The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-15
wakes up out Of his sleep O nights and
kin almost hear hisself hrayin'.
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kin almost hear hisself brayin'
jackson and Transn,isrstion.
'Persimmon Jackson went into de
transmigrashun blzness bekaze he
hoped 10 come back to airth as a
guinea hen. He wanted to strut around
de yard and go emck, cluck, cluck, and
once In awhile 20 let out one o. dem
screams dat sours all de milk In de
pantry. | met up wild him on de street
de odder day. and Of all de woebegone
critters ever saw he was de worst.
IL had suddenly occurred TO him that
he might come back as a rabbit and
dat all do boys and all de foxes In dc
state would git arter him and make
him keep on de hump for twenty-four
hours day.
"Brudder Cicero White, sittin' ober
DARN wild his ears workin', has also
got his sorrer and can't be comforted.
Professor Skooken, told him Mt first
dat he'd try aud arrange TO have him
struck by ligbtnin' and come back TO
airth as five legged hoss that would
have nothin' to do but pose in a dime
museum and eat de best of food, but
when he refused 10 buy a bottle Of de
klnk stralghtener he was informed da.
he'd be bit TO death by n hog and come
back as n bat He's nigh sighted by
day, and dc idea of Ayin around OH
dark nights and buttln' his head ag'in
telegraph poles keeps him so upset dat
he can't injoy ham and eggs
"Bruddcr Pardonable Black has also
got his dose. He jlst rushed right into
transmlgrashun like n bull gwlne for
a haystack. He allowed he wanted to
come back to alrth as n millyonalre
arter dyin' softly and decently OF ap.
pendicitis and then go at IL and spend
hundred dollars day for fried oys.
ters and Ice cream. He bought de kink
stralghtener and paid his dollar, but
when It didn't work he complained tC
de professor. In return he was told
dat he would be eaten up by wolves
and come back TO airth as pear tree
and dat de boys would be climbln' him
from Sunday mawnln' till Saturday
night He hain't drawed breath oi
comfort for three weeks, and dar an
seventeen mo- kinks in his ha'r dar
dey used to be.
The Dude OF the Club.
zone mo- case--dat of Brudder Go
along saxby. He's de dude of di'
club. when he heard about transmi
grashun>he made up his mind dat HI
wanted TO sweat hisself to death b,
wearin' a $3.50 fur lined obercoat. Der
he wanted to come back to airth as (
peacock. He was gwine to make slcl
bin seen In dis world befo'. He prac
ticed on strut, so as to have It al
ready. He jist dwelt on how he woul,
mash eberything for ten miles aroun,
and make all de gobblers and rooster
look tired. The thing might have gon,
through. but de professor got jealou
OF him and told him dat he would di,
OF bilious collie and come back to airtl
TO be a brindle bobtailed cat. Dat
why Goalong isn't wild us yere dl
evenin'. He's sittln' home wild hi
feet in pan OF hot water and prayin
de Lawd to spare him.
"Jist two or three words mo-. Trans
migrashun stops right yere wild a sud
den thud.
"Drap It or de Limekiln club drap
you.
"Befo' comm TO de meetin' tonlgh
went ober to de icehouse and hunte,
up the professor. caused him TO up
dergo sartin gyrashuns and moshun
for about five minutes, and when
was frew wild him he was dustin
back lords Alabamy so fast dat yo
might have played checkers on hi
coat tails.
"Dats all. We will now break d
meetin' in two and go home. Any on
OF you who comes back to de mex
meetln' as a jackass will hear sur
thin drap." NJ. QUAD.