Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-06
A Danbury Man Supplies Amusement
for the Home Circle.

We recently published An item to the effect
that amusement for the home circle could be OBJ
tanned by setting up stick in basin OF water,
and placing spider on top of the stick. The
AMUSEMENT consists in watching the spider throw
it crawl to the shore. 1t Is pretty experiment
We have been told. Mr.. Forceps tried 1t Sunday
afternoon. He made the arrangements com
plete. Then he caught spider, big fellow,
and put il on top OF the stick. He did IL for the
amusement of the whole family, but they hav-
ing neglected to answer his calls, the thing was
fixed without their presence, and he was in quite
a furry OF excit ment getting them together
His wife was up stairs trying to think where she
had put the pillow cases for the front b I'd
room, and was not exactly in the humor of
spider watching, but he tried a little vigoro us
language, and she came down. Then he hunted
up his daughter Ju lia, who was at the gate with
young gentleman. He brought them in, look
ing anxiously at the spider who had not yet
moved, thank heaven, and commenting in a
surprised manner at the singular lack of appre-
citation on the part of his family. Then he
plunged into back room where his so.,, Adolf
plus, was making sloop, and called him. But
AdOlphus didn't care to see a spider, and the
impatient and sorely tired parent was obliged to
take him by the collar and jerk him into the
three times. before the young man felt yearn-
ing to look into the intricacies of the expert
NEXT. Having got them all together, MIR. For
ceps got down on his knees, feeling the full
weight OF his responsibility in the matter, and
eyed the spider with painful intensity. half
hour passed, still the spider did not move. Mrs.
FOrceps was suddenly struck with an idea.
There" she exclaimed-FOrceps looked up
eagerly-"Tll bet those pillow-cases are in the
chest in the back BEDROOM" she added. Mr..
Forceps grated his teeth, and turned again to
the spider. ''I'll bet he's asleep" volunteered
Adolphus. Mr.. FOrceps intimated that he
would split anyone open who took the wager,
and silence was again restored. Still the spider
did not stir. 1t is likely it had not seen the item
in the papers, and didn't know what was ex
pected OF it, Mr.. Forceps grew more nervous
and impatient every moment. The longer the
spider delayed moving, the harder Mr.. Forceps
stared at II. He was thus engaged when Mrs.
Forcepe emitted a sharp cry, and he looked up
Just IN time to save himself AdOlphus, with
the knife he had used on the soop in his hand,
had become 60 oppressed by the magnitude of
the experiment, that he had actually fallen
asleep, and losing his balance he struck against
his mother, and bounced thence over into the
midst of the group, the knife describing a circle
in it's descent. and in direct line with the back
of Mr.. FOrceps' skull. He looked up just in
time to save himself, but not the experiment.
The unhappy youth went down in the basin
with crash, knocking the contents over the
family and driving the point OF the stick into
his father knee. The shock awOke him, and
with that instinct peculiar to boys, he appre-
hended disturbance, and promptly darted out
of the house. The old gentleman went directly
to his room, took Off his clothes, and went to
bed, leaving Mrs. FOrceps to clean up the muss
and explain to those who cared to know, that
the house would look like a hog pen in spite of
all her eforts.-Ddnbury NewS.