Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-17
A Danbury Mans Adventures.

i II tnhury man started for Greenwich
F,Id;,. to see an iroa fence. What he
Wanted to see AN iron fence for DE don't
know, and it really makes no difference.
He went. He wanted to 60 off on the
$50 train. 50 he hurried home to get
ready. His wife and vicious outside
woman were cleaning house. and it was
some little time before be coul get his
society suit ready. In the meantime be
opened fire on the largest half of Il custard
pie. holding it in his hand and dancing
around and yelling for his things. VIII n
she brought his overcoat he set the pie
in chair to put on the coat, but in his
nervousness stepped on the end of Ia
long-handled whltewash brush, which
wss balanced Acruss n Daii, and the
other eid h-w up aud discharged about
II pint Of the awful mixture over the
sofa. wallpaper and his painting and in
disuant wife. She made q remark and
he contradicted it. Then be- sat down
III the chair where the pie was. and got
up again with IA howl that would have
melted the stoutest heart. She wanted
HIM to wit while she scraped off the
surplus, but he WIS too mad to converse
in wolds of more than one syllable. and
started tor the depot and boarded the
trhslA, and III the seclu>lon of the baggage
car removed the offensive lunch.
He got t. Greenwich all right and
lo"k~d at the fence. We hope he adj
luired IT, Then he. started tor home hut
missed the train, aud lis ihr neat was al
express and dllu t stop ut q 'tenWlrh. he
w~s, Obliged To- walk t. the drawhrld,,e at
Cos Coo or stay IN Greenwich al! night.
s. he walked up there in the rain, bat
dIiE I n4.At 1t much ~ he Il I'll an nm
orc!la ..E,i the PIE was pretty well dned
III. WIeu he ~; tu C,s Go b" STOOD
Gp u!I Il fence To- look at the scenery, ANA
rwtar when a sharp gnot "f wind took
uH ui> h It and carried II acg,r>~ :. III,
lu5. Ia, IL lie stepped down on the otht'l
snte, too amazed t. express, himself. and
another gust Of wind c.une along and
turued tn,' umrre!! inside ont. \ bliei
conversation urrr en>ued between hInI-
set and the umbrella. and he again
started tul lhr hi. When he cot up t.
1t hr kicked It atnuIi 81 vtrni times, and
then lulutd /. down On his head, and
siaded u,ire morc tLiruUEh the hp-S 3
til TRAM l.r, " up Il. the bridge. Ii WAS
Il terrible e;ru-gie. a. the boys we-e ul-
certain, bat hr strained, and cou-hr,'.
ana spit, and Luwlsd, and sw"re. and il
il, s~ru as Il h would catch it after
all What hr thurght as Lc stoud on
that fence and watched the tv.iu sail
across the bridge uu human briuE Gan
tell
Aa horr later he n peartd in STAN
ford. wet through t. the. skin. splaSh.i
with mud, and with an EXPRESSION on his
iac,- tha: would have ecared hydraut.
Backing himself against tn drp"t. lie
stood there TIL nerr midnight. and then
went mp ON the owl train to Norwalk.
falling asleep in the meantime. and mar
rn"l ly escaping being carird hy thr de-
pot H-rr he took the train Tor Dan
nu,y, arriving 1T hnmr just before
da, !. .ht His vie WAS ahrd. Int not
-ir, ptn-. Sle lay therr torn Iy forth"l-
iugs. il.i hara>,ed uy susprn-". Per
lal,s he Was dead. aud living on the
ground i'll the rain. Tnrn she thon&hf
- E!s iitrle~s b"iy. and IroIne.l; and
thou-ht Of the pie and srnnned again
She knew his knock the moment it
sound, d, and, rr>hinL down stairs. Ill
lh:- c,,s:ulne appropriate t. that h'ur.
she threw he's, II i.ttn his hair and by
.ericaiI shouted, 'On, !ou cid rascal.
.-u:,t IL here.
Pass! D THEocGa. Jiite John Car
Urr MS among the passengers who
'laS,;s Il tHrpuul ve~ter,ilV IN route to-