The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-01-04
Such q Getting Up Stairs.

There is n man in the Seventh Ward
hat is probably the meanest man in this
country. He had rather play joke on
his family than to pay note. His peo-
pie, the women folks, are as afraid rs
death Of firearms, and when there was
70 much talk about toy pistols killing
children, they worried their lives out
nearly, for fear the little fve-year-old
would get hold Of one Of them and blow
lot Of his thumbs OF. The family was
away for week or two, leaving this
mean man and the little boy ut home,
and from all reports the man and the
boy had healthy old time. This mean
man is great sportsman, aud he has q
neat little revolver that he can kill rat
with four times o,ls Of five. While the
family was away he got lot OF blank
cartridges for the revolver, and he and
the young hopeful used to go down III
the basement and fire blank cartridges
at the furnace door. The little fellow
got 30 he could shoot blank cartridges
Ike hero, and he promised not to tell
anybody that papa had been teaching
him to shoot, though he was as proud OF
his proficiency as could be. The family
got back, and one evening there were
two or three ladies in to spend tho even.
ing. a''
The party missed the mean man and
the little boy. The mean man loaded
the revolver with blank cartridges and
told the little fellow they would have
some fun. He fixed the little fellow up
like al Indian, and told him to take the
revolver and 60 in-the sitting-room aud
yell, "whoop," and fire the whole seven
cartridges. 1t was picnic for the little
fellow. he came up ont Of the base
ment, opened the door and "whooped,"
and began to fire. They were talking
about trimming night gowns, or some
such innocent pastime, when the firing
commenced The mother of the child
recognized him, and started To take tho
revolver away, but he pointed ut her and
fired q second shot and got'bebind 0
rocking chair and kept blazing away,
The mother thought she was killed and
fell over q hassocls and rolled under q
table. One OF the lady callers got ny
on sofa and pulled up her skirls 30 II
LnpTO uuu DcCu bulioto III tiiC AO'Ni'bA
every one Of them would have hit her.
Another got behind the stove and held
On evening paper up before her, anc
they oil yelled murder. The grandfathel
was sewing carpet.rags, andsat the frs
fire he dropped stitch and fell over
cuspidore and began to BAY his prayers
An old lady who had come in to borrow
some goose oil, run up stairs and 80
into the bathroom and locked hersel
in. As the last shot was fired Mt the cat
which was trying to get under the stove
the mean man came i'll, and calling tn
! boy by name said, "Hello, having som
fun with the visitors, eh?" and he COOL
took the revolver and putt iii his pocke
and asked if any OF them were hit. The
all said they were eahit, and, do you know
} that mean man actually pretended b
thought they were wounded, and wei
9 probing around for the bullets. The
, he told them it was only lot of blan
u cartridges, and that he and the boy ha
been practicing for two weeks, and the
k the women went at him and came ne'
Q pulling all this hair out Of his head, b
u cause he was mean enough to scare
o them for bullets. Some men, who hay
never run for Office even, are mean
q than Pusley.-Peck's Sun 5tsg 1a