Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-18
Duddybauger Paints.

Mr. Duddybauger made some i'm
provements on his place recently, and
among them two story addition to
summer kitchen on the first floor and
on the second an airy sleeping apart
ment and a nice bathroom.
This arrangement gave both Mr..
and Mrs. Duddybauger a great deal of
satisfaction and increased the capacity
of the house so much that Mrs. Dud-
dybauger Immediately invited deaf
elderly maiden sister, possessed of
property, to visit them, which invita-
ton the elderly maiden sister imme-
diately accepted with the most beauti-
full alacrity.
This extension had been finished on
the inside, but outWardly it yet needed
coat or two of paint, as hitherto
nothing but a simple coat of priming
had been given it. This extra paint
ing Duddybauger resolved to do him
self, as business was somewhat dull,
and he felt the need Of little out
door exercise He had surrounded
the extension with a bank some three
or four feet wide on the top and of
such height as to fill in the distance
between the top of the foundation wall
and the original lay of the land, which
was sidehill sloping from the houses,
thus rendering the banking rather
high in places, and especially at the
end overlooked by the bathroom win
dow Mr. Duddybauger borrowed a
nice long ladder and he and Mrs. Dud-
dybauger exhausted themselves and
two mortal hours in raising it against
the end of the extention, with the tor
directly over the bath window
and the foot resting on the top of the
bank; and then to procure an easy in
clination they drew the bottom out a:
near the edge of the bank as they
dared.
Then he proceeded to get into new
pair of sewing circle made overalls
so very small in the legs as to maxi
him appear anybody who didn't know
him very well rather constrained ant
distant and formal, but so very, very
ample elsewhere as to accommodate
his very movement, and remotely sug
gest infinitute or space OF somethin!
or boils.
1uGu lC 1OG HIS AudGSAId1S bOSSGuG
and poured and ladled and mixed ant
dabbed till he thought he had abou
the right thing in paint, and then TAX
ing the pot and brush he mounted tn
ladder Just three minutes after the el
, derly maiden sister, stepping into tn
bathroom, drew the curtain withou
taking particular notice of. the ladder
and began disrobing for bath.
: Mr. Duddybauger's eyes were so fu
of paint that he couldn't see mucl
! and it was not strange that the closel
drawn curtain of the bathroom wiz
dow escaped his notice; likewise th
elderly maiden sister was so very de:
that she knew nothing of the rathe
close proximity of her brother-in-lav
to say nothing Of the fact that she ha
just got up, knew nothing of the day
programme, all of which tended t
make the situation one of beautifi
and blissful ignorance.
Then Mr.. buddy bauger, after ha'
ing mounted as high as possible, hun
the paint pot on the top rung of tt
ladder and commenced to slop aroun
with the brush and waste paint ar
grow weak in the arms and chang
hands and whistle softly and wondt
how much a good painter would co
st him by the day, and how long painte
lived anyway, and if the smell of pail
} wasn't unhealthy after all, and if
hadn't better go down and add lit
more oil or get drink of water
something; and it was just as he hs
concluded to decend that the ladd
& moved a little, and q "Grumpl
= Grumph ~ of swinish satisfaction g
tracted his attention.
nj Gazing down from the dizzy heig
he beheld hog belonging to one
). his neighbors energetically scratchir
himself against the foot of the ladde
which by the powerful movements
the animal was being gradually Wor
s. ed into the uncertain soil at the ed
of the bank The situation was a
49, palling and Duddybauger tried
I'll grasp it and the ladder and the pal
brush all at once, but failed. He
the situation and the brush go
he thunder, and clung to the top of til
ladder with all the energy of despa
Then Duddybauger commenced
: say Hi, you there and 'Stop-wo
: youp and 'Say-you there, do Y
know what you're q doing" and th
has he tried to reason with the animal q
"a ~. to show him the impro priety of
va thing, but did no good.
1hl IN He dared not stir for fear Of he
Use. ing things too much, SO he just h
PIE PIE the ladder and his breath and shut
,m urn eyes and set his teeth and braced hi
ne self for the shock and when Wig
III GUS boost sent the foot of that ladt
R. flying out into the air and brought
top end rasping down over those eli
boards with noise like young thi
lon l6m der, Duddybauger sent his flnger-ns
oek into the wood and his thoughts il
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