The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-06-19
A Danbury Mans Adventure.

A Danbury man started for Greenwich,
Friday, to see an iron fence. What he
wanted to see an iron fence for we don't
know, and it really makes NO. difference.
He went. He wanted to get off on the
$50 train, SO he hurried some to get
ready. His wife and vicious outside
woman were cleaning house, and it was
some little time before he could get his
society ready. In the meantime he
opened fire on the largest half of GUS
tard pie, holding it in his hand, and
dancing around and yelling for his things.
When she brought his overcoat, he set
the pie in chair to puton the coat, but
in his nervousness stepped on the end of
handled whitewash brush which
was balanced across apail, and the other
end flew up and discharged about pint
of the awful mixture over the sofa, wall
paper, and his painting and indignant
wife. She made remark, and he con-
tradicted it. Then he sat down in the
chair where the pie was, and got up with
howl that would have melted the stout
est heart. She wanted him to wait while
she scraped off the surplus, but he was
too mad to converse in words of more
than one syllable, and started for the
depot, and boarded the train, and in the
seclusion of the baggage-car removed
the offensive lunch
He got to Greenwich all right, and
looked at the fence. We hope he adj
mired it. Then he started for home but
missed the train, and as the next was an
express and didn't stop at Greenwich, he
was obliged to walk to tine draw-bridge
at Cos Cob or stay at Greenwich all night.
So he walked up there in the rain, but
didn't mind it much, as he had an UNI
umbrella and the pie was pretty well
dried in. When he got to Cos Cob he
stood up on fence to look at the scene,
ry, and swear when sharp gust of wind
took off his hat and carried it across 6
bog lot. Then he stepped down ON the
other side, too amazed to express him.
self, and another gust of wind came
along and turned the umbrella inside out
A brief conversation here ensued be
tween himself and the umbrella, which
he still held, and he again started for the
hat. When he got to it he kicked i
round several times and then jammed il
down on his head, and started once more
through the pogs as the train drew up al
the bridge. 1t was a terrible struggle
as the boys were uncertain, but h,
strained and coughed and spit and howl
ed and swore, and it did seem as if h,
would catch it after all. What he though
as he stood on that fence and watched
the train sail across the bridge, no hu
man being can tell.
An hour later he appeared in STAN
ford, wet through to the skin, splasheG
with mud, and with an expression ON hi
face that would have scared hydrant
Backing himself against the depot h,
stood there until near midnight, and thel
went up on the owl train to Norwalk
falling asleep in the mean time, and mar
rowly escaping. beinc carried by the de
pot Here he tobk the freight for Dan
bury, arriving at home just before day
light. His wife was abed but not sleep
ing. She lay there, torn by forbodings
and harrassed by suspense. Perhaps h,
was dead and lying on the cold GROUND
in the rain. Then she thought of hi
lifeless body, and groaned; and though
of the pie, and groaned again. Sh'
knew his knock the moment it sounded
and rushing down stairs in the costume
appropriate to that hour, she threw her
self into his hair and Historically shout
ed, "Oh, you old rascal, come in here.
l-Danbmy Neacs