The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-09-28
THE BAD BOY.
He Again Carries Consideration
into the Church-The
Deae0n's Grab
Bag.

Peek's sun.
What about that fuss at the
social at the deaeou's night before
last ~ asked tue grocer yman, Il
heard tue whole church was mad
at each other over u grao bag, aud
the presiding elder had all be could
do TO quiet things down."
"Tnat don't amount To much,n y
replied tue boy. "Therr's always
something turns up when the
sociable season first starts in. You
see, mia was appointed committee
10 tx mp "A grab-bag. Ne aud nv
ehum were digging bait that morn.
ing TO 20 fishing. When we got
done | come in and found ma bad
finished the grab-bag, aud had il
all loaded, with the top fastened
with II puckering string, aud hung
on the back OF n chair. Ma was up
stairs getting her Sunday clothes
Oh 10 90 TO the sociaDle, 80 it didn't
take me ana my chum long to
empty the bag aud get first cl.uice.
Then | got our mouse trap and took
il to tue barn, aud caught two nice
big fat mice aud put 'en III a collar.
box with holes in il, to give EN- air,
aad dropt that in the bag. Then
my chum remembered u big snap.
Plug turtle he had in the swill bar
rel, aud me and him rot that and
wiped 1t as dry as We could, and
tied it asll up but It's head, aud put
that in just as the deicon's hired
man came to take the bag over IL
the sociable. Me and nv chum
went down to bis house AMI waited
till The people got over to the
socia ble, aud then he went ovel
and got UP IL tree, where ",
could see through the open window
aud hear all that was going on
Pa, he stood over by the bag and
shouted: Ten cents grab; don'l
let any body be backward in u good
case.' Three or foar had put uF
their ten cents aud made u grab
when an old maid from Oshkosh
who bad been to the springs toi
Mysteries, got IN her work on tht
collar-box. When sue got the
cover of. one of the mice that knew
his business Jumped on her shoul
der aud crawled down her neck
aud the other dropped down on
the flour anti started around Ia
meet the other one. You'd u died
to seen her flop and show her stock.
ing aud scream. The ,leacon's folks
thought 1t was another attack OF
Mysteries and pa an1 the deacon
got her on the sofa and held her
while they poured paregoric and
cayenne pepper down her. When
she got loose she screamed all the
harder. Then one of the other
women see the mouse aud got up in
chair and shook her skirts and
asked the new young minister to
help her catch the monse. The
poor fellow looked as though he
would like to, but he failed. just
then the bottom of the chair broke
aud let her tall over ON MA and
tore her bangs all down. Ma call.
ed her hateful thing aud told
her she ought TO be ashamed OF
herself. Finally they got things in
order, but'n0 one wanted to tack le
the bag, and as here WAS where the
profits come in, pa braced up aud
said he'd like to know why every
body acted 80 'spioious, he'd like to
see grab bay that would give him
the Mysteries and said women ave
always gettin' scared at nothin'.
He then put down 10 cents and
jam m~d his hand way down in the
bottom of the bag, but he didn't
keep it there loug. He give a
jump and ,anked his hand out,
yelling 'thurderp Then he swung
it over his head 70 shake it off,
and brought it down Oh the tlea
cons head aud smashed bis specs
Then he swung it the other way
and struck the woman president of
The sewing society in the stomach
and knocked her down in the tlra.
cons ap. After pa had boIlered
himself hoarse aud thumped hall
the people in the room, the turtle
let go and pa said he could lick
the man that put that steel trap in
the grab.bag.' Then pa aud una
got mad and everybody began to
jaw aud they all went home. There's
been sort of coldness among the
members ever since.