Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-08
That Frozen Pine,

When plumber plumbs new house &c
makes provision for tho frotzirg OF tho water
Pipe ct some point under the house. L is
always at come point which can be got ct By
opening !raD door and crawling les, than half
milo through the darkness. You begio tho
Winter with the feeling thst Sou will n,itber
borrow nor lend pail Of water, but:will stat
ready at all times TO sympsthizs with q neigh
Dor who gels up 10 the morning to 6nd his
Dlpss as dry as bone. Just as this feeling
begins to put fst on yony ribs. you 20 homo to
dinner to be met by the cook With the remark:
Il euass the water he's all run out of the
riV:r, Tor can't get drop to coCk with"
You tura the faucets this way, aId that.
There is hope that she doesn'sj know how
TO draw water, although she has been ia the
house TOR three years. There Is . sisbnr 10
the pipes, ss if they had met with come gfes.
sorrow doHo ln their depths. tu. 10 water 40.
peass
Uuder these circunslapc ?, il tskss ony tso
minutes to cJms to tho conclusion that The pips
is trcz.n somewhere. Ten micutes more speut
10 deep red, ction will ooDviac, you that the
guilty point is under tho addition, Hhcr, Inc
pipe leaves the erourd to enter tic ki!c1eu.
All you need d, is TO get o,adIe, hammer,
mai, pine sick, end INIT Ia. iron. n,.er
you hsvs craHled uoder and bumped sour head
on the brick columns and reked ycur back on
the ioist aud barkcd your knees Oh the cd iron
hoops which always take up ljdsiogs under q
house. you put tic fat ircn to tho COLI water
pipe. IL Is no use to Try 10 iron the wrinkles
out OF water pipe. Tho most y,u c,n do is 10
heat the pipe, and GO man was ever known to
persist IN that idea OVER fen nioutes tc?are
adopting the other.
Take your hammer and dive the nail into tho
pipe. BY driving next to thu floor and close to
the ground you can tell if the pipe is froZen be.
tween. The n.il holes are easily plugged up
with pine. When you have come AS near as
may be to The ircz,n spot, hold tho f At iron on
the pipe and settle down for ten minutes of
meditation. You won't have to travel down men.
or9's lane over half mile before something will
hsppen. Tho pipe will burst at exactly on
lie with your eyes, and you will have cause
tc wonder all tho rest of your life how gallon
OF water could have collected at that one point
for your benet..
Some hen can close burat in lsad pipe By
use OF hammer. You can't and 80 YOU mus.
crawl out for rags. crawl ia to wind them over
tne spot, yel for string whoop for the water to
De shut OH and crawl on! with iccles hanging TO
your your ears esrs and raging desire in your hear: to
Shea biood. And yet, when you come to shake
your nst under the plumbler's nose snd offer to
lick him for two cents. he kindly replies:
Burst in the pipe, eh Well, III have g
man Inefe tue nrst thing next week M Quad
EXCITING BEAR HUNr.-Last week Dir.
Brown aud VIM. Dickinson Of D:go, NJ. T.,
killed nehr that rlaco big boar which weighed
nearly eight hundred pounds. Tho bear hiss
been doing much damage 10 stock 10 the list
four OF i've years. recently killed CIV, and the
hunt 10 which he was kill ID Was COTTON up espc.
oaly Tor bis benefit. Shortly after tho dogs
had started tbs bear The men took their sepa
rats stands, aud soon after the bear came in
sight of Bscwa, who fred upon him bat only
slightly wounded him. The bear ID ,n chased
Brown several times arouod clamp of five
small oaks, and finally lodged through them 10
40 attempt to cut IF Mr.. Brown, at which crit
cal moment Dickerson's dog seizsd Bluin
behind and gave Brown an opportunity to 70.
load and deliver fatal shot. The shot WAS de
livered just 10 tiue, as Browns dog had dsen
already killed aud Dickerson's dog was badly bit.
ten. Wbe5 dressed it is ssid that To, fat on
the bears back measured fVs inches in thick.
Hess
TEMPERANCE AT THE WHITE HoUsE.-Mrs.
Hayes. says the Chicago Times. gave 60 elegant
dinner ia.o1u fo l.nnr,I "a NJ,