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Eli Bass tfc generally tinder* stood that hiw 'possum days are over. It seems that every fellow who comes to towo with h skinQedfpossnm makes a bee-line for E.i’s shop with the hope of parting with bis possession for a money consideration. Eli says the last time be had ’possum at bis bouse his wife prepared it nicely with sweet potatoes, and bh was just in (he act of pntting himself on the outside of a goodly portion of it when some one suggested that it looked like a cat. That settled the ’pomuni business, and ibe steaming Lot dinner, sweet potatoes and ad, w.ts landed in the slop barrel. Since that day Eli has h id no taste for a peeled ’pomum, and he wants the ’possum peelers to take their game elsewhere.
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Connersville Daily News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 08, 1901
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