Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-17
A NARROWING TAUL(E).
How n Careless Fellow Got an Innocent
Deacon Into an Ok Trade---EXperiment-
nj

Deacon Into an OK neutrality-suspicious.
al Grating.
SPECIAL to he Sunday Register.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va. May l6.--Wirt
county is noted for its sharp, shreWd horse
and cattle traders; in fact to tackle its
citizens with a trade Of any kind is dan.
gerous. Those fellows up there lay abed
for hours and think and plan nov not to
get beaten in boss swap or horse race
but the latest trade of any significance
which hes occurred at the Capitol o! good,
old Writ not ouly caps the climax IN It's
originality and denoument, but lays q
stress upon the ingenuity of the snatomlst
and taxes the scientist in a tender point
that Of grating the hide OF one animal up
on another. But TO 60 further into de-
tails:
A prominent Presb; teTiln bolster, whom
for short We will cell Squire james Hen
derson, had q pair Of oxen which we're ex-
c-llrrt draft animals but could never carry
the palm for beauty. One OF the animals
had a long, flowing osudal appendage,
commonly end yulgsrly denominsted tail,
while the other bovine was minus that
sdo.nment, having been deprived of it, it
is presumed, by some callous hearted farm
er in whose coruGed he the OK was accu-
mulating surreptiiious cuds for an evening
chew.
The Deacon bai in his employ one Tom
linson (slso for short Tom was an
ingenious fellow and conceived
The original idea Of grating
a fly demolisher on the stump OF the OK,
whose caudal existence had been generally
abbreviated. he obtained from the tanner
tail freshly culled from detunct
cow and ssWed it on the living animal
With good strong thread. The two oxen
them looked 30 well and we're so well match
ed that Tom is said 10 have actually sat IN
the stable door and gszsd With open mouth
al sstonishment at the complete success oil
his experiment Now this was all right,
bu; few days later farmer from the in
,erior saw the tssm walking along the
s,reets looking 60 well matched and with
such perfectly beautiful tails that be con
cl1ded 10 trade for or buy them. de
learned that they we're owned by the good
deacon aud called upon him and fnslly
90, up a trade By WHICH the team changed
hands The farmer drove his team
rome, and 1t Is said called al
hands out to look upon and admire
his handsome pair. However they were
stabbed and ted, and worked for severa
DAYS all right, the farmer growing dali
more proud Of then. One miserable day
however, Mr.. Farmer saw that something
vas wrong With the eft OK, and upon scan
ming bin owe. closely concluded that d
was afflicted With HWolf in the tai" Tb
wolf (psr psrenthesis) is a large worn
which frequently gets under the skin
animals allowed to roam at freedom
through fields and woods A sharp knit
vas sscsre5 sld he tail was deity spll
for few inches. While pGlling II 'hskd
ia order to cut Just where b
wanted, the uniV1 Innate appendix
separated from the animal about sixinche
from the point Of junction. The rest ca
be easier imagined than described. Ia
farmer vent 10 town and pitched into tb
deacon with language adorned with ne
aud picturesque ostha. in seven diferer
languages The deacon, who had know
nothing in The world Of Toms ingeuioC
2 grating experiment was sstenisned an
aumbiounced and Of course traded bac
after the matter was explained. What II
T deacon said to Toulison, the cause OF q
9 this trouble could never be lesrne
e but IT is presumed that he reprimsndt
:, him for his thouRhtless faction
e ness in a thoroughly orthodox manner.
Y The deacon is said 10 have been 90 b.
q " worried over the affair that be BEGAN
!. Tery sbsent-mipded, and one evening
, church while the question ofSynodical So
, ,eu,s,ion was being discussed be seem'
1t suddenly to awake to the fsct that son
thing was going on around him. arose al
e said in q sad and grieyed tone: "Brethre
d I'm very sorry, but it shan't occur agAi
3 lTu discharRe that fellow Tomlinson."