed with an uncle OF
mine who has. farm sixteen or SOW
entscr mile. rrom Howherc. and the
Rcubeas got the laugh on mo so
many times that ! can't remember
the number.
1.-The qucerest experience that
bad, though. was ut ono OF their
country fairs, They held tho fair
| early last year, for some reason or
other. anl was on hand to take 1t
in. / wen. out to tho grounds with
party of women who wero visiting
in tho neighborhood. and und;s-
mayed b. the failure OF my former
efforts to string the rustics. started
out to have some fun with thom US
soon MS we struck tho grounds. We
walked around for couple Of hours.
and was poltin9 nil MANNER 9f fun
at tho people we met Finally we
came to tho shed where the poultry
was on exhibition, and as we went
nlong looking at the variously bred
chickens, | got particularly funny
At the end of ono OF the rows OF
coops was tox with five or six
guinea pigs In it, There wcre quite
number OF countrymen standing
around locking at tho queer little
animals
ave walked over and looked at the
pigs. Then said loudly: DO you
know that II you pick up u guinea
pig by tho tail its eyes will drop
out" The countrymen stared. Fact,
| continued. Pick ohe di them Up
by the tail and its eyes will drop
right out Most queerly constructed
anatomically OF any animal known
to naturalists II these pigs wore
mine / would soon show you
"a big. strapping follow who stood
beside tho box said:, stranger, |
don't beliovo you. l insisted that !
was right, but he stood and d doggcdly
shook his head. and the rest of the
countrymen sided with him. Now
guinea pig has no tail, and there is
for some little time, and then made a
grand bluff. pulled out little roll
of bills and offered to bet the Reuben
S25 that just that thing would hap
pen. Imagine my surprise when the
Reuben hauled n greasy old pocket.
book out Ct his jeans hnd covered the
money. was sure | had him, for
tho bet was catch one anyhow. ana
as tho young women who were with
me wero egging re on. couldn't
think OF flunking.
"'undcrstand,' said, i claim
that If you pick up that guinea pig
by its tail its eyes will drop out
81 understand said the country.
man, as ho opancd little docr in the
side OF tho box and pulled out u
guinea pig. Now. pick this one up
and let's see its eyes drop out.
"Thcn ] began to laugh. 'Ha. my
friends, l said. Il have played lit
tie trick on you. that's ull. As a
guinea pig has no tail You can't pick
ono UP by it. If you could do not
doubt that its eyes would drop ont. '
II reached out for my half OF the
bet, when tho big conntryman sail:
'Hol on thero. mister Yeh jcs loo;
and SEQ il this here guinea pig amt
got u tail | examined it, and may
be switched il it didn't have tail
nm inch long The countryman p cked
it up by the little caudal appen ,ase,
and. OF course, its eyes didn't drop
out Then he reached over, grabbed
the wad of money and put it in his
pocket, remarking tho while: Il did
not think when l developed that
breed of guineas that they would
ever mako that much for me-
'1'll be blamed If he hadn't been
working three years to produce
guinea pigs with tails! He had sue.
cecded. and ! was chump enough to
go against the only cage of that kind
of animals In the world with my
chestnut about theif eyes dropping
out"