Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-24
Mich.

then kicked because there were no
trout, and the owner found the trout
were stolen and laid it to some Dutch
boys wondered. when those men
were telling their experience, if they
ever thought of itnow when they were
preaching and praying ami taking up
collections. | should think they
wouldn't say a boy was going to hell
right off cause he was a little wild now
days, when he has such an example
Well, lately, somebody has been burg
ling our chicken coop, and pa loaded
an old musket with rock salt and said
he would Gil the fellow full of salt if
he caught him, and while they were
talking up stairs ma heard rooster
squawk, and she went to the stairway
and toll pa there was somebody in the
hen house. Pa jumped up and told
the visitors TO follow him, and they
would see n man running down the al
ley full Of salt, and he rushed out with
the gun and the crowd followed him.
Pa iS shorter than the rest, and he
passed under the first wire clothes line
in the yard all right, and was going for
the hen house on a jump when his
neck caught the second wire clothes
line just as the minister and two des-
cons caught their necks under the 9TH
er wire. You know how u wire, hit
ting man on the throat, will set him
back, head over appetite. Well, sir,
| was looking out the back window,
and | wouldn't be positive, but think
they all turned double back summer
saults and struck on their ears Any
way, pa did, and the gun must have
been cooked, or it struck the hammer
on stone, for it went off, and it was
pointed towards the house and three
of the visitors got salted. The minis
ter was hit the worst, one piece of salt
taking him in the hind leg and the 9th
er in the back and he yelled as though
it was dynamite. suppose when you
shoot n man with salt it sInarts, like
when you get corned beef brine on
your chapped hands. They all yelled,
and pa seemed to have been knocked
silly some way, for he pranced around
and seemed to think he had killed
them. He swore at the wire clothes
line, and then ! missed pa and heard a
splash like when you throw u cat in
the river, and then / thought of the
cist.In, and | went down and we took
pa by the collar and pulled him out,
o, lie was awful damp. No, sir, it was
no duel at all, but an accident, and |
didn't have anything to do with it
The gun wasn't loaded TO kill, and the
salt only went through the skin, but
those men dit yell May be it was my
chum that stirred up the chickens, but
| don't know. He has not commenced
To lead different life yet, and he
might think it would make our folks
s.c. If nothing occurred 20 make tn henl
pay attention think where u family
has been hnving good deal of eXer
else, the way ours has, il hurts them
to break off too suddenly. But the
' visitors went home, real quick, after
+ .cs r.. 8a out o' ne ciytnrn. md tne
minister told ma le always l,i. when
. lac was I'm our house as though he wo'
on the verge OF yawning crater ready
TO be engulfed any minute, and h,
guessed he wouldn't come any more
Pa changed his clothes and told ma tC
have them wire clothes lines changed
for rope ones. | think it is hard tC
suit pa, don't your"
90, your pa is all right. What h
needs is rest But why are you no
working at the livery stablel Yol
haven't been discharged, have your
And the grocery man laid little luml
i, of concentrated lye, that looked lik