The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-11-08
MR. SMITHS BOY.
His Startling Stttcmcnts About ILisfami

III Il recent Philadelphia paper.
A family named Smith has recently
moved 10 Germantown, and Mr.. Brown's
lsy 0l, Saturday leaned over The fence,
and ga,elo our reporter his impressipIis
OF MIR. smiths boy, u lad about fourlren
years old; ST si,
Yes, me and him are right well ac-
quainted now; he knows more'il dp,
and hes bad more experience. Billsays
his father used To be Il rubber tSmith, by
the way, Is n deacon in the Presbyterian
church, and u very excellent jawyef,l
and that he had $40 900, 900 in gold buried
in his cellar. along with Whole lot Of
human bones, people he's killed. And
he says Ills father Is u coiju.er, and that
he makes all The earthquakes that happen
anywhere Ia tile world. The old mau'll
come home az night, after there's been an
earthquake, all coveted with sweat, aud
50 Tired lie kin hardly stand; BillSsays it's
such liar, work.
And Bill told me that once whena man
came around there trying to sell light
ming rods, his fatIiergot mad and ct him,
Ct him right up, and he ;akes bites out Of
everybody lie comes acr,'ss. a
That's what Bill tells me. That's all |
know about it. And nc tole me that once
lac used To have dog, one Of these little
kind of.logs, aud be was flying his kite,
aud just for fun lie tied the kitc-string on
10 his dogs tail. And then the wind
struck her anl his dog Went a boomin'
dawn the street. with his hind legs in the
air, for about "A mile, when the Kite all of
asudlen begun togo up, and m about a
minute she dog was fifteen mites high,
and commanding a view of California,
and Eygpt. and Oshkosh. / think Bill
sslid. He came down, anyhow ] know,
in Brazil. aud Bill said he swuln honleall
the wayin the Atlantic Ocean, ami when
lie landed bis legs wasall nibbled oil by
sharks.
i wish faiher'd buy ME dog, SOS |
cnuId send him that way. Butt never
have no luck. Bill said that where they
used 10 live lie went out on the roof one
day 10 fy his kite. and he sat on top of
the chimbly to give her plenty Of rpom,
and while l,e was sitting there thinking
al,out noihing. the old man putt key Of
powder down below IN tile first-place to
clean the SCOT nut of the chimbly. Aud
when lie touched her OF Bill was blown
over agih the Baptist church steeple, and
he handed on the weather-eork, with his
pants torn, and they couldn't git him
down Cor three days. 80 he hung there,
going nund aud round with the wind,
aud lie lived by eating the crows that
c,,ine and sat an him, hecailse they thort
lac was made Of sbeet-iron and putup
there on purpose.
Hes had mere fun than enough- He
was telling me, the other day. about.a
saiisage-stutf.r his brother had invented.
IL was kinder inachiue that worked
with treadle; aud Bill said the way they
did 10 tie fall was TO ia ito the hogs
back and Connect the treadic with string,
and then the I,og'd work The treaslie aud
keep on running u up aud down, until tile
machine cut the lmg NIL up fine, anil
shaved the meet into tile skins. Bill said
his brother callrdit 'Evey Hog Ills Own
StaIIsr. aud II worked splendid. But
don't knuw.-'Pears 10 me's u there could
not be no machine like that. but, any
way, Bill said ~.
And he tole me about an uncle of his
out Ia Australia, Who was ct hy n big
oyster once, aud when he had got .,lsi,Ie
liz staid there until lie et tie oyster. Then
he plIt the shells open aud took half u one
for boat. aud he soiIcd along until he
meta seaserpcnt, aud he killed II aud
drawe,l uflils skin. aud when lle gnt home
lie sold Ii 10 an engine company for hose.
for SlO,0OO, TO put out ilrr with. Bill said
that was actually 80, because he cnlIld
show me man who used 10 belong TO tile
engine company. 4 Sish father'd lCi me
20 out aud tind u scascrrrnt like that; but
lie don't le: me have no chance 10 dis
tingulsIl myself.
'BiIl was saying, only yesterday that
the Indians caught him once aud dtove
eleven railroad spikes thnugh hisstunIacil,
and cut or his scalp, aud u never hurt
him bit. He said he got away by the
daughter Of the chief sneaking him out oI
tile wigwarm aud lending him horse.
BilI says she was In love with him, and
when asked him 10 let me see the holes
where they duve Ia them spikes, he said
he darsp't take Off Ibis clothes or he'd
bl.ed 10 death. he said his own fatheI
didn't knew Il, because Bill was afraid u
might worry the old man.
.And Bill tule me they wasn't going 4
get him 10 40 90 sunday Srhool. lie say'
Ills father has . brass idol thai he Keeps
10 tic garret, aud Bill says he's nude uI
Ills lillud 10 be q pagan, and 70 brgin &
70 naked aud carry atonahawk Alid
bow aud arrow as somi rs the warn
weather ,omps. And 70 prove u 10 n,s
lac says his father has this town undcr