The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-09
The Tale of the Animated jug.

Several years ago" the captain began.
according 10 the Memphis Commercial
Appeal, Bill Pryde and 1 had to so 10
Lirtle Rock 10 appear as witnesses in a
burglary trial one mile this side of the
town OF Carlisle. Ark. there was freight
wreck. The cars We're torn uD and the
track was twisted. There were very poor
facilities for clearing the track, and Bill
ana I saw il sticking out plain that we
would have to stay there in the woods
all day If we waited for the track TO be
cleared We might have stood IL all rlgnt,
but We couldn't get anything TO drink.
So we inquired how far IL was to the next
town. We We're delighted to find that
was just like having drinks sent up to
your room, and Pryde and ! struck out
down the track for the town.
We walked down the main street and
then uD and down all the others, and
never a place did we see where a man
could get a drink. Finally we inquired
Of a citizen If there was drop OF liquor
sold in the town. The man looked I'M
easy and said Not since the local OPP
ton law went into effect Then We tum-
bled. After walking mile We had struck
a dry town. There wasn't even any ice
water. Pryde and / were both acoustic med
to looking tor blind places, but, try as nard
as we could, We couldn't ind any mole
that looked like a tiger Our NOUNS
were as dry as bones. The day after local
option carried in Carlisle the town well
went dry out of sympathy. We were IN oe-
SPAR NllEn We met a LI4Elu AAN DptAACA
our eyes by telling us that we had been
recognized. The story had Immediately
gone around the town that some Memphis
policemen had been hired 10 come 10 Car
lsie 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 proprletors
had all left the country. Our friend sald
that while We were tapping on doors ana
looking into stairways some OF the good
citizens of the town were quaklns IN
their shoes. However he told us that ne
would put us on 10 something: lie Ill
rected us to a little frame house in an $50
lated part of the town, and told US II we
would work the thing right, We could get
a. drink there: in fact several of them.
I'VE joyOusly started for the little house
and bolted in There was only one room
so far as we could see. In the center
was a table. On the table was jug,
a bowl of sugar. pitcher OF water ana
several glasses. Pryde ana walked right
up and were just going to pour out a
few fingers. when right before our eyes
that jug began to soar aloft. GraD II!
l hollered to Pryde, but il was too late:
From the way the jug hung in the air,
thought il must have a string tied 10 the
handle. In a second it was out of sight
We'll" put in the reporter, the pitcher
of water was still there, wasn't it!'
look and continued: bill and l wanted
a drink worse than ever then, Tor we
had smelt il and almost tasted II. we
were almost wild when Bill was struck
bv a happy thought. Blow your breath,
George blow your breath! he exclaimed
excitedly. 1 found quarter in my clothes
and laid it on the table. You may not
believe it, but the jug came back as, II
il had dropped from the ceiling. ms
time / distinctly saw the string tied to
The handle. we poured out our stuff and
were so thirsty that we did not notice
half how bad it was. The rest OF the
story is short. Every time we wanted
some more we laid down a quarter and
hit the Jug After a while we thought
we and the jug were good friends, and
Prvde suggested that we try and see II
we couldn't work it without putting up a
quarter just for the fun of the thing.
we voted down that scheme, however,
for we were afraid the jug might get
mad next time and not come back. Well,
when we left we had fewer quarters ana
the Jug wasn't nearly so hard to lift by
the string as it was when we came H.