Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1900 — Preparations for a Bath. [ARTICLE]

Preparations for a Bath.

Billy Dracb, the traveling man, tells of a hotel experience In the Interior of •.Arkansas that is looked upon by his friends with suspicion. He had arrived at a small settlement, and at once repaired to the Eagle House, which was situated on the outskirts of the town an the bank of a small stream. After a dinner of side meat and corn bread Billy lighted a cigar, and the pro* prietor said: "Stranger, Is thar anything we *ttns ktndo foh you all?” < Thinking to confound his host, Drach answered: ‘•Well, yes; come to think of It, Td like to have a hath.", • u The proprietor let bis feet drop from the toiling upon which be had hoisted them, disappeared in the house, and returned in a moment with a huge tin cup full of soft soap, a rough towel and A pick and shovel, which he offered Dearth U .$..«/ \..i v/ “What’s the pick and shovel for?" asked Draeh. ~ ;> ' . “Wal, stranger,” answered the landlord, “th’ watch’s low, and yo’ all *ll hev to dam up th’ creek.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. ■ ■ ' *<t m ,• .y«.-