Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-05-10

woman, and she let pa off If he would pay
her two dollars for damages to her goat, and
then we took the nanny goat, and it went
right along with US But | have got my
opinion of a baby that will drink goats
milk. Gosh, it is like this stuff that comes
in spoiled cocoanu,. The baby hasn't
done anything but biat since the nurse
coupled it onto the goat hydraut. had to
take all my playthings out Of the basement
to keep the goat from eating them. guess
the milk will taste of powder and singed
hair now. The goat got to eating some Ro-
man candles me and my ohum had laid away
IN the coal bin, and chewed them around
the furnace, and the powder leaked out and
a coal fell out of the furnace ON the hearth.
and you'd died to see pa and the hired
glrl and the goat. YOU see pa cant milk
nothing but a milk wagon, ahd he got the
hired girl to milk the goat. and they ~ere
Just hunting around the basement for the
goat. with TN cup. when the fireworks
went of Well, there ~as balls OF green,
and red, and blue tirr, and spilled powder
blaxed up and the goat Just looked aston
ished, and looked On As though i vas sorry
so much good fodder >polcd. hut when
its hair began 10 burn. the goat gave one
girl Ike il ~as sho, put II cannon. and
It knocked pa over a wa.h bo,ier into the coal
bun. and the hIred gir IN amongst the kind
iIng wood. and she CROSSED herself and re-
Pcated the catekism. and the goat Jumped
up on top OF the hrlcs furnace, and the,
couldn't get II down. ! heard the crebra-
ton and seni down and took pa b, the
pants and pulled him out of the coal bin
and he said he would surrender. and plead
guilty Of heing the biggest fool in Milwau-
kcr. pulled the kndling wood Oh the
hired glri. and then she got mad and SAID
she would milk that goat or die o, that
girl has got sand She used 10 work IN the
glass factory. Well. sr. il vas sight
worth two shifting admission, to see that
hlrcd glrI get up on step ladder to milk
that goat on top Of the furnace, with pa SIT
ting on barrel Of potatoes. bossing the
JOB. They are going TO hx gang plank to
get The goat down of the furnace. The
baby kicked on the milk last night. | guess
beside, tasting Of powder and burnt hair,
the milk Vas too warm on account Of the
furnace. IA has got to grow a new lot Of
hair on that goat. or the woman won't take
Il back. She don't want no bald goat Well
they can run the baby and goat to suit them
selves. cause | have resigned. have gone
INTO business. Don't YOU smell ANYTHING
that would lead YOU 70 surGI,e that had
gone into business No drugstore thi.
time and the boy got up and put his
thumbs in the armholes Of his vest, and
looked proud
20. ! don't know as smell anything ex-
cept the faint odor Of horse blanket,
:,
cery man pat the wrapping paper under the
counter. and put the red chalk in HI. pocket
80 the boy couldn't write any .igs to han.
up outside.
- ou hi il the first time. have accepted
situation OF teller IN livery stable" SAID
the boy, a. he searched around for the bar
rel of cut sugar, which had been removed
Teller IN livery stable Well. that j.
a new one on me. What j. teller in li,
cry stable" and the grocery man looked
pleased and pointed the boy to a barrel of
seven cent sugar
"bont YOU Know wha, teller is in
liver, stable , II j, the. same a. a teller in
a bank ! have 70 grease the harnesses. oil
TIE hGggirs, and curr, Of tn. horses and
WHEN a man comes In to hire horse | have
10 20 down Ia the saloon and tell the liver,
man. That's what teller is. ike th,
TELLER part Of IT, but grea,ing harnesses /. a
little too rich for my blood. but the livery
man says II stick To II will be governor
some day, cause most all the grea, men have
began life taking care Of horses II all de
pcmds on my girl whether stick or not. II
she likes the smell of horses shall be
statesman, but II she objects 10 Il. and sticks
up her nose, | shall not .rarn 10 b, roNrrn-