Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-01-01
THE BAD BOY.

IS tucked luhls oootrf an' ~
his head. H. had got out ola democ'a'
wagon and was no liing the lines hiioh''
TO A horse for ty years old, that leaned
against the hItchIng post TO rest 'ony =
shilling apiece"
80. 20 way" said the grocery man. Il
only pay three cents" Then he looked a,
the boy and said, "Iello, Hcnnery' i that
your I've missed you all the wcrk' and now
YOU come disguised as q granger. Whh'
does this al meani'
1T means l nave been The victim OF as
vile a conspiracy as ever was known since
Crur was stabbed and Marx Antony ora
ted over his PROSTATE corpse Ia the Roman
forum To an audience Of snpes snd scene
shlncrs."
what. the row. Who has been play
ing Il on your" aud The grocery man smell
a sharp trade 10 cabbaees As well a. other
smells peculiar 70 the farm.
Well, our folks have been talking ofthe
independent llfc Of farmer and how easy
Il l.. They drew pictures Of the nn u was
b work on a farm, you could get The work
done aud take your nsh.polo and catch h'h
or your gun aud shoot game, and ride The
horses. and then an old deacon that belongs
10 our e nrch. came on the scene. AMI he
wanted a boy, said he'd Doe Easy on me- Tor
ne knew ny folks. I've been there 4 week
and got a chance o. come out by telling
him | could sell cabbages Tor a shilling
apiece. SO h. said he would pay my wag'
Is 10 cibbsgcs NJ a shilling, aud only Ask a
dollar Tor the team TO bhng them lu Here
are thirty, and | shall owe him Ten cents
besides working week for nothing ]
don't sick. bu; This ends farming or me
They dld play 10 on you, diiat iheJ,
sail the grocery min. "Bat wasn't the
Oh deacon a good man q work f0rf'
GOOD man nothln', " said the boy, ~
he took up a piece OF horse rtdlsL aud be-
gan h crate IL on the inside OF his rough
hand. I tell you there's a heap OF differ
cnce In a deacon 10 Sunday school telling
abou. sowing wheat AMI ttres, aud a dca.
con GU, on a farm Ina hurrying season.
when there i hay n get In aud wheat TO
harvest an a. the ssfns tlme. "ent out
10 me farm Sunday cyering with The dea'
con and his wife. aud they couldn't ialk
TOO much about the nice lime we would
have. anil che nn. bat The deacon changed
more than forty degrees la i've minutes
aner We got out 20 the farm lie Jumped
out OF the wagon aud pulled 90 BIZ coat
aud let bis wife climb out over the wheel
and yelled to the hired girl 70 bring out
The milk pain. and told me % ~ around
and unhlrness the horse, and throw down
a lot ofhsy for an the work animals and
then told me % rua down 10 che pasture
and drive up a lot OF COWS. The pasture
was half mile away, ani The COWS were
scattered about In the woods. and the
mosquitoes were thick. and | got all COW
cred with mud and burs. aud stung with
thlstcs, aud when I got The cattle near 10
the house. the old deacon ycllcdto me that
I was slower than m1llsscs In the wlntcr,
AMI then I took a clab aud tried 10 hurry
the COWS. and he yelled % me 20 stop hur-
rying cause / would r,tard the aow OF
milk. by gosh I was mad. asked Tor a
mosquito bar 90 put over me the next time
I went after the COWS, aud The people al
aaghcd a. me, ana when | sat down on
the fence % scrtde ihc mud on my sun
DAY pants, the deacon yelled Ike be does
IN the revival. only he said come, come,
procra.tlnation l. The thief OF time. You
get OPP and hump yourself aud 90 and feed
the pigs lie was 80 darn mean that /
could not help throwing a burd0ck bar
against ihcsldc OF the COW he was milking
and Il struck her In the iank on the other
side from where the deacon was. Well,
you'd a dido 20 see the COW jump up aud
blat. All four OF her feet were on The
ground At atlme. and | guess most ofthcml
hit the deacon on his Sunday vest, and The
res. hi, the milk pail, and the COW backed
against the fence and bcllered, the deacon
was all covered with milk and COW hair,
and he got up aud throwed the three leg
ged stool at the COW and hlt her on the
horn and Il glanced on and bio me on the
pants just A. went over the fence 70 feed
the pigs didn't know a deacon could
talk 20 sassy AZ acow aud could com "a
near swearing without actually saying cuss
words. logged swill til | was homeslck
20 my stomach, AMI thea I had o clean
or horses, and 20 b A ~neighbors % bor-
row rakes 10 use the next day. was 50
tired | almos, cried, and then I had 20
draw two barrels OF water with a well
bucket, % cleanse for washing the next
day, and by that time / wanted 10 de. II
was most . O'Clock and | began % think
abou, supper when the deacon said all they
had IVES bread and milk FOR supper Sunday
night, and | rasseled with tia basin OF
skim milk and some old back number bread
aud wanted 10 90 10 bed, but the descon
wanted 10 know II | was htethen enough
TO want % 60 o bed without evening
prayers. had 10 take a prayer half an
hour long pa top Of that skim milk AMI I
guess IL eurdlcd the milk, for hadn't been
In bed over halr an hour before hal the
worst collie a boy ever had, and I thought
| should die all alone In that garrett with
nothing TO make ny last hours pleasant
but rats playing with ears OF seed corn
on the door AMI ml'e running through dry
pea pods. Bat, how different the deacon
talked In the evening devoiions from what
he did when the cow wa gailonlne ON him