The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-06
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CHAPTER xI.

HIS PA IS "NlSHIATED.'
Say, are you q Mason or . Nodfellow
or anything?" asked the bad boy Of the
grocery mar as he went to the cinnamon
bag on the shelf and took out Q long stick
Of cinnamon bark to chew.
why, yes, Of course l ana. but what
set you to thinking Of that:" asked the
grocery man as he went to the desk and
charged the boys father with half q
pound Of cinnamon.
well, do the goats bunt when you
nishiate a fresh candidate"
No, Of course not. The goats are
cheap ones, that have no life, and we
muzzle them and put pillows over their
heads so they can't hurt anybody" said
the grocery man as he winked at a broth
or Odd Fellow who was seated on a sug-
ar barrel, looking mysterious. But why
do you ask"
"Oh, nothin, only i wish me and my
chum had muxzled our goat with . pill
low. Pa would have enjoyed his becom-
ing a member Of our lodge better. You
see, Pa had been telling us how much
good the Masons and Odd Fellows did
and said we ought to try and grow up
good sc w could jine the lodges when
we got big, and l asked Pa if it would do
any hurt for us to have q play lodge in
my room and pretend to nishiate, and
Pa said it wouldn't do any hurt. He said
1t would improve u minds and learn
nj to be men. So my chum and me Dor.
ried . goat that lives in q livery stable.
Say, did you know they keep q goat in q
livery stable 80 the horses won't get sicki
They get used TO the smell Of the goat,
and after that nothing can make them
sick but a glue factory. wish my girl
boarded in a livery stable. Then she
would get used to the smell.
II went home with her from church
Sunday night, and the smell Of the goat
my clothes made her sick to her stun
mick, and she acted just like an excur-
sion ON the lake and said IL I didn't GO
and bury myself and take the smell out
Of me she wouldn't never go with me
again. She was just as pale as . ghost,
and the Precipitation on her lip was just
zif she hal been hit by q street sprinkler.
You see, my chum and me had to carry
the goat up to my room when Pa and Ma
was out riding. and he blatted 80 we had
TO tie a handkerchief around his nose,
and his feet made such a noise on the
door that we put some baby's socks on
bis feet. Gosh, how a goat smells, don't
It? l should think you Masons must
have strong stummix. Why don't you
have a skunk or a mule for a trademark
Take a mule and anoint it with lin
burg cheese. and you could nishiate and
make a candidate smell just as bad az
with a gosh darn widowed goat.
well. my chum and me practiced
with that goat until he could bunt the
Of q goat every time. We bor-
ried q buck beer sign from . saloon man
and hung it on the back Of q chair. and
The goat would hit It every time. That
night Pa wanted to know what we were
1oing mp in my room, and I told him we
playing lodge and improving our
and Pa said that was right.
There wa nothing that did boys Of our
Age half DO much good as to initiate men
and store by useful nollidge. Then my
rhum asked Pa IL he didn't want come
up and take the grand bumper degree,
md Pa lated and said he didn't ARE II
he did just to encourage N boys in limo
cent pastime that was 20 improving to
our intellex. We had shut the goat up
n Q closet In my room, and he had got
over blatting, 90 we took OF the handler.
chief, and he wa eating some Of my pa
per collars and skate straps. We went
up stairs and told Pa to come up pretty
soon and give three distinct raps, and
when we asked him who comes there he
must say, "A pilgrim who wants to Join
your ancient order and ride the goat
Ma wanted to come, MP too, but we
told her II she come in II would break
up the lodge, cause q woman couldn't
keep q secret, and we didn't have any
side saddle for the goat. Say, IL You
never tried It, the next time you nishiate
} man in your Nsson's lodge you sprin.
kle q little Ryan pepper on the gost'a
beard just afore you turn him loose.
You can get three times a. much fun 70
the square inch Of goat. You wouldn't
think it was the same goat. Well, We
got all fixed and, Pa raped, and we let
him In and told him he must be blind.
and he got on his knees a-lafing.
and I tied a towel around his eyes, and
then I turned him around and made him
get down on his hands also, and then HE
back was right toward the closet door,
and I put tho buck beer sign right
Pas clothes. He was a.lafing
al the time and said we boys were a
full Of fun ~ they made EN-, and we
told him 1t was q solemn occasion, and
wouldn't permit no levity, and il he
didn't stop lafing we couldn't give him
the grand bumper degree.
''Then everything was ready, and my
chum had his hand on the closet door and
some kyan pepper In his other hand. and
] asked Pa In low bass tones II he felt AZ
he wanted TO turn back or n he
hsd nerve enough to 20 ahead and take
tho degree. ! warned him that Il was
full Of dangers. ~ the goat was loaded
for bear, and told him no yet had time TO
his steps II he wanted to. He
said he wanted the whole bisness, and we
could go ahead with the menagerie. Then
I said to Pa that II he had decided to 20