The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-02-09
kitchen. He asked mo if anybody

liftAo Was nv tfol difp NO ifunt b.fFS
dreamed he was in he'll, or some
where Well, Pr was astonished,
and said he must be wrong in The
head, and | left him thawing himself
by the stove while went after his
pants, and his legs were badly
chilled, but ! guess nothin' was frpze.
He lays it all TO ma, and says if she
would stay ct hane and let people
run their own baby shows, there
would be more comfort In the house.
Ma came ia with q shawl over her
head, and D bowl full Of something
that s!nelled frawy, and after she
had told US v hat the result Of her
visit was she sent me after vassline
TO rub pa's legs, Pa says be has
demonstrated that if q man is cool
and collected, in ease Of fire, and
goes deliberately at work to save
himself he will come out all right
Well van are the HeeRess boy
ever heard Of said the grgcery
man "But what about yaur pas
dancing 4 clog dance IN CHURCH on
Sunday The ministers hired girl
was in here after some goldfish yes
/.
terdaY morning, and she said the
minister said your pa had scandal
lied the church the worst way
20, he didn't dance ia church,
He was a little excited, that's all
You see, pa qAeWs tab#cea. end it IS
pretty hard on him to sit all through
the sermon without taking chew,
and he gets nervous, He always
reaches around ia his pistol pocket,
when they stand UP 20 sing the last
time, and feels in bis tobacco box
and gets out q cheW, and puts it in
ais mouth when the minister pro
nonnces the benediation and then
when they get out doors he is all
ready to spit. He always does that.
Well, my ehum had q present, on
| Christmas, of d mgsic-bpx, just about
as big as pas tobacco hoy, and all
You have to dois to touch 4 spring
and it plays, She's q Daisy, She's a
Dumping, I borrowed il and put
t in pas pistol pocket, where be
Keeps his tobacco box, and when
the choir got most through singing
/ pa reached his hand in his pocket
and began to tumble around for a
eheY. He touched the spring, and
Just as everybody bowed their heads
20 receive the benediction, and il
was SO still you could bear a gum
drop, the music-box began to play,
| and III the stiffness il sounded Us loud
rs a church organ. Well. | thought
ma would sink. The minister heard
it. and he looked towards pa, and
everybody looked at pa. too, and
| pa turnad rcd, and the musie-boS
| kept up, She's Daisy, and the
minister looked mad and snid
| Amen, and people begun to put on
| their coats. and the minister told
| the deacon to hunt up the source o.
| that worldly music, and they took
| pa INTO the room back Of the pulpit
| and searched him, and ma says pa
will have to be churched. They
kept the musie4bex, and | have got
to carry in eoal to get money
enough to buy my ehum a new
musie-box. Well, | shall have tt
90 and get that vaselipe or pas leg
will suffer, Good day
A prize type setting contest tool
place recently in Berlin, where ths
winning composltor SGT 9,415 letter
in the course OF three hours, an av
erage of about fifty three letters pc
minute, in ordinary newspaper type
VIM. Guy, q clerk with the Hall
fax Banking Company, was sent t.
the postoffiee with a parcel contain
ing $4,000. He distracted the money
and substituted waste paper. HI
was arrested and confessed.
Prince Napoleon was ARRESTED
about four hours after the issuance
of his proclamation. In France /
is but q step from the sublime Il
the station house.