The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-02
EULIETS IN HIS BREECHES.


The cs.sisa..on OF u brooklyn school Boy
and Its Unexpected Results.
AulsHG the puppies in School No
81 in brooklyn, over which W. w.
Weed y esides as principal, is John
Angel. VINO. according To story
printed in the New York Advert ser,
does not wear an appropriate name.
The Other day Johnny projec ted the
point OF Il needle into soft spot in
the anatomy of one OF his fellow
pupils, The latter's yell OF pain and
indignation drew the attention OF
Principal Weed. who after some in.
quiry called Johnuey Angel up to the
desk. Principal Weeds system Of
administering rebuke to boys like
young Angle is Us simple rs it is
eslicaciou> He grasped Johnny's
right shoulder with his Ieft hand in
such way Us TO tighten the trousers
around his >eat OF honor. aud then
with = ueNterity hegutteu " practice
applied the rUG li-.t chastcneth As
h was warming u his wurS. and as
Johnny Angel began To yell ike u
COinauche. Il terrible explosion was
heard. ne oi the cuunLerScarp> OF
Junn.'> pantalouns was t-rn to
thing like 4 bullet viii past his lift
ear. Johnny Aug belongs to the
nth primary grade OF which
Miss Haker Is the teacher. hen
this lady heard the report she WAS
about To shrek cut seeing the p in.
cIpal WELD the rattan as II nothing
had happened she held her peace,
thinking. PERHAPS. that the eXplo-
sion was open to scientific explan.i-
LIUn. Meanwhile the eyes OF 1T least
100 boys and girls buigcd out OF their
sockets, and save tor the dcsce ndlnx
aud regularly timed thwac that
fell on the remaining portion Of
Angels neither garments the silence
would have Dcel absolutely pa nful.
Mr.. Weed never lost his presence
OF mind but ,ntinued the castiga-
tion. Having delivered the number
OF blows he thought proper Gu the
side which had been uncovered 10y
the explosion he began operations ON
the other. Those who kept tally Of
the strikes, though OF this they are
not positive, assert that it was lle-
tween the twelfth and thirteenth
that Il second fearful explosion &C.
cured which completely tore away
the other portion Ut Johnny Angels
trousers, caused Miss Celia r Gauley,
who had Just entered to turn pale as
a sheet and lean against bench to
prevent herself from falling, and
even threw the cool Miss Baker into
u high state .! agitation. The bul.
let, which was either the ,luSe OF
the effect OF the second explosion,
avoided the principal 10y Il narrow
margin or he might not be able to
explain I'M hairy. 10 resul.e the
rebuke was, However, out OF the
question. Apart from the nervous
shock Mr.. Weeds system had recc.v-
ed Johnny Angel was in most
Ditiable state. A. Miss Grihln
phi. osophically observed later on,
ut is very hard to te heroic under
The conditions which surrO .nded the
unfortunate little cuiprit." When
released, feeling that lie was not eX-
actly dressed for show, he crcpt into
a corner. and getting behind the
blackboard, made m"ly Efforts to
adjust what was left OF his pania.
looms 50 that he could back out OF the
hool with some dignity, but alto.
gethcr without success Then Mr..
Weed took HIM into his private
office and eXtorted confession. 1t
appears that Johnny is the DO ,scssOr
OF a EIObcrJ riic. AS ne could not
carry his W arOn to school with him
he used to take 4 tew cartridges in
his pistol pockets, aid it was the
smashing OF these by the principals
cane that caused the explosion aud
consequent wild cOmmO ton. One
Of the bullets was found imbedd ed
in the wall later Oh. Where the
second is cannot he discovered. but it
IS not in Johnny, though he feels
very sore in the locality where it
would naturally he found.