Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-24
HIS PA AN INVENTOR.

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HIS PA AN INVENTOR.
CHA. hal Now / have got you," said
the grocery man to the bad boy, the other
morning, as he came in aud jumped upon
the counter and tied the end Of ball OF
twine 20 the tail of dog, and "sicked"
the dog OF another dog that was follow
ing a passing sleigh, causing the twine to
DAY out until the whole ball WAS scattered
along the block. Condemn you, I've \
notion to choke the liver out Of you. Who
tied that twine to the dogs tail?"
The boy chokcd up with emotion, and
the tears came into his eyes, and he said
he didn't know anything about the twine
or the dog. lie said he noticed the dog
come in aud wag his tail around the tuine,
but he supposed the dog was friend OF
tho family, and did not disturb him.
Everybody lays everything that is done
to me,,' said the boy, rs he put his hand
kerchief 10 his nose, ''and they will be
sorry for 1t when | die. have a good
notion to poison myself by eating some of
your glucose sugar."
eyes, and you do about everything that
is mean. The other day lady came In
and tod mc to send up TO her house some
Of my country sausage, done up In muslin
bags, and whlo she was examining it she
noticed something hard inside the bags,
and asked me what it was, and opened
it, and hope to die If there wasn'ta little
brass paddock and piece of a red morocco
og-collar imbedded in tho sausage. Now
how do you suppose that got in theref"
and the grocery man looked savage.
The boy looked interested, and put on
an expression as though in deep thought,
and finally said: ~ suppose the farmer
who put up the ,ausage did not strain the
dog meat. Sausage meat ought TO be
strained"
The grocery man pulled In about half
block Of twine, after the dog had run
against fence and broke 1t, and told the
boy he knew perfectly well how the brass
paddock came TO be In the sausage; but,
thinking it was safer to have the good
will OF the boy than the III will, Inc offered
him handful of prunes.
mo-" said ,he boy, 81 have sworn of
on moldy prunes. am no kindergarten
any more. For years have eaten rotten
peaches around this store, and everything
vou couldn't sell but have turned over
new leaf now, and after this nothing Is
too good for me. Since pa has got TO be
an inventor we are going to live high"
whats your pa invented! / saw q
hearse and three hacks 60 up Ola your
street the other day, and I thought may
be you had killed your pa"
"Eot much. There will be more than
three hacks when kill pa, aud don't you
forget it. Well, sir, pa has struck for
tune, II he can make the thing work. He
has got an idea about coal stoves that will
bring him in several million dollars, IL he
gets a royalty Of s. on every coal stove In
the world. His idea is TO have . coal stove
on casters with the pipe made TO telescope
out and In, and rubber hose for one joint,
so you can pull the stove all around the
room and warm any particular place.
Well, sir, to hear pa tell about IL, you
would think it would revOlutionize the
country, and may be it will when be gets
ir perfected, but ne came near burning tie
house up, and scared Us half to death this
and burned his shirt of, and he
is all covered with cotton with sweet-oil
on, and he smells like salad dressing. You
see pa had pipe made and some casters
put on our coal-stove, and he tied rope
to the hearth Of the stove, and had me put
in some kindliLg-wood and coal last night,
80 he could draw the stove up TO sie bed
and light the fire without getting UP. Ma
told him he would put his foot In it, and
he told her to dry up, and let him run the
stove business. He said IL took man with
brain to run patent right, and ma she
pulled the clothes over her head and let pa
do the fire act. She had been building the
fires tor twenty years, anc thought she
would let pa see how good it was. Well,
pa pulled the stove 10 the bed, and touch
ed of the kindling-wood. guess maybe
got bundle Of kindIing-wood that the
hired girl had put kerosene on, cause IL
blazed up awful and smoked, and the
blaze bursted out the doors and windows
OF the stove, and pa yelled fire, and 1
jumped out Of bed and rushed in, and he
was the scartest man you ever see, and
you'd dide to see how he kicked when I
threw pail Of water on hIs legs and put
his shirt out. Ma did not get burned, but
she was pretty wet, and she told pa she
would pay the IS royalty on that stove
and take the casters OF and let IL remain
stationary. Pa says he will make It work