The Anaconda standard., 1896-05-10
TALE OF THE ANIMATED JUG.
What Memphis Omcers Found In a SIM vi
Arkansas Town.

what Memphis Ohicers Found In a SIN VII
Arkansas Town.
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Several years ago." the captain be-
gan, "Bill Pryde and had to go to Lit
tie Rock to appear as witnesses in bur
glary trial. One mile this side of the
town of Carlisle. Ark, there was
freight wreck. The cars were 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 If we waited for the track
to be cleared. We might have stood II
all right, but we couldn't get anything to
drink So we inquired how far IL was to
the next town. We were delighted to ma
that Carlisle was only mile farther.
That was just like having drinks sent up
to your room, and Pryde and l struck
out down the track for the town.
1--WE walked down the main street and
then up and down all the others and new
er place did we see where man could
get a drink. Finally we inquired or
citizen IL there was a drop of liquor sold
in the town. The man looked up uneasy
and said: Not since the local option law
went into effect Then we tumbled.. Al
ter walking a mile we had struck dry
Pryde and / were both accustomed to
looking for blind places. but try as hard
as we could, we couldn't find any hole
that looked like a tiger Our mouths
were as dry as bones. The day after To-
cal option carried in Carlisle the town
well went dry out of sympathy. We
were in despair when we met friend.
He opened 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
| 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 pro-
prietors had all left the country. our
| friend said that while we were tapping
| on doors and looking into stairways
some of the good citizens OF the town
were quaking in their shoes. However
| he told us that he would put us on to
| something. He directed us to little
frame house in an Isolated part of the
town and told us II we would work the
thing right we could get drink there
in fact, several of them.
1--WE joyously started for the little
house and bolted in. There was only one
room so far as we could see. In the cen
ter was a table. On the table was jug
bowl of sugar. pitcher of water ant
several glasses. Pryde and l walked righ
|
fingers when right before our eyes tina
Jug began to soar aloft. Grab 1t!
howled to Pryde, but IL was too late
From the way the jug hung in the al
1 thought 1t must have a string tied Il
the handle. In a second IL was out o
sight"
i"Wel," put in the reporter, "the pitche
of water was still there, wasn't it?''
The captain only INDUCED in paine'
look and continued: "Bill and / wanted
drink worse than ever then, for we ha'
smelt Ii and almost tasted IL. We wer
almost wild when Bill was struck by
happy thought Blow your breath
George, blow your breath! he exclaime'
excitedly. / found a quarter in m.
clothes and laid IL on the table. Yol
may not believe il, but the jug cam
back as If ii had dropped from the cell
ing. This time l distinctly saw tn
string tied to the handle. We poure'
out our stuff and were so thirsty that W
did not notice half how bad it was. TIL
rest of the story is short. Every tim
we wanted some more we laid down
quarter and hit the jug. After awhil
we thought we and the jug were goo
friends, and Pryde suggested that we tr
and see If we couldn't work 1t withou
putting up quarter. just for the fun o
the thing. We voted down that scheme
however for. we were afraid the ju
might get mad next time and not com
back. Well. when we left we had fewe
quarters and the jug wasn't nearly s
hard to lift by the string as 1t was whe
we came in"