Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-16

lOT lnut, bnOulu not nave moved manu- o
foot in such n wild enterprise in the dark
However, | went at my task,-Ove
chalrs, and against all sorts of obstruc
tlons, all OF them hard ones, too, and mos
of them with sharp edges, and at last
got kitty coOped up in the commode at al
expense of over four hundred dollars il
broken furniture and shins. Then thes
mufiied words came from the closet:
at says that the safest thing is to stanC
on a chair in the middle of the room; anC
the legs of the chair must lie insulated will
non-conductors. That is, you must Sc
the legs of the chair in glass tumblers
Fzt!-b -boom-bang-smash Oh, hea
that! Do hurry, Mortimer, before yol
are struck"
| managed to find and secure the tum
blers. got the last four--broke all th'
rest. | insulated the chair legs, anc
called for further instructions.
Mortimer" it says. "Wahrend cine
Gewittex cntferne man Natalie, vie z. B.
RinRe, Uhren, Schussel, etc, Won sicl
und halle slCh auch NIGHT an solchen Stel
auf, wo viele, Metallic, bel einanier lieger
oder NIT andcrn Korpern ycrbunden sind
we an Herden, Oefen, Eisengittern IL, dgl
What does that mean, MortimerP Doe
it mean that you must keep metals abou
you or to keep them away from you?"
"Well, | hardly know. 1t appears Il
he little mixed. All German advice il
more or less mixed. However, thinl
that that sentence is mostly in the dativt
case, with little genitive and accusativt
sifted in, here and there for luck; so
reckon it means you must keep somt
metals about you"
eyes. that must be it. 1t stands t
reason that it is. They are in the nature
Of lightning rods You know. Put on youl
fireman 5 helmet, Mortimer; that is most
ly metal"
| got it and put it on--a very heavy aHi
clumsy and uncomfortable thing on hoI
night in close room. Even my night
dress seemed to be more clothing than
strictly needed.
Mortimer, think your middle ought
to be protected. Won't you buckle on
yonr military sabre, please?'
| complied.
'Now, Mortimer, you ought to have
some way to protect your feet, Do please
put on your spurs.
| did tin silence-and kept my tenn
per as well as | could.
Mortimer, it says, 'Das Gewitter tauten
list sehr gefahrlich well die GloCke selbst,
10 we der durch das Lauten veranlasSte
Luiizug und die HOhc des Thurmes den
Bitz auziehen konnten.' Mortimer, does
that mean that it is dangerous not to ring
the church bells during thunder storm,
"Yes, it seems to mean that-if that is
the past partlciple OF the nominative cas-,
singular, and reckon it is. Yes, think
that it means that on account of the height
Of the church tower and the absence o.
Luftzug it would be very dangerous (sehr.
gefahrich) not to ring the bells in time o.
a storm; and moreover, don't you see,
the very wording
"Never mind that, Montlmer; don't
waste the precious time in talk. Get the
large dinner bell; it is right there in the
hall. Quick, Montimer, dear, we are
almost safe. Oh, dear do believe we are
gong to be saved, at Iast!"
Our little summer establishment stands
on top Of a high range of hills. overlook.
ing Il valley. Several farm houses are in
our neighbOrhOOd-the nearest some three
Or four hundred yards away.
When /, mounted on chair, had been
that bell matter of seven or
eight minutes, our shutters were suddenly
torn open from without, aud a brilliant
bnll's'eye lantern was thrust in at the
window, followed by hOarse inquiry:
What in the nation is the matter
here?"
The windows were full of mems heads,
and the heads were full of eyes that star.
ed at my night dress and my war.hke
dropped the bell. skipped down from
the chair in confusion, and said
"Therc's nothing the matter friends
only little discomfort on account Of the
thunder storm. was trying to keep off
the lightning"
"Thnnder storm2 Lightnng2 Why,
Mr., MCWilliams, have you lost your mind2
It is beautiful starlight uighti there has
Deen no storm"
looked out, and was 20 asonished |
:onld hardly speak for while. Then ]
said
81 do not understand this. We dis.
jinctIy saw the glow OF the flashes through
he curtain and shutters, and heard the
hunder."
One after another those people lay down
IN the ground to laugh-and two of them
lied. One of the survivors remarked
PITY you didn't think to open your
blinds and look over the top of the high
nil yonder. What you heard was can.
non; what you saw was the fash. You
see, the telegraph brought some news,
lust at midnight: Galfield's nominated
and that's what's the matter"
"Yes, Mr.. Twain, as [ said in the be-
ginning, (said Mr.. McWilams), the rules
for preserving people against lightning
are so excellent and so innumerable that
The most incomprchensible thing in
the world to me is how any body ever
TO get struck.
So saying, he gathered up his satchel
and umbrella, and DEPARTED for the
train had reached his town.