Daily Republican., 1883-01-09

! From the Village Record.
| And it came to pass that at the reoi
dence of certain West Chester mon
! WHO Is named Timothy, aud 10 whom
! reference has heretofore hecn made IN
the Village Record, a tatty pulling par.
| ~ was given a few evenings since. Ihis
tatly pulling party was given at the
suggestion Of oar dyspcptc Old tf!ehd's
| wife, Arab"lln, IL honor Of tEcir dtal
Daughters birLLday. a grea, number
| Of tue youth aad noauty Of the neigh
/ y1rhoGd were assembled a: TlnD'nY 4
| house wAen lho time came. As no did
nos tElNk HIS personal . tendauce
would add much 10 biz own pleasure
on 80 "toOilsh an occasion, as he term
| ,d It, be absrnted himself from the
| = nuse untii ~ late hour Ct tao night
w neu be returned homo III iDuud Ara
celia and mis- uaHl hter had gore 10 bed
and all the ilgh-s In he house were
out, while the atmosphere was still
fragrant with the tunes If molasses
! candy. "GUess wen have bis slckeL-
! ing oder aruund here month" he
growied as be felt bis way to the kit ch-
Gu, and there, IN a"cordance with bis
usua! custom, pulled OF: his boots p re-
para'ory to going to bed. The boots OFT,
he struck across the room, in his STOCK
ing feet, to feel for tho door which
should put him on the tack for mp
stars; but he had made but one or two
strides when he found ths stocking of
one Of his feet very strongly adhering
70 the floor. bod rat il
"What does this mean" be exc aim
cd, a. he pulled 1t Dose, just IN time TO
find that the stocking IF the other foot
was Sucking to the floor IN the sans
manner "Dod rat il! Dol roG !; - he
now WEI t on. "What N The di kens
hev tney Eeen spillen Tn this II or?
bod rat it. There tits agin, and th -
Ithere-doA, rat" But just ihon he
came III contact with misplaced chair
AID went sprawIing over 1t on tie Il or,
while at the same moment both OF his
socks were pulled from his feet by the
sticky substance that Lad 50 much per.
picked niG. Rolling upon his back he
next fJuud that. a. he attempted 10
raise hss head that his wiz also chung
10 The floor and hiashead came up with
out II, while at several places there
was Il perc, pt.blo tug on bis coat and
trousers while he was performing the
operation Of regaiuiDg his feet. "Dod
rat it. bod rat it. ArabeiIt! Arabella"
lie now yelled at 'ht top OF Lis voice,
while he fairly tOamei with rage, a
frame of mind which vas n0l l:aprov-
Cd hen he round both Of HIS frot were
sticking 10 tue floor as though tho en-
tire surface had been covered with shue-
makers wax.
Aratela came rushing GoSn stairs
wltha lau! IL her u&"t nearly fright
ened our u h,r wits, and when sle
arli1gh in the Kltchen and her eyes
surveyed The polished pate Of Timothy
minus a wig, the upset chair, his bare
feet, and he hopping up ard down IS
though treating on needles at every |
step, she cnquired in holy horror tbs
reason of all THU. HAS a burglar been
after you ." "Haa n bu- burglar been
after mc bod rat il, no :" he shouted |
almost beside himself with anger.
Now what have YOU dol rated peo-
pie bin spjllen on this here floor 2"
Arabelia looked down, and the truth
iawned Instantly upon her. They
we're tbs PARTICLES dropped hy the mer-
y tatfy pullers, and she marvelled no
Onger at Timothy's anger.