Sharp County record., 1891-11-05

time that he experienced the original
method of treatment Of his son, Pink
ney, who the family were agreed was
destined to become a great inventor.
For the land sakes.7 Mrs. Lazen-
berry would often exclaim in admiring
contemplation of her sons latest
achievement. What will Pinkney do
next?n
That seemed an unanswerable ques-
tion, for the somewhat remarkable
things that his ingenious brain had
already melted him to accomplish
seemed to promise almost anything in
the way Of unexpected results
Just think how he splieed out
JOlly's taiIr' his mother would say
pridefullv, when reverting to Pink
ney's record and apparent possibilities.
who else would have thought Of such
thing?"
Probably no one.
Jolly, the dog, had for a long time
managed to get along very well with
an abbreviated caudal appendage-the
result Of youthful mistake which led
him to attack large and cannjbalistic
tramp dog. For some reason Pink
finally conceived the idea that Jolly
needed more tail, and proceeded to sup
ply it.
Perhaps if the reader had felt called
upon to retail dog he would have con-
structed a serviceable if not ornament
al tail by making a cloth contrivance
not unlike a stuffed club. At least |
should have done so. But Pink re-
solved that Jolly should have a tail
that he could feel proud Of, no matter
in what company he 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 fy-brush, is a
rather unusual sight.
Jolly was introduced to the family
and the merits of the improvement ex-
patiated upon. Just as the baby wad-
died up, Mrs. Lazenberry presented the
rejuvenated Jolly with a beef bone,
which so delighted him that he wagged
his new tail with such vehemence that he
knocked the baby down and threatened
IN haat bia nm fOrtuna+a hraipS ont ba-
fore the wagging could be stopped.
| This led to the speedy detailing of Jolly,
Mrs. Lazenberry considering large
dog with a club attachmen. 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
neighborhood. But, it seemed as if
they had an unaccountable predilec-
tiOn for catching skunks instead of
rabbits
At one time, he constructed com
plicated attachment to the churn. The
only fault to be foTa1a with lie seemed
to be that churning with the improve
ment involved an outlay of labor near
ly double that required to operate the
unimproved churn.
Pinks riding-saw promised great
things, but at the first trial it 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 contrivance that he rugged
for rocking the baby by wind power.
With the expenditure of no little time,
thought and labor, he rigged 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 saving of time to Mrs
Lazenberry, 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-
tion.
But upon the following afternoon,
the invention fell from favor
The wind was mild the day fair and
the baby sleepy, and so Mrs. Lazen-
berry placed the little felloyy in tba
cradle and ran over to Mrs. Shpley's
to borrow some yeast. Little Henry
Clay Shipley was threatened with
whoopng cough, and, after the child
had been brought out TO cough for the
sympathizlng visitor, the ladies drifted
into u discussion OF various childish
maladics and their treatment, and
from them TO the gossip OF the neigh.
hood. Thus IL happened that the
erand occupied an hour in accomplish
ing.
Meanwhile, the breeze was freshen.
ing preccptibly, and by the time Mrs.
Lazenbcrry started homcward IL was
blowing briskly. She looked 10 dis.
cover the windmill revolving merriy
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 20 avert