Show truth stran stranger 0 cr thau than fiction tile following story may have be n published before but it must have been a sufficiently long time ag ago to warrant us in broving tr oving tro ting it out again A yankee peddler who had stopped in a restaurant to refresh himself himsel folle one hot day headd a very page cage looking old Plit gentleman leman remark in answer to aft a fi lend who had been relating some mai maiv ellous i story said to he be true truly cintli is stranger that fiction jonathan whereupon stepped up ind aud slapping the astonished ganton the ita back k said bouic you c mita mistaken aken light fight old floss boss it aint so sn and to it ill hot bet you the fur for the crowd that I 1 kin tell one fiction that can call go a lechle ahead of any truth as ever you hearn tell on good said the old gentlemen 1 11 I would like tit lu livar hrar any fiction that can go t go ahead of christopher 11 cloumbus Co umbus sibil a said jonathan but here goes onet I 1 was standing stin ding inbert ly by a i big liver way out in ill 8 haty dl desert hit hat was dried up tip the sun shone so all firt nord d hot that I 1 was oble eged to tic my handkerchief over my eyes to keep flout beau blinded ind and as I 1 wis was ahland ing illg aliar I 1 d to lo look down tile liver and seed a laige bat without any bottoni bottom conic come floating noa ingup lap the miream a litell lot of fellers it in her one bouc oj of em cm had no eyes ayrs no aim an bilier no legs and the arist chap in tile the kraii of the boil boat lie had no mouth gush Go sli I 1 never seed such buch a sight afore I 1 was seared scared like blazes and just stood and look batem dal cm presently ly life chap as had HO cyca looked down and seed a 1 I ton ten cont cent piece at tile the bottom of alic seiei h ell art and the teller leller wot ott had wi ul amis leant over and picked it up then handed it to wot had no legs lege and in jumet out of the boat waded to shore went over to the grogshop grog shop wot bought a pint of whisky and handed it to the fellor feller as had no nit and lie drinker hitup it up and all tile lie test tir of tern cm got di adrid ad drunk and the alic list last I 1 seed thu dic mier wot had no iio month was hinging hail columby while the chap wot had no legs 0 was dancing tit alie no eyed was reading 11 a text test out of a isalin psalm book and till alie bellvi as had no at anus ins was clapping lina hands and waving liis his hat like blazes 8 and I 1 left juat juSt about that time lime christopher columbus geow old lioa hos ho s I 1 juleps for the lie crowd and chaido to lo me coaxed the old gentleman as lie bolted out of the back door true F flag lag |