Show UNITED BY how john bar barleycorn overcame the th year rear of yellow fever an amusing story is told in conned tion with a conference that occurred on the line linb of ct the Il linos inos central railroad between representatives 0 of the mississippi and louisiana boards of health while the fever was running high says the new orleans states two trains bearing the officials 0 of both states met at a lonely sidetrack and the mississippians informed the louls louis lanhans lan tarts that the conference must be held at distance of sixty feet this was agreed to anil and the parley proceeded the distance between the parties being strictly observed in the course of the talk on health matters which is a rather racher dry subject some one on the louisiana loul siana side produced a bottle of whisky took a swig and passed it to his comrades who repeated the operation the mississippians saw what was going on smacked their lips and badly bo adly advanced ten feet once more the bottle passed from Louisian lan to this was more than the mississippians iana could stand and they pushed their line forward twenty more feet faltered and then charged with a whoop in less time than it takes to tell it mississippi and louisiana were clasped in each others embrace and the latter appreciating precia ting the formers capacity produced pr several bottles and nobody thought about germs we relate this pleasant little story merely to show that john Bar barleycorn leyco rn is a power and can conquer even the tear fear of yellow fever |