Arizona citizen., 1876-11-25

A DENVER boy of about the usual
 bad boy age, but uncummOnly ingen-
 ious in mischief, has accidentally de-
 lvelOped theory which is offered as a
 rational explanation of the phenomen-
 al meat-showers that are said to occur in some sections of this wonderful
 country. Modern showers of meat are
 as marvellous as the ancient rain of
 mamma in the wilderness, wherewith
 the chosen people were fed, but if the Denver incident be accepted as ac- IcOunting for them there Is a very small
 modicum of miracle left in this ex- Iceptional occurrences. But to the Den
 yer boys experiment. His indulgent ! father promised him if he would quit 1 the society of some young freebOOterS who had nightly carOusals in neigh ] boring vacant lot and stay at home i like a good boy, he would buy him dog wherewith he could be morally amused in the domestic doOr-yard. There were his little sister and the household cat for his game, and he could have lots of fun teasing them.
 The boy agreed to the proposition and
 the dog came. It was mean-lUOking dog, small with long bushy tail
 which tail had a cOwardly fashion of.
 getting between his legs and coming
 out in front and tickling his nose
 in moments of fear The dog had no
 courage tO worry the cat or tease the
 sister, and it looked like total failure
 But the boy was ingenious. He imag-
 ined that if he could manage 10 keep
 the dogs tail erect he would be as
 brave as any other dog, and he might
 get some fun out of him yet. He tried his mothers pearl starch, but itl did not answer He tried various other expedients but all proved futile. 1 The dogs tall would go between his l legs at the first hint of danger. and
 there was no fight or fun in him. It was evidently the tails fault One
 day peddler came along with large ! lot of toy balloons. A bright idea
 struck the boy The old folks were away from home, and since he had quit the freeboters and betaken him. self to innocent domestic joys, he had | no pocket money. But his enterprise did not fail him in thls extremity The balloons he must have, and he traded j q sufficient amount of the home per sOnal property to buy the peddler's whole stock To make the balloon at tachmentS to the dogs tail was but the ii work of a few minutes. The dog ap- | peared to get lighter hearted, and even
 seemed amused at the preparations. fl The whole balloon power being ap- t pied, the tail behaved Splendidlv, and ; the boy hisSed his regenerated dog on ( 10 a bigger one that happened to be pass ing the gate, fully expecting to have an , fight. At the first jump the {. Ittle dog rose in the air and sailed out II lf reach. The parents came on the |; scene just in time to see the dog disap- C bearing in the far blue ether. The l, Denver boy lost his dog, and may re- ( urn tO the society of freebOoterS, but l he little incident will explain a won ! ierful shower of meat that Is bound to [ occur somewhere out in Colorado, or the [ adjacent territories. The ingenious | 'Outh told the whole story of his trad ng with the peddler for the balloons, md escaped punishment on the ground ,f the aid and comfort he had given ! O scientific research. The father [ bought of Franklin flying his kite to c .atch the lightning. He saw his [ son flying a dog to make a { hover of meat and mercyfully spared { he boy. But the balloon power did I ,ring the dogs tail into an elevated position, which was 10 be demon
 trated $