The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-10-31
MEDIUM
THAT KNEW
TOO MUcH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4-s-f-i-ti-s4-ti-li- -Ft-f-s-s-fi's
did you hear about Charles
Jones?" said Joe Gish as he sat in
Uncle Oak Maybee's general country
store and emporium at Coram, l. l.,
one morning last week
mo, what about him?" asked Uncle
Oak.
why, yisttiday he was drivin' home
with his wagon full of paint pots,
havin' finished tn days work on Bob
Apostraphe Castanettes new house,
when along came a big tourin car all
painted green and white wall paper
stripes. They was two men in tn car
besides tn chatter.
"Th' car jest grazed Charley's
wagon, by about an inch. Then 1t
swung In right in front Of his boss,
You know his boss is mighty sperrited,
an tn car scared him 80 he reared.
Those two men In tn machine
turned around an grinned and made
some sassy remark which Charley
didn't catch. But quick as a wink he
up an picked up pot full Of white
paint an fred 1t at EN-
9TH pot hit tn back OF tn tun-no,
an white paint was spattered all over
those fellers TIN you cd hardly see
their clothes They didn't stop either,
Jest hurried right on till they got to
Yephanl. l hear they stopped there
an got some articles Of clothin'."
Mr.. Gish paused and laughed heartily.
His cousin, ST Corne!ium of Moriches,
grinned, and seemed about to venture
some remark, an unusual proceeding
for him, when Uncle Oak once more
justified his reputation by changing the
subject abruptly:
''Ef live to be a hundred years old,
like my wife's second cousin in
Squlretown, III never have as much
fun again as 1 did when that sperritu-
list was here, he remarked soiemnly
You remember her bein' here last
summer, don't you? Halicarnassa,
was her name, eff + recall rightly, an
she boarded with me an my wife
while she was givin' seances in tn
town hall.
tn inside Information / give her. ]
told my wife about it afterward, an
she p'tended she was shocked through
an through
Mrs. Hallcarnassa was always
askin' me about tn people in town
here while she was a-boardin with US.
All day long, meal times an other
times, she'd pelt me with questions.
Il answered 'em all good enough an
told her lots Of things that l cd see
came in very handy at night durln'
the seances. Everybody was sur
prised at TIL marvellous information
she displayed, derived directly from
"a sperrits. too, everybody 'cept me.
Il c'dn't help GRIMM up my sleeve
seein' tn hull town gapin' an takln'
on about Mrs. Halicarnassa's wonder
ful powers. Then suddenly It CURED
to me-'Oakley,' ] says to myself, you
amt havln' half tn fun you ought to
be havin.
"rh very next day I drew Mrs.
Halicarnassa to one side an put tb'
matter clearly before her
Mrs H. says, I know you want
70 make first class JOB Of your Sc
ancos, an to do that properly you
ought to have real hot tips on Ia peo-
pie In this here town-'an acc'rate
idee Of their mindworks an habits OF
thought an llun TO get that you
need some one like me that's lived
with these people on his life an
knows 'em like book
NOW el you're agreeable I'm win
my 70 iet You ia on tn ground floor
reepociin some OF our ieadln' citizens.
Anen you can tell em az about them
selves ieet as plain ar cf sou ga read
tne't thoughts sn' give EN- some good
aayice