Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-22
Psok's Bad Boy.
Peok's Sun.l

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any better than to pick the largest
berries out of the boxes? People
will kick if they buy berries and find
the best ones are gone"
"Wcll, | was just experimenting"
said the boy, as he raised a box up
and looked under it, TO see how far
The bottom was raised. 81 have been
figuring that you can take Off the
first layer Of berries, from all the
boxes, and put them in new boxes,
and make twenty per cent more on
your strawberries"
20, you can't teach me anything
about economizing in Strawberries" !"
said the groceryman, II have been
doing this all the season, and have
made over sixty dollars OH berries
saved"
"Ab, ha, so thought" said the
bad boy, as he took out his memoran-
dun book and proceeded TO write.
''Ihe grand jury is investigating all
the frauds, and 1 thought | would
find out little something that would
be interesting, so if was called as a
witness, would be prepared. OF
course I may not be called as wit
ness but pa is on the grand jury, and
very likely we will be talking over
such things at home. and il would be
natural for me to mention the straw.
berry matter, though if you were in
1iCted, and bad TO go TO lhe peniten-
tiary, we should always feel badly"
"Oy come in the store, and have
some bananas, or something" said
the groceryman, "and don't say any
thing about the straw berries. We
are neighbors, and don't want to
have any hard feelings. I have al
ways admired you for nice, honest
boy, and it would hurt my feelings
to hear that you had testified against
me. So your pa has got back, ell !?
By-the-way, you said once that you
would tell me about something that
happened 10 your pa in California
What was ii ?"
"Yes, pa has got back. The day
of the riots and shooting, he took to
the woods, and was gone two days,
and when he came back he had the
rheumatic, from sleeping in a straw
stack, ard he has been going around
with subscription paper to raise
money for all innocent man who was
injured and thrown out of a job by
the strikes and riots, and he has col
lcctcd enough 10 last us all winter.
o, pa catches on. You might think
pa had 10 head, TO look at him, but
he looks out for number one. About
pas California experiences, there
were so many l don't know which
one to tell. But you'd a dide to see
pa at the ostridge farm. You know
they raise ostridges there the same
as we raise hens here, and pick fcath-
ers often EN-. Well, pa got up par
ty to go to the farm, whole lot of
ladies and men folks, and they drove
out there in style. Pa was the boss
of the party, and everything he said
made 'eln pay attention. The girls
all wanted to set with pa in the wa
gon, he was so interesting, and l
knew he was going to have kalami-
ty pretty soon, cause lie always does
when he seems to feel the Gunnlngest'
ia was trying to show OIL ms nollidg
about orstrldges, ana sald he used 10
travel with a curcus and mensdgry,
and he could teach nostridge to eat
outen his hand. The girls lafled and
pa SAID lie would show them the
power OF mn" over 'he leatnereu
S0hssterS, wheh We got 10 tne larih'
lhere wuz ABOUT iorty ors'rluScs Ill
a, pen, ana the orstridge COWBOY
cnarge9 htIy cents apiece 10 look al
the BIRDS mat IKE TO GroKe pa up,
ana 'heh ne was MAD because ihe
men Wouloht let us go near the
Dirds' me man said the Dirds were
WIG ana dangerous, ana would hur'
iolks IL they got near ia want
ell 10 snow OIL, SO ne told the mon ne
was an ola orstrluge iamer ana used
10 traVei win snow, ana wanted
the man 10 let nm III tue pen, 10 snow
now ne would tame EN- inc mar,
SAID 1t was against the ORDERS put II
pa would be Responsible, ana not
complain II lie iaiieu 10 tame EN-, nc
mght 60 IN. tola pa II l was MN
wouiu not monkey WIN strange
orstriIiges, put he saiu iorme 10 husl
up ana get MN sandwich out OF
the iuhcn basket. lgot MN one, ana
ne Went INSIDE the gaze win IL IN M
hand: don't know whe'her Inc
orstridges appointed committee ol
three 10 meet pa OF moi, Dut thel
seemed to be holding a consultation
and Three oFstridges advanced TO meet
pa. Ihe whole party was by the
fence admlring pas bravery, but pi
weakened, cause the black orstrldgt
looked Rlhd OF spunky. ana pa turned
around to 20 DacR. Well you Woult
a dloe 10 see pa Inc DlacK orstfldg'
reached out ms neck ana TOOK pa
coat-taii III ms Dill, ana swung pi
around by the coat-lall as though pa
DIDN'T weigh more than a cat; th'
cort-tall tore OIL and let pa drop rlgh
amongst the birds; and they begal
to have a circus with pa. lie hat
presence OF mind enough to reach tn
sandwich up to one OF the orstrldges
and the bird swallowed it whole, AM
| never see bird act like that one
FIRST IL reared rlgnt up ABOUT elgn