The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-01-27
Lincoln County leader.
HIS Pa GOES CALLING.
From Pcck's Sun,

the bad boy, as he pushed him into
Il corner by the molasscs barrel.
and took him by the neck and
choked him so his eyes stuck out.
you have driven away several Of
my best customers, and now, CON
found you, ! am going to have your
life and he took up a cheese nife
and began to sharpen it on his
boot.
whats the-gurgle-matter,'
asked the choking boy, as the gro
Gerry mans fingers let up on his
throat a little, so he could speak.
II haint done nothin'.'
Didn't you hang up that dead
grey tom cat by the heels in front
of my store, with the rabbits l had
for salel | didn't notice it until
the minister called me out in front
Of the store, and pointing to the
rabbits, asked what good fat cats
were selling for. BY crimus, this
thing has got to stop. You have
got to move out of this ward or |
will"
The boy got his breath and said
it wasn't him that put the cat up
there. lie said it was the police
man, and he and his chum saw him
do it, and he just came in to tell
the grocery man about it, and be
fore he could speak he had his
neck nearly pulled off. The boy
began to cry, and the grocery man
told him he was only joking, and
gave him a box Of sardines and
they made up. Then he asked the
boy how his pa put in his New
Years, and the boy sighed and
said:
I'VE had a sad time at our house
New Years. Pa insisted on max
ing calls. and ma and me tried to
prevent it, but he said he was of
age, and guessed he could make
calls ifhe wanted to, so he looked
at the morning paper and got the
names of all the places were they
were going to recci We, and he turn
ed his paper collar, and changed
ends with his cuffs, and put some
arnica on his handkerchief, and
started ont. Ma told him not to
drink anything, and he said he
wouldn't, but he did. He was full
the third place he went to. O, 50
full. Some men can get full and
not show it, but when pa gets
full, he gets Sc full his back teeth
float, and the liquor crowds his
eyes out, and his mouth gets loose
and wiggles all over his face, and
he laughs all the time, and the
perspiration Just " out Of him,
and his face gets red, and he walks
So wide. O, he disgraced us all.
At one place he wished the hired
girl Il happy new year more than
twenty times, and hung his hat on
her elbow, and tried to put on a
rubber hall mat for his oyershocs.
At another place lie walked on a
lady's train, and carried away a
card basket full of bananas and or.
angcs. Ma wanted me and my
chum to follow pa and bring him
home, and about dark we found
him in -he door yard of Il house
where they have statues in front
of the house, and grabbed me by
the arm, and mistook me for an
other caller, and insisted on intro.
ducing me to a marble statue with.
ont any clothes on. llc,aid it wa,
IA friend Of his, and it was a winter
picnic. lie hung his hat on an
evergreen, and put his %oycrcoat on
the iron fence, and ] was so morti-
fled | almost cried. My chm1
said if his pa made such a circus OF
himself he would sand bag him,
That gave md an idea, and when
we got most home | went and got
Il paper box covered with red paper