The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-12

Well, there was balls OF green, and red
and blue fire, and spilled powder blazed
up, and the goat just looked astonished,
and looked ON as though he was sorry so
much good fodder was spoiled; but when
its hair began to burn the goat gave one
snort and went between pa and the hired
girl like it was shot out of cannon, and
it knocked pa over wash boiler into the
coal bin, and the hired girl amongst the
kindling wood, and she crossed herself
and repeated the catekism, and the goat
jumped up on top of the brick furnace,
and they couldn't get it down. heard
the celebration and went down and took
pa by the pants and pulled him out of
the coal .bi.2s and he said he would sur.
render and plead guilty of being the big.
gest fool in Milwaukee. l pulled the
kindling wood offth hired girl, and then
she got mad, and said she would milk
that goat or die. Oh, that girl has got
sand. She used to work in glass fac
tory. Well, sir, it was sight worth
two shillings admission to see that hired
girl get up on step ladder to milk that
goat on top of the furnace, with pa sit
ting on barrel of potatoes, bossing the
job. They are going to fix a gang plank
to get the goat down off the furnace.
The baby kicked on the milk last night.
l guess besides tasting of burnt hair and
powder, the milk was too warm ON ac.
count of the furnace. Pa has got to
grow new lot of hair on that goat, or
the woman won't take it back. She
don't want no bald goat.
Well, they can run the baby and goat
to suit themselves, cause l have resigned.
l have gone into business. Don't you
smell anything that would lead you to
surmise that l had gene into business
No drugstore this time" and the boy got
up and put his thumbs in the armholes
of his vest, and looked proud.
"Oh, don't know as l smell any
thing except the faint odor of horse
blanket. What you gone into, anyway"
and the grocery man put the wrapping
paper under the counter, and put the red
chalk in his pocket, so the boy couldn't
write any sign to hang up outside.
"You hit it the first time. I have ac-
cepted the situation of teller in livery
STABLE" as he searched around for the
barrel Of cut sugar which had been re.
moved.
"Teller in livery stable! Well, that
is new one to me- What is teller in
livery stable?" and the grocery man
looked pleased and pointed the boy to a
barrel of seven-cent sugar.
"Don't you know what teller is in a
livery stable? It's the same as teller
in bank. I have to grease the harness
and oil the buggies and curry of the
horses, and when man comes in to hire
a horse I have to go down to the saloon
and tell the livery man. That's what a
teller is. like the teller part Of it. but
greasing harness is a little too rich for
my blood, but the livery man says if l
stick to it will be governor some day,
cause most all the great men have begun
life taking care Of horses. It all depends
on my girl whether l stick or not. If
she likes the smell of horses ! shall be a
statesman, but if she objects to it, and
sticks up her nose, I shall not yearn to
be governor at the expense of my girl.
1t beats all, don't it, that women settle
every great question. Everybody does
everything to please wimmen, and if they
kick on anything that settles it. But I
must go and umpire that game between
pa and the hired girl and the goat. Say,
can't you come over and see the baby !
'Taint bigger than small satchel," and
the boy waited till the grocery man went
to draw some vinegar when he slipped
out and put up a sign written on a
shingle with white chalk, "Yellow sand
wanted for maple sugar."
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