The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-04-07
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

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boy came along with prize candy. !
bought 8 packages an give him dol
lar. had been thinking ! would
try the bizness. AS soon as he was
out Of sight gnmped UP and went
down the isle calling out prize candy,
like he did. Foxes smiled, but
nobody Dyed; SO l opened the door
an stepped out on the platform to
try the next car.
1t was offulTwindy, and l guess the
cars joggled too much, for the next
thing l knewI was skrambling out
of a snowbank. My ears were full of
snow, SO was my mouth-you never
see There was the trane most out
otsight, cutting along like thousand
of brick, and oil alone out in a
field.
Miss Haven she cried when went
away from scool, an give me piece
of cake to eat on the way; it was IN
my pokkit, SO 1 ate it then. 1t tast-
ed offul good. So 1 had one package
prize candy LETT 1 was still holding
onto; l thought would eat that
then If l had to starve 10 death, it
would not be so hard, when l was
surprised to see the .trane coming
along backwards. like a crab. 1t
made me laff; an there was the con.
dukter and oil the brakesmen, an the
engineer, and firemen, all leaning
over looking for the peaces, an the
windoes open, with the passengers
beds stuck out. Bout 200 peple got
out when the trane ssoped.
The condukter was pale as a COST,
but when he saw me eating prize
candy he flue into tereful pashun.
"Get a board p said ne. "I'v lost
I 10 minnits Get aboard, you little
imp what for did you play us such
a trick ?"
"Pm offul sorry, sir" said l; 81
won't do it agane il can help it.
l didn't meme to it was not me it
was the CART joggled So"
He hustled me on board, where l
had a sereus time with the ladies a
crying over me and feeling OF my
Inns TO see if l was broke. l had to
give up all thoughts Of the prize
biZness for the present, but l am
resolved to do somethin to sport
myself if 1 mete with any more
acksidents.
You sec, dere dirx>Ir didn't dere
to tell the conductor what | really
was Expelled for, COZ he might bleve
did it on purpose. No boy but a
very, very bad boy would purposely
send an impurnitent valentine to a
lady like Mrs. Pitkins. The one 1
wrote to Mis- Haven had 2 doves on
it, an said;
81 shall try to improve and become
oil that you wish, from your lovin
little friend, George"
Mrs. Pitkins got one, which said :
'"The roses are red,
The ViOlets blue,
Pickles are sour,
And so are you.
May be Jack sent it, but she said
the riting was mine. She didn't care
about the valentine; that was moth.
ing. What she made a fuss about
was this i: Some boy had put peace
OF meat on a large fish hook, and fed
her maltese cat, witch she wouldn't
cared so much about, only he had
gone fishing in her glass globe, and
cot all her gold fish, which she could
have stood, if he hadn't gone skating
Sunday afternoon, an skated into an
air hole, so that he was breathless
when they got him out, and made
such a mess with his wet close, she
said her nerves were getting in sad
condishun. She was worn out. She
really couldn't stand Especially
when the very next day, he BACKED
his face and hands with ink, got the
kitchen broom, an tried to go up the
sitting room chimbly, and fell down
and bumped his head, bump as big
as a goose egg, witch she would OF
forgot an torgivn if he hadn't pinned
piece of paper on her back, on
witch was wrote, "This is the camel's
back the last straw broke" But that
was only fun, an she wouldn't minded
it if she had not notised that he had
cut. all the quere birds out of the
dicksunary, and made long row OF
them on the wall behind his bed, so
he would have something to amuse
him when walked up urly, witch
made him brake the professur's gold
bowed spektakles, putting them on
the owl in the library, SO they
tumbled off; besides getting irite-
full habit OF coffing zactly like the