The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-14

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mel I know e1lleole t1lelletl ~. 19t
j didn't know q ~ yol- % yO1 lElel
what happened q our house t6-day3
son-XeS, papa. Aust --- eane v
Just before dinner and 49, va there,
ana they were tlIkins u 49,.
p s. what's faet Il all oe-
CURED Inst a. ha nlys Il. Now, amt
thai q test Tor FouS Son. are you
happy7
son-Ye1, papa. lam waiting for you
ara mamma and al The rest y wei
come you when yOu pass away. Good
p S. W.-Goodbye, son. Nov, amt
that enough 70 eonvinee the most sl1ep-
deal; theFa can b no better test; ana
only think, that child passed away
when only five years old. (This to the
clrcle.l
men out Of the depths Of one Of the
TN horns (trumpetsJ there came 2 voice
WhIch Was ahid to Be that Of q German
Seventh Whfder. who passed away
about a year ago. It was addressed 70
his sons. two Of whom were present,
and wat vas passing between them
wns lost ~ me. who was In sympathy
with a little tot calling for Its "groS'
saadder." and / WIS anxious for It 70
ind IL grandmothef. which It finally
located and was happy. Then the con-
ver1ation between the @. Seventh W.
ana his sons lAgged and was taken up
By the seventh ward councilman and
vas lively and spicy all the way
through. Now, often there would be Two
spirits striving TO speak at once ana
"cai'' be would chip In every now and
then. 10 the amusement OF his triends'
and anally he wound up with the fol-
1owiuR story. which. by the way, II Il
Il the latest IN that neck Of the Wooda'
rnme OF those spirits away back in the
times Of old Rameses have been work
Inc Il on on them. It 3 as follow, In
Cats Language. CATS voice e am'es
l. soft and insinuating and has suen q
hungry. consumptlve rattle to It that
you think II ought TO be employee IN
doing something else besides WORKING
Oh such chestnuts as the following;
caI-Now I'm going to tell you that
story promised you. Did you ever see
!, man dead drunk? Well, suppose
vi, have. Yes? Wen. you sec this
Srjsnd Of mine that I'm telling you Of.
Ne employed a good deal Of his time
doinr this, you see. Well, his friends
began 10 be very anxious about him'
and thuy resolved to scare him; 20 they
COT him dead drunk and took MIN 70
a grave yard where there had oeen
new grave dug that day awaiting
funeral on the morrow. Well they TOOK
him and lowered him into this grave
ana then they hid behind the tomb
gtoDes and awaited Developments. After
,wbIie the man came to and rose up
mt of the grave and looked around,
ana then he pulled on his hat and
swung It around his head and SAID
.rJurTah. boys, resurrection day. I'm
the first man on the grounds ne ne
There, that's all. Goodbye.
This was greeted with uproaTous
laughter by those present.
Then the last scene came on IN the
sbape Of an Indian or two, who an
1urnced their coming with a war whoop
Ibaf made me tinid shrink back
SsIt them on either side Of me. and
voice out Of a dark corner addressed
one OF the Indians.
Voice-Heilo, Indian.
1ndian-How, how Me see! you
yoice-i can't see you, but sprechen
sci Deutchen?
was gomez
You see, the voice In everything was
German that night and the last IN
ouirer thought he had struck Dutch
indian. The, lights were turned on and
a collection taken, and everybody.
whether satisfied or not. looked IS II
they enjoyed themselves.
SPECTATOR.
wheeling, March Il.
~. 1,.sons. ~ Frnast StenhenS.