Middletown transcript., 1875-01-09
That Emerson Boy


That Emerson Boy.
That Emerson boy is dead, and thsr'
isn't any one around the house to max
fun. He WAS . cheerful, lively boy
and be did bis best to make that house
hold put on the mantle of joyfulness
Emerson often remarked that Bob didn''
seem ever to cit dswn and think Of tbs
grave aud death. and he probably nevsl
did. -
No, Bob wasn't Of that make. HI
wanted to have. fun. Both bis ear
we're nearly worn up By being eaf5ed %
much. and it tosk whole row Of cur
rant bushes to furnish whips to dust
his jackst for the summer.
Emerson didn't know what fun WA
until Bsb sas eight ysars old. Thsn
the boy bsgan 70 lsuneb out. He
would bore gimlst-holes il the bottom
Of the water-pail. put eartriges in the
coal-stove. unscrsw the dsor knobs,
Gil the kerosene lamp With watsr. and
. good thrashing didn't burden bis
mind over Eve minutes. Sometimes
his father would take him BY the hair
and yank him up TO the sofa and sit
down and ask: e.
{ "Rebsrt Psrathon Emerson, what
in blases ails ye ?,.a,...,. s
It's the ,yallar jaundsrs. ! guess." !"
Bob woald msskly reply.
Robert dent You want to b. On
angel p the old man wsuld continue.
''And have wingsi aio.aA 4ss4
Eyes. my son. m
'.And y highsr'n . kits r. .a
sH"Yesn is sEs3as gae.si ass asi
And fight h.vts,'' ~ .i. 8
Eyes. I guess so,r so zss:a,
''Bst your beef I iseuld- d-xhoop /
Bully fer the angels r s7siia afe en-
.'Thas's ! sacrilsgs.t that d = tie
old man would remark. and hs would
jerk Bob's hair some and declare that
the yoans rascallwss bsssd for the
gallows. Alter lying under the pear.
tree for six minutes Bob would recover
from bis sadness and 60 over to the
barn, and rus the pitchfsek through
the straw cutter. harness up the csw.
and stick pins ints the family horse.
One night be brought home wolf
trap and set j. in the wood-shsd floor |
10 catch Z rat. He ehaeklsd good
lsal that evening at tie thought Of
what would hsppsn % the rats, and
- fell asleep and dreamed that hs WAS
! hand ergan. and that some one stole
he crank to him, % that be couldn't
b played on. Just before going to
bed old Emerson went eat after scut-
le Of coal, and be stepped his bootless
DOT into that trap. He made . mighty
'pring and uttered mighty yell, and
I took two nsn ten minutes to spring
he trap of bis leg.
"It's that boys work. /" he groansd,
y he nursed his foot, and he tsok up
be beotjssk, ! limpsd idtds dshsfbed.room
md gave Bob an awful Clip just q the
hid was dreaming Of playing base ball |
nth mermaid.
"I'll pound ye to death il 70 don't
top this fooling I" cried the old man,
ut be hadn't been out Of ths bedroom
en- minutes before Bob was planning to
top up the chimaeya next day and
moks; everybody ont Of the houss. It
'asn't many days before be fixed ! darn
,g needle in the cushion Of his fathers
rmchair and bounced the old man three
yet high; and his licking hadn't got
yer smarting before he exploded : Ere
racker in bis mothers snuff box. That
igbt the old man said to him % be
'ok him BY the ear
Robert Parathon Emerson, do you
1er think Of where you will 60 to r Il
ayes, SIR" he answered. s.I'll 70 to .
ID purity soon" Ia sls
Then he got another maulings and
snt to bed to- dream that be wss 4
'ree-tined pitch-fork. and that man /
. using him to load haJ With. !
Poor boy! Even three days before .
} died, and while on, his dying bed. be
anaged to slip an eisht.ounee tack
to bis fathers leh boot and get up !.
lothsr circus. a, !.
A Lively CnuRcH Row very t
rious row occurred in Forest county, p
here a protraeted meeting ohasa been :