The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-03-13

off possum huntin. could see with
one eye that JeemB was the mainest
of the pack. Soon the next
normal got up and Was browsin
around the place to put a razor edge on
my appetite, and therswas the boy
deems calm up the hogs anddrivip out
the COWS and tendin TO the stock la gem
eral one day me and old man Cas- vent
neutrality-suspicious. the feIds look
IN at the crops and way down p The
swamp we run up with the boy Jeems
and q squad 81 hands cuttin mbers
and buildin a new weather house That
night Jeems come up with a newsaddle
hoTse which he had Awapped Tor late in
the even (which he made the trade
with a Me0nodist circuit rider passin
through the settlements
When Igpt agood chance 7 asked old
man Cas- what sort of q trade JeemahRd
made.
socks of the preacher" says the old
man. lookin proud and tickled to death.
81 can't tell as yet whether you will
ever enter that boy Jeems in race for
congress-" says 1 to old man GAG the
mornin that 7 left, ''but / don'tmaKe no
bones OF tellin you this much. ~ YOU
ever cam git him to go ON the track and
score for the start be viii win the race,
and you can put the gate money away in
your TANKS as easy as findin it in the Big
road. He is already comm down to his
work in good shape and shown some
strong pints, and he hasn't shed OF his
baby teeth yet. Don't hold the rib
bons too tight and don't buckle up the
checkrein too high. and that boy Jcems
viii earn his feed by and by
And the Race Was WOn.
Did that boy Jeems ever measure up
to the work which the old man had
marked out for him to do? You can bet
your last solitary dollar that he did. /
wasaon the ground when he entered his
first race.for congress. / watched him
from the startto the finish, ana saw him
come down under the wire like a thor
by a full length.
/. When the bell first tapped three can,
didates scored Tor the start. The other
two showed up in some better style
than Jeems, pulled on the bits and
pranced back and forth acrpst the
track. But atathe same time Jeenls was
keepin cool and sayin himself for the
work ahead When they first went of
you mought cover the whole bunch
with n blanket, and things didn't
change any tosspeak of till they swung
into the home stretch. But after they
passed the last quarter pole Jeems lin.
bered up surprisin, 'squatted down clost
to the ground and come in ahead as
easy as a boy in a baseball game would
steal to- the home base on his belly.
~ But whilst there may be one man in
a hundred that can train a boy up in
the right way for him to go. there are
80 that will make a botch of the game
every clatteF A boy can't Be a girl
but he IS more than probable TO be q
human.
RUFUS SANDERS.
E~LtkEAvAsT VOLCANIC BUBaLE.
Extraordinary Freak of Nature lea h
Mexican City of Puebla,
Rev. F. s. Bortain, of Puebla, writes
as follows; SIC may be Of interest to
some of the readers of the Herald who
visit Puebla to know of one of the less
visited attractions in the vicinity of the
City of the Angels. 1 refer to the Cox.
comate.' It is about 90 minutes distant
from Pueblo over the street car line "a
Cholula. Any street car conductor can
point it put to the curiosity7seeker. 1t
is TO the right of, the car line. about SOC
yards distant
1T looks from the car window to be
a pile of white stones or a wellrbleached
haystack. But upon closer inspection
it. proves to be a tumulus OF white cal
careous stone evidently Of water Tor
nation, about SO feet in height aud loo
feet in diameter at the base The form
is that of a truncated cone. At the
apex is an elliptical7shaped opening
about 25 feet along the minor ana so
feet ALONGSIDE major axis Itis d bell
shaped cavity ana lined with u
various descrip Sons 4 hcald Judge
The depth TO hsa east 100 feet and at
tine potUomsg 50 ~ rs rs YfS4pteNtu open
ing must be SO feetin diameter. In
the bottom, on one sld@, III be seen
some gorgeous ferns aAdon the other
side apOel Of water ssse
Tradition says that the ancient Az
tees were accustonedPto worshipahers
the genius of the spot, and occasional
~ threw in a live victim to appease his
g~ubterranean majesty. IL Isl also said
that a few victims OF the inquisition
were thrown down here to reflect upon
the controverted points Of doctrine. AT
all events it is a most singular freak d
nature, as it is in the middle of a level
plain, or rather d barley field. ItlookA
to have been some volcanic bubble. 81
which the great Mexican upland IS ed
full. and is well worth a visit On thl
part of the curious.
10. 80 No. = NMk A ME EH. 2MMH "a EI- 49,