The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-12
YOUTHFUL DEPRAvlTY.
Extraordinary Developments Ia the Way
OF Torturing the oueen's English.


About year ago a boy Of The
African persuasion. about fourteen
years old. obtained employment ID the
general utility department Of family
grocery store in the lower section Of
Grand River avenue Fred. a. he
was called for short soon rose t. the
position 81 Sergeant-at-arms OF the de-
livery wagon. putting in his spare time
IN doing out all>pice. Goldfish and
mola-sc> To those hungering and thirst
Ing for goods ~ those patterns BEING
q bright. pleasant-looking lad. prompt
and accommodating. he was. 10 all APP
pcarancc. on the high road TO farther
promotion. but il secns he could not
bear prosperity. In an evil hour he be-
came. no one can divine how. addicted
70 the detesiable vice Of punninc. a
practice tacitly supposed to be con-
hned to persons who have been longer
exposed 10 the faint Of evil as>ocia-
tons. especially those who have crossed
the confines 81 second childhood. The
first known manifestation 81 the trait
occurred a few weeks ago npon the &C.
casion of customer inquiring Of the
youth If the concern had any oil on
sale Well. was the response. :.
should sm'oilr' The sen~ibiltics Of
his employer. quite naturally. re eiyed
= severe shock from the haple~s dis
covery. but he silently nurSed his grief
The same customer .enfured the in
quiry whether il would be- consistent to
ask the loan Of small can wherewiih
a. convey half gallon Of the oleagin-
Gus fluid 10 his home. Bestowing fur
tive glance upon the customer the EN-
brNo merchant responded: ''>ome folks
can and some folks can't Inside Of
two or three days at least n score Of
similar sallies We're projected. 10
gentleman who solicited information a.
TO the cause Of an appreciation Of one
cent In the value Of cheese. the reply
was that he .'couldn't think Of anything
in particular that had occurred: il was
only whey il had. He did not think
il reasonable to expect the price Of eggs
to iluctuate with that Of hreadstufis. a.
''thcir consumers. unlike those Of the
latter commodity. were not subjects Of
foreign yolk. Upon the occasion II
one Of the daily visits Of scnder of
pies. who WAS rather disposed to put on
airs. he quietly remarked Not "a
mncc matters. | would beg lcavc to i'm
part valuable piece Of information.
II you We're not quite 50 short aud
crusty | think Your intercourse with
your fellow-mcn would be little more
conducive TO true picty. One more
example ought not 70 he omitted A
little girl came up 70 the counter saying
that her grandmother had sent her for \
two shilIings' worth Of sugar. but she
was unable TO say what kind Fred. /
after moments reflection. commenced
out the saccharinc product.
saying; II think we can fix you ont
with something that will make your
granny te) latcdr' And so on to the end
Of the chapter.
As already intimated. Fred i a
pleasant. honest-appearing boy. giving
in his personnel no sign Of the wretch
he H. His employer is tired and i
anxious to sell out. II l. enough. he
says, TO make the average American
Disguised, and. ike Captain Columbus.
break away and try 10 discover some
new country Detroit Post.