Year: 1873

~ ooH'c 'iiHe icCeH'ly occurred over IL


Mi!lt"wn. otherwise known as Grubtown


We shall suppress names and give the
facts. which, by the way, need no addi
tional coloriug.


Milltown. like every other well conduc
ted modern village has citizen who runs
ITS leading mercantile establishment and
is also charged with the management oi
the village post nfiice When tie Mill
town merchant aforesaid is called to the
city on business he leaves his clerk in
charge or late, two urchius, aged abou;
fourteen and seventeen respectively. have
been in the habit of going tu the store and
raising a general row 10y jumping over
counters barrels aud boxps-duiny any
thing and every thing to disturb the peace
aud quiet OF The establishment. The re
n,nustranres of the clerk were all in vain
At last the matter was laid before the
employer, who charged the young man
that he aust keep order in his absence.
and il lie could not do it by kind means
he must do it by harsh means-larrup
them with Il cart whip if necessary.


In a few days the proprietor of he store
agaiu went to the city, saying to his clerk
10 preserve order at all hazards Nav
this clerk is mere stripping of about
eighteen and the two boys he had to at
tend 10 were pretty tout lads. But let rs
see Low the affair turuei out Shortly
after the proprietor departar the disnrg
anizers entered without ceremony aud be
gan their gymnastic performances. The
clerk told them that his employer had di
rected him to maintain order in his alb
sence and he intended To do it This fail
ed To make any Impression on the rioters
and the young man searched tor iull
grown cartwhip. He set this in motion
and made such impressions on their backs
us they will he likely TO carry as long a.
they 1--we | they had iallen nn to buzz
law or slid thr"ugh mIIl hopper they
could scarcely have been much more cut
IN The back of the Oldest looked like
a cridrnn with raw steak laid "n il. O.,
his retnrn the proprietor was informed o
what had trau>i,irei in his absence aud
endorsed all that his clerk bad dnue


Aud uuw tor the sequel. The father of
the boy is healthy Philadelphia merch
ant, and has been 10 the habit of buyips


eea Tor his horses at this store. Accord
lnyly an order come for load of oats
and nuthing was said about the whipping
afiair. At this point the clerk began To
perceive space OF war. 1t had only been
a few days Siuce this gentleman had pur
chased oats aud be knew that they had
not all been nsei by this tiwe lie re
ported the order tn his employer aud was
told 10 ake The oats which he did.


Ar ived on the gen;leman's premises he
was not slow To discnver extensive prepar
atious to give him a warm reception The
enemy was marshalled iD force. aud drawn
up iu battle array. The father was armed
with a carriage whip, the bays with sticks
and the Hibernian cOachman with shii


eieh Before he had ttre 10 get off OF his
wagon u fearful slash with the whip across
his lace told him that be must assume the
defensive Jumping 20 the ground he
undertook the gigantic enterprise of eU
iarging lbe heads nf the whole quartet
He FIRST demolished the father, then the
sons aud next the coachman. Taking his
club from the latter he did his best to
break every bone in his body. The mUther
nt the boys next appeared upon the bloody
field armed with Two pokers The savage
manner in which the rest of her household
had been placed hurs du combat discour
aged the Amaznniap, and she retired in
good order without firing of her pokers
The way IN which this stripliuy of eiSh
teen used up that whole family is hardly


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Pass OF Therm"pyie


After the whole family had heen wal
lopeA On the most scientific principles. the
enplGyer, who had been concealed in the
next house, made his appearance and told
his clerk TO dive his team home. remark
ing hat he guessed the gentleman had all
the oats lie needel and dlDt want any
more.


A few nights after this the coachman
went to the store, thir-ting for b'ooi He
requested the young man to meet him
again in the area, and knock him out OF
time if he could. The clerk was 10 an
obliying mood, ani took the coachmao
out 10 the road and gave him another
pumneling. Wien the proprietor is call
ed 10 the city now there is peace in that
store


We should think this young man would
he "a valuable acquisition to newspaper
aface Indeed, we would be almost will
ing 10 divide our salary with hun Tor the
sake of having companion IN whose
strong arm we could have ennfdence He
certainly would not fud his work any
more laborious than il is now. We never
SHOULD ak hIn. to punish more tha" ionr
people in one day With Us he would
have the advantage OF large field oi
lahor If he is alone in the world and
has no one who would take his death hard.
he might try the position for week =
Gerndst0ma Chronirfe.