Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-02-02
Peok's Bad Boy.



bad boy, as he rushed in the grocery
store with both hands on the base
ment of his pants, as though a dog
was after him jumped, under the
counter and crawled behind the bar
rel OF lump white sugar, Glide
yourself quick or you are dead
man." The groceryman was cutting
a slice off cheese for servant girl
with shawl over her head. His
first idea was to run in the cellar, but
the girl slid down there, so the gro
ceryman simply jumped into a crock
cry crate and laid down and per-
spired. lie wished every dog in the
world was dead. Presently he heard
crunching behind the counter, as of
lump sugar being chewed by a boy,
aud he raised up out of the crockery
crate slowly, got out of il and walked
on tip-toe behind the counter, aud
took the bad boy by the ear and led
him out by the stoye, and emptied
about hat full of sugar out Of his
pockets. Then he looked at the boy.
The boy began TO froth at the mouth
and snap, with his teeth, and said:
40, vaccinate me, quick. l am
bit.p
The groccryman gave the boy
kick in the pantloons, and said:
"There, you are vaccinated. That
is the first application of Pasteur's
treatment. If you feel spells coming
OH again, will give you more sole
leather virus in your system. What
you mean, coming in here yelling
mad dog, and soaring my customers
down cellar?" and the groceryman
wrapped up the cheese and called the
girl out of the cellar and sent her
home.
80, only wanted to see if you
were a coward. But you amt, 0, no.
You only went into that crockery
crate head first just for fun. Say,
do you believe in vaccination ?" and
the boy brushed some straw off the
groceryman's coat.
YES, 1 do" said the groceryman.
1.-THE science of vaccination is the
greatest discovery of this or any age"
and he turned the boy around to give
him another kick.
"Well, so do l." said the boy, as he
put the stove between himself and
the groceryman. "The time is CON-
ing when vaccination is going to be
used for everything. i believe the
time will come when criminals will
be prevented from committing crime
by vaccination. For instance, sup
pose you were thief, and every
body knew it. l don't say you are,
said. the boy, as the groceryman
picked up piece of barrel head
though your symptoms are favor
able. But suppose you were a thief
Take an honest man, one every body
knew to be honest, and vaccinatt
him, and when it began to work
take some of the virus and viccinatt
you. AS soon as it begen to work OF
you, your power of lifting things
that did not belong 10 you would b'
gone. You would become an homes
man in spite of yourself, by vaccina
ton. l don't say it could be made t.
work on you, but it might. If my
scheme works, and universal vaccin
alton is established, there will be nj
more crime. Then they will vaccin
ate bank cashiers against defalca
tons, and with the virus from al
honest minister, say, the cashier can
steal to save him."
ayes, but suppose the ministe
happens to be one of these kind tina
: runs away with other peoples wives
Wouldn't the cashier be liable t
elope, if the virus worked on him,
remarked the groceryman, with
3 wise look.
30, well, may be-" said the boy
"but we will have to be Garrett
, where we get our virus. But we ca
! settle the Indian question by viccina
ton. Suppose we take the hostil
Indians and vaccinate them wit
virus from these dudes. As quicI
as it works on the Indians all til
; fight will be taken out of them, AM
they will go moping around, afrai'
to say their souls are their OWL
The virus from dude-if you ca
! raise virus on dude, and it seem
as though you could, you can max
it work OH a heifer calf-would do
much to exterminate Indians, an
make them peaceable, as a whol
army. l wouldn't be afraid to tigl
, an Indian myself, after he had bee
! vaccinated with the virus from
dude. Say, that will be good wa
to whip Sullivan. Let him be va
/, cinated from virus taken from
peaceable Quaker, and Sulliva
would become a man of peace, an
= any of the boys could 60 up an
swat him in the mouth, and i
! would go off and cry, and say
u would tell his mother. The on
: thing am afraid of is that they wi
!, : get 10 using vaccination in polite
Il Suppose all the democrats should
Il vaccinated with virus from republ
y cans, and it should work, the vote
II thus operated upon would vote Il
: republican ticket, and ruin the par
y in power"
= 20, don't 60 ON that way, you wo
y ry me-" said the groceryman, as
J: took a wash dish of water and
10 whisk broom, and began sprinklil
!. the floor, preparatory to the regul
~ semi annual sweeping out. "Tell II
" what the commotion was over
~ your house last night? 1 heard yo
~ father had to be dug out of the CO
~ pile under the sidewalk. How d
q he get there?"
" "Well. I'll tell you. 1t was all /
l fault. You see, we have been exc
~ ed about this mad dog scare, and
d asked pa what he would do if he II
~ a mad dog. / told him he would {
- :; up and dust, but he said he won
;, grab the dog by the hind legs a
n beat its brains out. He said m
10 were towards generally. lie hat
- to see men get frighted and +
9. when any calamity happened.
~ thought / would try pa, cause l ne
IN er heard of his showing much sal
Az So took our black setter dog, a
" took pas lather brush and put lath
81 all around the dogs mouth for foa
ne Then l took one of these little II
~ ~ Der bands and put it around
Nv dogs upper jaw. That made the d