The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-03-14
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Che other morning, ashecane in and
Jumped upon the counter and tied
the end Of a ball oftEiuv to the tail
ola dog, and "sickedg the dog on an.
other dog that was fOllowinga pass.
Ing sleigh. causing the twine to pay
out until tie whole bail was scattered
hIons the block. Condemn you,
re 4 notion TO choke the liver out
ofyou. Who tied that Irvine to The
dogs tails"
The boy choked up with emotion,
and the tears came into his eyes, and
be said be didn't know anything
about thetwine ortbe dog. He said
he noticed the dog come 10, and wag
his tail around the Irvine, but be
supposed the dog was a friend Of the
family, and did not disturb him
Everybody lays everything that is
done tome, said the boy, as be put
his handkerchief to his nose, land
they will be sorry for it when die.
Ihaye a good notion to poison my.
self by eating some Of your glucose
sugar"
"Yes, and you do about everything
that Is mean. The other day lady
came in and told me to send up h
her house soms' Of my country sau.
sage, done up in muslin bags, and
while she was examining it she no.
ti0ed something. hard inside the bags
and asked me- what it was, and
opened It; and | hope to die if there
wasn't a little brass paddock and a
piece of.red morocco dog collar i'm,
bedded in the sausage. Now how dc
you suppose that got in thereHn 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 that put up the sausage
did not strain the dog meat. Sausage
meat ought to be strained"
The grocery man pulled in about
half a block Of twins, after the dog
had run against fence and broke il,
and told the boy be knew perfectly
well how the brass paddock came ia
be in the sausage, but thinking that
it was safer to have the good will Of
the boy than the i'll viii, he offered
him handful Of prunes.
"No," says the boy, II have sworro
of on mouldy prunes. l am no Tin.
der'garten any more. For years
have eaten rotten peaches around
this store, and everything you
couldn't sell, but | have turned over
new leaf now, and after this moth.
ing is too good for me. Since pa has
got to be an inventor, we are going
to live high"
whats your pa invented2 1 saw a
hearso and three hacks go up on your
street the other day, and l thought
may be you had killed your pa"
mot much. There will DO more
than three hacks when kill pa, and
don't you forget it. Well, sir, pa has
struck fortune, if 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
sroyalty of five dollars on every coal
stove in the world. His idea is To
have q coal stove on casters with the
pipC made 10 telescope out and in,
and rubbsF hose for one joint, so you
can pull the stove all around the
room and warm any particular place.
Well, sir, to hear pa tellabout it, you
would think it would reyolutioaize
the country, and maybe it will when
Ne gets it perfected, but he came
near burning the house up, and
scared US all half 10 death this morn.
ing and burned his shirt of, and be
liz all covered with cotton with sweet
oil on, and he smells like salad dress.
ing. You see pa had pipe made
and some casters put on our coal
stove, and he tied a rope to the
hearth Of the stove, and had mo nut
in some kindling wood and coal last
night, so he could draw the stove up
30 the bed and light tho 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 it took man
with brain to run a patent right,
and mn she nulled Tho oI,thos e,o.