The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-27
BY c. s. PARTRIDGE.

NIt is a bad day for my business. said The Placid Person as he arranged himself comfortably in the straight backed chair. with his elbows on the table.
 "Vot iss?" inquired The Purchasing Person, who having an Irish brogue is therefore much given to lingual imita- tion of the Dutch.
 q shan't complain at length" The Placid Person assured his host. But l permitted myself to be drawn into the hurly- -burly of the Alabama Georgia atrocity this afternoon. and l was desperately sdiscomforted from the first. may say, with the poet
 "'You ask me why. though i'll at ease. Within these regions I subsist.'
 "Well I subsisted in the grid-iron place for about two hours. but only with difficulty: less vigorous man. suffering the hardships to which was subjected, must surely have died. fes' it was bad day for my business"
 But didn't you enjoy the gamer The Purchasing Person asked in sur prise. T wanted ito go mighty bad. since I heard the score was tie, have been disapointed worse than ever."
 Thou hast said" replied The Placid Person, "The score was tie; neither party to the issue was the victor or even made a point; and for all that the puerile persons labored with a degree of strength and skill and faithfulness that was very creditable indeed, future historians will cry shame upon us for not having brought to an ulti- mate decision the prowess of the sister states, Georgia and Alabama
 'Spoke like orator." acclaimed The Purchasing Person, at the which The Placid Person waved his hand de- precatingly.
 T arrived at the grounds in fair spirits"-his accents mild took up the tale-"and with The Impractical Person who had conducted me thithsr. took up a commanding position. as l foolishly thought. on the larboard side of what is called, I believe, the g-iron. Really a very creditable spectacle was afforded when the two elevens, num- bering some forty odd persons, ran into the field.
 After being greeted with such screams as would properly have made any ordinarily decent citizen retire | with blushing cheeks into private life | forever, those muscular persons began to fall upon the ground, which, l l thought, was very sweet of them though rather impious towards Mother Earth, who I am sure suffered much from the impact
 l were finding out the soft spots.
 The f-ball persons had great Jumps upon their bodies, especially upon the | shoulders, and I. who rather pride my self upon my intuition, thought the Jumps were poultices purposed to allay previous pains but was much laugh | ed at, and informed that they were pads to prevent possible punctures | But they appeared very knotty.
 Shall I say" The Placid Person in quired blandly. shall say that th' side lines were riot of color? Ol will you take it for granted? Well I saw many of my old friends there The Perfectly Appareled Person ant | The Person Who Periodically Appear at Polite Parties had many pretty per sons in what Is called tally-ho.
 But at last the game was called The official bouncer whistled whis tie. the fractional back-whether hal or quarter l cannot say-footed thu ball, and they all ran together witl much spirit When they had come in to extremely close proximity all la! down, with the evident purpose of al being the top-layer.
 From the first I saw that s-thinl was g-ing to h-pen. I was at ars rather surprised that Chief Taylor
 men did not begin to arrest A and B. and thought the whole party, tha l had come so joyously. was going hom