The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Mr.. ThrOckmOrton's Experience in
Doing Family Shopping.

out on Summer Street, Burlington, Is
the father of ten children. The Other
morning Mr.. Throckmorton was just on
the point of putting on his hat to start
for the Office, when Mrs. ThrockmOrtOn
called after him from the kitchen.
"Stop at Sodders's and tell him to
come up and fix the water pipe, and get
big tin dipper and bring it with you
this noon. Don't tell them to send it,
they'll forget it."
Mr.. Throckmorton said he would, and
then he put on his hat and started. As
he reached the front door his eldest
daughter shouted from up stairs:
"Pal pal! pail! Go to Greenbaum &
Schroders's and ask Mr.. Scott to give
you two yards and half of brown
satin, cut on the bias, to match the dress
l got last week, he'll know the kind.
Bring it with you. l don't want to wait
for it"
And Mr.. Throckmorton pausing with
his hand on the door, said he would get
it, and then sighed and opened the door,
Just then his Oldest son shouted from
the sitting room:
Father! The man was up here twice
yesterday for the money for my new boat,
and l Just gave him note to you and
he'll call at the Office to-day for his
money, and illgive you pair of patent
oarlocks and dip-net. Bring them up
with you when you come to dinner"
Mr.. Throckmorton kind of stifed a
groan like, and saying he would attend
to it, went out. As he passed down the
porch steps his second daughter leaned
out of 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 get ten pounds of
cotton batting and bring it up with you,
for we want it right away and can't
wait"
The parent paused with his hand on
the gate latch, and with a visible effort
promised to remember the errand and
bring up the cotton batting, and opened
the gate. But the voice of hisyounger
son from the side yard caught his ear
and held him for moment:
"Pap, oh pap! Want ten cents to
pay for winder broke in the school
house, and 1 can't go to Sunday school
till l get new hat and some shoes, and
please can't l have a quarter to go to
the picnic?'
Mr.. Throckmorton silently registered
a fogging for the broken glass, a mega
tive for the picnic, and he. would get the
boots and hat. Then he turned to go,
but as he passed down the street his six
younger children came running after
him.
"Oh pa, don't forget to stop and see
if the old umbrellas fixed, ma says"
"Stop at the dentists and see when
he can fill my teeth"
"Ma says be sure and tell the doctor
to come up to-day and vaccinate the
babyw
"Pap! Kin l go swimmin' in Hawk
Eye Krick to-night?'
"Pa, oh pa! gimme five cents to ride
on the street cars!"
And Mr.. Throckmorton went down
town and amazed Fred Scott by telling
him to cut him off about thirteen feet
of water pipe, on the bias. and he asked
Mr.. Parson to let him have elevening
doing skeins of cotting batting and send
him up a man with tin dipper; he
told DR.. Cochran, the dentist, to come
right up and fill the baby's teeth, and
begged the doctor to hurry right away
and put a half sole on the schoolhouse
window, and then he ran to the shoe
makers and asked him if he had vac
cinated his little girls shoe, and amazed
a street car driver by asking 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 hall, the girls would show
him where. And by three o'clock in the
afternoon it had got all around town
that old Mr.. Throckmorton was drink
ing as bad as ever again, and hadn't
drawn a sober breath all day.