The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-03-19

r - ;" te"NAS" hAe foehelfS ,IJiheet W HeN0 VI
! baby named alter the good psrson-he nsys
! would give bis eeassSt--snd the, chris,enin
!. took place. .Iaus9 sd3 g.H pw01fi 5Hs q
aIt was a long time before Mf. Pfisbur
; could say"crsbtree," although he heard tb
!. word sounded in his ears as often as FIT
times day. The he could DO was I
King, 1.-THE little Fellow and that went tei
riby against the grain. But the child gre,
Z hourly more beautiful and interesting to th
father, and by the time he was three year
old, he almost forgot the unmusiesl nam
bore, and could say .'crabtrees with the res
and feel no unpleasant jsrripg Of bis nerves
] As for young King Crabuee, he, had n,
fault to find with any oneyon the subject %
his name during the years of babyhood, no
for d certain period Of time after the day
Of jacket and trowssrs ,csme. To him
Crabtree was as good o. any other meme
and little better, for il meant himself, anc
ne entertained for himself, quito naturally
we must admit, Q particularly good opinion
Bpt, at bis mind opened and he began to un.
derstand the meaning Of words, aud, more.
over, began to come in contact with boys Al
school, he was made sensible that there was
something wrong. One shsrp.wittsd lud
called him, IN deriding way, "Crubs--an.
other dignifed him with the title OF "Parsen
Crabtree," and third cried after him, as as he
passed homeward from school, nHallothere,
MIR, Landcrab!" G,ieved are, we to record
the fact, butitimast be ,oldl-youug King
! Crabtree Pihsbuy had not fully attained
4 the age Of seven mature years, when he
scandsIized hename ofthe good parson aE.
ter whom be had been called, by usihg the
carnal weapons of fists and feet in kicking
and cutting young chap year older. than
himself for calling him .Crabapple." {. b s..
"Ob. Crabtree! Crabtree ~ exc la;medtbe
grieved mother, when she learned the fact.
"what will our good parson say, when he
hears this ofyou! You who bear his name
Oh! it is dreadlul!" l,s--.gsrata, gu.fi7i d..
"SerSed the young rascal right" nutter!
ed Mr.. Piilsbury, aside. "Glad he's got
some me spirit in him. Hope the Sparson will
near IT, 3D 7sae1nu 3aT sefa,ai ass rI
As for Crabtree himself, the rcproof Of
bis mother did not make very deep impress
sion, as was plain from the fac, that, while
she talked, he kept jerking his head over
hlS left shoulder in threatening way, and
saying-"He. called me Crubapple,', SO he
lid! and won't stand i'll. The boy. are al,
Ways calling me names, go t''ey are. '5Asl p
'What do they call you'll" asked the moth.
II. .7syr,g@@ eai f5lH 4si7DI foa % ffa ", +
, "Why they call me lobster and scrab,'
md 'Parson Crabtree !. and everything. rl.I
"Just as Iexpected. Confound the name."f
rumbled Mr.. lpillsBury, in a low voice: notf
o low but that his words reached the ears
HE vile, who cast upon him an offended
,okrs As coon as .1they were alone, che ~
ieda!o re I'D him little lecture, but he broke
he ceremony short off 'by declaring that
rabtree was an awfui''nume, ard would
lrse their GINA through iilte.. a''''" o
t"Beelzebub is nothing 70 1.-The added by1
ay of, making his denunciation emphatic. /.
There was no way to meet this but by the !.
. dernier method Of tears. As soon as !
4. PilIsbary saw, the approach Or these, he I.
ade hasty retreat. +, ,.,is blbd ;, igujr.y !.
Long before CrobtFee attained his twelfth /
''ar, he was known as the most iiefy young i
'lhgerent ID the town. :, It took boy who
aid bear % stand good blow or one far p
er the size ofthis pugnacioustlad 10 ven! .ee !
re on the experiment Of saying "crab," o.
'bster,' or parson' within reach OF his ears. =
~ m sorry to hear bad accounts of you. :.
y lad" said Parson Crabtres, to the boy, ba'
the presence of his mother.s a4 g8J 81 r.,
Crabtree hung his head and bit his finger ID
ils is|yit4 y4!! Ls5 sH3'i SGlus a,ffs gHisfTt 3
eI'm told that you have Q fight with some = =
the boys at school almost every day. y
his ia very wicked. How comes it!"s) leE >
"The boys woh'tlet.me aIone,"". repliedll |
abtree, looking ''. ,,,,t,,i ,,, - ,as ,,' /.
"Won't let you alone!'s. M, rel ssv "a :,
'No, sir.'aagisf stylod 5xa ydi jshi sia,j u
'tThey call me Parson Crabtres.',. rod .z' y' v
sCaIl yoh Parson Cfabtree! exclaimed ~
minister little taken BY surprise. !.
sYes, SIR" .s#asB TssEaass~ ."
,welsitheyeslrtms nut TOO 90. fds.Jnf ts' =
aay yaS cause s t0 fght sbeat ut,isI y sad .se e
son, recoyeFipg himseH. aagd arf iasshsgh hin
sBut I'm ata a sparson!a And theh theyl i, /
tme sKinga Cfu6,' and 'iand craib. and K
,sster.' .craO apple, and seyerythiag.3,.If ed
y'd LIT Pe salone. ] d les1thems alone; abutl v;
won't.2si sslaaIq ~ haa ,sEgb stl 10 s,t tfs
Ehe Passon said no'niors oai the subject: h
netting struck his mind, q ths in moment, in
he ADDRESSED bimself 70 Crabtrse's moth Ire,
% a,matter touching ,he welfass ofaIsi 2b
fch.e esmaup4sspg shsFishs .gatf1'tB9no9 fa..
2 .saasys3. . ap s.sseG ssli hgB ,lEsaGRt kaefP
ser me me- hfst tine diW aimpFessions thar Ssi
error had been committed stoieiiR the Jtht
q Of Mrs. Pllisbury.' BhssaWa that the We
ne Of her boy, was, 70 some esytsns,, !, al ! De,
bottom Hs ~ his guasrelsome 5tsmper.-sE en-
aarrsslsomea y s was the uwerdo that shes aas at
las atherss applied to ahsa boys disposi. for
to tsssatrtlhe tIs6y ,lBasults ana iadignis coi