The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-10-28
How Tommy Went to Church.

How Tommy Went to Church.
It was Sunday morning, but there
was an unheard-of connection in the
usually well-ordered household of the
Dobbses, for dreadful thing had hap
pened. Cinthy Ann had lost her hair !!
that lovely hair for which, the day be-
fore, she had given her whole quarterly
allowance of $50. And nowit was gone.
She wrung her hands in despair; of
course she could not go to church-no-
body ever went to church without hair
There was council held In the hall,
and it was decided that burglars had
been in the house, and il would be wise
to consult the police. They would
therefore send Thomas (who was
dressed for church in his new trousers)
in quest of an officer but he was not
"aromd, which was strange, as it was
his practice to be around when any
thing of an exciting nature was trans
piring; so, naturally, they began to
fear that he, too, had been a victim.
Jane had dressed him up beautifully
and seated him In the great new arm
chair, as straight and uncomfortable as
a bran new pin, In a bran new pin
now, and it remained an open question
whether he had walked off of his own
accord, or had been picked off for his
peculiar straightness, and cleanness,
and newness. Just at this exciting
crisis there was heard in the region of
the nursery decided "squeak squeak!
squeak u
Then up rose the Dobbs family, in
GLIDING DIR. Johnson, the dog, Mrs.
Brown, the cat, and the three small B. s,
and repaired to the nursery, where 10
mounted upon his careering steed, sat
the young Sir Thomas, while floating
out upon the breeze was Cinthy AIMS
magnificent tresses, ingloriously tied to
the wooden stump which once mad held
a tall
There was a general uproar and con-
fusion, and in the midst of it all, the as
piring youth was carried away captive,
and soon, to his deep modification, he
found himself shorn of his manly habil
iments, and robed in the despised dresses
of his infancy for you must know that
when the first beloved pants came
dresses were the rule, and the lovely
trousers the rare exception, worn only
on state occasions.
Then by and by he was hired to be
good little girl for whole day, that he
might be a boy in the evening. Then,
finally, the trousers grew to be a rule,
and the dresses the exception, which
dresses were kept until such time as he
should be bad.
Well, he was left all alone in bis dis
grace with Jane, while all the rest went
off to church but Jane was not enter
tanning. She read story book and left
him to his own devices, so he slipped out
into the garden, but he didn't care fig
for the plnks and peoples that day.
Presently he discovered that by some
unaccountabIe mistake the door of the
tool room had been left open. He went
in. There hung his fathers garden
clothes, and roug h-and-ready hat, two
feet broad. He put the hat on his head,
then stepped into the boots, put himself
into the vest, and buttoned it all the way
up, which ettectually covered the obnox-
ious dress, all but the sleeves. He then
sat down to mediate, with the boots
lying straight out before him. He
thought of the church and the great or
gan, and was suddenly filed with an un-
SpSthaOAO AOh5AS W ~ GAAN hOoA UAO -
music.
Had you been In the streets of a GER
tain town on that Sunday morning, you
might have seen the phenomenon OF q
hat and boots slowly vending their way
up to the church door and had you
looked closely, you might have seen two
small hands cl1nglng to strap of either
boot, and alternately lifting, to aid the
feet that might be supposed to occupy
the inside.
Church was nearly out and the Dobbs-
es were calmly sitting in their pew, all
unconscious of what awaited them.
Presently there was strange g clump |
clump clump 70 in the aisle. A low
litter swept through the congregation.
Everybody looked around except the
Dobbses, who were well-bred people.
and knew better. The gray-haired min
lister looked up and forgot to preach, for
there, standing at the entrance of the
Dobbses pew, was an animated pair of
boots with hat on top. Mrs. Dobbs took
her eyes from the race OF the minister
and rested them for moment on this
strange object, and then grew pale. Mr..
Dobbs looked sharply through his eve
glasses, and said "Juptier 20 loud
enough for the minister to hear. Then
out from under the hat there came a
voice:
$ coined for to hear de big moosic,
pa, and won't ne66er take Cinthy
AIMS hair for my horses tail again,
4ae6ber ="
Cinthy Ann grew purple in the face.
The pale nustache of Dobbs, Jr.,