People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1894 — A Scenic Route. [ARTICLE]

A Scenic Route.

“What are the objects of special interest around here?” asked a party of tourists going through Arkansas on horseback. “Wai, thar’s var’ous things wuth lookin’ at. Thar’s Bud Jackson’s bull pup, only six months an’ kin lick any year-old daug in these parts. An’ then thar’s Si Dobson’s twins, both on ’em got twelve toes an’ twelve fingers. An’ if ye wanter see a reel curiosity ye orter ride over to old Ben Hobbses an’ see a calf o’ his’n with four horns an* no tail, yes siree! An’ I kin pilot ye to the identikal spot whar Bob Higgins an’ Bill Jeffries fit a duel with corn cutters, an’—” But the tourists had piloted themselves on their way, and the native said in a tone of disgust: “Reckon they’re lookin’ fer waterfalls an’ natchrel bridgesan’ mounting lakes an’ trash o’ that sort. Some folks is queer.”—Detroit Free Prass.