Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-12
Editor Greene Caunty Herald. =

The celebration of the Rush of
49, was on last week and Stockton
was alive with people and the AIR
was full OF noise. Everyone was do
ing something like what done during
early days in California W he n
thousands of people came here to get
rich digging gold.
1t is not my purpose 70 describe
this celebration, though many Of the
things saw were inconsistent with
the days Of 40. An Irishman who
looked as if he had left the "ould
sod only few years ago, perhaps
Cork, Ireland, and who had more re-
Gently left cork, whiskey cork,
was heard to remark, This reminds
me of old times. Everyone aspired
to be called an old timer.
Home made Indians were quite
numerous. They went on raid and
captured girls in their teen sand car
ried them on horse back TO their
camps to be rescued later by friends.
These girls went to the Indian camp
to be tortued aud burned at the stake
with a bgoad grin, on their faces.
One night the Indians visited the
fence fixed in the square to repre-
sent mining camp, and after num-
erous volleys succeeded in KIDNAPPING
the Pride of Roaring Canp," a
young lady elected to that position
by her friends at cost of several
hundred dollars. The Pride of
Roaring Camp was subsequently
rescued in great pretence of valor,
and all went merry as cow bell of
which there were plenty to accom-
pany the other hideous no s S
prevalent. l saw the battle OF the
mining camp over the heads of some
ladies who fearlessly viewed the
scene of the expected slaughter. I
was prepared for the worst I was
determined TO see the slaughter, but
| was disguised at the marksman-
ship of the fighters. Would you
believe it? There was not one killed
or wounded to mark the spot of the
great battle. | told lady who stood
behind me who was. too short to see
over our heads that I would report
to her the calamities but there were
none to report looked around to
say their bad craftsmanship had
left nothing for me to report but she
was gone. | suppose she had left in
disgust. a.as -
There was yet one amusement left
as a sort of aftermath of our festival.
For one dollar one may go up in a
balloon basket about 1900 feet, stay
there minute and be yanked back
to earth by means of cable If the
cable should break these aeronaut is
would get back just the same in time
but perhaps not ia so good order.
l shall stay down and save expense
and other possibilities. I do not
want to owe Che coroner or under
taker anything just now.
I see that one Rene Bache has q
whole page of reading matter and
illustrations in recent issue of the
San Francisco Examiner tel n g
about the wicked parasite that de-
stroys mind energy and bodies in the
Southern States. He calls this par
asite the hook worm and gives a
picture of him. The picture looks
like the rib of a pig with the picture
of wet hen along about the middle
followed by some other heiroglyphics
toward the small epd..1 There is
also picture of group of children
weaken d and emaciated by this worm
and couple of darkies carrying a
patient swung from pole in sort
of hammock. So ground itch ac-
cording to Mr.. Rene Rache is a ter
rible thing. l have good reason to
congratulate myself that this Mecca
tor Americans did not get in his
deadly work on me. This great
scientist says that now these very
gentry, not being satisfied with
making ones toes itch, go on and
make raid through the entire anat-
omy somewhat similar to Sherman S
March to the Sea- Now you get
toe itch on the liver. You get toe
itch on the intestines. You must
swallow a corn cob to scratch your
self. This is terrible when it comes
liver. [ don't see how you can
lscratch that. This explains, l used
to think l was in love with beauti-
full maiden of Greene County, know
now it was only the ground itch on
the heart. ~
/ Yours truly,
BENZ. f. WULFF.
stockton, Cal,
NOV. lst, 1909 ~
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