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WHICH DID SHE MEAN
HOW MEMBERS OF A RURAL PARTY
GOT TO MORALIZING.
Klihu Fntlcrtook to Show the Hired Man
and Other Members of His Family How
Easy It Is to Rob the Unsophisticated.
The Result Wasn’t Just as He Calculated.
It was a truly rural party that waited
in harrowing suspense for the train
which was to leave in two or three
hours. They had been to a fair,
and in their periods of comparative re
pose passed the time recounting their
experiences and observations.
“I can’t he’p bein anxious,” the old
gentleman said apologetically to a gate
tender. “Ye see, there ajn’t nobody to
home, an somebody up in our country
is developin a ter’ble appetite fur Leg
horn chickens, which is my specialty. I
■don’t like the idee of stayin here over
night, dodgin bunko steerers, when we
orter be chasin chiekin thieves.”
“Haven’t you got a hired man on the
place?”
“We brought ’im along. He was
willin to pay his own way, an ez he’d
of quit es I hed told ’im he’d gotter
stay, I thort it ’ud save trouble in the
end.”
* “Yes siree, ” chimed in the hired
man, who came up just at that point in
the conversation, “I had to move weth
the percession. An I wouldn’t of missed
seein what I did fur nothin. I guess I
got through weth more sights than any
body else in the hull outfit. ”
"I reckon ye didn’t come across any
more that was new an startlin than
some of the rest of us, ” replied the old
gentleman in a blase tone of toleration.
“I know of one thing thet ye didn’t see,
fur mother says she had her eye on ye
all the time. Hev ye got any money?”
“Two dollar an sixty cents,” was
the self satisfied response.
“Then ye didn’t see whut I’m talkin
about Ye run over to thet store an
buy 3 cents’ wuth of English walnuts
an I’ll show it to ye. I’ll be overwhur
mother an Zeb is, ’cause it’ll interest
them too.”
When the hired man came back from
his errand, the old gentleman tfas saying
to his wife: “I was out fur experience,
an ye can’t git experience without its
costin a leetle somethin. I learnt a new
game, an I want Zeb an the hired man
ter know about it, so’s ter put ’em on
their guard again the wickedness of this
here world. All ye need is some walnut
shells an a paper wad. ”
The members of his household fol
lowed him to the window ledge, and,
after a few preliminary passes to loosen
up his muscles for feats of legerdemain,
he paused to remark:
“Now, ye’ll understan, of course,
thet this here ain’t no lesson in gam
blin. I jes’ wanter show ye how it’s
done. When ye go ter town, ye’ll
know jes’ ez much about it ez them
sharpers does an be on yer guard. It’s a
game whur the man ez does the guessin
ainU got no show whutsomever. ”
He manipulated the shells and the
paper wad in imitation of the man he
had seen at the fair, and stepping back
said:
“Course, I don’t want ye ter bet
nothin, ’cause that ’nd be jes’ like rob
bin yer. But it won’t do no harm fur
;ye ter make a guess, so’s ter show ye
how the dag-on-ed swindle operates.”
"I’ll bet ye my DeW knife agin that
.buckhorn handled onp of yer’n thet I
kin pick out the shell ez hez the paper
•wad under it,” remarked the hired man.
“I wouldn’t let yo do it. Don’t ye
■onderstan’ thet this is a skin game I’m
a-showin ye?”
“I don’t keer nothin ’bout that. I've
got that tber paper wad located an ye
■da’sn’t bet thet I ain’t. ”
“I da’sn’t, da’sn’t I? I don’t like ter
take no advantage of ye, but ye’re a
man growed an responsible fur yer own
acks. Put up yer knife. ”
The stakes were laid on the window
ledge, and the hired man promptly se
lected the right shell.
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“By hokey,” exclaimed tho old gen
tleman, "ye’ve guested it I It must’a’
beeu by a miracle. ”
He tried it agaiu, and this time not
only tho hired man, but Zeb and the old
lady, risked all their available small
change. Again the amateur thimble
rigger juggled the shells, and with tho
same result.
“Better own up an quit, father,”
suggested Zeb.
“I won’t do nothin of the kind, ” was
the reply.
In tho course of time he issued
promissory notes for a saddle blanket, a
pair of boots, six pearl collar buttons, a
calico dress, a pair of bearskin gloves,
seven plugs of tobacco raid $4.50. But
he was not discouragtd.’ Eo was pre
paring for another shufllecf the walnut
shells, when his wife exclaimed:
“Elihu, ain’t it party near train
time?”
There was a simultaneous rush for
the gate. Tlicir train had been gone
nearly 15 minutes.
“Waal/’ said the old gentleman, “it’s
Jisapp’intin ter hev ter set here tell the
nex’ one goes, but we’ve had the benefit
of the exposy, unyhew. Ye kin alius
dror a moral from most anything that
happens. It all goes ter show thet there
ain’t any way of bein re’ly safe in
games of chance, no matter which side
ye’re on. ”
“Yes, ” said Zeb, “it all come ter pass
'long of hevin ter kill time in this here
place. ”
“Whur’s the hired man?”
“He told me thet, ez it would be agood
while tell the train went, he reckoned
he’d take some of his wiunin’s an paint
the town a little bit.”
The old lady passed around some red
apples and remarked:
“To my way of thinkin, there’s an
other eternal truth thet this afternoon
hez demonstrated. ”
“What is it, Mirandy?”
“A fool an his money are soon
parted. ”
And her husband never took the trou
ble to inquire whether she meant him
or the hired man.—Washington Star.
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I have several jeposessed wheels that
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E. E. Forbes.
Two Theories.
Fond Mother (in passenger car, with
her children) —It just scared me when
I read—Johnny, stop pulling flowers off
the lady’s bonnet!—when I read in the
papers—Richard, you just keep your
head in!—the paper the other day that
—George, if you put your sticky hands
on that lady’s dress again, I’ll thrash
you!—the other day that a woman went
1 crazy—Richard, don’t you dare slap
that little girl!—when I read that a.
woman went crazy just from the dis
comforts of the—Johnny, stop punching
that gentleman!—of the journey in a
railroad train. I wonder if she had chil
dren with her?
Lady (quietly)—Perhaps some other
woman had?—New York Weekly.
Good Reason.
“You will pardon the question, I
know, if you think it obtrusive,” said
the enterprising newspaper reporter as
he talked through the prison bars to the
captive train robber, “but why do you
gentlemen always go through a train
before breakfast?”
“Well, I don’t mind tolling you,’’re
plied the bandit, “seeing that I am
likely to be out of the business for a
year or two. We do that to get ahead
of the dining car pirates.”—Pittsburg
Chronicle.
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It does seem a cruel thing that what
sort of beings the Marsian irrigators
may bo should never be to us anything
beyond a hypothesis. They may have—
and they probably have—senses apd
forms very different from all that we,
reasoning by analogy from the creatures
on our planet, can imagine. Do they
exceed us in intelligence? Have they
found means to use the forces qf nature
in away not dreamed of by us? There,
as here, are there some overburdened
with wealth and others in misery and
want? Do they, like us, massacre each
other and deem this the most glorious
occupation in which beings endowed
with reason can be engaged? Do they
have kings and grovel before them? Do
they overeat and overdrink themselves?
Is there the vaguest resemblance in their
thoughts and habits to ours?—London
Truth.
An Aged Trick.
The schoolmaster gave a wild howl
and fell with a bang from his wheel.
“What is it?” cried his favorite pu
pil, as she circled around him.
“It’s a tack,” moaned the master.
“In your tire?”
“No, in my saddle.”—lndianapolis
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on its predecessor as has been evinced
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Early in November we intend to issue
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growing and there is healthy and sub
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for whom we have labored so earnestly
and for whom we expect to continue
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especially in the West and Northwest,
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I INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS.!
If Rome would become more prosperous its home institutions must be patronized
by Rome people Its wonderful resources and advantages for manufacturing will avail
nothing unless our factories and wholesale merchants are encouraged and sustained by
that local pride and patronage, which are the secret of the growth and prosperity of
many less favored cities.
The Tribune is earnestly enlisted in the work of keeping Rome money in circula
tion at home. With, this purpose the following list of Rome merchants, industries and
institutions has been compiled. We recommend every institution and article mentioned
in this column as worthy of the support and patronage of all citizens :
Oarlock Packing Go.
ROME, GEORGIA.
Elastic and
Sectional
RING
HiRB PACKING
For stationery and portable engines.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Rome Stave Works,
TOCCOA STOVES (Eight Sizes)
KENNESAW GRATES,
Frames fit standard size mantles with tile
filling—three sizes, 19, and 23 inches
) SOLD BY (
TERHUNE NIXON CO.
229 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
W. T. JONES,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
t
Marble and Granite
Monuments, Headstones, Statues,
Coppings, Etc.
Cemetery and building work of all de
scriptions made to order. All orders
promptly attended to and executed in
the neatest manner possible.
414 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
Geo. F. Chidsey & Sod,
WHOLESALE
Brokers & Commission Merchants
No. 5 Broad Street,
ROME, GA.
H. E. KELLEY. M. B. McWILLIAMS.
KELLEY & McWILLIAMS,
No. 13 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
WHOLESALE
Grocers I Commission Merchants
-4
We make a specialty'of the handling
of Corn, Oats, Bran and Hay. The
trade of the merchants solicited.
SMITH & LOWE,
Wholesale Brokers and Jobbers,
No. 7 Broad Street, Rome, <Ja.
No. 47 E, Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Our Specialties: Heavy Groceries, Bagging Ties, Hay and Crain
Call on or write ns for prices on Potatoes and Apples in car lots or
less. Correspondence solicited ot all jobbers in our line.
ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
Fata Sash, Oom and Building Co.,
J. B. PATTON, President.
ZEBozxxe, : : G-eorgrieb.
Manufacturers * and « General * Contractors
IN ALL KINDS OF
Kiln Dried Flooring and Ceiling, Moulding, Brackets, Etc.. Sash
Doors and B'inds. Porch Work and Stair Work ajspecialty. Give us a
all. Write for prices or Telephone 48. 10 2la
R. G. CLARK, Pres’t. J. N. KING, M’g’Y.
C. W. KING, See. * Treas.
HOWEL
Cotton Company
OF GEORGIA,
COTTON COMMISSION,
ROME, GEORGIA,
THOMPSON HILES,
President. Sec. & Treas.
Thompson Hiles Co.
WHOLESALE
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes
HATS, NOTIONS, Etc.
250 & 252 Broad St., Rome, Ga.
Rome Fruit & Produce Go.
Wholesale Commission Merchants,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Superior Stock Feed
and Water Ground Meal
No. 7 Third Avenue, Rome, Ga.
Consignments solicited of apples, pota
toes, onions, cabbage, butter, eggs, poultry,
game, dried fruit, hides, beeswax, tallow,
and all kinds of small fruit in season.
References: First National Bank.
A. W. HART,
231 BROAD ST., ROME, GA.
(Hoyt’s Old Stand.)
Practical Boot and Shoemaker
Leather and Shoemakers’ supplies.
Fully prepared to furnish anything
in my line of business from a brogan
to a ladies’ fine shoe. A good stock
always on hand. Give me a call and
save money. Repairing done in the
best style at reasonable prices. Only
house in Rome that sells shoe lasts.
Ji. L. BRANNON. R. S. BRANNON.
J. L. BRANNON & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers
AND DEALERS IN
FARMERS’, supplies,
28 Bread[Street. Rome, Ga.
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Pumps, Hydraulic Rams and other
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No. 9 Thjrd Avenue, - Rome, Ga.
W. H. STEELE,
IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF “
China, Glassware,
TINWARE, LAMPS,
Stoves and Housefurnishing Goods,
ROME, GA.
J. F. Greene 4 Co.,
Livery, Feed and Trade Stable:
' (Colclough’s old stand.)
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Patronage solicited.
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