The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-09

kRsahSISAg NJ, ,r,s.rsf $,d Il@g ll..l,. he
any where in the worll. The old nlau'lI
come home at night, after theirs been IN
Earthquake, all covtre with sweat, and
30 tired he kin hardly stand. Bill says
it's such hard work. ,ao
And Bill tole me ibat Io1ce when a
Imam dome Fodnd tRetel tying to sell
Ji -hthipg rods, his hlher Gprinad and ct
him, ct him right up, and he takes bites
out Of everybody he comes acro-t.
That's what Bill tells me. That's all
9Eknow abmth. And he told me that
once used to have dog, one of these
litHeskinds of dogs anh he was fgjHg his
kite, and justIfpf5 flnllhe tied The, kite
striht onto the dogs tail. Aud then the
wind struck her and his dog W, mt a
ghoOmin' down the street, with his hind
llegsin the air furiabont mile, when the
kite all of sudden began to 70 up, and
in abOutJa minute the dog was fifteen
miles high and commanding full view
Of California and Egypt aud ,Oskosh. |
thinE Bill IaidE HE came down anyhow
know in Brazil, and Bill Said he swum
all the way in the Atlantic Ocean, and
@hAp he, landed his legs WAS all nibb,ed
of by sharks.
II wish father'd buy me a. dog, SOS
could 8, nd him up that way, But new
er have no luck. Bill said that where
theygp9ed toAiyehe wentout on the roof
pne day toby hislkite, apdlhe sat OH the
top'of1 the GhimBfy 10 give her plenty OF
room, and while he was there thinking
about nothing, the old man yputa,keg st
powder, dowq below the fireplace to
clean ont SCOT out of the chimbly. And
when he-tOuehed her off Bill was blowed
over agin the Baptist Church steeple, and
he landed on the weather cock with his
pants torn, and they couldn't git him
down for three days, so he hung there,
going round and round with the wind,
and he lived by eating the crows thai
game aud satl9n him, jbecat1e they tho't
he was made Of shestjDh and put tllere
on purpose,
Hes had more fun than enough. He
was telling the other day about sausage
suffer his brother invented. 1t was d
kindermachine that worked with lred-
die, an Bill said all he did in the fall Was
10 fix it on the hogs back, and -connecl
'>he'treddle witha' string and the hdg'd
IIwprk tae freddie and keep on ruluiligi il
up and down until the machine cut the
hog up fine, and showed the meat into the
Rskins. NBill llsaiilheEalled l. Every Hoy
His Own Suffer-" and it worked splen'
did. Butt do know. Pc, rise to mes il
I, here conlln't be no machine like that
Bill said 50. n a ~
And he tole me about an uncle of his
out in Australia, who was Ell by big
oyster once yand when he 90 inside he
staid' there until he d ct the oyster. Then
he split the shells open and took half n
one for s,boat, sndyhgsailed skmg until
he met a sea1serpenE and killed it and
dfawed off his skln, ani-whel he got
home he sold it, oEan~ engine company
for hose for $4,000, to put out fires
with. Bill said that was actually so, be-
cause he'could sh0wame man who used
to belong to the engine company wish
father'd Yet me 81 ~ 10 fndasea-serpent
ike thai he don'tlstme nave no chance
to distinguish myself.
"Bill was saying only yesterday tha'
the Indians canghi him once and drove
eleven railroad kes7through his st'm
aCh, and cut off his sea p. and it never
hurt him a bit. He sail he got away by
the daughter ofthe chief slleaking him
out of the wigwam alIb lending MIN a
horse. Bill say she was in love with
him, and when asked him TO let me see
The holes where they drove i'll them
spikes, he said he daren,L take off his
clothes or he'd bleed to death. He rad
his father didn't know it because hill
was afraid it mig t worry the old MAN,
And Bill told me they wasn't going to
get him to go to Sunday. School. He
says his father has brass idol that he
keeps in the garret, and Bill says he's
rnadeup his mind to be a Pagan and be2
gin to- g. naked and carry q totnallawk
and ab bow and. arrow, as. soon. as the
warm weather comes. And to prove y
to me, he says his father has this town
all underad. nitrO-gI IyCerlIe.5 and
as soon as he gets ready ue'sa going to
blow the old thing out, bust her up, lel
her ri p aud demohsh- her. He said 50
down at the dam, and tole me not to tell
anybody, but / Thought ther'd- be no
harm in mentioning it you,
on And now 4 helIeve | must be going
hear Bill whisthng Maybe he's got
something else to Tell me"
The Smlth boy, we think, will be
profitable to the youth of this commu-
nifty. ......... a,nrl