The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-12-22
How III. PA Wa. 'N'd''P'sd
Eco,n Peck's Sun. .ii 4

How Ills Pm Was 'Nis'l'a'ed
Fcom Peck's Sun. -!
Say. are you = mason, or noa't'
low or .nytliug,' asked tho bad y
Of The grocery man, - be won't to V
CHM, mon bag on tho shelf and t9t
out long stick 81 cinnamon 70 chg.
why. res, Of course ! am. Iue
what s.t you 10 thinking OF tht,
/, asked the grocery man, q 10 Ynt
% The dssf aud charged The Bye
father With half pound Of ciunsaon.
We'll. do the / 'a'sbuts ~henyoud
uisl,iate q fresh candidaieY
No, Of course MT. The goet ara
cheap ones, that have naliis'.,d va
mrzzls them. and prt, .l;o~ nvor
their henA g. 49, "u'S sny-
body says tie GROCERY mnns fss.
winked at o brother Odd Fellow wn'
was .eased rn o sugar 1srrsl look
inf mysterious, bot Why do sou sskl
'Oh. nuthin,. only I with mo ane
nv chum had muzz'ei our goat with
a pillow. Pa would have ei i"yed
bis bscomiDg . member OF our lodge
better. You see, pa had been tel'ioe
% how much good tho mnsons and
odd fellows did, and said We ongh,
to try ani grow up good go we could
jiuo the lodges wien We got big and
I asked pa Il Il would do any huf'
for US to Lave q play lodge in my
room, and purtcnd to ni'hiate, snd
pa said it wonld do any huse he
said IL would improve onr minds and
learn us 10 be m,n. So my cium
and mo borrowed goat that lives in
a livery stable: Say, did you know
they keep . goat in a livery stable 80
The horses won't get sick? They get
used 10 the smell Of the goat, aud at'
ter that nothing can mako them "ick
but o glue factory. I wish my gill
boarded in . livery stable, then she
would get used to the smell ] went
homo with her from church Sunday
night, and the smell Of tho goat on
my clothes made her sick to her
.tou,mick, and sho acted just like AL
excursion ON the lake, aud said il !
didn's 80 aud bury myself and taks
The smell out Of me she wouldn't
never go with me again. She was
inst as pale as q ghost, and the per-
spiration on her lip was just zif she
had been hit with street sprinkler.
You see my chum and mo had to
carry the goat up to my room when
pa and ma was out riding, ard he
Llated 10 We had TO tic . hsndkcr-
chief or, und his nose, and his fset
made such = noise on the floor thu.
We put some baby's' socks on his
feet. Gosh. how irowy q goat smells,
don't i'9 should think you Masons
must have strong stummix. Why
don't you have . skunk or mule lor
q trademark. Take . nule and a.
uoint II With limburg cheese and
you could nishiate and make . can
didate smell just o, bad rs viii a
gosh darn mildewed g,at. Well, fir'
my cbum and me prac.iced with that
goat until he could bump q picture
Of . goat every time. We borrawed
a buck beer sign from q saloon man,
hung it on the back Of o chair, nnd
tho goat would hit every time. That
night pa wanted to know what w
were doing up in my room, and I
Iold Tim ws were playing lodge, and
improving our minds, AMI pa said
that was right, there was nothing
that did boys of our ago hall % much
god % to initiate men, and store ey
useful nolidge. Thon my chum ask'
Cd ps II he didn't want to como up
and take the grand bumper degree
and ho laled and said hs didn't carr
il he didn't caro- il he did, just TO CO.
courage us boys In innocent psstn3e'
that Was 20 improving TO our intel
lex. We had shut the goat sup u
the closet in my room, and he had
got over batting. % We took en tos
handkerchief, and hs Vas eating
some Of my collars and skate straps
We wont up stairs. and told % r
como up pretty soon and giya three
distinct rsps, and when We Iaskse
him who comes there hs must -!
ga pilgsric who wants to join you
ancient order and ride tho goat, Nj
wanted to como up too but We tol'
beg II shs come in Il would hrssk y!
the lodge, cause . woman 'eo1idn'
keep . secret aud we didn't hav
any Sids-ssddls for ths goAa Say,
you never tried the next tyne 20
initiate . man in your maase's lodg'
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