Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-07-01


sails away in erratic flight among tho
reeds and rushes md over the waters
OF the pond-the dreaded DEVILS darn
ing needle OF your childhood. whose
sole mission you thought it was to
pounce upon you and sew up your
ears; in reality the harmless and use.
full dragon fly. most wonderfully and
beautifully transformed. and going
forth to prey upon and destroy its
millions OF noyious insect pests which
but for the dragon Gy's persistent and
tireless pursuit would make the life of
man scarcely worth the living"
HER IN oENioUs SCHEME.
A story THAT iliustra es the Amenities Of
Life III Flat.
The boy iii the SO uhd fat has
friends and he and his friends make
so much noise that they keep the
baby In the first FIAT awake. CBnse.
quently the mother Of the baby i'll the
first hat ffiade complaint to the peope
in the second fat and. that availing
nothing studied deeply to devise
some way of stopping the racket.
there was rattle above her head as
some one rang the door bell of the
second fiat and looking up she saw
that the GOor bell wire ran through
the corner of the room she was in.
There was look OF triumph on her
face a. she got out cane with
curved handle and sat down to await
Developments
The next time that the boy above
tried to jump over the dining room
table she hooked the cane IN the wire
and gave il h jerk. relates the Chicago
Tribune. The noise ceased ind some
imam came down To the door. There
was evidently Il CONSULTATION when he
went buck aid 1t was fully ten Min
titei before the boy and his friends
starte in for d game of tdg" When
they did the little woman in the hat
below gave the can6 another jerk lind
there wis another trip u The door.
The people i'd the second Hat SEEMED
to be troubled wien the man came
back and. after Il co mel OF war. he
crept quietly down the stairs again
and waited just inside the door while
the others took positions at the top of
the stairs where they could SEQ tho
fun. Ten or fifteen minutes tired .
them all and. with the remark, We'll.
l guess those kids are not comm
bnck he started up the stairs As
he did 30. tho boys spirits overcame
him again, and no gave war whoop
and tried to turn handspring.
promptly jerked the cane again the
bell tinkled and the man on the stairs
rushed down threw tho door open
and chased boy who happened to
be passing half Il book
Il guess ,hat'l settle it." he said.
when he returned. all out of breath
I'D have licked that boy If | could
have caught him."
Ought 10 have jumped on him
with both feetf' sal the boy who had
made the noise, and AS he tried TO
illustrate his remarks the little woman
in the fat below pulled on the cane
again.
There was wild scramble down
the stairs and two men started around
the block in different directions.
When they came back one Of them
raped on the door OF the little wo.
mans fiat
Il beg your pardon he said cour-
teously. Have you noticed anything
wrong around here tonight"
why We. she returned pleas
antly the doc. bell -
.. you know who's doing it?'' he
interrupted.
The boy upstairs she replied.
He plays football or something and
shakes the house SO that he rings all
the bells. in addition to waking up
my baby"
The boy isn't SO noisy now.