The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-12-25

wouldn't # ds, do half mean thing he would"
1 VIII never consent to your Joining any circus,
PaTI;h Mhv noto 1con do on,t,,nr chat .n, o. ,,oa
II don't care if you cam
solomon any longer. He's meaner than dirt.''
I'm not going said the young rebel to his mother
and w sec ISa esH tsaF be alone dome m after
Paul!' repeated the Squire.
Paul Concluded to be good boy and lei iesnTeiy obey
ed The summons nm o of the f9 Squire Te:a
sighed the widow.
to make her his wife, but declared that She would
as h think fhe SNAKE max utr the
boy approached pointing to a dozen cans, which he
None Of the more than three fourths full
and Paul took one of them and began empty its
what are you a doin' ?' demanded the Squire,
..EiIIing up the cans, replied Paul mischieyously
ed Squire Solomon. we are jest little short of milk
for tomorrow; and we must make it hold out some
You can't make two gallons out of if you are
I reckon you can, if you manage well. I'm in a
hurry now; take them cans to the aqueduct and fill
is is there r; any milk there @ ?' asked Paul: ,
u don't see how I'm going to fill up the cans if there
If You was hafas stupid as you pretend to be- I'd
send You to the Idiot School, Gong, and fill 'em up
With water, you tarnal fool!' roared the Squire,
9as a TTP es Ss Sqa esns with e if
n let me kGteh ; you tellin' any one on,tG' 70
begin a replied Paul s,tug his hands into his
isn't honest: Squire solomon.''
Dont rt1 tax i, to me- boy Do think don't know
- don't believe you do
...Mhat,s What thats'' ''-' -'' ''A u any ''"'' ~
| We'll about it,,
The you about it, the won't do it >
,s o n you want anything of me you'd m better ter 6
'In do that Squire replied Paul; anything else
The he boy Gbeyed the M 9rder and while he was doing
esquire Solomon said Paul when he had done his
work mother says you are going to have time mere
| well, what ont ?r demanded the Squire grufiy.
And all your six sons are coming home to eat fur
.s'posin' they be; don't knows it consarns you.'
20. I'm willing they should come, Squire
Il want to have time, too, and make some fun fo
ed pG sn Ke TO 45Se nay the lott ed up Of d
joining the barn. which had been erectedfor slaugh
"Well, you can't have it, said the Squire, decided
to amuse your six sons, but it's just as you say
II told you Jest now not to ask me for nothin Yo
7 don't make milk out Of water for any man man N n
matter; Captain ,Siah will let me have his barn, AM
not let have the slaughter house loft because re
Let see you teilin' him. replied the squir
as he hnrred into the house. ..
added the sgnhre& nh & when he saw Mrs; Mrs Bpky
HE wants to go away and work where he can ear
n GeR f hoh Swinging on til
hayrope half the time in the barn and turin' heel
over head on the.barn floor Such boys!dont amoun
he hasn't any encouragement to do better. In
don't replied the Squire shaking Inft Ii Il
some of his kerryins You may tell him he ea
e 5 fn'f he e
This was his way Of getting over difficulty, & for 4
es cans "5'% Captain sah SGda say something ABOUT ns M
nd rf s as to 6f be
Squire Solomons six sons were all well estabi I
they N making The
a Bed fhf m m
how how they hey % got t. Ezekiei the grocer, put int
ses the Keeper Of the always grain
Fee or Of
dealer always contrived to make eighteen hundre
foaves out Of barrel Of hour than any other
compiained both When the bread was light" an
when it was heavy. Elijah, the tailor, was mortal
great many vest patterns out Of the cloth left wit
er perm By n fhe 1e
all the Pynches were believed to be entirely respect
mas, because two of them had been away on Thanks
Paul was sixteen years old and he wanted to have
too He has deeided to give an eHh10h
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with his motheer to permit him to join circus: Ii
strong as he was nimble and timber. .and did a
these things very well indeed He expected to aston
ish his audience; and may say in advance that II
fully succeeded in doing so. His mother told him
the loft and nothing more to the Squire abou
it, Captain Josiah Greene was retired shipmaste
and had profusiOn of flags of all nations which h
kindly loaned to Paul for he liked the boy and wa
invited to attend the exhibition. With these flag
the young athlete changed the loft into very nea
and pretty apartment, which he called Stoboggin Ha
though the eymologists are not at all clear as to tn
origin of the word.
Over the loft couple of great beams, each
| foot in to windlaSS stout enOuS
to hold up the weight of Into of these tim
bers Paul had screwed couple of eye-bolts, prepare
by the blacksmith for the purpose, to support til
slack rope. When he came to insert the second Dol
he found strip OF board nailed upon the under sid
of the beam for what purpose he could not tell but
screwed the bolt through the board into the timber
The rope adjusted just at dark on the afternoo
before Christmas, and he had no time to practice upo
it, for he had an engagement that evening.
This engagement was to visit the city with part
of young people, and attend the Christmas pantomim
Paul enjoyed the performance very much for in add
tion to the clown, harlequin, and columbine, theI
a character called Mephistophiles, who is no otf
than the Evil One himself Paul could not mana2
the well, he called him 'Old Fisty, an
Old Fisty did wonderful things, as well as hareqfI
and the boy went home full of it.'
Christmas was busy day for paul. All the Pynch!
came from the city. and during the forenoon he dl
not find time even to visit Stoboggin Hall for me
ment