National Republican., 1873-11-07
TIIR TABLES TURNED.
Rich joke on the wouid.bo Joksrs.

From tho Orleans Democrat
The boys up In the town OF 0akneld, In Gene
sec county, being In that part Of the country that
Is rather isolated and not frequeIted by shows
and the like, that usually appease the appetltcs
Of the lovers Of fun, arc rather given to despon-
dency, owing TO their somewhat lonesome con-
dltion. and, as consequence, resort to all kinds
OF Jokes, practlca and otherwise, to while away
the lonely hours. All sumner the boys have
been pnzzlng their brains conI IurIng up Just Snch
q Joke as w0nld have tendency TO relieve the
dull, Monotonous liie they had been leading,
No,hlng Of sufficient magnitude 10 suit their
fastliious tastes could he struck upon TIL the
other night, when couple OF pedJlers came
along aud chanced to stop at the house OF the
father o. two OF the Joking young men. The
poor pedilers were singled out as prorer mate
rial 70 furnish a arip.roaring Joke-ohe that would
keep the boys In fun and light up their jOylal
countensnces for weeks and months. The ped
dlers wanted 10 stay all night. Each had span
OF horses. The boys, on hearing the .'old man"
say that no could keep the peddlers all night,
hurried Oh to the houses Of the joke-loylng COM
panions and Informed them that two peddlers
were stopping, with their teams, at their house,
and the chauces were that so good . chance to
play practical Joke might not turn up IN years.
carry out very funny and exceedingly
practical Joke on the unsuspecting peddlers.
ES,. uE9Weyer. we Will not g ahead OF our story.
he had made mistake III deciding to furnish ac-
commodatlons for the peddlers horses, as he
had no grain or fodder to feed their horses; but
the peddlers were willing to turn their horses
into the pasture for one night, they said. This
would do well enough, the farmer told them
but for the fact that he had four horses OF his
own down IN the pasture, aud he didn't like to
larry at night. The 'peddi ers agreed 70 pay a
fair price for the accommodation, aud said that
z he oSjec,ed 70 having their horses run in the
catch hi, horses and put them In the stable.
THIS seemed TO suit tho farmer, and SO the
horses were caught and stabbed and the peddlcrs'
About II o'clock tho "toys" got around, and
after inspecting the peddlers' goods decided
that there could be nothing done with the
the risk they necessarily would run in tamper-
Ing with them. At last one Of the boys, at
whose home the peddlers were stopping, hit
provocative OF laughter. Said he, aBy aBoys, i'ye
gotl III steal Into the house softly, and get
dads old razor, and Wen shave every cussei
sa, S ns oss ss g ~ ssIs Via That
The razor was produced, and while tho farmers
TWO sons did tho watching" the other chAps
went Into the stable and diyreted the horses 6f
every hair that was on their tails. This done,
the boys went away from the promises about q
quarter Of mIie, 40 that they could give vent 70
ne laughter thst their funny Joke gu the ped
IL on by rolling on the grass aud hopping and
skipping Around Ike young kangafoos, sepa-
rated and went TO their respective homes, conn-
would be renewed with greater spirit and vigor,
IL Is unnecessary to say that when the Told
man" told tie boys in the morning that his
they had better water them, they looked any
thing but In pleasant and Joking mood. But
when the "old man" saw what had been done
20 6 DIS horses % he got Into . rage that VIII GER
horses tails. The peddcrs saw the joks that
the boys Intended for them, and felt that they
were fully paid for their trouble In catching and
IL n n n mi hnE fha nl1hN hS1
The boys didn't laugh so heartily as they antlci-
pated they should when they next met, but,
nevertheless, the other chaps feel inclined to
laugh at thoit joke-planning Out rather unfOrtu.
nate companions,