The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-16
The Threckmor,on Family.

Mr. Jasper Throckmorton, who lives
out on Sumner street, is the father OF
ten children. Yesterday morning
Mr.. Throckmorton was Just on the
point Of putting ON his hat to start for
the Office, when Mrs. Throckmortoa
called after him from the kitchen
stop at Soldiers and tell him to
come up and fix the water pipe, and
get big tin dipper and bring Il with
you this noon. Don't tell them &c
send it, they'll forgetit,"
Mr.. Throckmortou said he would,
and then he put on his hat aud started.
AS he reached the front door his eldest
daughter shouted from up stairs
"Pal pal! pail Go to Greeubaum
and Schroder's and ask Mr.. Scott to
give you two yards and half of brown
SATIN, cut on the bias, to match the
dress | got last week he'll know the
kind. Bring it with You. ] don't
want to wait for it,"
And MIR. Throckmorton, pausing
with his hand on the door, said he
would get it, and then sighed and
opened the door. Just then his eldest
son shouted to HIM from the sitting
room.
"Father! the mal was up here twice
Yesterday for the money for my new
boat, and Just gave him note TO you
and he'll call vt the office to-day for
bis money, and will give you a pair of
patent oarlocks and dip-net. Bring
them uD with you when you come to
dinner"
MIR. Throckmorton kind OF stiled a
groan like, and saying he would attend
10 it, went out. As he passed down
the porch steps his second daughter
leaned out of a window and cried
"Oh, pa; do stop at Parsons as you
come to dinner and tell them to send
a man to lay the new hall carpet when
they send it up, and you get ten
pounds of cotton batting and bring il
up with you, for we want 1t right away
and can't wait"
The parent paused with his hand on
the gate latch, and with visible effort
promised to remember the errand and
bring up the cotton batting, and
opened the gate. But the voice OF his
younger son from the side yard caught
his ear aud held him for moment:
4" Pap, oh papl Want ten cents to
pay for winder broke in the school
house, and l can't go to Sunday school
till get new hat and some shoes,
and please can't have a quarter I go
to the picnlc."
Mr.. Throckmorton silently regis red
logging for the broken glass, al 2
ative for the picnic, and said he wo,ild
&c fiSt ot tb biff affH. as re nassed down the strsct
his SIX younger children came running
after him.
"Oh, pa, don't forget to stop and
see il the old umbrellas fixed, ma
says"
'Stop at the dentists and see when
h can fill my teeth"
Bring my shoe home from the shoe
MAKERS"
"Ma says be sure and tell the doc
tor to come to-day and vaccinate the
baby"
"Pap, kin 1 go swImmin' IN Hawk
eye krick tonight"
"Pa, oh pal gimme FIVE cents to
ride on the street cars ~
T And Mr.. Throckmorton went dowH
town and amazed Fred Scott by tell
ing him to cut him off about thirteen
feet of water pipe, on the bias, and he
asked Mr.. Parsons to let him have
eleving doing tkeins Of cotton batting
aud send him up man with tin dip
per; he told DIR. Cochran, the dentist,
to come right up and ill the baby's
teeth, and begged the doctor to harry
right away and put half sole on tie
school house window, and then he ran
to the shos makers and asked him Il
he had vaccInated his little girls shoe,
and amazed street car driver by ask
ing him for a bath ticket; and when
the man came around with the oar,
locks and dip-net, he told him to take
them up and lay them in the front
hail, the girls would show him where.
And by , O'Clock in the afternoon ii
had got all around town that old MIR.
ThrocKmorton was drinking rs bad aa
ever again, and hadn't drawn a sober
breath all day.-BurlingtOa Iia'tieye.