The sun., 1896-06-21

WORKED out ShmS null rOh0 YAK last year.
Everything went lovely with Billy till the troll
ley road got built back Of Same farm to open
up, the country and make IL accessible to the
an general hell all around sawmill Road. Day
they opened the road Sans goat got loose an
come the frat trolley car loaded up with Prosi-
dents an, Vice Presidents an general managers
SR hs es WRsn SySS Ss
comm: His tail went poppin' around like q
whisk broom an you could see he was sayin':
out o. thct thing
Down went his head an he went ski-lootin'
an, there was big bang an collision like two
railroad trains comm together, an the front Of
TSs p
they found Billy lyin, in the ditch by the way.
side TheH lifted him out nm he opened his
his feet; mt his head down on|,gIve another
an fell down an, died before he reached II,
which was a mighty good thing for the trolley o Ley
sa s % e bs sss sS
I'm ,gon' to see about when i'm in tho city"
You certainly have some very remarkable
SGssl% Spo.s% responded tho ancient with
ain't told you about tho most wonderful Of All,
%InstiD peE,essor sRSss you've heArn toll OF iiu-
Really, can't remem bel that have. Fire
flies are tho nsersst1 I could guess 70 that"
rive hundred nrehies In nook wouldn,t
theewlsps they 'HS was sent sent 70 Jim From South
Ams5iss merle, in bog with a long name onto e 4:
was Ave- Of 'sIn IN all sn' lsssy iSoSsd Just iihs
Every ; now an an then. wncn Il came night. they'd
light up Just like FREELY lights up. only they'd
ePs on a. 9n a n lsp. s1 long in s of tss
PLAYER fenced OF n With wire nettin SOS they
couldn't get away, away an he trained ,sm to light
he'd set there on his piazzer readin' BY the light
Of one OF 'em perohed on his shoulder. He'd
keep'em goin, turn an turn. SOS they wouldn't
~, bimeby they got so tame thstshe'd he s let ,sm
out At night !" y ground All he he'd hs G to 40 W"s
1t was mighty convenient fer Jim. fer he a!nt
ez sober ez be useter be. an when he'd come
bats to light him to the door. One time he lent
,em to the Sunday school fer lawn sosherhley
shake stick at, nyin' round In dark corners
where they wasn't wanted. an liRhtin' ", all Of
ssaeS fP
Henry come up Just as one o. them derned bats
IL up right over their heads; an ho seen 'em
tore of tryin to separate separate F1S sm. After taet jim
But along come tho advance OF civilization,
an them bats went under. 1t was all along of n
electric @ light comp'ny, an put up pole in front
OF Jims place. Them bats WAS mighty curious
about that pole. tseter so down and roost on
II evenn's an' light up In groups. maxim fancy
designs. III Ike stars an letters an such. II come
time fer the comp'ny TO put in their lights. an
one night when Jim was settin on the piaZzer
msin' his bats to read by. he seen the electric
light flash up on the pole. Thinkin' harm. he
shouted TO tho bats:
Go down there an see whut thntis.
ION they flew an pretty quick Jim see their
lights DRAWN near to the electric light Then
there was q flash an n terrible explosion. an
the electric light went out, an the bats lights,
too: Everything was dark. Jim rushed down,
yelln' fer his pets, but they didn't come. He
never found hide nur hair OF 'em. They had
tried to outshine that electric light. an every
ono OF 'em had busted. and smashed tho light
"Thets another thing I'm soin' to the city
fer. I'm goin' to see LAWYER / know an
ask him about suin' the incubator comp'ny fer
the loss of Lem Saunders's double action hen
an the trolley comp'ny fer KILN Sam TinRle's
goat an tn factry folks for drivin' Eli Halo
ways sopranner heifer to sci elf-deestruction. an
the electric light comply fer the bust-up OF
Jim Jumps iluminatin' bats. I'm goin' to the
Mayor. too. an tell him thet II the progress OF
idees gifts comm in our direction much hard
er--"
"Hunnertwentninestr yelled the guard and
- "Alloutferdowntown."
The old granger rose, and graspng the profess
sor by the hand said:
I've gottnr 90 now. Glad to have have met yop
YOU. EZ wus sayin I'm goin' to tell the Mayor
thet II the advance Of the metrollopis goes
much further with its new tangled notions out
our way. well resign from Gretter Moo York
one Of these days an go back an be the old Saw
we'll perfect with our lives agin the progress of
CITY ideesn