Young man of Hicksville, aged about 22 years, having had some trouble with the paternal head of the family went to the barn in the rear end of the lot, and securing a rope, he tied one end of it around his body just under his arms, and then pulled the other end up under his coat and tied it to an over hanging beam, and then placing himself upon a box he waited the arrival of his father. When the old gentlemen arrived upon the scene he dropped his head and leaped from the box. The old gentleman was not slow to grasp the situation, and taking a barrel stave he sailed into his pouting calf and basted him with such vigor that the young man will take his meals standing, for at least week. The young men of Hicksville should profit by the experience, of the young man and if the spirit prompts them to pull a joke on the "old man" they should first fortify themselves in such a manner, that there will be no chance of his fathers turning it on them.
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