The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-12-08
HIS PA Is "NIsHIATED." /"

ItiiOW, OF dDl thlugY dchcu ttto odu
boy OF the grocery man, as he went
10 the cinnamon bag ON the shelf
and took long stick of cinnamon
bark to chew.
"Why, yes, Of course | am, but
what set you TO thinking Of that,'
asked the grocery man, as he went
10 the desk and charged the boys
father with half pound of CHINA.
mon.
sWell, do the goats hunt. When |
you niShiate a fresh candidate y
mo, OF course not. The goats
are cheap ones, that have 10 lite,
aud We muzzle them, aud put pill
lows over their heads, so they can't |
hurt anybody" says the grocery |
man, as he winked at brother |
Odd Fellow who was seated ON a
sugar barrel, looking mysterious.
@But why do you ask r
20, nuthin, only | wish me and
my chum bad muzzled our goat with
pillow. Pa would have enjoyed
bis becoming a member of our lodge
better. You see, pa has been tell
ing US how much good the Masons
and Odd Fellers did, aud said we
ought to try aud grow up good so
we could jine the lodges when we
got big, aud | asked pa II it would
do any hurt for us to have a play
lodge in my room, and purtend to
nshiate, aud pa SAID ii wouldn't do
any hurt. He said il would i'm
prove our minds, aud learn us to be
men. SO my chum and me- borried
a goat that lives in livery stable.
5 ~ did you know they keep a goat
IN a livery stable othe horses won't
get sicki They get used to the
smell of the goat, aud after that
nothing can make them sick but a
glue factory. wish my girl board.
ed in a livery stable, then she would
get used to the smell. went home
with her from church Sunday night
aud the smell or the goat on my
IcIotIies made her sick to her stun.
mick, and she acted just like an
excursion on the lake, aud said IL
didn'r 60 and bury myself an'l
take the smell our OF me she would.
Mt never go With me- again. She
was Just as pale as ghost, aud
than the perspiration on her lip was
just zit she bad been hit by a street
sprinkler. You see my chum and
me had to carry the goat up to my
roon when pa aud ma was out RI
ding, and he blated so We had to
tie handkerchief around his nose,
aud his feet made snch a noise on
the floor that we put some baby's
socks on his feet. Gosh. how fr0wy
a g,at smells, dou't iti should
think you Masons must have strong
stummix. Why don't you have a
skunk or mule for trademark.
Take a mule aud annoint IL with
Limburg cheese and yon conld ini.
! tla,e aud make q candidate smell
lust M bad ns with a gosh darn mil
dewed goat. Well, sir, my chum
aud me practiced with that goat
until he could buut d picture OF q
goat every time. We borricvl . buck
beer sign iron saloon man, aud
hung 1t on the back OF u chair, and
the goat would hit IL every time.
That night pa wanted to know what
we were doing mp IN my room, aud
| told him We we're playing lodge,
and improving or minds, and pa
said that was right, there was moth
ing that did boys Of our age half
40 much good as to imitae men.
aud store by useful Lnollldge. Then
my chum asked pa IL he didn't want
to come up aud take the grand
pumjer degree, and pa laffel and
said he didn't care if he did, jnst
TO encourage us boys IN innocent
pisilme, that was 40 improving to
our insellex. We had shut the goat
up IN a closet in my room, and he
had got over blating, so We took
OFT the handkerchief, and he wal
eating some of my paper collars,
aud skate straps.
We went up stairs, and told pa Il
come up pretty soon and give thre,
! distinct raps, and when we asket
him who comes there he must say
u pilgarlic who wants to join you
ancient order aud ride the goat
Ma wanted to come ul', too, but VI
told her il she come in it woul'
! break up the lodge, cause womal
/, couldn't keep u secret, aud We did
: n't have any side saddle tor the goal
/; Say, ii you never tried it, the mex
J. time yon initiate a man IN your M
r sous lodge, you sprinkle u littl
! kyan pepper on the goats bear
E just atore you turn him loose. 70
1 can get three times as muo
I tun to the square inch Of goa
e You wouldn't think ii was til
o same goat. Wei, we got all 6xet
a aud pa raped, aud we let him
A aud told him he mnst be blindfols
e ell, aud he rot on bis knees 4 laflinI
.. aud Tilted u towel around his eye
" aud then turned him around an
4, made him get down on his hant
Dr. also, aud then bis back was rigl
le towards the closet door, aud I III
ct the buck beer sign right again
er pas clothes. He was lailing i
~ the time, aud said wo boys we're
tuIl OF fun as they make 'em, III
-. ...I.l Him 1 4 ss..... :, ..1.lnn ~. ~