The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-10-04
MEDIUM
THAT KNEW
TOO MUCH

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,
hayin' finished tn days work on Bob
Apostraphe Castanette's new house,
when along came big tourin' car all
painted green and white wall paper
stripes. They was two men in tn car
besides tn chatter.
9TH car jest grazed Charley's
wagon by about an inch. Then it
swung in right in front of his boss.
You know his boss is mighty sperrited,
an tn car scared him so 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 wink he
up an picked up a pot full of white
paint an fired it at 'em.
9TH pot hit tn back Of tn tun-no,
an white paint was spattered all over
those fellers till you cd hardly see
their clothes. They didn't stop either,
jest hurried right ON till they got to
Yephank. l hear they stopped there
an got some articles Of clothin'."
Mr.. Gish paused and laughed heartily.
His cousin, ST Cornelium 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:
EFF live to be a hundred years old,
like my wifes second cousin in
Squiretown, I'll never have as much
fun again as l did when that sperritu-
list was here" he remarked, sOlemnly.
You remember her bein here last
summer, don't you? Halicarnassa,
was her name, eff I recall rightly, an
she boarded with me an my wife
while she was givin' seances in tn
town hall.
Il figure I've never told you about
tn inside information l give her.
told my wife about it afterward, an
she offended she was shocked through
an through.
Mrs. Halicarnassa 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 durin
the seances. Everybody was sur
prised at tn marvellous information
she displayed, derived directly from
I'll sperrits, too, everybody 'cept me
81 c'dn't help GRIMM up my sleeve
seein' tn hull town gapin' an takin
on about Mrs. Halicarnassa's wonder.
full powers. Then suddenly it Cured
to me-'Oakley,' l says to myself, you
amt havin' half tn fun you ought to
be havin.
"Th' very next day l drew Mrs.
Haliearnassa to one side an put tn
matter clearly before her
Mrs. H. l says, I know you want
to make a first class job of your Sc
ances, an to do that properly you
ought to have real hot tips on tn peo-
pie in this here town-an acc'rate
idee of their mindworks an habits OF
thought an livin'. To get that YOU
need some one like me that's lived
with these people all his life an
knows EN- like a book.
"'Now eff you're agreeable I'm will
in to let you in on tn ground floor
respectin' some Of our leadin' citizens
Then you can tell 'em all about them
selves jest as plain as eff you cd read
their thoughts an give EN- some good
advice