The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-09-05
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was SO ordered.
A messenger from the hall was re-
ccivcd, who announced to the Speaker
that the company was all present, in
session in the parlor, and was ready to
consider any invitation to berries and
cream, or any communication relative
to the State of the Tea which the House
might desire to transmit.
On the reception of this message, the
House was thrown into the greatest
CONSERVATION, and the Speaker official
" announced that, "Wcll, she neverw
The Sergeant-at-Arms hoped that he
might be "dad-bingcd.''
The House then, by unanimous con-
sent, adopted the following joint rcso-
lutiOns:
Resoirtd, That we wish we had him here for
" E,sS: s ~ That We would like to know what
Eesoirea. That Il he ever docs it again
At this critical juncture, and right on
the heels of resolution of ccnsure, the
committee appeared, and, with some
hesitation, announced that it was ready
to report.
The committee had very democrat
lied straw hat, very blackcned face,
only ono eyebrow, jacket full Of holes,
and about half u pint of very small,
very shrivclcd, very dry and very dusty
raspberries. On tasting, it appeared
that the raspberrics had been grown in
a powder-mill.
The Speaker directed the Sergeant
alarms to lock the committee up in the
crypt of the Capitol until after tea, and
in accordance with the order of the
House, the committee was placed on
the dark side of the door of the cellar
closet. and was told that the House
would consider its report ut the night
session.
THE INVESTIGATION.
On rcassembling, after the festivities
of the evening, the Committee on Sup
plies was brought before the bar of the
House in the custody of the Sergeant
alarms. In reply to inquiries of the
House, the Chairman of the committee,
Mr.. Wagelthorpc Casper L. stated
that the half-pint of raspberries he
brought home was all there was in the
market; that the time between his de-
parture from the House, at 1925 a. M,
and his return, at GAS p. M, had been
consumed in an arduOus and unresting
search for more berries; that there
were none at all in the city; and he had
at last only been able, under the guild
ance and with the assistance of a boy,
to find and obtain the half-pint he
brought back with him four miles out
in the country.
The Spcakcr-What did you pay for
them?
MIR. Wagelthorpe Casper L.)-Thir-
ty cents.
Under further examination, the COM
mittee stated that its hat was torn and
reduced to its present condition of
shreds while walking through the woods
to reach the only farm where raspber-
ries could be obtained; and, further,
that the smell of gunpowder about his
person and on the berries was due to
the great clouds of powder-smoke that
blew upon him as he passed through
town: and, also, that the holes in his
jacket were caused by malicious, bad
and wicked boy, who did not love his
teacher, and would not obey the rule,
and never went to Sunday-School, and
who hit the committee with torpedo
for the avOwed purpose and with the
deliberate intention of making the holes
aforesaid, and also, as the committee
fully believed, with the intention of de-
stroying, if it might be, the life of the
committee. that the bad boy might,
without molcstation, subsequently pos
sess himself of, and incontincntly de-
YOUR, the berries which he knew ut
that time TO be in the custody of the
committee, but which he well knew the
committee, in its unwavcring fidelity,
would yield up only with its life. In
answer to question relative to the
disappearance of one of his eyebrows,
the committee simply but earnestly
stated that it was melted off by the ex-
IRENE heat of the sun.
The Speaker urged the committee to
be more explicit regarding the person
or persons of whom the berries had
been purchased.
Mr.. Wagelthorpe Casper L.) stated
explicitly, as he had stated before, that
it was man.
The Sergeant-at-Arms made the same
demand relative to the person or per-
sons who accompanied the committee
to the scene of the purchase.
Mr.. Wagelthorpe (Jasper L.) again
stated that it was a boy.
Being asked if the party of whom he
purchased the berries actually told him
raspberries were sixty cents quart, he
said he didn't know; he only knew that
he had to pay thirty cents for the half
pint no got.
RECRUITING evidence was now intro
duced. A neighboring grocer, who
was subpGnaed, testified that the town
was full to overfiowing with raspberries
all day that went a begging at seven
cents quart. He himself had half u
bushel spoil on his hands, that he would
have given away had anybody asked
for them.
Cross-examined-Saw young Mr.
WagelthOrpe in the morning: sold him
five cents worth of torpedOes and u
pack of firc-crackers. Didn't say any
thing about raspberries. Saw him cat
about two pints out of the case, how
ever, while he was waiting for the ex-
plOsives.
Micky Mccain, a young gentleman
who "shines 'em up" at the Union
Depot. testified that the committee
gave him ten cents for q Roman candle,
which went off while the Chairman was
blowing the wick against a cigar end
to make it light, carrying with it the
Chairman's right eyebrow.
CrOss-examined-W in swimming
with the committee shortly after the
accident; stayed in the water two hours;
committee bought some torpedoes when
they came out, and pelted horse with
them until the animal ran away and
upset fruit stand. Witness and COM
mittee then gathered about tin cupful
of raspberries out of the dust from the
debris of the fruit stand, committee
paying witness nickel for his services
as visiting statesman.
This witness was somewhat per-
picked by the efforts of the committee
to wink and shake his head at him
without attracting the attention of the
Speaker, hopromptly repressed these
demonstrations whenever she saw them,