The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
His Pa is :" Nishiaset.
ENeh4ase

Sas. arc NOG Mason, .; A nodsellow or anything. asked the bad boy of the grocey man. as he wen, ,o,he cinnamon bag on the shelf and took GU; a long si;ck oi cinnamon bark;o chew.
 Why. yes. of course 1 am. ba, wha, se, you to thinking Of that; asked ,he grocery man. as ae N CT; ;o the desk and charged the boys father with 2 half pound of t.uaarlon
 Well. do ,he goats bur: when you nisha;e i,c>h candidate
 No. et eeatse aet Inc goats arc cheap ones. tha: have ua lite and ae muz..e them. and pa; p.l.oN> e,ei ;hcr heads. sa ;he, ean': haFt an, hodN. >a,s the Stoccn man. a> he wlnkcd a; brother Odd Fellow who was seated on a sugar barrel, looking afss,essous :, bu, why do Nol a,N
 -. EGihin. on,N ~ish me AnJ la, Chum had au::icd ,al goat with p,l- low la would have cnJoycd hl> be, om sng l member ot nGi lodge better Nou sec. pa had been telling us how much good the M4son> and odd Feleis ,hd, and ss,d VIC ought ie ;y and srn~ up good so ~e could me the lodges when we go, bis and asked pa Il |, would do 4 my nom. and puuend ;a n,shia,c. and pa said |, wouldn', to an, hunt, lie sad il soaid improve oui m,nd>. and lea,n Us 10 be men. So m> chum and nc Dor z. ned saAi that lncs m a ltvcrt stable. Say, did you know the, keep goa, m I lter> stable 50 the horses won't gc, sick :, They se, used ,e ,he smell oi the goat and after tha; nothing ran make them sick but glue factory. l ~i,h m, giti boarded Tn d liver, stable then she would se; used ,o the smell wen, home with her from church sunday night. and the sesel oi the goat on my clothes made he, sick ;o her s,ummt,k k. and she acted i,.st ike aa excursion an ,hc lake and sad I didn se and bu,l ra> sci and take he smell oa, ot ine she wouldn't ncxc# .o with ne tsaIa ahe MS tIst ts paie .s ;, ghost and the precipitation nn aef llp ;, lasi slt she had been ha hl a stree, ,pFink- let Aoa ,ec mH han .tad me Ea5 |, eaiN the saat Hp "a as foof when pd aud laa was eat filas. and he hittcd so we had to ;ie ,. handket. hiei .,iound h, nose. and his tee, made >eeh a netse on ihe floor .ihs, VIC put baby S", k, ,.a ats icct. i,u~h haa ttasA | goat sfnrlls don't IL: should thnk san Naspns nus; have strong stummN NhN don | you have a skunk or Il male toI ! tt.,de mark. Take mule. And anunint |, wiih limbarg cheese and you could initiate and make candidate smell tusi as bad as wi,h gosh darn milde~ed goat Ncll sit. my Shum and ule prae ed ~itii that goat until he euld bunt picture ut 4 goat every tune We borfled l buck beer sign from saloou man and hung Il on the back oi ehatr and the goat would hut t every tune. rh.a night pa wanted te knnN sha, we were doiug up III my room. and ,old him We were plaslng lodge. and improving nai inInds. and pa .Sald that was ughi. there was nothing that did boys of our age haIi so much good as to ImI,a,e men and store by u,e= ful nolhdge Then my ohum asked pa fl he didn, van; io come up and take the grand bumper degree. and pa ,iied and sad he didn't care fl he did. rus, to cn- courage U, boys in innoo ent pastlmc that was so improving to our sniclieN Me had shut the goa, up m 4 close, m my room. and he had sa. over plating. so VIC took oil the handkerchief and he was eating some oi my paper eollais. and skate straps Nc wen, up s,4lrs. and told pa Co come up pretty soon and give three distinct laps. and when mc@askcd ham who comes there he must sAy 'i pd- garfe sho wants to ioin yosI an, ,ent ot- der aad udc the gna, Ma w.sn,cd ,o come up too. bu, wc told her f shc touc in \ would break up ,!e lodge cause a woman couldn', keep ,eere, and NC ~tlt,ln'' have tiis >4eie ,-,edle fol ,he -4ai Nay. fl yuG never ttled it the ne1. tune yoa f.i,.4te 4 mat IT ioui Hasnnsl lua.c ,e,. spFii.kic A l.e.e k, an pepper ef ihe goat Be.eG JNs, ,iore }oG tsIu nm ioase. ou ,n sci thtee ;lmcs n m .eh tuu tu he square inch oi goat. You wo.ldf ' ,hlnk II VAS the samr gpa, Well ac gp, al hzed and pA tapped. and @e ic' him n and told him he mus. be bludi 1ided and he Esst nt. .l4s suces a lai'inR. and ed .t towel .toend his eyes. and Len ffif aetl h.ri around and made iriit, s.ei duAL an his hands also and hen h.s batk was nght towards the elose' door and pu' the h1sA beer a.sE ugh agains' "a clothes. He "a, ai'lag al he tlue, and ,ait se boys were iuli ut fur A ihey made eIH. aGd we 'oid hum ' sas 4 1gi. chm occasion. and 0c wouidn, permit n levi,l. and fl he dIdn stop lsii'ng se eoHidn; gise mn 'he grand ban.pci de gree. Tien everything ~as re.sdy and ny ohgm had hs hand or fhe el.sei do8t and asked pa in io~ bass toncs. | he fct a' though he wanted ,o ;Grn back of II he lad nerve enough ,o go ahead and take the de gree. warned him ,ha, Y was full of dan gers as the goat was loaded for bear and told him he ye, had afne 10 teiraee his steps fl he wanted ,o. lie sa,d he wanted the uhole bzneSs. and we fp,ild go zf r.lr. ~ith ,he menagcrie Then sad ,D pa ;h4, lf he had deoided 10 go ahead. and not blame us for the conseq .ene es to re. pea after me he following f.Fng tptfh he Royal Hamper and le, h!u bginp'" IA repeated the words and rn, ehaiH spunkled the kyxFe5,epper "n ,he .'oa' 2 fnpus,ache. and he suee1ed arte att! log.cd sassy. and he see the lager beer goat raring up. and he started for II. ,ust like COW catcher and blz,,ed. pa Is real fa; bu, he knew he had got hit and he 2run,ed. and said, Hell's-flre. wha,