The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-05-22

nent. a horrible oath from within, a
pistol bullet wbistiing past nv mead and
| ran for death and life. di 4 not stop
ill found myself in Broad street.
10 the neN days papers saw the ac-
count Of The capture of burglar by
one policeman, who had watched two]
from the corner, and saw one |
enter the house, and the other lesped up |
the walllike q cat. grab at disappear
ing leg, and yell .policet' and run.
The one that was caught got seven
years. penal seryitude and the police are
searching yigiIantly. though as yet un-
successfully, for the other. who. It ap-
psars, is q desperate character! They
never caught him,
Ehe bad Roy .sas.sss
"Thereyou drop that" said the gro
cery man to the bad boy, as he came
limping into the store and began to FUN
bile around box of strawberries. 81
have never kicked at your eating my
Goldfish, and crackers and cheese, and
herring, and apples, but there has got
to be dividing line some where, and l
make it at Strawberries at six xsshiIlings
a box, and only two LAYERS in hox l
only bought one box hoping some
plumber or gas man would come along
and buy it, and by gum, every body that
hoa hocns tho hoe ID
straw berry out OF that box, shivered as
though it was sour, and gone off with.
out asking the price" and the grocery
man looked mad, took hatchet and
knocked in the head of barrel OF ap-
Piles, and said, "There help yourself to
dried apples" r -
80. don't want your strawberries or
dried apples," said the boy, as he lean
ed againsta show case and looked at a
bar of red, transparent soap. 81 was
only trying to fool You say, that bsr
of soap is old enough to vote. Ire
member seeing it in the show case when
I was about a year old, and pa came in
here with me and held me up to the
show case to look at that tin tobacco,
box, and that round zinc looking glass,
and the yellow wooden pocket comb
and the soap looks just the same, only
a little faded. If you would wash your
self once and a while your soap wouldn't
dry on your hands, and the boy sat
down in the chair without any back.
feeling that be was even with the gro
Gerry man.
"You never mind the soap. It's paid
for, and that is more than your father
can say about the soap that has been
used in his house the past month";" said
the grocery man, as he split up box
to kindle the FIRE s.But we don't quar-
rel. What was it heard about band
sernading your father, and his inviting
them in to lunch p
Don't let that get out, or pa will kill
me dead, It was a joke. One Of these
Bohemian bands that goes about town
playing tunes, for pennies, was over on
the next street, and told pa I guessed
some OF his friends who had heard we
had baby at the house. had hired
band and was coming 10 few minutes
to serenade him, and he better prepare
to make speech. Pa is proud OF. be
ing father at his age, and he thought
it was no more than right for the neigh.
bors to serenade him, and be went 10
loading himself for speech, in the IL
brary, and me and my chum went out
and told the leader of the band there
was a family up. there that, wanted to
have some. music, and thev didn't care
for expenses, so they quit blowing where
they was and came right along. None
of, them could understand English *
cept the leader, and he only understood
enough to go and take drink when he
is invited. !, Ny chum steered the hand
up to our house and got them, to plav
Babies on our Block, and Baby Nine
and / stopped all the men who were GO
ing home and told them to wait min
ute and they would see some fun. so
wien the band got through the. secon
tune, and the Prussians were empting
the beer out of the horns and pa slep
ped out, on the porch, there was more
nor hundred people, in front Of the
house. You'd dide to see pa when he
put his hand in the breast OF bis
coat. and struck an attitude. He look
ed like, a Congressman, or a tramp
The band was scared, cause they thought
he was mad, and some of them were go
ing to run, thiaking he was going to
throw pieces Of brick house at them,
but my chum and the leader. kept them.
Then pa sailed In. He commenced,
'Fellow-citiz ens.' and then went back to
Adam and Eve, and worked up to the
present day giving history Of the no.
table people who had acquired children.
and kept the crowd interested. felt
sorry for pa cause / knew how be would
feel when he came to find out he had
been sold. The Bohemians in the band
that couldn't understand English, they
looked at each other, and wondered
what it was all about. and finally pa
wound up by saying that it was ever,
citizens duty to own children of his
own, and then he invited the band and
the crowd in TO take some refreshments
Well, you ought TO have seen that band
come in the house. They fell over each
other getting in, and the crowd weat
home, leaving pa and nv chum and me
and the band. Eat2 Well, / should
smile. Thew jast reached for things,
and talked Bohemian. Drink2 o, no
l guess they didn't pour it down. Pa
opened a dozen bottles of champaign.
and they fairly bathed in it, as though
they had fire inside. Pa tried to talk
with them about the baby. but they
couldn't understand, and finally they
got full and started out, and the leader
asked pa for three dollars, and that
broke. him up. Pa told the leader he
suppo ed the gentlemen who had got up
the serenade had paid for the music, and
the leader pointed to me and said Twas
the gentleman that got 1t up. Pa paid
him, but be had wicked look in his
eye, and me and my chum lit out, and
the Bohemiaps came down the street
bilin' fall, with their. horns on their
arms, and they were talking Bohemian
for all that was out. They stopped in
front of a vacant house and began to
play. hut you couldn't tell what tune it
was, they were so tull, and policeman
| cama alonu and drove than homo