Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-10
Nowhere, Tenn.
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Your correspondent received a !,
message by telephone from DIR.
Cecips wife stating that the Doc :
tor had again been seeing spooks !;
or had had a VISION or something ,
of the sort. SO we hurried over
on Fawn Branch to ascertain the
particulars. We found the Doc.
tor looking very serious, but there
was o mischievous twinkle about
his eyes which evidenced that we
were about to "get into trouble"
He treated us kindly and to our
interrogatory in regard to his
vision or spookseeing replied:
81 say | saw a spoOk or bad q
vision. Of all the places | ever
lived in for a little thing to obtain
bulk and momentum, Nixon takes
the cakew
"Well Doctor" we said, "was
there no truth in the report that
Won had a vision or something of
the sort? The message was from
Mrs. Cecil.n "What | saw and
heard we're facts" replied the
a Doctor, suppressing a SMILE"
> 81 will tell you all about it if you
wish"
Well we wish.
J. 1T was on the evening of the
r. full moon of last month, was
! feeling unusually elated. l fell
y grandly good. l had gotten my
self into a frame of mind to believe
:. that of all created creatures man
n kind is the greatest, and that
IA (myselD was about the grandes
"a and greatest creature in all tn,
q, u creation. SO feeling very mucl
% disconnected sitting with my fam
" before good fire, and becon
n. ing tired of hearing my buxou
II. childrens' healthful prattle, | dor
ri. ned my hat and macintosh, put
pistol in one pocket, a bottle
10 whisky in another and big plug
lst hammered tobacco in anothe
- Thus equipped with these nece
, sary(D articles, I leisurely ascel
no ded the hill, which, as you sc
overlooked my house. This h
to is very high, and knew the moo
cd rose directly over it. Well, l ju
waited a while at the top for Il
be moon, and when she came by,
stepped on, and away we wei
sailing through the heavens ov'
Tho Nixon and away round the eartl
ao "All who were out that mig
So and were looking declare thu
w saw a man in the moon.
Well, somehow felt that
an moon was all my own by
right of discovery, but had
nto rome far till 1 learned that
did moon was inhabited. | foun'
groop of little fellows who w
his in an animated cOnversati
Their height was about three fe
vel. their weight being some 40 poun
,un. They were very pretty little
lows, reminding me very much
b the fairier of my credulous CHI
nne hood.
Iad Not wishing to be seen til
INV could see whether there would
oor ~ any danger from them, / crept
. aed hind that pile Of brush you
w. ed see in the full moon, and liste
, n,r to their talk. l soon learned
p nma one of them, a few nights pr
"N Gus. had gotten off the moon
to the earth, and had just got
NJ 10 back. He was in high-feather
cribing the people of our VIC
How my pulses thrilled with
ct n yortance and pride, and | res
ed, so soon as he had told of
Wal. grandure, wisdom and beauty
show myself and receive
49, homage, and become sort
king amongst them.
,te Of "Oh! | tell you," said the
moon-man, 81 never before
such an ugly set of monster
lle OF my lifen "Ugly, oh! were
aving real ugly9 exclaimed the OIL
20 ~ 10 clapping their hands and Ia
! the ing with sounds of innocent, c
OlerK hood glee." "Yes, real-real
10 al Why, they are so ugly and
g g with 1t, that they carry
10 .ne plugs of poison which they
court TO make kind Of a black
lenn., which they eject from their
Y law "a months of ANYTHING
1899, WAN 70 nelson. met on,
+. yah' ugly fellow, and I guess he
.dm' going to poison some one; fl
lips and beard were
cred with the poisonous
and every few steps he'd
oeen out great mouth full Of the
,er LOT And the little chaps la,
l . want till you would have thou
u mar thousand blackbirds had
'hey to sing. But myself "cont
70 col the Doctor, / slipped my pl