The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-01-09
THE SPIRIT or DEMOCRACY
TUESDAY. JANUARY o, 1883.
KILLED BY HIS Pa.
-
How the BAD Boy Had His Spine
BrOken.-A Double Cure.
Peok's Sun.

hoy, as he sat on = bag OF peanuts. whis
tling and filling his pockets. "There il
M sense in such whstling. What dC
you whistle for, anvway?'
Il avn practicing nv profession" sait
the bov, as he got np and stretched him
self, and cut off slice of cheese. ant
took few crackers Il have alwav.
been a good whistler, and l have deci
ded to turn my talent to account. | an
going To hire an Office ami PVT ont {
sign 'Bov furnished to whistle for los
dogs You see there are dogs lost ev
erv dav, and snv man would give half 9
dollar to boy to find his dog car
hire out to whistle for DOES, and can &C
around whistIing anil e;j>ying myself
and make money D,nt vOu think i
Is good schemeP" asked the boy o
the grocery man.
'Naw," said the grocery man, as ht
charged the cheese TO the boys father
and picked up his cigar stub, which he
had left on the counter, and which the
hoy had rubbed on the kerosene barrel
"No, sir, that whistle wOnii scare any
dog that heard it. Saw, Whist VAS your
pa running after the doctor in his shirt
sleeves for last Sunday morning7 He
looked scared. Was your ma sick
sgain Z"
20. no, ma is healthy enough, now
she hiss got q new fur lined cloak. She
pla, ed consumption on pa, and coughed
so she like TO raise her lights and liver,
and made pa believe she couldn't live,
and got the doctor to prescribe furlin
ed circular. and pa went and got one,
and ma has improved awfully. Her
cough has all gone, and she can walk
ten miles. / was the one that was sick.
You see, / wanted to get pa into the
church again, AMI ge. him to stop drink
ing, so got hoy to write letter to
him, in a female band. and sign the name
of choir sir pa was mashed Oh
and tell him she was yearning for him to
come back to the church, and that the
church seemed blank without his smil-
ing face and benevolent heart, and tn
please come back for her sake. Pa got
the letter Saturday night, and he seemed
tickled, bu. ] suass be dreamed about il
all night, and Sunday morning he was
mad, and he took me by the ear and
said ! couldn't come no Daisy, busl-
hess on him the second time. He said
he knew ! wrote the letter, and for me
to go up in the store room ard prepare
for the almighties licking hoy ever
had, and he went down stairs and broke
up an apple harrel and got stave to
whip me with Well, had to think
mighty quick, but was enough for him.
] got dried bladder in ny rom, one
that me and my chum got to the slotter
house, and blowed it partly up, 80 il
would be sort OF Aat like, and put il
down inside the back part Of ny pants,
right about where pa hits when he pun
ishes knowed when the barrel stave
hit the bladder 1t would explode. Well.
pa he came up and found me crying ]
can cry Just as easy as you can turn on
the water at faucet, and pa took off
his coat and looked sorry. ] was afraid
he would give up whipping me when he
see me cry, aud / wanted to go on with
the bladder experiment., so looked kind
of hard. as if / was defying bin to do
his worst, ard then he took ne hy The
reck and laid ne across q trunk.
didn't dare struggle much fer fear the
bladder would lose itself, and Da said
Nov. Henrerv, am going To break
ycu of this demfoolishness, or | viii
break your hack and be spit on his
hands and brought The barrel stave dowr
on my best pants. Well. you'd dide
If you had heard the explosion. 1t al
most knocked me eff the trunk. i
sounded like firing frecracker awa1
down cellar in barrel. and pa looked
scared. / rolled of the trunk, on thu
hoor, and put some -four on my face tc
make me look lale. and then | kind o
kicked my legs like fellaw who is dy
ing on the stage, after. being stahhefi
with piece of lalb, ard groaned ant
said, Pa. YOU have killed me, but fo,.
give you, ard then | rolled asound aud
froihed at the mouth, cause ] had ,
piece of soap in nv mouth TO make
foam. Well. pa was all broke NJ. HI
said, Great God, what have done1
have broke bis spinal column. o, my
poor hoy. do not die! kept chewing
the soap and foaming at the mouth, anC
! drew my legs up and kicked them out
and clutched nv hair, aud rolled M
eyes, then kick, pa in the stummick a
he bent over me- and knocked his breath
out of him, and then my limbs besal
to get rigid, and ! sail, Too late, pa,
die at the hand of an assassin. Go 20
q doctor Pa throwd Lis coat over me
ard started down stairs on q run, say
ing, Il have murdered my brave boy.
and be told ms TO 90 up stairs and sta
with me, cause / had fallen CT trunl
an6 ruptured q bloc d vessel, and h
went after the doctor. When be wen
out at the front door, I sal up and lit
cigarette, and M came up and l toll
her all about how fooled ps, and II sh
would take on and cry, VIXEN pa 60
back, wonld get him to 60 to churcl
again, and swear off drinking, and sh
lated and said she would So VIXEN p
end tie dec came back, ma was sittin!
on velecipede / used TO ride, whicl
was in the store room, and she had he
apron over her face, and she just NOR
than heilowed. Pa he was Lale, and b
told the doc that he was just playin
with me with little piece of board, an
he heard something crack, and he guess
ed my epine got broke falling off til
trunk The doctor wanted to feel wher
my spine was broke, bat opened m
eyes and had a vacant sort of stare, lik
. woman who leads dog by string
and looked as though my mind wa
wandering, and told the doctor ther
vas no use setting my spine, as it va
broke in several places, and l woudn'
let him feel of the dried bladder | tol
pa that was going to die, and ! wante
him to promise me two things On N
dying bed. He CRED and said he would
and / .oId him to promise me to OF
drinking, and attend church regular
and he said he would never drink al
other drop, and would go to church e'
ery Sunday. made bim get down o
his knees beside ne and swear it, az
th doc be Witnessed il, and ma said sh
MAS so clad. and ma called the doc.o