River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-20
& Question of Law


name for al petition to the City Council
for gas lamp upon our corner. He was
sitting in q lower room, with baby upon
his knee, AID Mrs. Lamb was close by,
operating q sewing machine. They were
evidently greatly excited about some
thing, and before | hsd achance to state
my errandi Mrs. Lanth said:
"Do you know anything about .lawlr
"a very little," I said. "Whyw
.'I'll tell you,n BEGAN Mr.. Lamb.
"Never mind, Achilles interrupted
Mrs Lamb, sharply II will present the
facts. Wen, you know Mr.. Dobbins, up
the street here2"
"Mr. Packer Dobbins,n said Mr.. Lamb.
'.The first name ~ not important" said
Mrs. Lamb "There are no other Dob
bins about here. Well, Mr.. Dobbins has
tondness:of ballooning, and he under
took to tase balloon voyage in a bal
loon of hi&o own yesterday /"
SIN the morning, said Mr.. Lamb.
Achilles y said Mrs. Lamb, rebuking
the Interruption "The balloon arose
swiftly firm his garden, and it sailed
over the tops of the houses until it came
immediately above our roof. Here il
began to descend ard Mr.. Dobbins threw
out sand-bag which he carried for bal
LAST
''Went tight down our chimney" SAID
Mr.. Lamb, jolting the baby upon his
knee.
Don't anticipate me, please" ex-
claimed Mrs. Lamb, in a severe tone.
1.-THE bag fell int the flue of our chimney,
and the house was filed with smoke. Mr..
Lamb wissl his usual want of sense"
"Want of sense, darling2 How can
you"
eyes your want of sense. mean what
| say. Mr.. Lamb dashed thirteen buckets
of water slver the kitchen floor, and then
he rushed upstairs and threw two chairs
and waShstand out of the window"
GAS gentle as could, my love-"
''No matter, You threw them. Just
then Mrs Smith, our next door neighbour,
called and said she had seen the sand-bag
enter our flue, and so we discovered what
the matter was. ! determined to try and
remove the obstruction"
II determined, too, said Lamb
''Dc he still, Achillcsl Mr.. Dobbins,
however, while passing over Magruder's
yard. it seems. became frightened, and
threw on. his grabbing iron, think they
"Grappling-ironi dearest" inte1jected
Mr.. Lamb
swell, it's Of 30 consequence. And, at
any rate, Magr,ider's servant girl, Maria
was in the yard fixing the clothes-lines.n
Feeding the pigs, | understand, said
Mr.. Lamb.
"Achiiies Mind the baby and hush
Al. IN, haV
skirts and lifted her clear off the ground
Just thea Mr.. Dphbins, it seems, threw
out more ballast and the next moment
Niagrudat's Maria was carried, screaming
sevel al hundred feet in the air."
"Abog6 as high as the weathercock on
the BaFtist steeple," explained Mr..
Lamb
'.Neyer mind him!" said Mrs. Lamb
contempEuously. However, Mr.. Dob
bins, hearing her cries, let some gas out
of the balloon, and just as it came over
our root. he cut the rope of the graphing
iron and dropped Magruder's Maria right
upon odr chimney, directly over the
flue.n
eve hadn't any idea she was there
"Praydont he so absurd, replied Mrs.
Lamb. "Of course we were not aware
that she was sitting upon cur chimney,
for we were in the kitchen. Achilles
here, with his Customary recklessness, in
sisted npon blowing the sand-bag out OF
the flue with half-keg of powder.
"Wel, darling, you know you tried to
push ii out with a brush-handle, and
couldn't"
$50 lie placed the powder in the fire.
place and exploded it. The stove and
the hrfek-work, ,of course, were torn 10
atoms. The tea-kettle was hurled
through the window, and two dish.pans,
a tea cup, and a potato-masher hit the
door with frsghtful force"
"Y9u forget that our hired girl was
knocked down with the eoal-scuttle,'
said Nj Lamb
"Pisy it didn't knock you down. Well,
before we had recovered from the shock,
Mrs. Emith rushed in, breathless, and
said SIZE had seen Magrude's Maria,
while sitting oa our chimney, suddenly
rise, turn nine complete somersets,
and"
II think ii ]: remember rightly she
SAID esqM soniefsets, Lucille dear"
90, hush! Turn nine somersets and
then fiv off at a tangent and fall. Mrs.
Smith said that Magrudes Maria, while
turning around. seemed to be hugging
something thai looked like pillow"
a show-pili0w, wasn't it, she saidg"
asked Mr.. Lanik.
"YSl're goose. Achilles! so we all
rushea out after Mrs. Smith, and mo-
ment later we found Margrudcr's Maria
curlea up on the straw in Blacks barn
yard. with the sand-bag in her arms. 1t
had slot out Of the fue, carried her with
It. here they both were. Magruder's
maria was not hurt, only breathless,
for soc had fallen on the straw. We gave
here s0nethipn to bring her TO-"
a. snifter al brandy" said Lamb.
.SBifterl How low and vulgar And
when she revived we carried her home,
nd tg8is morning she sued US for assault
md battery with intent"to xiii. Do you
hink we shall have to suffer-
az ell--Ically, ! don't know. 1t
eeuls 10 me tbat Dobbins is the actual
.ulpris. and that he ought to be pun
shedan
@Thats what II said" remarked Mr..
.amh, timidlv.
Mrs, Lamb went to him, selzed his
ar and marched him out Of the room.
improved the opportunity TO withdraw,
md We got the gas-lamp without Lambs
ignature. The case of Magruder's
daris against AIr. and Mrs. Achilles
.amb comes an in September, and Maria
nnonnces her Intention to carry II TO
he 8uprerne Coart il she can't get justice
nv tffser way lKaz Adeler.
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