The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
THE TALE OF the ANIMATED JUe.
Told by Capt. O'Hsver. the Pri.ce or wales
OF the Memphis Police Force.

Hofn the Commercial appeal
Several years ago." the Captain began,
"Bill Prvde and ! had to go TO Little Rock to
appear as witnesses in q burglary trial. One
mile this side Of the town of Carlisle, Ark,
there was n freight wreck. The cars we're torn
up and the track was twisted. There were very
poor facilities for clearing the track, and Bill
and l saw 1t sticking out plain that we would
have to stay there In the woods all day II we
waited for the track to be Gle ared. We might
have stood 1t all right, but we couldn't get any
thing to drink. 80 we inquired how far 1t was
to the next town. We were delighted to find
S M"s i Sstli Ike G Tssin N1' Sri f m'. sent iSr an 10 y yoSr
room, and Prydo and l struck out down the
I'VE walk ed down the main street and then up
and down all the others, and never a place did
we zee where a man could get q drink. Finally
liquor sold in tho town. The man looked un-
easy and said: Not since the local option law
wsnt ,R1 q mile SEs we had mh struck Te . t jrT 9lSd, T hrrs
wasn't even any leg water. pryde and | we're
both accustomed olooking for blind places. but,
hole that looked like a tiger Our mouths
We're as dry as bones; The day day after Local
despair when we met a friend. He opened our
eyes by telling US hat We had been reeoggizyd.
town that some Memphis policemen had been
hired to come to Carlisle and run out the blind
tigers. Ten minutes after we struck the town
every blind tiger In the place was closed as tight
as your fist, and the proprietors had all left the
country. Our friend said that while We were
tapping on doors and looking into stairways
9uaking in their shoes. However. he told US
that he would put US on to something. He dt-
rected US to a little frame house in an isolated
part of the town. and told us II we would work
the thing right we could get q drink there; In
I'VE joyously started for the little house and
bolted In. There was only one room 50 far as
we could see. In the centre was n table. On
the table was q Jug, n bowl OF sugar, a pitcher
walked right up and were just going to pour out
q few fingers when right before our eyes that
Jug began to soar aloft. Grab itu | holiered to
Pryde, but II was too late. From the way the
Jug hung in the air. J. thought 1t must have a
string tied to the handle. In second 1t was out
WELL" put. in the reporter. the pitcher of
water was still there. wasn't II !"
The Captain only INDUCED in q panied look
and continued: Bill and | wanted a drink
almost tasted it. We were almost wild when
Bill was struck by a happy thought. Blow
your breath, George, blow your breath" he ex-
claimed excitedly. l found a quarter In my
clothes and laid it on the table. You may not
believe 1t, but the jug came back as II 1t had
dropped from the ceiling. This time / distinctly
saw the string tied to the handle. We poured
out our stuff and were 80 thirsty that we did not
notice half how bad 1t was. The rest of the
story is short. Every time we wanted some
After n while we thought we and the jug were
good friends, and Pryde suggested that we try
and Sec II we couldn't work it without putting
up a quarter. just for the fun of tn. thing. We
afraid the jug might get mad next time and not
come back. Well, when we left we had fewer
quarters and the jug wasn't nearly so hard to
lift by the string IA 1t was when we came in"