The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-05-23
PECIx,s BAD BOY.

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fullofangle worms, and wanted 10
borrow a baking powder can to put
them into, while be went fishing,
and he held a long angle worm up
by the tail and let 1t wiggle 50 il
frightened a girltha. had come in
after two cents worth Of yeast, SO
she dropped her pitcher and went
out Of the grocery as though she
was chased by an anaconda.
II am going to lead a different
life, but a hoy can't change his
whole course Of life in a minute,
can heH Grown persons have togo
on probation for six months before
they can lead a different life, and
halfthe time they lose their cud
before the six months expire, and
have TO commence again. When
tits 50 alfred hard for a man that
is endowed with sense, to break of
being bad, you shouldn't expect too
much from q boy. But | am doing
as well as could be expected. |
amt halfas bad as / was. Gosh,
why don't you burn a rag That
yeast that Che girl spilled on The
floor, smells like IL was sick. /
should think that bread that was
raised with that yeast would smell
like this cooking butter you sell to
hired girls"
swell, never you mind the cook
ing butter. / know my business.
If people want to use poor butter
when they have company, and then
blow up the grocer before folks, I
can stand tiff they can. But what
is this hear about your pa fight
ing a duel with the minister in
your back yard, and wounding him
intheleg, and then trying to drown
himself in the cistern? One Of
your neighbors was in here this
morning and told me there was
murder in the air at your house
last night, and they were going to
have the police pull your place as
q disorderly house. l think you
were at the bottom Of the whole
business"
70, its all a darn lie, and those
Reighbors will find they better
keep still about US, or we will lie
about them a little. You see, since
pa got that backing on his face he
don't go out any, and to make it
pleasant for him ma invited in u
few friends 10 spend The evening,
Ma has got up around, and the
baby is daisy, only it smells like
n goat, on account Of drinking the
goats milk. Ma invited the min.
lister, among the rest, and after
supper the men went up into pas
library to talk. 0, you think l
l am bad, don't you, but Of the
nine men at our house last night,
/ am an angel compared with what
they were when they were boys.
got in the bathroom to untangle
my fish line, and it is next to pa's
room, and l could hear everything
they said, but | went away cause
Thought the conversation would
hurt my morals, They would all
steal, when they we're boys, but
darned if [ ever stole. Pa has
stole over a hundred wagon loads
of water.melons, one deacon used
to rob orchards, another one shot
tame ducks belonging 10 farmer,
aud another tipped over grind.
stones in front Of the village store,
at night, and broke them, and run,
another used to steal eggs, and go
out in the woods and boil them,
and the minister was the worst Of
the lot, cause he took seine, with
some other boys, and went to a
stream where neighbor was rails.
ing brook trout, and cleaned the
stream out, and to ward off sus.
piCion. he went to the man the
next day and paid him dollar to
let him fish in the stream, and
then kicked because there were no
trout, and the owner found the
trout were stolen and laid it to
some Dutch boys. l wondered,
when those men were telling their
experience, if they ever thought Of
it now when they were preaching
and praying, and taking up col.
lections. l should think they
wouldn't say a boy was going TO
hell right of cause he was a little
wild now days, wher he has such
an example. Well, lately, some.
body has been burgling our chick
en- coop, and pa loaded an old
muSket with rock salt, and said he
would Gil the fellow full of salt if