Nevada County picayune., 1888-08-22
Pooling the Old Man.

Mir. Eraser, who lives on North avenue, has son twelve years old !, named Claudius. and the other eve ming this boy received permission to allowa neighbcr' boy to stay all night with him. The old people slept down stairs in the sitting room, and the boys were put in room directly above. When they went up to bed Claudus had the clothes-line under his coat, and the neighbor boy had a mask in his pocket. They didn't kneel down and say their prayers like good boys and then jump into bed aud tell bear stories, but as soon as the door was locked the Brasser boy remarked:
 You'll see more fun around here tonight than would lie on ten acre lot t'
 From closet they brought out a cast-off suit of Brasser's clothes. stuffed them with whatever came handy. tied the mask and an old straw hat on sor head. and while one boy was carefully raising the window, the other was tying the clothes line around the man. The image was lowered down in front of the sitting room window. lifted up once or twice. and old Brasser was heard to leap out of bed with great jar. He was just beginning to doze when he heard sounds under his window, and his wife suggesed that it was a COW in the yard. He got up, pulled the curtain away, and as he beheld man standing there he shouted:
 Great heavens; but it's rob Der" and he jumped into bed.
 "Theodorious Eraser, are you a fool" screamed the wife, as he mo nopolized all the bedclothes to cover up his head.
 Be quiet, you old jade you!" he whispered, perhaps he'll go a way :"
 Don't you call me jade she replied, reaching over and trying to find his hair. Git up and git the gun and blow his head off ,''
 "Oh, you do it ''
 Git up, you old coward,' she snapped I'll never live with you another day if you don't dc it."
 Eraser turned up the lamp, sat up in bed and shouted out:
 ''Is thae you, boysE"
 Mercy on me, git up.' yelled the wife, as the straw man was knock ed against the window"
 "Ill blow his head off as clean as mllk - said Brasser in Il loud voice as he got up. He struck the stove three or four times. upset a chair and reached behind the foot of the bed and drew out an old army mus ket.
 Now. then for blood" he contin- ued as he advanced to the window and lifted the curtains.
 The man was there, face close to the glass. and he had such malig- nant expression of countenance that Eraser jumped back with a cry of alarm.
 Kill him, shoot him down, you old noodlehead :" screamed the wife.
 II will-by thunder! l will - roared Brasser, and he blazed away and tore out nearly all the lower sash.
 The boys upstairs uttered yell and a groan, and Baasser jumped for the window to see if the the man was down. He wasn't He stood right there, and he made leap at Bras ser.
 Hes coming in - perlce ,-- boys, ho!-perlice ''' roarcd the old man.
 The tattered curtain permitted Mrs. Brasser to catch sight of a man jumping up and down, and she yell ed
 "Theodorious, I'm going to faint
 Faint and be darned Boys ,- perlice!" he replied wslloping the sheet iron stove with poker,
 Don't you dare talk that way to me ,' shreked the woman. recover ing from her desire to faint,
 'Po-leece Po-leece,' now came from the boys upstairs, and while one continued to shout the other drew the man up, tore him limb from limb and secrcted the pieces.
 Several neighbors were aroused an officer came mp from the station, and search of the premises was made. Not so much a. a rack in the snow was found and the officer ..,s |