Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-12
Patsey's Coat.

bIllv-gOac sEatsey SAW hotnlhb tAtrhoi-
| binary in the goat at inst; bat winch
I before it hsd been II member OF ms fam
ily two days il hutt.d the baby down
| the cellar. ate up ihe week. wash That
was spread On the grass. aud ch'nhed I"
! the top Of I, fifteen foot Board pile when
| Mrs 'onlry came ont at 1t w!th The
| clothes. pounGer. aud looked calmi!
| down at her as ii cnewe,i the last rl:fe
! on n night gown, Pat@ey set has heart
! on the kid and took II under ms SPECIAL
| protection he named II Beel2rbnJ.
| AZ Breilebub increased III sire and age,
| 10 made ii extremity lively for the Con
lev ntighbuihuui lie WtS nl"aSa
ready for 4 fight aud wnuh eat any
| thing that he came across lie womb
| 90 II mile oUt IF his way 10 lunch on
door mat. and il would never do 10 hang
| carpet ont. H. took e>pecIa! delight III
hutting schuo! chilar-n over IN ia"
! street, and ratiuG their lunches. 'noaa
/ AMI ,atrntlS Finally the prop!- ~
ONT OF humor with breI:rhnb, ahi they
told Patsy he had better keep Inn IN.
! 50 he tied a l0ng piece Of rope to one OF
! the coats hind legs and fastened linn 10
u po,t. Emit Deelzetub quietly bntted
! the post down, aud thea Deliberately
| proceeded to tax. IN the rope He saal.
| lowed 1t all up IL hi. leg. and WAS he
! ginning on that when Patsev discovered
! him. and eat the rope Mr. Eonley was
| obliged 10 give Bee!zebnb q holiday nov
ard then. ON one Of these. last sum
ner, he wandered down 10y the f!yet
! side. Two boys w1sa IN swimming, oru
/ Belly recognized IA one O. them II b1y
who II tew days before Tel him ca peck
! Of lighted tire.craokers. The goat
| y.aikei i-isnt!y up to the SPOT where
! the hoy = clothing lay, ami ate up a pair
/ Of pants ana two shirts. Every time
I the t.oy, made AS II they were coming
out at hin he put himself IL the shape
! Of buck beer sign. and they went back.
81, He krUt the boys III the water three
I hours. ON another Of his HOLIDAYS
few week, ago. Beelzebut acquired al
accomplishment which Tor a time gave
the most GumIngated pleasure to- his
: master l.,bnTers weGe engaged IN ell
I lsrgiug - cu! ga Il raiiioad male down
the track The goat. hearing the noise
, Of TIL blasts, Wen: 10 see II there Was
ANYTHING in the Job for him Some Of
the men lived long distance away. and
carried their dinners with them The
triyht tin unch.pails standing here ami
! there along the track stiack the eye Of
Beel2ebuh. lie had smelt of one,
prauced about II awhile. and n last.
with Que grand bHtt, sent 1t iu-, down
! the track, scattering ITS contents along
the route AMI giving IT the appearance Of
a ia.tened oyster can. The result Of
this go delighted Bee'zehrh that lie for
sock all other pleasures ani laid IN am
bush about the en-, watching FOR dinner
pals Patsey became aware 0! his ami
able pets new diversion, and daily bore
: him company TO the spot to enjoy the
| fun. By and by the men took to hid
ing their pals. and Be-!Lth nb grew
morc>- and lnw-spi!.tei. Oue day
last week fetsey and his pet walked
down to the cut BeeiZebnb seemed
more than usually sad. Suddenly, as
they uear-i tn, cut. Belly heoame
strangely ela:ed. Ahead OF them. Near
the track, stood y pail. II WIS beau
~. and had been placed on n stone
sfforline splendid mark for the goat.
patsey rolled on the ground lac felt su
good B,llv fairly gloatel over the
prospect. He stopped within "A few
PAGES Of the pail He reared MP on his
hind ieGs ami pranerd about in !, perfect
irenxv ui JOY. lie shock his head aud
made several i-ints OF bearuG down Oh
the pail a. II reveliinn apAile III sweet
expectancy. Presently Bel. waited
back t. little further. lie threw his head
down and with tl-a-..-, q. ;. -Ipt-,,ed
all the uuNlulteratrd cus>eiuess Of his
naturt. went for that pail ~ If he had
bren snot out Of cunnoa. lie struck
! it like batteriug ram. There was a
/ sound is Il thunde. clap. and by the
pieces II goat. rock and earth that fell
ihici.ly about. pAtsry knew that Ees!za-
, buL had been deceived. and would never,
never butt dinner pail more. HetLy hnd
buttcd a can of nitro Slycerlne.
JOSH BILLINGS says There is one
man IN this basement world that | al
ways look upon viii. miNsd feelings
Of pity and respect, 10 whom always
luke of lny lat aud re,.ain uncovered
until lie gets safely by; ana tim, is the
district schoolnaster When | meet
him look upon him rs innityr-
just returned from the stake. or on his
way there to be cooked. He Is re-
membered just shout as long and af-
fsutionately As = guide-b board is by
travelling pack-pedIer II he undsr-
! takes ITO make his scholars love him.
the chances are be will neglect their
| learning, and il hs don't lick them
pretty often. they'll soon lick him.
Don't talk to ine about the patience Of
ancient job. dob had pretty plenty Of
boils ali over him, no doubt, hut they
were all OF one breed. Every Young
one III a district school is a boil of ~
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