Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-26

AROSE ONCE MORE PA KICKED ME
with, but ma took 1t away from her.
Ma is awful stingy.
4:20.-Threw a torpedo against the
front door Of the house across the
street. Pa sat down and laughed.
4:21.-Set off a bunch of firecrackers
under pas chair. Pa got up and didn't
laugh.
4:3O.-Had breakfast Ate a piece
of custard pie and an onion.
4:35.-Set a cannon firecracker of on
the fence. Only broke four plckets.
4:36.-Rose again.
4:40.-Got the milkman's dog to
smell of a firecracker that was just go
ing off. l think maybe the dog beat
the milkman home.
5:10.-Pa said he would show me
how to set Off these big firecrackers
without danger. 1t was one Of the
whistling kind that gives a signal just
before it is going off. Pa didn't know
that forgot to tell him. Pa lit 1t. In
a minute it whistled. and pa thought
it had gone out. He went and picked
it up; then he put it down again. He
put 1t down more sudden than he pick
ed it up, but not quite sudden enough.
Ma put bandage on his hand for him.
5:19.-Ma's big rooster came along,
and | threw 1t a lighted firecracker.
1t grabbed the cracker and started to
run with it. but it didn't run far. 1t
sat down kind OF surprised and
scratched the smoke out Of its eyes.
5:25.-Sizzer sized the wrong way
and burned my fingers. Seems more
like the Fourth now.
5:26.-Ma rubbed witch hazel on my
hand.
5:34.-Pa said he would hold fire
cracker in his hand until it was pretty
nearly ready to go and then throw 4
high In the air. Just as 1t was ready
to go | lost my punk. and | told pa
guessed he was sitting on it. He got
up kind of quick to see and forgot to
throw the firecracker. 1t went Off all
right, though.
5:3S-Found the punk burning a
hole in the porch. Pa is getting witch
hazel rubbed on him now.
5:47.-Had another breakfast. Ate
a cold pancake and four oranges.
5:5S.-Shot Off my last firecracker.
6:0S.-Asked pa for money to buy
more.
6:14.-Coaxed pa for money to buy
more.
6:2o.-Coaxed pa for money to buy
more.
6:25.-Coaxed pa for money.
6:33.-Coaxed pa.
6:40.-Coaxed.
6:57.-Found a frecracker that hadn't
gone off. Set it Off.
7:02.-Asked pa for money to buy
more.
7:11.-Coaxed pa for money to buy
more.
7:19.-Coaxed pa for money.
7:31.-Coaxed pa.
7:4O.-Got the money from ma-30
cents she had saved to pay the grocery
bill
7:41.-Went to the store for the fire.
crackers. Set them all of coming
home.
7:5o.-Went down town to see the
parade. The parade is at 10 o'clock.
S:50.-Waited for the parade.
9:50-Waited for the parade.
10.-Got 10 cents for holding q mans
horse. 1t was worth ii.
10:10.-Bought firecrackers.
10:50.-Waited for the parade.
:05.-Parade paraded.
II :06.-Threw a frecracker under
the marshal's horse. He ought to sell
that horse to dog and pony show. 1t
can waltz Just splendid.
II :40.-Saw ma at soda fountain,
and she bought me lemon soda. She
said it was n shame pa didn't give me
any money to spend the Fourth and
gave me quarter.
11:45.-Saw pa In cigar store talk
ing to some men. Went I'm and braced
him for some money to spend. The
men laughed Pa didn't. but he gave
me half dollar.
11:50-Met sis and her fellow. Sis
said it was a shame pa and ma my
ther' of them gave me cent to spend.