The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-11-30
The Bad Boy.
HOW HE EMBARRASSED A GROCERY MAN.

| what is right, and hope to wear the gold
en- crown when the time comes to close
my books" 'Then how is it that YOU put
out a box of great big sweet potatoes anC
when we order some, and they come tC
the table they are little bits of things
not bigger than a radish Do you expect
to 90 to heaven on such small potatoes
when you use big ones for sign ?" asked
| the boy, as he took out a silk haudker-
chief and brushed speck of dust off bis
nicely backed shoes. The grocery mar
blushed and said he did not mean Il
take any such advantage Of his custom
els. He said It must have been mis-
take OF the boy that delivered groceries
'Then yOu must hire the boy to make
mistakes, for it has been so every time
we have had sweet potatoes for five
years, said the boy. "And about greer
corn. You have few ears stripped dowr
to show how nice and plump it is, and il
we order dozen ears, there are only tWt
that have got any corn on at all and pa
and ma gets them and the rest Of us have
to chew c0bs DO you hope to wear a
crown tt glory on that kind of corn 2
80, such things viii happen" said the
! grocer man with a laugh. tBut don't
| let's talk heaven. Let's talk about the
other place. llOW's things over to the
| house And say, what's the matter with
You You are all dressed and have got d
clean shirt on and Your rshocs BACKED, and
/ notice your pants are not rayeled out SC
at the bottoms of the legs behind. 1Ou
are not in love, are you ?" 'Wcll, should
smile" said the boy as he looked in q
| t1y spccks "a girl got mashed on me
and ma says it is good for boy who
! hasn't got no sister to be in love With a
! girl and so kind Of tumbled to ii my
self, and she don't go nowhere without
| 20 with her. | take her to dancing schOU
and every where, and She loves me like 4
house atire. Say, was You ever in love
Makes fellow feel queer, don't it Well
! sir, the first time went home with her
| put my arm around her, and honest, it
! scared me. 1t was like when YOU take
| hold OF the handles Of 4 'lPctric battery
! and yOu can't let % till the man turns
! the knob. Honest, was Just as weak as
4 cat. thought She had needles in hel
| belt. and was going to take my arm away,
but it was Just like it was glued on. asked
I
She used to. but it was nothing when you
| got used to it. That made me mad Bat
| she is older than me and knows more
about it. When | was going to leave
| her at the gate, she kissed me, and that
was worse than putting my arms around
| her. by gosh, trembed all over lust
like had the chllls, but ! was as warm
as toast. didn't want to 90 home at
ALL but she said Ii would be the best way
| tor Inc to 90 home. and come again the
next day; and next morning Went tc
hel house before any Of them We're up
and her pa came out TO let the eat in. and
| asked him what time his girl GOT up,
and he latted and said had got it bad.
and that had better 90 home and not
he picked until | got ripe. Say, how
much does it cost to get married p
NV ell. | should say you had got it
/ bad said the grocery man is he Set
out a basket Of beets. Your getting
in love will be a great thing for your pa.
} GA won't have any time to play any
more Jokes on him "Oh, guess We
! can find time to keep pa from being
lonesome. Have You seen him this morn
! mo You ought to have seen him last
night lou see, my chum's pa has got a
setter dog stuffed. 1t is one that died two
| years ago, ana he thought a great deal Of
it, and he had it stuffed for an ornament.
! Wen, my chum and me took the dog and
! put il on our front steps, and took some
cotton and fastened it to the dogs mouth
SO it looked just like troth, and we got
/ behind the door and waited for pa to
| come home from the theater When pa
started to come up the steps | groWled,
and pa looked at the dog and said, Mad
dog, by crimus, and he started down the
sidewalk, and my chum barked lust like
dog, and ''kiyi'd' and groWied like a
dog that gets kicked, and you ought TO
see pa run. He went around in the allev
and was going to get in the basement
window, and my chum had a revolver
with some blank cartridges, and we
went down in the basement and when
pa was trying to open the window,
my chum began to fire toward "a. Pa
holered that it was only him, and
not Il burglar, but after my chum fired
four shots pa ran and climbed over the
fence, and then we took the dog home
and | stayed with my chum all night,
and this morning ma said pa didn't get
home till ! O'Clock, and then a policeman
came with him, and pa talked about mad
dogs and being taken for a burglar and
nearly killed, and she said she was afraid
pa had took to drinking again, and she
asked me if had heard any firing of
guns, and said no, and then she put
a wet towel ON pas head" "lou ought
TO be ashamed,' said the grocery man.
II i-H !,
with the Cir? Does he seem to encourage
you IN it y con, yes. She sup to our
house to borry some tea, and pa patted
her on the cheek and hlgged her, and
said she was dear little daisy, and
wanted her to sit on his lap, but when
| | wanted him to give me 80 cents to buy
her some ice cream, he said that was all
nonsense. He said "Look at your ma.
Eating ice cream when she was a girl
was what injured her health for life" /
asked ma about it, and she said pa never
lald out 10 cents for ice cream or anv
luxury for her in all the five years he was
sparkling her. She says he took her to a
| circus once, but he got free tickets for
carrying water to the elephants. She
says pa was tighter than the bark to a
tree tell You it's going to be different
| with me. If there is anything that my
girl wants she is going to have it, if /
have to sell mas copper boiler to get the
money. What is the use of having wealth
if YOU hoard it up and don't enjoy it ?
This family will be run on different plans
| hereatter you bet. Say, how much are
those yellow pocket combs in the show
case I've good notion to buy them for
! l
rors, with a zinc cover, do for a present
to girl There's nothing that is too
good for her. Peck's Sun.
Death Of Thurlow Weed.
surrounded by his weeping children. grand
children, physicians, nurses and the attaches of
his household. ThurloW Weed breathed his last
at $ 20 A. NJ, the 22nd inst. His death was ex-
| pected, but the blow was severely felt by his