The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-09-27

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H0AoR WooasonA Trap.
Old Farmer Weodsom was about
- mean an, ,18d1uaE = one Would \
be likely to meet in . lifetime. He
never let anything go TO waste on
his farm, and he was never known
to giye anything willingly away
The viilage Schoof house stood
hantAAuh1tec n. q nile from his
place, and this was . source of great
anxiety to him, a. the boys in going |
to and from school, were often |
tempted 70 tprR asida and gather
the fru6E non }Adst. 81 sikI appas4
tree which grew On one side Of his
garden Nov A663d e0oisSAlat
ellapesdl the eppaes from pf
the ground and mixed them with
the sound ones, it made him very
angry to find the boys helping
:ss&;s,,s q sa;ss &c sssl93s Sss;
only laughed at him, and finally
growing bolder. frequently made
mid1f69e e9ct1HG6Ab'tdth6 ot611e6.
But at last WeOdsom hit on Q plan
which seemed to please him. So
he 1t once set to work to put it in
executlon. That evening at dusk
no dug . large hole about six feet
deep, making the sides very steep;
from this hole he laid q trough
through the yard to q large tank
which stood at the, door OF the
kitchen, and which was filed with
water He tooksalArticular care to
dig zthes lole' di1eetly across the
| path wllcff lied Under the apple tree,
| and covering Il up completely with
leaves ana grass, laying Il long strip
Of hickory across the middle. to
4 which he attached q stout twine,
fastening the other end of the cord
i Is ! large tin dish which he hung on
q nail at the kitchen door. After.
sailieg Fainly TO- himself over the
completion OF his work, he return
ed to the house, and gave his wife
strict iniunctions- to Immediately
pull out the plug from the tank the
moment chs heard the clatter of the
II q 11.. sls.ssgAM % Z LID
But alas, for Woodsom .. pair
of bright eyes were watching him
from behind the trunk of q neigh
U0fihtk tsS6, during the whole 'oper
alton, and no sooner was the far
mer's back turned than the owner
of those eyes, darted toward thu
village and quickly returned with
all the boys he could muster, al
deterpined to sea some fnn s1g
sSotle intended 10 give Us tunn
ILL., and . j cold water bath in tn
hexcain 3. exclaimed, Tom. one %
6e gyAia tsNow ven $50 il -,
6nF AeAt him g his own game
/ Just come here and help me kno
/ | thia4nDemAasGi22zastsaiah him.
Il In . short time the boys had tn
| long geaG which erew.pa e.cA naid
| IfH ~ pSf6s sscdfsly knotted i
several places directly across th
path, and then they. went for tn
apples pdlposely making a grea
/ deal Of noise.
that some one was at the apple tret
SO he softly Opened the door, an
i waited fof the springing of th
| tran; bnt. Of course, he listened i
; - ~ fnallyy gstting impatien
| thA, S3art6d on : ,ruin for the boy,
/ shouting and gesticulating violent
lyyRut the young rascals paid n
attention TO his cries, which onl
I exasperated him the more.
| EaoHe had at first taken. = rount
4 about course, intending to head Il
| boys off, but he now came on |
4 full tilt down the very path whic
| keAia1EtkstreG EWoodsom vi
no light weight-he had turned IL
4 scale at two hundred and twent
!, pounds two years before, and i
j had, if anything, gained in ties
} since then, 80 it was about as har
\ for him tsstop Suddenly as it is fl
i q locomotive on . down grade. sao
!; His foot caught in the knotte
] grass, and over he went, turning
& complete somersault, disappearir
Q with crash through the GOVERN
9 of the trap; down came the tin di'
\ st - door, and out rushed MI
] IsWSpdsom, Who re,nembering b
I husbands admonition, quickly pr
! led the plug from the tank, and
I flood Of water rushed. down &
/ troughinto the trap~a4g
1 Old Woodsom had sat in sta
9 of intense amazement just whe
!. he had landed in the bottom of Il
4 hole, swearing softly to himself al
3 cursing the boys and his own st
J! pidity. But when he felt the co
q water rush in . torrent down up
9 him, he quickly came to himself al
: essayed 70 make his exit from /
! uncomfortable quarters, but in vai
4 He had been particular, in diggil
i. the excavation, to quad against Il
. very thing; he could just grab t
+ surface Of the ground at the ed
9 OF the trap. but to hold on a
4 draw up his immense weight n
!. mere muscular force was an utt
Il impossibility. So he yelled At I
q top of his voics. for his wife, wi
9. hearing his piteons cries for he
t came to his n6soge, and with
g help q 1etssy, the hired girl, a
3 . stout 3enes rail finally manag