Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-12-03
Having His Hair Out.

A man may be a Superintendent Oh
railroad, may order whole trains OF cars
about, may say to one man ''go" ana ne
goeth. and to another s'come" and he
cometh, but when he comes to having cut
the hair of his three year old son IN OAR
Der shop, he is as one against whom tne
wicked may shoot out the lip. The Super
intendent dropped IN last Wednesday TO
have the hair of the junior boss trimmed.
1t must have taken an hour to get the
young rooster into the chair. during which
time he managed to kick over two perfume
bottles and a shaving cup and plant his
heel in the BARRIERS eye. The miserable
father said meekly that if he had known
it was going to be SO bad he would have
brought the boys mother along, and then
added with timid confidence ''She always
manages him ffst-rate.' A chronic grow
Ter who sat by the stove remarked amid
the bowls of the youngster that it was ia
pity that he hadn't brought her
along" Then commenced the great war
fare. The boy under the impression that a
surgical operation was about being per-
formed on him, yelled from the word 60.
He cried out that there was hair down his
back. which was the fact, and in his eyes,
which wasn't far from wrong, and in his
ears, which was correct, and then screamed
out that it had got down in his socks
which was an error.
''You don't have his hair cut often do
you ?" said the growler by the stove.
'sOh we don't have this trouble when
his mother is along. She can manage him
1 tell you,'' said the superintendent mend
ing his hold on the struggling patient
Il hope so," said the growler, "for this
thing is worse than shooting mule.
81 hope it doesn't dis urb you.' said the
ANXIOUS father.
s'Oh ~ said the man by the stove.
sit amt much worse THAI a mustard plas-
ter on nv back. I reck N I can weather
through it,"
Just here all the arts and rules known
to BARRIERS were being practiced on the
young demon. He was promised untold
wealGh next Christmas, but it wouldn't do.
At last an artifce was agreed upon be-
tween the wretched parent and the barber
by which the patient was made to believe
that ''Pa' was cutting his hair, that un-
happy official dancing behind the chair
while the barber piled the scissors. This
transparent device was betrayed by the
looking glass and its discovery was heral-
ded by renewed bowling.
eff some gentleman would bring in an
milne whistle and start her," remarked
the man by the stove sit would be salts
factory to the boarders."
The miserable parent looked at the man
reproachfully and went on holding his off
spring down in the chair. At last the
keen witted barber thought up something
that would work. He Said:
''Looklt dere. Keep quiet. Deere ees a
beautiful leetle mowse on der floor
The mouse did the business. The young
fiend gave howl and threw himself clean
over the back of the chair. The hair cutting
was ended for that day. AS the unhappy
father left he remarked that the next time
he would bring the boys mother along,
''She could manage him.
"Yah'' said the barber looking at him
sternly. 81 drinks it mauch better as you
prlng dot voomans along" and as the door
closed he turned to the man at the stove
and said Gun drinks it peter as he don't
come some more at all. shoost os leaf
cut an eel's hair Os dot child 81