Connecticut western news., 1876-11-03

supposed to be sent :, to 5, him, in which the use of the, birch was indig- nantly disclaimed, and MT. Easy an nounced to his wife, when they met that day at teatime his intentions with re- gard to his son John. ,.',,'
 To school, MT. Easy what, send Johnny to school Ia mere infant to schooll" y--* q. a...i5.. 1s,l Ai;.'
 ," Surely, my dear, you must be aware that at nine years it is high time that he learned to read" E,.r 4,yt gcs. .z:.
 "Why, he almost reads already, MT. Easy surely I can teach him that. Does he not, Sarah9" >.r .'@ ..-
 "Lord bless him, yes, ma'am, he was saying his letters yesterday" .4.l ~
 "Oh, MT. Easy, what can have put this in your head2 Johnny, dear, come here-tell me now what's the letter A 2 You were singing it in the garden this morning." ": E-F
 {" 1 want somesugar replied Johnny, stretching his arm over the table to the sugar basin, which was out of his reach.
 "Well, my love, you shall have a great lump if you will tell me what's the letter A." l.. . ; '.'
 GA was an archer, and shot at a frog" !"
 
 There now, MT. Easy and he can he, Sarah 9'' .,
 "That he can, the dear-can't you, Johnny dear 2" sF 5 -T< 8.,...- -'
 "No," replied Johnny. .f ' 7
 '" Yes, you can, my love you know what's the letter B. Now, don't you ?"
 Yes," replied Johnny.
 G TI, o1o Mr Eoo-~ ~-o.r roo II, o boy knows, and how obedient he is, too. Come, Johnny dear, tell us what was B 2"
 "No, I won't," replied Johnny, "I want some more sugar ;' and Johnny, who had climbed on chair, spread him self over the table to reach it.
 "Mercyl Sarah. pull him of-he'll upset the urn," screamed Mrs. Easy. Sarah caught hold of Johnny by the Joins to pull him Lack, but Johnny, re- sisting the interference, turned round on his back as he lay on the table, and kicked Sarah in the face, just as she made another desperate grasp at him. The rebound from the kick, given as he lay on smooth mahogany table, brought Johnny's head in contact with the urn, which was upset in the opposite direc- tion, and notwithstanding rapid move ment on the part of MT. Easy, he re- ceived sufficient portion of boiling liquid on his legs to scald him severely, and induce him to stamp and swear in a very unphilosophical way. In the meantime Sarah and Mrs. Easy had caught up Johnny, and were both hold ing him at the same time, exclaiming and lamenting. The pain of the scald, and the indifference shown toward him, were too much for MT. Easy's temper to put up with. He snatched Johnny out of their arms, and quite forgetting his equality and rights of man, belabored him without mercy. Sarah flew in to interfere, and received 8 blow which not only made her see a thousand stars, but sent her reeting to the floor. fl Mrs. Easy went off into mysteries, and John ny howled so as to be heard at quarter of mile. -.i'
 How long MT. Easy would have con- tinued it is impossible to say; but the door opened, and Mir. Easy looked up while still administering the punish ment, and perceived Dr.. Middleton in mute astonishment. He had promised to come in to tea, and enforce MT. Easy's arguments, if it were necessary :; but it certainly appeared to him that, in the argument which Mir. Easy was then enforcing, he required no assist ance. However, at the entrance of Dr. Middleton, Johnny was dropped, and lay roaring on the floor i; Sarah, too, re- mained where she had been foored, Mrs. Easy had rolled to the floor, the urn was also on the floor, and MT. Easy, although not foored, had not leg to stand upon.
 Never did medical man look in more opportunely. MT. Easy at first was not certainly of that opinion but his legs became so painful that he soon became convert. ..r r
 MT. Middleton, as in duty bound, first picked up Mrs. Easy and laid her on the sofa. Sarah rose, picked up Johnny, and carried him kicking and roaring out of the room /; in return for which attention she received sundry bites. The footman, who had an nounced the doctor, picked up the urn, that being all that was in his depart ment. MT. Easy threw himself panting and in agony on the other sofa, and Dr. Middleton was excessively embar- rassed how to act he perceived that MT. Easy required his assistance, and that Mrs. Easy could do without it but how to leave lady who was half really and half r1etendedly in mysteries, was difficult: for if he attempted to leave her. she kicked and founced, and burst out the more. At last Dr. Middleton rung the bell, which brought the foot man, who summoned all the maids, who carried Mrs. Easy up stairs, and then the doctor was able toattend to the only patient who really required his assist ance. MT. Easy explained the affair in few words, broken into ejaculations from pain, as the doctor removed his stock ings. From the applications of Dr. Middleton, MT. Easy soon obtained bodily relief; but what annoyed him still more than his scalded legs was the doctor having been witness to his in, fringement of the equality and rights ot man: Dr.. Middleton, perceived this, and he knew also how to pour balm into that wound.