Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-12-20
Peck's Bad Boy.

mighty kind of you to give away such
nice pears as these.
whats that" said the grocery
man turning pale and starting for the
door. where he found woodsawyer
taking a pear. Get away from
there" and he drove the woodsawyer
away and came in with sign in his
hand, on which was printed, Take
one" 81 pSintcd that sign aud pat II
ON pile OF chromos Of a new clothes.
wriuCer, for people TO take one, aud
by gum. the wind has blowed that
sign over on the basket OF pears and
| suppose every darn fool that has
passed this morning has taken a pear,
and there goes the profits on the whole
days business. Say. you didn't change
that sign, did YOU
NO. STREE said the boy, Il have
quit All kruds OF luolI>hness, ano
wouldn't play joke on craven
image. But | went to the Sullivan
boxing match all the same though.
80, say said the grocery man,
"there is rumor that your minister
is reformed prize fighter, and an old
maid that was in here Yesterday say
he has been fighting with your pa. Do
you know anything about it?'
"kuow anything about it? | know
all about it. Il was ne that brought
about the meeting between them. You
see. me and my chum have set Of
boxing gloves, and we 60 down in the
laundry IN the base nent and box with
each other evenings. Last night the
minister called to tax with pa, and
they heard Us down stairs warming
each other with the gloves, aud pa
SAID the boys were having little iuno.
cent Amusement with boxing gloves.
and he asked the minister If he thought
there was any harm in it, and the
minister said he didn't think there was
He said that when he was in college
the students used To box in the gym.
nasium every day aud he enjoyed it
very much and got 50 he didn't take a
back seat for any Of them. Pa asked
the minister ii he wouldn't like to 90
down cellar aud see the BOYS box. aud
he said he didn't mind. Ne and nv
chum boxed a couple Of rounds, and
the minister told us where we made
several mistakes, aud then pa got ex.
cited and wanted the minister to put
on the gloves with him, the minister
took of his coat, let his su.pender-
hang down, rolled up his sleeves and
they put on the gloves. Ia pranced
around, and the minister kept his face
guarded, cause he didn't want to have
10 preach with a black eve, but pretty
soon pa made pas, at the preacher
and took 'bif' right on the nose, but
he rallied and landed one on pas
stomach, which made pa grunt. The
blow on the nose made the minister
perspire and he danced around pa
until he got n good chance and then
he landed one on pas eve, and the
other under pas ear, and pa gave him
one on the eye, and they cIiHched, aud
the minister got pas head under his
arm and was giving 1t to pa real hard,
Just az ma aud three Of the sisters of
the church came down cellar to see
mas canned fruit, and the minister got
pas legs tangled aud threw him
against ma aud they both went into
basket OF wet clothes, aud ma yelled
police, and the minister turned sui.
denly aud one glove bit deacon.
wife on the bangs and Knocked the
hair of, and the minister was excited
and said 'whoop l'm a bad man.
Ma picked pa out of the clothes basket.
and held hi- head and wiped his
bloody nose on pillow case, and pa
was mad at the minister for striking
70 hard, and the minister said he
wouldn't have struck hard only pa
pasted him on the nose, and the women
all said it was a perfect shame to see
administer descend to become sluyger,
and guess they are going 10 bring
the minister up before the committee
and bounce him. Say, do you think
it is right for minister to hide his
talents undsr bu,hcl, or should he
put on the gloves when members Of
his church want him to ?"
by gum, don't know said the
grocery man. but if ! was n minis.
ter and could box, and anybody went
to putting On any scollups over me, |
would kudek his lwo eyes into one. |
have seen some ministers 90 around 10
n meek and lowIy manner, taking
slack from every deacon in the church.
But it is fashionable for ministers to
seem to be dependent sort Of people.
and suppose 1t always will be so"
"Well, | must go aud get couple
Of oysters to put IN pas eyes to take
out the black, . aud the boy went out
aud put the sign take one" on a pile
of dressed chickens.-Pccks Sun.