The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-06-26
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY,
TUESDAY, yeNE 2& 1855
pECK,S BAD BOY.

"Mell, great. julius Caesar g. oain
beaded ghost what's the matter viii
sou,r s.fi the grocery man TO the bac
bov, as be exfne intn the grocery o,
creEches, With one aru7 In q slins, on
eve hlackened, and strip of court plas
Ter across one site o. his face. "Whert
was the explosion, or have you been IL
fght7 Or has your pa heen givine
Vnu what you deserve. With club
hpre lei me help you. There. sit dowr
on that keg OF apple-jack. Well, hy the
great gans. You look as though YOU had
called s6mebndy hsf. What's the
mater 2" aud tie grocervrSsr took the
cru,ches and stood them zip against the
show case
80 there's not much the matter, with
NE. :" said the hov, in vice 'hat sound
cd all broken I'D. as he took hig apple
of basket. afff began peeling + with
HI. upper front teeth. "Ii vou tkirk
am a wreck YOU ought to- see the minis
fer. Tney had to carry him home in
fhstalments, the wav they huv sewing
MACHINES Ian all right. bat ihev have
pot to atop him Gp wifi oskGrd ami tar
before he will ever hold water again p"
"Gosd gracious, Won have not bad 9
figh, with the minister, have vou2 Well,
[ have said aIi the time, and stick to
1t, that voa would commit crime yet,
and 90 TO the etds prison What was
the fuss about ?" and the grocery man
hid the Ratchet cut Of the bows reach
for fear be would get excited and kill
him.
20, il want no fnaa. It was in the
6sv of business. Ynu see the livery
man that was working for promoted
ne7s Hflet me dive, o horse TO haul
eaudua, for hedd,ng first. and when he
faana1 vas real careful he let me, drive
On EXPRESS wagon to haul trunks Dav
before seEerfav. I think, it wa.-(Yes,
I vas ia he'd ali day YESTERDAY )-day
before Yesterday there was funeral, and
our stable fu nish. the On ct 1t was
enly a,common. eleven dollar funeral, so
they let me 90 &, drive the horse for the
minister-you know, the buggy hat goes
ahead of the hearse. They gave me ae
old hotse that is thirty years old. that
has not heen off a walk since nine years
ago, and they told me to give him q
hose rein. and be would 60 along all
fieht. It's the same old horse that
used to pace so fast on the avenue. years
ago, but / didn't know it. Well, want
to hlame. just let him walk along as
Though he was hauling sawdust, and gave
him loose rein. When We got of OF
the pavement the fellow that drives the
hearse. he Was in q hurry, 'ca1se bis
folks was going to baveducks fofdinnet.
and he wanted to get back, 80 be KEEP,
dIisteg along side Of nv buggy. and
telling me to hurry up | wouldn't do
4, cause the livarY man told mel Ia
walk the horse Then the minister, be
got nervous, and said he didn't know as
there vas any use Of going so slow, be-
canse he wanted to get back in time to
get his lunch and go to ministers
meeting 10 the afternoon, but ] told him
We would all get to the cemetery soon
enough if we took it cool. and as for ne
J wasn't in no sweat. Then one Of the
drivers that vas driving the mourners
be came up and said he had to get back
In time 10 run Wedding down to. the
enc o'clock train, snd for me 70 pull ou'
q little. have seen enough OF DISC.
heying orders, and told him funeral
in the hand was worth two weddings In
fiie hush, snd. IS, far as I was concerned
fhfs fGneraf was going to be conducted
IN, q decorous manner, il We didt gel
hack I'LL tie next day. Well, the. min.
later said, in his regular Sunday scboo
way, aMv little man, 1T ae tske hold o
the Iines,' and like q darn fool CAV:
them to him. He slapped The old horse
on the crupper with the lines, and ther
frksd up, and the old horse stuck uI
his of ear. and then the .hearse dIivel
told the minister to pull hard and saw or
the bit little, and the old horse would
wake up. The hearse driver used {
dfive tie old PAGER on the track, and b,
Knew What he wanted The minister
look of his black kid gloves and pu
Bis. umberells .doyn between a., and
tunea bis hst down tight on hfs bead
end began to pun and saw on, the bit
The, old cripple moved, along sort o
sideways. like . hog going. TO war, a1f
She minister. pulled some more. aud lth'
hearse driver. who was righs behind. ah,
said, soeyhu could hear him clear ,tc
Wankesha, .tYe-eup, and the old hers'
kept gong faster, then the ministe
thought the procession was getting toc
quick, and he pulled harder, and y lle'
tRh6-s, and that made the old hors.
worse, and / looked through the, liNl
window 10 the buggy top, hehiod. AM
the hearse was about two blocks b bind
and the driver Was lsughiag, and th
minister he got pale spa said, my littl
man ] guess you better drive. and
said Not much Marv Ann you wonldn'
let me iun this fuperul the ,way ] Wante'
10, and nov you can boss II, il you vii
let me get out, but there Vas streei-ca
ahead and all OF . sudden there WAS Al
earthquake. snd when esme to ther
were shout si4. hupdred. peofle ,poulini
water down ms neck, and the healse wa
hiiched to the ferce. and the hearse dri
Vel vas asking II nv leg was broke, ap'
] policeman. WAS tanning the ministe
with, plug hat that looked ss though
lad been struck by 3 piled-driyer, an
RENE people were hauling onr bugg
suse the gutter, and some men were try
fng To tax the old PAGER out OF th
windows Of the street car, and then
guess I tainted away again, q. IL wa
worse than telescoping trsin, loade
with cattle" 80
We'll. I swan" said the grocery maj
as-he pat some eggs in funnel shape
brown psper fors servant gi ]. sWh,
did the minister say when be come to
.Say! What eoHh be say : He jul
yelled. svhos, and kept saving with b
hands, sas though he wss driving.
Besrd; Mat the policeman. Was going
pnll him fer fast drivi,g g I il be found
was an sceident They told me, whe
they carrrd ne home iB s hack, that
VAS. q wonder everybody was not kille'
and when got hume pa was going
sass me, until the heaFse driver told hll
Il was the minister that Wss 10 blame.
want to find oHt il thev got the mini