Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-05
ONE OF JOKES.
He Rings in a Giraffe on the Old
Man.

). Pitcher Woodward, the man who
mas Just Crossed h continent on a
mule. Is the o OF a leading Judge Of
Brooklyn, and he is very fond Of get
ting OF drives on the old man. While
OF on q of his trips he cane across
a man who had a Gazell for sale and
90 the spur OF the moment he pur-
chased it, and shipped it as a present
to his mother He was only an hours
ride from home and the animal was
eaeJ| delivered by the Express COM
pr.
e he reached home a few DAYS
later he was warmly thanked by his
fond mother, who appreciated the gift
from her SON., but With the old man it
was different. The Internal GaZeu
had attracted all the kids Of the ward
to the house and was dragging them
about the yard. 1t had also eaten a
lot Of clothes that were around loose
and ran all over the house smashing
up furniture and raising the devil
generally. The old msn was weary
OF seeicg forty children chasing the
animal through the honse and so
wheo his son Bob came 10 sight be
fell on him with various kinds Of
profanity. Bob took the animal t. the
nearest Geological garden and sold
him at a slight advance. Then be
vent off on another trip and as he
LEFT his father he said:
Dad you have wronged me. 1 sent
mother a Gazell as a token of nv af-
lection, but you misconstrued NV
motives and filled the whole block with
unseeming blasphemy, Now I will
teach you a lesson. I'm going to
Philadelphia and there I propose to
get the Giraffe [ won in a rattle there
recently and express it to you. not
that l want to give you a Giraffe, but
Just to teach you a little lesson in
goc' manners. FAREWELL"
IL" old man knew it was Just like
his son to do this very thing, and
when he got to PHILADELPHIA Bob
found a letter from his father spol-
oglzing for his profanity and beg
glng him to call bygones, bygones.
replied that he had received the
letter, but that the language the old
man had used admitted of no apology.
He then got a chum in the Adams
express office to fix up a bogus ship
ping receipt for a Giraffe and this he
sent to his father in the letter.
When that letter reached it's desti-
nation there was war in the Wood
var household, and he decided not
to accept the animal, Bob had also
the home office for a boy called
III an Adams express uniform, and
tipping his cap asked Woodward Sr.
he wanted the giraffe.
Don't want any id giraffe"
the judge. "It you bring it
I'll shoot you
The boy tipped his hat and retired.
At the end Of the month came a bill, |
1t read:
10 feeding u giraffe S12."
The judge was furious and the pro-
electitied the neighborhood. ,
The bill collector was also kicked
the steps.
In about q month the son Bob turn
I'd up at the parental mansion.
"Did you get that present I sent YOU
1ad?"
The Old man gave a decisive mega
answer. Bob, with a serious look
If alarm on his face rushed out of the
house. In an hour he returned.
Dad" he said, "we have got into
/ power Of trouble with the express
company, by your refusal to pay that
eed bill on that Giraffe, the one [
Won at a rattle at Philadelphia, he was
to starve to DEATH"
Hardly had he finished speaking
when a dray drove up and a man
Jumped about 800 pounds of hog and
attic bones, from a bone boiling es-
on the walk in front of
Judge WoOdwards .)lse.
What in h is tn.s?" lie roared.
Bones Of the poor giraffe, father"
aid Bob solemly.
n Old man started toto the rear
I the house to look for his gun and
efore he returned Bob borrowed a
1ule and started across the continent.
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