Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-09-26


loss from the depredations Of vermin.
These facts are worthy Of considers.
toni Indastrial Ags.
Sallle's Bedtime
A father, not very far from here,
read in the paper the other morning
that tho Utica girls who want their
beaux to 60 home the same night
they call. pull string at the proper
hour which reverscs picture, on the
back of which appears the words, 10
o'clock is my bedtlme."
This father, who has daughter
given to late hours when . certain
youth sits up and helps her keep
them, thought he would try this
Utica plan, SO he wrote in largo
cnaraeters, on the hack Of hu9e
portrait of George Washington, this
inscription
10 O'CLOCK Is sALLIE's BEDTIME.
Then he arranged tho picture 20
that when he attached o string to the
frame, he could reverse It from his
bed-chamber. But when Sallie en-
tered the room an hour later, her
esthetic eye was outraged by oLserv~
ing the portrait Of George hanging
slightly out Of plumb, so 10 speak,
aud in adjusting it her fathers little
game was revealed in all Its subtitle
ingenuity.
Sallie was not Utica girl, how.
ever, 90 she just went to work ana
sffaced the figure &C." leaving the |
standing solitary and upright
which, You will observe, made . few
hours difference in her bedtime
That night, ~ usual, Sall,e received
visit from her young man-which
his front name it was Henry-and
her paternal parent attached his
string to G. WIS portrait, and re-
tired to his downy couch.
About 10 o'clock, while Henry and
Sallie were deeply absorbed in some
knotty problem, with their heads 90
contiguous that you could mt insert
. piece of tissue paper between them,
the Father of his Country suddenly
turned his face to the wall, as il he
was ashamed to gaze upon such do
ings. Henry, with sudden start,
glanced at the picture, and aaw the
handwriting on the wall, as It we're,
which read, II O'Clock is Sallie's bed.
time" Then Henry looked at SalIie
with an interrogation In his eve,
which was partly dispelled by the
fair maid murmurlng ''it's all right"
Henry eaid of course it was ell right
that he had long known o'clock
was her bedtime, aud he thought It
was plenty late enough for young
girl to be ont Of bed, but what busi-
ness, he said, had George Washing
toms portrait to be Hopping about II
that way? Then Sallle explaiued,-
and the twain resumed work ON the
problem, Henry putting his arms
around Sallie TO prevent her falling
off the chair.
Meanwhile, the old man was lis
tening tor the front door to open,
and his would-be son-in-law's foot
steps pattering over the pavement
These sounds not falling upon his
ears, and thinking maybe tho old
thing did mt work right, he gave the
string another pull, and George w.
again faced the audience. Then be
listened; but he heard no footsteps,
nothing but a peculiar sound some
thing resembling the popping of cham
pagne corks.
Thcn he grew cross, and give tho
string another jerk, causing G. ". TO
turn about with violent suddedness,
just as though he was dreadfully out
Of humor, too.
And still all is quiet below-ex.
cept that popping sound.
Then the string was pulled again
and again-and again-indlcating
that the old fellow was just ready to
explode with rage. And for 'iully
fifteen minutes dld he have thespsf-
trait Of the man who could mt tell
lie turning excited fip-6aps and
tDlnSS Oh tuo Will, HAc ooW ASCuSu
gymnast, until he tell asleep ex-
hausted-Sallie's father fell asleep,
not the portrait.
Henry kissed Sallie good night at
o'clock A. NJ, remarkiug as he did
so, that it would seem like long,
weary year ere he would SEQ her
again-because you know, he did MT
expect to see her again until tho even
ing Of that day.
The next morning her father ex-
amined the portrait, and, when he
fully understood the situation, he
was pained. He shed silent tear, da-
tached the string. spunged out
the inscription, and walked away
with the weight Of IS years on hs
shoulders. that beng his age. He
says girl who will 60 back on her
father that way would just AZ lief -
| not disgrace her parents BY marry
ing Congressman.-[B. Dadd IN
Norristown Herald.
A good colored deacon was pray
ing for the recovery OF slck sister.
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