Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-01
WONDERFUL DgEAN.


eating for supper one peck Of
black peas. oEe-half coon. one
stalk % coilaTds. one-half gallon
of right black sorghum and two
gallons * two-wseks-Oid butter
milk then took 4 Blue Mass pill
a. large as q r1uscadiue. The
muscles Of my throat are not as
strong a the muscles in Tom
Wilson's throat.
! dreamed that a very curious
incident happened at n .'nigger"
funeral the other day. There was
an old darkey died out in the
country and Of course the mig
gers" had al rather 20 To mig
ger funeral than 4 picnic. So
they got the coffin ready and
placed the corpse in it and left the
lid of Of Il for awhile. BY acci-
dent kitten crawled up in the
coffin and lay down ut the feet OF
the corpse, so in the great rush to
get the lid on, as 1t was very dark
IN the room. they overlooked the
kitten anu smut it up in the coffin
SO they took the corpse, coffin and
kitten all on to the church and
placed the coffin just il front OF
the pulpit, go after awhile the
kitten being very much dissatis-
ned with its condition. gave n
sharp. keen new, newt and
+ scratched the coffin with all its
power. The house was crowded
with ''nigCers, their eyes began
u run out on stems and the minis
ter with up!Ifted hands. was Just
closing the services. He glanced
mp, hesitated a moment. his eyes
looked Ike two large hen eggs on
the side OF black board. he said
IN 4 rather excited tones: What
Is dat" ''Hovsomever, brethren.
well remit the benediction"-iu
the next instance there was = va
cancy in the atmosphere where
+ ne stood.
+ There being another minister
f present said. Just a. the other
f preacher created the vacancy in
tho atmosphere where he stood.
Keep your seats. bredren der i
m better place 70 die dan this
Just about this time the kitten
gave another sharp keen new,
new and and scratched the col
TIN wI.h terrible force. But out
side of de churcn Is good enough
for ne" He then skipped Gus Of
the back door. making every toe
push 4 i.ttle. think he was SIM
i1g IN 8 deep bass voice. Sure /
must run l. l. would WIZ. Increase
my speed. Lord The speed
IN VIII b he vas going. Tighter
with the intense neat caused
drops 81 sweat as large - half
gallon cups to rIn of OF his
cheeks. ~ he WIS ssirr
through the air 50 fast that this
clUse ! the evaporation 4 these
drops al pe-sp Ir;itl1u 10 take place
80 rapidly that il caused 4 heavy
fog or mist lust behind him. An
other s.nig-er. was running close
up behind bin and singing in
broken tones CT between breaths.
T a. ''nie-ers alone can sing.
f When De mist hab rolled away. =
Now this '-nIgger minister lad
a very large, long. black Prince
Albert frocS coat ard YOU could
easily have played checks on his
coat tail, but in passing i thorn
bush - fast his coat tail caught
+ on It aat tore of the right wing
If it. Now the Irst preacher that
left the church so abruptly went
tearing down through the deep
woods shedding foam fakes like
the spume-spray that drives De-
fore typhoon. He scared over
three wire fences Ike a bird and
climbed saPliags - feet high with
i seeming ease He seemed 10 pre-
fer gong over wire fences. Glitch
IS and anything else that requir-
ed a high jump than 90 q crook
el road. saw this minister al
ter he had gone two niles with a
+ speed record that remains I'M
4. broken. He sat down on a rock
with a sigh and By natural in
stinct one OF MS hands sought his
> forehead and the other the base
of his stomach. / believe he
! really never appreciated till then
the poverty OF the human maehin
cry. for he looked like he still
needed 4 hand or two more to
place elsewhere. The imagina-
ton, in its widest flights, cannot
conceive how disiointed he look
ed-hov internally, externally
aad universally be vas unsettled,
, mixed Up and ruptured.
Well sir, every aperture in the
church was taxed to its limit and
where there were no openings.
they made them in escaping. Il
vas Just like taking an axe and
, hitting limb with large swarm
OF bees on Il. There business
was Of the utmost Importance Just
in front OF them. They tell me
that they actually found some OF
these '.niggers" three miles from
.. this church with window sash
around their nects, their faces all
torn and bruised on account OF
. the manner in which they went
through the windows II the
church. There were such wild
7 scenes and so much confusion
when the thing first happened
chat the rush Of -snierrrarsff ~ 81