Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-12
That Bad Milwaukee Boy.
GPeek's Sum-

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SCOT any vaseline," said the
bad boy to the grocery man, as
he went in the store one cold
morning, leaving the door open,
and picking up a cigar stub that
Ind been thrown down by the
stove and began to smoke it.
"Shnt that door, dun you.
Was you brought up in a saw
millf You'll freeze every pota-
to- in the house. No, I haven't
got vaseline. What tlo you
want Of vaseline ~ said the
grocery man, as he set the syrup
keg on q chair by the stove
where 1t would thaw ont.
"Want to rub 1t on pas legs,n
said the boy, as he tried to draw
smoke through the cigar stub.
"Why, what Is the matter with
your pa's legf Rheumatic ~
"Wuss nor rheumatiz,n said
the boy, as he threw away the
cigar stub and drew some cider
in q broken tea cup. "Pa has
got the worst looking hind legs
You ever saw. You see, since
there has been SO many fires pa
has got offul scared, and he has
bought three escapes, mado out
of rope with knots in them, and
he has been telling usevery day
as now " as Ue ccUBf Whatever happen.
ed, and to rely on him. II the
house got on fire, we were all
to rush to pa and he would
save us. Last night ma had to
20 TO one of the neighbors,
where they was going to have
twins, and we didn't sleep much,
cause ma had to come home
twice in the night to get saffron,
and an old flannel petticoat that
/ broke in, 'cause the people
where ma went did not know as
twins was on the bill of fare,
and they only had flannel petit
coats for one. Pa was cross at
being kept awake, and told ma
he hoped when all the children
in Milwaukee were born, and
grown up, she would take in her
sign and not go around nights
acting as usher to baby NATL
nees. Pa says there ought to
be a law that babies should mr.
rive on the regular day trains,
and not wait for the midnight
express. Well, pa, he got
asleep, and he slept till about
eight O'clock in the morning,
and the blinds were closed, and
it was dark in his room and
had waited for my breakfast till
l was hungry as q wOlf, and the
girl told me, wake pa up, so |
went up stairs' and don't know
what made mo think Of it, but |
had some Of this powder they |
make red fire with in the thea
ter, that me aud my chum had
the 4th of July, and l put it IN
washdish III the bath room,
aud touched it off and holler-
ed fire. / was going to wake pa
up then tell him it was all right,
and laugh at him. / guess there
was too much fire, or | yelled
too loud, cause pa jumped out
of bed and grabbed a rope and
rushed through the hall toward
the back window that goes out
on a shed. / tried to say some
thing, but pa ran over me and
told me to save myself, and |
got to the back window to tell
him there was no fire just as he
let himself out of the window
He had one end of the rope tied
to the leg of the washstand, and
he was climbing down the back
side of the shed by the kitchen
with nothing on but his night
shirt, and he was the horriblesl
looking object ever was, with
his legs flying, and trying to
stick his toe nails into the ropt
and the side of the house.
don't think a man looks well il
society with nothing on but hi
nightshirt. | didn't blame tn,
hired girls for being scarce
when they saw pa and his leg
como down outside the window
, and when they yelled / wen
down to the kitchen, and the,
J said a crazy man with no clothe
> bnt q pillow case around hi
5 neck trying to kick the window
: in, and they run into the parloi
!, and l opened the door and lie
4 pa in the kitchen. He aske'
me il anybody else was savee