The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-02-23
WHOLE NO. 424..
Dads Experiment with Billy.

CuSc, AsSS oil olo IaFHleT, NAOoS BAtSA -as-
name is zury--a hard working. honest q
old Englishman, owninga good farm of "a
over hundred acres, and two faithful "a
boys, who have been brought up to WELD sa
the agricultural implement" Fromone
of theseI have my story % sa9z
Old zury had an old goat on the farm.
who was not one of the most peacefully
disposed creatures in the world, and on
this account the boys take nolittle delight o.
in putting his lordshipon his taps, once In
a while, by way of amusement; for a long 81
time the old man had noticed that when %
Billy coined home at night hewas com-lrs
pletely covered with mud and water, and
for his soul, Znry could not imagine how
he could become so; so be determined, if :
possible, that he would find out the cause -
poor Billy s daily misfortune. ~ la
One day he left the boys-to pick up a
the rakes, &C., after hard days work
of haying-and walked around to the
ridge; where Billy generally kept him-aF9
self 1t was about time for the goat to,
go to the house, but.there he lay quiet and
dry; SO old Zury seated himself behind
stump, determined to watch his moye- e
ments, for that night, at any rate He
had not been there more than fifteen min
utes, when who should he. see coming
along the ridge but the two boys His
first impulse was to tell them tolikeep 4
back, but upon second thought, he said 2
nothing: - 90
!. "Take my load, Hank" said Dick;--s1
''its my turn to take the feller tonight. ~
Hank took Dicks load from his back,
and Dick going down the. hill a little ways :
soon showed himself within a few yards i
[ of where the goat was lying.
Billy had already caught q glimpse Of
? the boys, and was soon on his feet. Hank :
f laid fat on the ground, and Dick, on the
] edge of the ridge now presented full
q troat, which did not seem exactly to please Il
J his goatship, for he pointed for him, and .i
: down went Dick to aggravate Billy to a p
9 still more desperate lunge; again the sig )
|, nal rose, and Billy jumped, but as he got
: within a few feet, Dick lowered himself
e about two pegs. and Mr. Goat lowered
e himself about fifteen feet into dltchlof
:, marsh, mud and water. Hank had caught
A. sight of small corner of the old mans
y hat above the stump, and sloped for the !:
d barn, while Dick was not little surprised
of at the sudden transformation of the old
r stump into human being, and thatStoo, d
ID the old man, at fifteen PAGES, who, by the
is way, was not the most forbearing person
lg lin the world; and as he looked around on
ID the ground, Dick thinking that q club or
ne stone might possibly be the object OF his
On search, started on a akeenjump for the barn.
I'd The old man made up his mind that the
n mystery was solved. That night Dick
IT, and Hank didn't come to supper. 49,
f. thought should not be able to hold
1is myself together, as Hank related the sur
he prise of old Zury and his son, asathey
SIS, stood face to face. alss1ssl'a't :. =
s'But hold on, said he, 81 havn'ttoid
you the best of yet; about two weeks
Err from that time, one day me and Dick had
rs been working all day, and we made up
OF our minds that we should find old dad
as bucked, for he hadn't been in the field at
'ut all in the afternoon, and he always kept
his a GOOD barrel of ale in the cellar; but
nd ~ MO boa started who should we see
his but the old man edging around the ridge;
lett so Dick and me went over that way. II
Tho There was old dad, and there was tbs
'ok goat.
it'll We laid fiat on the ground, anxious to
md to know what the old man would do,
to when what was our surprise to see him
ntil take the exact position Dick had taken q
nd couple of weeks before.
ely We said nothing, for We hadn't seen
his any of that kind of sport in long time;
md old man presented, rather formidable ap-
I'M. pearance, but Billy, nothing daunted pom
Id ted for the mark, the old man lowered,
all but little too late, for the goat took him
ach plump We heard something strike IN
red the mud and it wasn't Billy, for he stood
the looking down over the ridge. Me and
be- Dick pulled for the barn, and IN few
yho minutes we saw old dad padding for the
the house, covered with mire from head TO
for foot
That night the old man man dressed up
in his best clothes ventured to ask
ad, him if he was going over to see the Dea-
nee con. a5E
life .sSee the Deacon! no! Cant man
tho put on good clothes without going to see
he. the Deacon!'' s
as EYES," said Dick, looking out the door
ave '.can't man go and see the goat without
int tumbling in the mud?'' -, "a
70 Dick was gone, and the old dad looking
,,n at me, and then very significantly at
.be heavy wooden boot jack, stepped out o
the door.
d.y ARREST OF MADAME REsTELL.---lI ms ms
49, notor;ous woman arrested in New York