Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-22
PECK'S BAD BOY.
He Gsts the Old Man Terribly
Mixed Up.
A Sunday Scene That Paralyred the he
rigiOGs Friends Of the Bad
Bows Father.

OOf dAlCis
Hello" said the grocery man to the bad
boy, as he came in looking sick at heart,
and sll broke up, How is your muscle this
morning.
"An right" said the boy, with look OF
inquiry, as though wondering what was
coming next Why"
20, nothing, only was going to grind
the Ratchet, and some knives and things,
this morning, and l thought maybe you
would like to go out in the shed and turn
the grindstone for me, to develop your
muscles. Turning a grind-stone is the
healthiest thing boy can do
That is all right enough" said the bad
boy, as he took up a sweet cracker, but
please take look at me. Do look like a
grind stone boy? Do | resemble a good
little boy that can't say no and goes OIL
snd
Turns n Grindstone
half day for some old duFar, who pay
him by giving him a handful Of green cur
rants, or telling him he will be q man some
dsy, and the boy goes OFF one way with
lame sack, while the good man goes the
other way with sharp scythe and q
ChuCkle al the sOfIneSS Of the boy lou
are mistaken in me. | have passed the
grindstone period, ald you will have to
pick up another sardine who has never
done circular work. Not any grindstone
for Hennery, if you please.
"GOu are getting too smart, said the
grocery man, as he charged pound OF
sweet crackers 10 the boys father You
Jon't hare to turn the grindstOne II YOU
don't want 10.
That's what thought" says tn boy. As
he takes a handful Of blueberries. You
grindstone sharps, who are always IaLlng
Tor a fool boy TO give tatfY 10, and get him
to break his back, don't play il fine eaoCgi.
You bear on too hard on the grindS.na@. !
have seen the time when young man
could get me 10 turn grindstone tor hlm
TIL the Cows Come Home,
by making me believe it was fun, aad by
telling me he never saw boy that seemed
to throw so much soul into turning grind
stone as did, but have found that such
men are hypocrites. They inveigle boy
into their nest, like the spider does the lily,
and at first they don't bear on hard, but
lust let the blade Of the axe or the scythe
touch the grindstone, and they make a boy
believe he is a bigger man than old
Grant They bet him he will get tired,
and ne bets that he can turn a
grindstOne as long as anybody, and when
the boy has got his reputation at stake,
then they begin TO bear on hard, and the
boy gets tired, but he holds out, and when
the tools are ground he says he is as fresh
as daisy, when he is tired enough 70 die.
Such men do more to teach boys the h0l-
lowness of the world, and its tricky fsa-
turcs, than anything, and they. teach boys
TO know who are friends and who are Toes
No, sir, the best way IS to hire grown
- - - 49, ----a-SO"S; ,V'Ii1t ~
Der | turned a grindStOne TOUR hours Tor
farmer once. and when | got through he
said could go 10 the spring and drink al!
the water wanted for nothing He was
The Tighfest Nan 4 Ever Saw.
Why. tight, That man was tight enough
TO hold Kerosene
That's all richr. VINO wanted you TO
turn grin stone, anyway But what is it
about your pa and ma being turned out OF
the church I hear that they srandaliZsd
themselves horribly last sunday
We'll. you see, me and my ceum put up
a lob on ph TO make him think Sunday was
only Saturday, and ma she fell into it and
guess We are all going to get fired from
the church for working on Saturday. You
see they didn't 90 to meeting last sunday
because mas new bonnet hadn come, and
Monday and Tuesday il rained, and the rest
of the week was so muddy no one called, or
they could not get anywhere, 80 Monday |
slid out early and got the daily paper, and
on Tuesday my chum he got the paper OIL
the steps and put Mondays paper IN its
place. watched when they were reading
IL. but they did not notice the date. Then
"Wednesday we put Tuesdays paper on the
steps and pa said that il seemed more than
Tuesday, but ma
She Got the Paper
of the day before and looked at the date
and said II seemed so to her but she guess
ed they had lost a day somehow. Thurs.
day We got Wednesdays paper on the
steps, and Friday We rung IN Thursday 5
paper, and Saturday my chum he got Fri
days paper on the steps, and ma said she
guessed she would wash to morrow, and pa
said he believed he would hoe in the gar
den and get the weeds out so il would look
better to folks when they went by sunday
to church. Well, Sunday morning came,
and with it Saturdays daily paper, and pa
barely glanced il over as he got on his over
alls and went out in his shirt sleeves a hoe
ing in the front garden. And | and my
chum helped ma TO carry water to wash.
She said il seemed like the longest week
she ever saw, but when We brought the
water, and took plate Of pickles to
The Hired Girl
that was down with the mumpS, we got in
the lilac bushes and waited for the curtain
to rise. 1t wasn't long before folks began
going to church and you'd q dide laughing
10 see them all stop in front of where ma
was washing and look at her, and then go
on to where pa was hosing weeds and stop
and look at him, and then drive on. After
about dozen teams had passed heard ma
ask pa il he knew who was dead, IS there
must be funeral somewhere. Pa had Just
hoed into a bumblebees nest and said he
did not know of any that was dead, but
some that ought to be, and ma she did not
ask any foolish questions any more. After
shout twenty teams had stopped. ma she
got nervous and asked Deacon Smith ii be
saw anything green; he said something
about dissertation and drove away. Dea.
con Brown asked pa il he did not think he
was setting a CAD example before his boy,
but pa he said he thought il would be
good one if the boy could only be hired to
do il.
Finally Ma Got Mad
and took the tub behind the house where
they could not see her. About o'clock
that afternoon We saw q dozen Of our con-
gregatioa, headed by the minister, file into
our yard, and my chum and | knew it was
time 10 fy, so We got on the back steps
where we could hear. Pa met them at the
door expecting some bad news, and when
they are seated ma she came in and re-
marked il was q very unhealthy year and
il stood people in hand to meet their latter
end. None of them said word until the
elder put on his specs and said il was a
Snlamp Occasinn and ma abe turnpd Dala