The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-04-24


ing of disconnected sentences, such as-ssa.-
| "Wonder what there is about this to fatten
a man Never heard Noah was very fat, and
he took one for forty days. Mighty small
| place to stuff my carcass into, Guess there
| isn't much danger of the waters coming up
| high enuff to drown me. Wonder if twill
| feel anything as that blasted shower did down
| tn Bath last summer sc. -
heard! him after stepping intoi bis Floset,
shut the door, which he carefully .bolted and
the next minute there came acrashing SIAM
bang ~ on the floor, that made the house
shake, followed by the most terrific. screams
and shouts of "Oh! oh! Oh! Lord /! Oh y
oh Thunder and lightning Murder Fire!
Water! Let me out I! I'm drowning Help
for God s sake, help!?' andending by calling,
on me vociferously. -1 ::i-s -itGa f:..@ ga
I In an instant, not only I, but every servant
and all others within hearing, male and female, 1,
were in the room. Although he had not ceas- :
ed shouting, nothing was to be seen Of Tom, :
but in the centre of the floor lay the shower
bath, door DOWN. ards, and the whole affair
absolutely jumping from Toms superhnman 3:
efforts to relieve himself. We rolled it over
the door flew open, and out tumbled the most
astounding mass offmms, NgS and hodyi eyer
presented to the astonished gaze of human
Eeyes. IVA -. .~..-i $50, -
/ One moment was given. to astonishment; q
the next, the women scampered, and then
mortal risibles could stand II no longer. ~
] We rolled on the floor in little short, Of con-
]vulsionst Tom raised himself up, too happy
IN his fancied escape to be very angry at us
but still evidently trying to assume some
| dignity. Dignity from such. a.fguye, and in
/ such apHghtg We roared louder than ever,
and Tom finding it was Of no use, joined in
the chorus, until we were. compelled to stop
] from sheer exhaustion. ...l e 20 7,-s@ l.ss7
He then-having hustled on a part of his
/ garments answered our repeated enquiries
of chow it happened" p; sat ....rna s..,a-
"Whyayou see, when Igot into that IN
fernal man-trap there, bolted the door. and
! then it took me some time to screw up my
my courage. Iknewsit. wasraAy hxedscold, and
SO thought would bring down the. shower
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a little at a time. Wall, you; see, ] pulled
4 the strins-consarn it-kinder softly. about
an inch tn once had my shoulders drawn.
/ up, my head down, my eyes and teeth shut,
and gave it another little pull, when ke'rhoaset
came hull ocean of water, right slap on
my head, binding me, taking away-lny breath,
and fairly quack1ing me. / made one. jump
for the door, but the plaguy thing was boited,'
and over went the hull machine kerslap on the
floors. Then got frightened, and thought
I was drowning sure enuf. Maybe / didn't
sing out and try to strike out, but 'twarnt no
use. filed the machine SO full couldn't
stir enutf only to knock all the skin. off my
knees and elbows. Just then you came in p
and let me out, and you know all the ST
Plaguenation take the shower bath! Wouldn't
take another if twas to make me as fat as
! Daddy LAMBERT ~F-. s"a9.A',~ ''I q. 2a.5o
Nor has poor Tom to this day, but remains
h q perfect Calvin Edison on "a mammoth. scale !.
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