The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-28


have got my opinion of a baby that
will drink goats milk. GOSH ii
is like this stuff that comes in a
spoiled cocoanut. The baby hasn't
done anything but blat, since the
nurse coupled it on to the goat
hydrant. | had to take all my
playth.ngs ont Of the basement, to
keep the goat from eating them.
/ guess the milk viii taste of pow
der and singed hair, now. The
goat got TO eating some Roman
candles mo and MY chWn had laid
away in the coal-bn, and chewed
thcm around the furnace and the
powder leaked out, and the coal
fell out Of The furnace on theheartlh
and you'd a dide to see pa and the
hired girl and the goat. You see,
pa can't milk nothing but a milk
wagon, and he got The hired girl
to milk the goat; and they were
Just hunting around the basement
for the goat, with 4 tin cup, when
the fireworks went oil. Wen, there
was balls Of green, and blue, and
red fire, and spilled powder blazed
up, and the goat just looked aston
ished, and looked as though it was
sorry so much good fodder was
spoiled; but when its hair began to
burn, the goat gave one snort, and
went between pa and the hired
girl ike it was shot out Of q can
non, and it knocked pa over a
wash-boiier into the coal-bin, and
the hired girl in among The kind
ling wood, and she crossed herself,
and repeated the catekism; and
the goat jumped up on top the
furnace, and they couldn't
get him down. | heard the cele-
bration, and went down and took
pa by the pants and pulled him
out Of the coal-bin; and he said he
would surrender, and plead guilty
to being the biggest fool in Mil.
yankee. l pulled the kidding
wood of the hired girl, and then
she got mad, and said she would
milk that goat Or die. O, that
girl has got sand. She used to
work in the glass factory. Well,
it was a sight worth two shil-
admission to see that hired
girl get up or a step-ladder to milk
that goat, on top Of the furnace,
with pa sitting on a barrel of pota-
toes, bosslng the job. They are
to fix a gang plank to get
goat down off the furnace.
The baby kicked on the milk last
| guess besides tasting of
and burnt hair, the milk
was too warm Oh account of the
furnace. Pa has got to grow a
new lot OF HAIR on that goat, or the
woman won't take it back. She
don't want no bald goat. We'll,
can run the baby and goat to
suit themselves, cause l have re
| have gone into bust
ness. Don't you smell anything
that would lead You to surmise
that lhad gone into business? No
store this time" and the boy
got up and put his thumbs-in the
lrmh0lcs Of his vest. and looked
proud.
90, l don't know as I smell
anything, except the FAINT odor Of
D horse blanket. What you gone
INTO auyway3' and the grocery
man put the wrapping paper under
-he counter, and put the red chalk
his pocket, SO the boy couldn't
write any sign to hang up outside.
"Iou hit it the first time. /
accepted a situation of teller
N a livery stable" said the boy, as
he searched around for the barrel
IF cut sugar, which had been re
moved.
IN'A-l iii ~ llf 81 SldDIc! w ell.
hat IS q new one on me. What is
a teller in a livery stablel' and
he grocery man looked pleased,
and pointed the boy to a barrel Of
seven cent sugar.
Don't you know what a teller
IS in a livery stablel 1t is the
same as a teller in a bank. Ihave
to grease the harnesses, oil the
ouggies, and curry of the horses,
and when a man comes in to hire a
horse | have to go down to the
and tell the livery man.
what a teller is. | like the
part Of it, but greasing har-
ness is a little too rich for my
blood, but the livery man says if 1
stick to it | will be governor some
lay, cause most all the great men
nave begun life taking care of
horses. 1t all deDends on nv pirl