Brigham City Bugler | 1891-10-31 | Page 3 | He Figured on It

Tie Figured on It. ' "Got a pencil?" asked a farmer on the market the other day of a citizen. "Now, then, let's figure a bit." "What on?" "Well, I come in most every day with something, and generally start for home about dusk. One boy in particular up Grand River avenue has bothered me a great deal by 'hitching on.' The other night I thought. I'd give him a lesson. When he got on I grabbed his cap." "And the boy?" 'He sat down on some bags of oats I hadn't sold and was taking back homo, and didn't seem to care much about it. He rodo about a mile and then got off without hia cap." "But what about the figgers?" "I'm coming to them. He threw out eix empty bags worth thirty-five cents each. He slashed into three bags full of oats with his knife and let 'em run out. He threw away a new tea kettle which cost me eighty cents, and he dropped overboard a horse blanket for winch I paid $1. Add up these sums, subtract a two shilling cap and see how much I came out ahead. Detroit Free Press.