The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-05

IL THAr AT Exsnsos ;: Bo3.IIThsl EaSi;
one around that ho6Se sSasSes56 nm !.
HYmo oh4sra live Nd ~
did his pes TO Pske Rehqta1
put pn be Il en OF joSl ~
ers o en rem ked ths$
gsee ID to sit OwnS a. )
sssA "a dsa eHH !|!|
No. Bob wasu't oi SHas maE SlHx
| VAqteadtpdaays fun. HAsntElS sSasR
Hara- NEARLY, ,Horn- mp XHe1nG nnHad
30 much, and it took q whole row of
S&tanE 6fsEst ID ! tffhifh, BMRa.M
1.s!9as.Ss asass Ais jssks, ssE ths a@@ss,
until Bob was eight years old. Then
the0 beg. began TO. .isunoh out. He
would bUre gimlet: :holes in the bottom
QftH6'water-paii. put fsrtfidges III the
dosl stovesa 1nsprev the door; knobs,
| nv khs,kerosene lamp with. water, and
good thtashing didn't burden his
mind over fye, nliGates. Sometimes
his fat6er ,yopld take, him BIZ tho bair
and yapk him Iup1 tol thAaofa, and sit
h1 down and hsk !: ~. s,y So 81. a.
;b,Msssessf Xii Fa5ss9on Sssa Emstson' what
SKs a4isft III ,iaaudeis.. .aridi =. /, guess. !"
Bob would meekly reply.
Robert, don't you want to be nu
angelo" tue old man would continue.
.".77ss!II$akRM saN1OE
14AssHa|aay 1;;4Asa aay A'sAssFF3'n ssF3, kit*''" <,rr,x,.
"Aud fight hawks?" .aio4rs:
AsIA|1 SIA|sS I! 5Sss ;Ss ,IssIs ssss 'sa'a4'soeSSf
.Isu "rnoss ssS .A t,o gst
Bob's hsir .aome mora h nd declare that
abe young reBoAI was 'bonhdrbr the
|staIso.xsss- ~ AhR lyipg, :. .YSRaaet tie pear
Eyer from his sadness aud go, over, To
the barn, apd rup the pitch. fork
roagh, the istraw.ttt{ars, harness. up
she eSw. and stiek pima into the family
hprse.
One night he brougHe home Adi
trap and set it in, the, middle, Of the
wood shedi floor .A0l9atch y, ,sat. He
chuckied u good deal that evening ut
the thought of what wonld happen u
the rata, aud he ''.feiF ablesp and
dreamed that he was hand organ, O I'D,
that soms enS. .atole thelcrsnk 10 him;
10 that he couldn't be plxyed on! Jnsa
before g5fng To Bed. 1ft Em etsotir we ut
out after a scuttle of a0IlJ aud b u
stepped his 6ootlesS foot ipta the trap:
q mighty yell. and it took two men tsu
%i,ngtss 70 peing, the, tsap, off Ms leg,
Is ATS that 'boSis vorA Ctihe groausd,
As he nursed his foot, and he took up
The boot jack, limped into the |beAl
room, and gave Bo6,an svful clip Juat
80 the child xaso odrss ming of playing
bate baAuaith mermatd.w 7oiS,i :, Il :,
l. 'IIf podEd ye-t6 GHAtH. IT " don't
stop this foolin8l". cried tho cid man.
but he hadn't been out Of the bed room
tan min tea1 Jbefore Bob. was plan ming
10 stop up the chimney next day aud
smoke everybody oot Of the 'hbuse. IL!
wasn't many days before be fixed. q
dstnIag needle in, the cps hion pf lis
faths5a. armchair, and bounced the
old man three feet high; and his dick
ing hadn't got over smsrtiog before
be exploded q ,fre.crscker in his mo-
thera sppff box. That pight the old
man said to him. as ha took him by
the ear: ".,
Robert Patathon Emerson. do You
think of where you will go tor"
eyes. sir." he answered, "IIl no to
bed purity soon."
Then he got another manling, and
vent TO bed to dream that he was a
thres'tined pitoh-fork. and that a man
vas using him to load hay with.
Poor boyI Even three days before
he died, and while ou his dying bed,
he managed to slip an eight ounce tack
into his fathers left boot, and get up
another circus.
The steamer Cyphrenes, from Ans
tralia. brings the following news: 1.-The
bark Wolverine has arrived at Hobart
Town. from Bird Island. having on
board Mr.. Rhodes, second officer OF
the brig James Birnie. who was trans
ferred from the Americau whaler Beu-
jamin Cummings. Mr.. Rhodes reports
the brig sailed from Sydney in May
last. bound on cruise. She reached
aud ished at Howe's Island, after.
words near the Solomon group; sent
ont boats for Beche de Mer, the
friendly demeanor of the natives dis
arming all suspicion. The crew of the
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