The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-10
A New SWINE roR L.prEs-A smart II

\ New SWINE FOR LADIEs-A smart II
iinoiS bov. named sloane invented trap on
the principle Of those used in Africa for
trapping gamc-that TO say. he constructed
a slip moose OF thongs, and attached II to
the too Of a stout sapling, which he bent
down by the aid OF a hosting tackle, and
fastened 1t 10 the ground. Now Master
Sloane had a sister. a Young lady of 2Iest
worth and of very decided character. other
girls. who were envious OF her beauty. said
she was an i'll tempered, red haired thing.
but this was probably mere ca!unny. At
ali events, so thought the Young minister
who was settled over the Seventeenth Con
gregatisnal Church, and who was generally
believed 10 be Miss Sloan accepted lover.
That be went TO see Miss Sloane on the very
evening when the reckless boy set his Cen.
trail Africa trap WAS not strange, log ~
usually spent three or four evenings every
week { the Sloane mansion, but II was a
coinc dence that on that precise evening he
proposed a walk. and led Mis-, Sloane to-
ward the identical lane where the trap was
waiting for victims. How II happened
that neither the young minister nor Miss
Sloane noticed the bent sapliRg or the rope,
no one can understand, unless they were so
de eply engaged in the discussion Of theoln-
gical questions that they were obliviods 10
all earthly things. Still more difficult Is To
comprehend how they could both have step
ped within the moose. not moe than a foot
in diameter. 1t Is plain, however, that the
lady was readings hymnbook, and that her
companion bad approached eNtremel close
to her in order to see If the hymn was cor
rectly printed. However this may be, the
fact remains that Miss Sloane and the minis
ter were lust within the moose when the trap
sprung, and the elastic sapllng suddenly III.
ted them twenty feet in the air, where they
remained hanging like W cherries on a sim
gle STEM, and expressing in lively tones their
suspicion that something unusual had nap.
pened. Half an hour later the | nton and
Holmesville stage passed that way, and ths
driver and bis passengers were aStonlshei
beyond measure. For some time II was
supposed that some new and curiouslv com
plicated animal was swinging from the TOP
Of the sapling; but just as one of the pas
sengers was about to fire at II the diver
recognized the minister, though he WAS not
able to recognize his fellow prisoner. The
l%atter's voice was somewhat mutfl Il, but
she was distinctly heard to revlle the min
lister, and to asset that she never would
forgive him, no matter how he might try to
excuse himself. Six strong m II finally bent
down the sapling, released the victims.
Fortunately, neither of Master Slaanes vic
Tins were seriously injured, and were both
able to walk nome on the Opposite stucs OF
the street. The result Of this at lr were
numerous. Miss Sloane left town the next
day on a visit to the East, and has not
since returned. The minister was tried for
indiscreetly hanging from the tops OF trees
with young ladies, and thereby bringing re
proach upon his profession, but was &C
quilted by a close vote. As for Master
Sloane, it is believed and hoped that his
father has killed him. At any rate, he his
not been seen.-Erch1age.