Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-10-28

ucy recOru ana apparent possibilities
who else would have thought of such
| q thing?"
Probably no one.
Jolly. the dog, had for . long time
managed to get along very well with
an abbreviated caudal appcndage-the
result of n youthful mistake which led
him to attack a large and cannibalistic
tramp dog. For some reason Pink
finally conceived the idea that Jolly
needed moro tail, and proceeded to sup
| ply il.
Perhaps IL the reader had felt called
upon to retail N dog he would have con-
structed n scrviceablc If not ornament
al tail by making n cloth continuance
not unlike stuffed club. At least 1
should have done so. But Pink re-
solved that Jolly should have n tail
that he could feel proud of. no matter
in what company ne might find him
self
To this end, he procured at the
slaughter house the tail of lately de-
ceased COW, which he carefully fitted
and sewed over an oak stick This was
spliced on TO Jolly's stub and really
looked first rate, in spite OF the fact
that yellow dog with perfectly stiff
red tail tipped with hy-brush. is n
rather unusual sight
jolly was introduced to the family
and the merits of the improvement ex-
patiated upon. Just rs the baby wad-
died up, Mrs. Lazenberry presented the
rejuvenated jolly with = boef bone,
which so delighted him that ho wagged
his new tail with such vehemence that he
knocked the baby down and threatened
to beat his unfortunate brains out be-
fore the wagging could be stopped.
This led to the speedy detailing of jolly.
Mrs. Lazenbcrry considering large
dog with a club attachment undesir-
able.
That was the way it was with the
majority of Pink's inventions They
promised fair enough, but often man
aged to achieve the most unexpected
and sometimes distressing results
Pink's rabbit traps were the wonder
and admiration of the youth OF the
neigh borhood. But, it seemed rs if
they had an unaccountable predilec-
ton for catching skunlss instead of
rabbits.
At one time, he constructed a COM
plicatcd attachment to the churn. The
only fault TO be found with il seemed
to be that churning with the improve
ment involved an outlay of labor near
ly double that required to operate the
unimproved churn.
Plnk's riding-saw promised great
things, but Mt the first trial il would
probably have sawn the young invcn-
tor, himself, in two had he not been
rescued before it was too late
1t certainly was an ingenious and
promising continuance that he rugged
for rocking the baby by wind power.
With the expenditure OF no little time.
thought and labor, he rugged a wind
mill above the roof of the porch, To
which was attached an arrangement
that rocked the cradle nicely when the
wind blew gently. 1t promised to
make quite a saving of time to Mrs.
Lnzenberry. who could place the baby
in the cradle on the shady porch and
let the mechanism rock him gently TO
sleep This she did. one afternoon.
and when the trial was over no fault
could be found with Pinkney's crea
ton.
But, upon the following afternoon.
the invention fell from favor.
The wind was mild, the day fair and
the baby sleepy, and so Mrs Lazcn-
berry placed the little fellow in the
cradle and ran over to Mrs. Shiplev's
to borrow some yeast Little Henry
Clay Shipley was threatened with
whooping cough. and, after the child
had been brought out to cough for the
sympathizing visitor. the ladies drifted
into a discussion of various childish
maladies aud their treatment, and
from them to the gossip of the neigh.
hood. Thus it happened that the
errand occupied an hour in accomplish.
ing.
Meanw while, the breeze was freshen-
ing preceptibly, and by the time Mrs.
Lazenberry started homcward II was
blowing briskly. She looked To dis.
cover the windmill revolving merrilv
and the cradle rocking at "a great rate
The baby was being ratified from side
to side in way that must have been
decidedly uncomfortable, and bowling
like good fellow.
The mother hurried thithcr at her
best speed but was too late To avert
the catastrophe which followed. inst
as she reached the gate, there came
sudden and harder gust of wind. and
the cradle gave one mad roll and hurled
the baby out on It's head and of from
the porch.
While yet there was considerable nm
certainty as TO whether the poor little
chaps nose was really broken or only
badly skinned, Mr.. Lazcnberrv mo.
rooted the windmill and reduced IL. to-
gethcr with the attachment. TO kind
ling wood This, Of course. happened
before the aguc fastened upon Mr.
Lazcnberry.
But, in spite Of such drawbacks
! Pink continued 20 invent and his mar.
ents 10 prophcsy n triumphant future
for his genius.
by the time that Mr. Lazcnberrv and
his aRue were approaching the Uncle
Darby Hicks cure stage, Pink was
deep in the greatest effort OF his life
ihis was an attempt made for the spe.
cial benefit and pleasure Of his afflicted
| father-a kind OF wheeled reclining
chair or vehicular couch
| Not being an inventor, I can hardly
describe intelligently the wonder.
there not now existing It's like 10 which
] might refer Two old cultivator
/ wheels OF equal size placed side bv
I side and cpuuosfad hts - -. a.