The Cecil Whig., 1881-05-21
A Grave Joke

An Elk Neck farmer, much given to play
ing pranks upon his acquaintance, was
paid hack in his own coin, with interest.
recently. The names we use, of course, are
fictitious though the incidents related are
facts. Mr. Il. .Irickley, the one so fond of
pran1s, owned 4 mare that had recently
given birth to twin colts. Unfortunately
the twins lived but day, and We're buried
behind the barn. When Mr.. Z. Wryor, a
ueighbor, came in anxious to the fine
twins he had heard of, J. told him they
We're down by the barn with The dam After
Il long search without finding them, he dis
covered his pranky nrighbor J. peeping
around The corner Of the barn laughing at
him: and when he asked again where th.
colts We're, was told with a broad grin that
they We're four feet under ground beneath
his feet Having been the victim Of numer-
Gus jokes ut the hands of his npighbor, Mr..
W. determined 10 get even with him. So
the next night he Slyly went TO work and
reSurrected one OF the colts and placed it
beside its mother in as natural position as
possible, and i'll the morning secreted him
self 90 witness the result. Bright and early
the cOlored boy came to the barn to feed the
stock, and, seeing the young colt apparently
sucking its dam. concluded il was Il third
edition OF Young horse flesh, and ran with
all his speed to the house and told Mr.. J.
and family that :" the Old mare done gone
and had another colt They would not
I, Int
them that he saw it feeding they were con-
WINGED, and r.j"icing and extolling the old
mare to the skies the whole family hurried
to the Darn to see the young prodigy.
"By Iove, said j., rs he approached the
barn, Il never expected it; hut | tell you
what it is, she's the ,logratteleSt best cid
critter in creation, and Just feel in pocket
fifty dollars. No, I'll be thundered if l
would take Il fifty grecnback for that colt
for YOU know it has always been said that
the third colt of triplets can trot Il mile in
less than three minutes before it is three
years old. BY Jove. I'm going to raise that
young critter with care and make fast nag
of it
Thus congratuiatng himself, farmer j.
reached the barn and walked IN. Sure
enough there was the colt exactly the same
size and color rs the two that had died.
" It's Il pretty he had gotten this far with
his remark when lie put his hand on it, and
drawing II away quickly, exclaimed: "Thun-
der and hlazeS, it's dead: darn nation and
blaZeS take the luck" just at this moment
his neighhor and victim, who had been an
unseen observer of all that had tranSpired
cried out us be spran% from his hiding place
and made tracks across the meadow: "Friend
j., when you are done with that colt, you
can return it to the grave dug it from. l
left it open. Good morning"
He was followed by Il shower of bricks
and stones, but fortunately reached the
other side of the field unharmed, where he
sat upon the fence and watched j. and his
party as they renrerred the twin colt.
Accident 10 a Former Resident of Cecil
\ severe accident happened to Theodore
T. WeollcnS, of Fort Collins, Colorado, on
April aoth. He had his right hand caught
crushed and torn. His son Theodore hap
pencd to he close 10 him at the time and
seeing the accident instantly stopped the
machinery, or the injury would doubtless
have been much worse. Mr.. Woalens
hand WAS drawn in to the wrist and with
all The haste that could be made fifteen min
uteS We're consumed before the machine
conld he taken apart and the hand released.
Two physicians were instantly summoned,
who at first decided to amputate the arm,
but at the earnest solicitation of Mr.. Carter
Cotton, the owner OF the mill, they sewed
and bound the hand ND and now think it
can be saved. Mr.. WoollrnS suffers much
and is confined to bed: the arm is greatly
swollen and an abSceSS has formed at the
rlhuw. His many friends here hope The
bruised hand may be fully restored.
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