The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
HOW MA REFORMED
THE ICE MAN.

"Georgle" writes as follows in thu
Chicago Times Herald:
A while ago the Dockter told NAV
She OF to Drink Beer to Bid up bel
sistum, But NAV sed She didn't bleevt
in Haven them kind of things in the
house, Becoz thay mite git foxes II
Bad habuts.
SHAW" paw told Her, Don't Git tt
Be Crank | Like to see peepul gre
old Graisful and not Have a Lot oil
strange noshuns in thare he'd"
Haw looked Hurt, But she Diden't
say nothing more, and the next Day
the Beer Come. tt seemed to Do NAV
lot of Good if it only would of Lasted
longer, so she told paw about it, and
he was madden than a pnrsOn what
gifts up to Let Bewtlful CURL have his
seat and the man standin' Benin him
sets Down Before she looks around.
Nav thot it was the ice man or
Sadie's Bo, and Sadie got mad when
nav Spoke TO Her about it and Sed
she wasn't agoin' to Live at no place
where people Diden't no How to Be-
have when thay was Talkin to ladies.
But NAV raised Her wages Doler a
weak, and promised to make US ware
our Stockens and understands Longer,
so Sadie sed she would Give US another
trile.
Paw sed if he thot it was the ice man
He would make that gent Think fire
was Bit under him, But they couldn't
catch him at it.
SO nav got anuther case and told
the DOckter about it, and the DOckter
says: That's all rite. no How to
Stop it,"
So he give nav Some little white
powder to put in BOttel what was on
the ice.
"My grashus," NAV said, 81 don't
want to poison nobody and Git in
trubble."
sit won't kill them" the Dockter
told her; "they'll git Oyer it in Flu
ours, But after that | don't think
you'll mead to buy so mulch beer,'
Nav took it and put it in the BOttel
and they was company come and she
forgot all about 1T till purity late that
mite.
Then all of a sudden paw Locke !
Shared and says:
81 wunder how it feels when people
Cit the pendy Seetus?"
"IDon't no." NAV says, 81 never
Had it Yit."
"My hevvuns," paw Hollered, 81
feel Like if | Had Swallered Dunn
Dunn Bullet and it was beginner to
Dunn"
Nav run out to the ice Box and
Looked in and then She Come Back
and paw Looked Like If He wa sprack-
tashun to Be the Indy rubber man on
the stage, so NAV says:
"Why, paw, amt you ashamed to
act that way Before your children. |
always Like to see peepul Gro old
graisful."
Paw unwound Himself long enuff to
look at nav purity sad, then he
Dubbed up agin and Groned and asst
nav why she Diden't Send fer the
Dockter.
"Oh, Don't Bleeve they are emmy
thing the matter with you" nav says.
whats the yoost purtending that
way? | see thay are anuther Bottel of
Beer gone, But | Bet the one that
Drunk it'll Be sorry purity soon. The
dockter gave me something to put in
it,"
"Was it poisen?" paw Hollered with
the SWEET Hanging all over His forred.
NO." nav Sed, "they'll git ever it
IN Flu ours. | wisht new whether
it was the Ice man or not.
Paw he Crawled up Stares, given a
grone every time. He took Step and
when he was neerly to the top NAV
says:
"Paw."
"What?' paw asst.
"Ain't it nice to grow old Graisful?"
Paw DIden't say nOthin but give the
Dore a Slam what nearly nocked the
plasteEn off.
Nav told the Dockter yistady sthat
the Ice man must of sined the pledge