Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-14
FATAL CUCKOO CLOCK,
4 Christmas GIFT that nroueht Woe Into
n Happy KuusohoId.

ccl, tho DloNu pHpNl NO'SA'hS ""'N' |
was rent in various places by knobs
and oy"rcarences which upon examina-
lior prorcd to bH portions of brown
wood, caryed alter the fashion Of the
ingenious Swiss. The Young man
looked at the bundle with Iaco OF
comical apprehension and then said:
81 hope I'm about to see the last OF it,
but I'm sure | don't know. | wish
the merry Swiss boy who devoted his
long winter evenings to the conslruc,
ton Of this inlernal machine, ~ the
time honored legend would have us
believe, had never been born, or been
born South Sea Islander and never
had any winter evenings to employ
"What's the matter?' asked the re-
porter innocently.
"MatterP Matter enough for three
editorials savagely replied the young
married man. "Listen to mo and
III tell you 4 tale OF human suffering
at the hands 81 ihSchaato tFaod nnd
metal, without parallel. For the last
six months my wife has been limiting
that q certain corner on the staircase
OF our little house was made, as she
put it, for the reception of cuckoo
L'o.Ni H'G "o"," ,.nns"tion ON ,Lo ro.
No." o,"oE' S ,n,ics ,,T so onJ rogr",fnIv sigh
as she did so, Well, stood this rs long
as | could, but about Christmas her
constant drip wore away thg hard stone
VI NY toso''o, ,ta ""t tsnnI T 6S,ai.ao & ninoL
"'IS p'os"mss o,,.ooJ oIo oh;on, l IN foc| ybich
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no'olc li"' oIGoN ""5 hi nnis mP ~ ,an, ",,'
i"S III lno n"u o's s wiz" - I I"o ~ ,,,a,s m'm
Ponhueu TWO hnsr'S nuu " mum, ,'l,
win tHe hah'np!, anu ha" 70 W SUv " '. "o.
tIe "f roma hN't"G' anu anu 'o'c wv" ''al
NJ the once oo'oIo r"u." Hei ,I.,,.l,. Lnun q
uuce" 10 tholr norm nol'iI". S'4t' .i,' at,Ho'I, :,
after being reuucnu ,'.. 10 I'epor Ht,. ~ II y
cohtuma'ious 1,l''lc'' "n'' uI't.,3 .iU NV.
ing that the D'l'o"S were C"r''"''l t'r'
up. we ha1 tn1 pleasure VI SEM E..'!' 'n'
rlhlcuions n'ru EoP out in"hc t.'. SUM ,;,'.'
Ike miniature ioI'horh iour,"'h ,ilue iIl
IN 'uccesSloh' acconPa'ltu Nv c'NnE
IKE pe'r 81 'racNeu ~ :" oa,,' ,., '.',
then retlie. Later IN the e''hlhS u.
ingenious friend looked ih' anu "i'e
snorting coniemPluou,Iy ~ my Isrno
rance, uhertook to set 1t IN orl'r' NJ
hrSt th'ng no d!d was |" GroP II ~ II
was carrying 1t across tnH room Hn'
break q couple ot oo're' usnroS t NV
given to my wlle montnor TWO 0oIoI per-,
rs q birthday present IL was OHIl''
mas night, tho vases hal oh,E cos
thirty dollars apiece 50 ne uio nc no
think much ct 1t, especially as All,
spoilmg my w,ie = scissors ava ,"'"N
ing nil the biadeS Oh my pehNhlI', d
~ . .tnEn In stTtEn Ina nunNpD