The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-12-08

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hand on the closet door, and some
kyan pepper in bis other hand, and
| asked pa in low bass tones, II he
felt as though he wanted to turn
back, or ii he had nerve enough to
90 ahead and take the degree. l
warned him that it was full Of .lan
gers, as the goat was loaded fur
beer, and told him be yet bad time
TO retraee his steps if he wanted TO.
BE said be wanted the whole biz
ness, and We eould 90 ahead With
the menag gerie.
Then | said to pa ii he had deei-
ded TO 90 ahead, aud not blame us
for the Consequences, to repeat after
me the following: Bring forth
the Royal Bamper, and let Dim
Bump Pa repeated the words.
aud my ehum sprinklsd the kyan
pepper on the goats monstache and
aud he sneezed once aud looked
sassy, and then he sees the lager
heer goat raring up, and be started
for it, just like COW catcher, and
blatted. Pa is real tat, but he knew
he had got hit and granted, and
said, HelIs-fre, what you boys
doin'r aud then the goat gave hin
another degree, and pa pulled on
the towel and got up and started
tor the stairs, and so did the goat,
and ma was at the bottom Of the
stairs listening, aud when | looked
over the bannlsters, pa and ma and
the goat were all in heap, and pa
was yelling murder, aud ina was
screaming fire, and the goat was
, blatting,and sneezing, and butting,
aud the hired girl came iuto the
hall and the goat took after her and
| she crossed herself aud said, Holy
Mother protectr and went down
} stairs the way we boys slide down
! hill, with both hands on herself,
1 and the goat rared up and blatted,
7. aud pa aud ma went iat0 their room
aud shut the door, and then my
. chum aud me opened the front door
/ and let the goat ont. The minister,
: who comes to see ma every three
= times Il week, was just ringing the
D bell and the goat thought he want
L ed to be Initiated, too, aud be gave
/ him one tor luck, aud then went
!. down the sidewalk, bIattiug aud
e sneezing, and the minister came
i into the parlor and said be was
$ stabbed, aud then pa came out of
It his room with his suspenders hang
4 ing down, and he didn't know the
' minister was there, and he said
+ cuss words, aud ma cried and told
0 pa that he would go to hell sure,
J, and pa said he didn't care, he'd kill
d that cusse, goat afore he went, and
5 | told pa the minister was IN the
' parlor, and he and ma went down
/ and said the weather was propitious
2 for a revival, aud it seemed rs
a though an outpouring OF the spirit
was about to be vouchsated, to His
b people, and none Of them sat down
/. but ma, cause the goat didu't hit
1 her, and while they were talkin'
!. rclidgin, with their mouths, and
, cussing the goat inwardly, my
: chum aud me adjourned the lodge,
d aud went and stayed with him all
/ night aud ain't been home since.
| But I don't believe pa will lick me,
cause he said he would not bold us
responsible for the consequences
I He ordered the goat hisself, and We
| filed the order, don't yousee ] Well:
, | guess will 70 and sneak in the
! back way and fined out from the
hired girl how the land lays. She
won't 90 back ou me, cause the goal
/. was not loaded for hired girls. She
! just happened to get In ut the
/ wrong time. Good bye, sir. Re
] member and give your goat kyar
4 pepper in your LODGE
I AS the boy went away, and SKIP
1 ped over the bac: fence, the groce
0 ry man said to his brother odd fol
/ low, " If that boy don't beat th'
e devil then | never saw one that did
K The old man ought TO have sen
"a him to a lunatic asylum"
/. |