Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1882-05-03
EBecsr0namuia.
April 9th.

Disciple OF the sundower and lily 10 now
no uncommon sight. No matter to hew great
an extreme he carries the craze, still the
aesthetic 10 tolerated. Should not therefore
poor Mr.. Zigxag, hrm and reverent Worship
per at the shrine Of electricity, be endured ?
While the aesthetic 10 busy over perfumery,
knee bresches and sunfowers, Mr.. 2. is lug
ging home some new invention Of sleotricity.
His room was . regular electric emporium.
and had he not taken the precaution of having
rod on each chimney. there is no telling how
many times lightning might have crept into
Brother rs. apartments along with the 9th
or numerous articles Of such Sith and kin.
Edison was his pet Of pets. Photographs,
telephones and electric clocks aboandsd, and
the atmosphere Of the room seemed to Q non
electro maniac to have an almost electric
smell and taste. Everything was in such
apple pie order" Over the tiled open Are
place licked the electric clock, from the CELL
ing hung braxen chandelier ornamentsd
with crystal pendants, and supporting an
electric light, over the mahogany bed and sunk
In the wall. was the electric burglar alarm,
on table OF polished walnut stood now al
lent "sound-r," from q wall over it telephone
peeped. at it's side phonograph, on his desk
his electric pen, and in an easy chair befor,
the open fireplace, sat the electric gentleman
himself. perusing the pages Of the "soientific
American" in search Of more electric pets
AS the clock chimed Of 'Vsn" Mr.. 2. rose. and
after fond gaze around the room retired for
the evening.
An hour later the moonbeams shining il,
through the window, rested lightly ON the face
OF Mr.. T., now wrapped in the arms of the
stygian god, still he slept on Slowly the
moophe&ma Nrept lower and lower, aud finally
left him altogether. Midnight, chimpd w.
clock. Suddenly the monograph begins to
whesze aud rattle in the wall like a chimney
which wont draw The rafting grows deeper,
longer. louder, until the room ia allied with
rever5eratlons resembling thoae from an
asshmatic bellows. Mr.. 2, rises bolt upright.
each particular hair following suit, like the
quilts OF Hamlet's hedgehog. The spirit of
the roaring phonegrapb 10 infections; away
goes the telsgraphio sounder on q rollickiug
rattle, the clock goes eraAy and glibly chimes
III hours as seconds. Mr.. z. hurls u pillow
at the sounder and stops that, but az the Ia at
rattle blends with the snorts OF the gaspins
monograph. the telephone takes the key note.
and the phonograph and the telephone enter
upon Duet, the Rhapesraph doing the bass
IN highly respectable manner. But this
Duet acts upon the nerves OF Mr.. z, sonaevb.t
after the manner in which . rasp acts mon
metal. "Pandemoniumi" he howls, AZ he
dashes pillow No. 2 ct We WATERING clock. bu,
90 he dues 40, his Aesh cree ps with terror. and
he feels for his revolvsrs, "a, with q terrific
"r-r r-r rip, bang the burglar alarm sur-
passes the duo with its solo. Great hsavepsl.
means Mr.. q, what on sarth IL the matter
Oh heavens, the bnr.'lar alsrml a burglar in
each room-but," here he reflects: .Tha, q
lie, there Amt any burglars in here cn.s
that thingl" He picks M the bolster, the
last shot in the locker, swings il over ii,
shoulder, and al Intense food VI white lipht
dis the room, aid with despai,ing shric Of
the electric iigrtf H. Z. gees under the
bed, dtnPptnk rtVolSers and bolster, and ac-
eomp4niod with flowing train of bed clothes.
When safely under the bed. he wraps a Ia
crab tbs hsd clothes around his head, but in
spite OF two blankets and q heavy Quilt, he
annot shut ont the dsmnniac din of that
room. Az he listens tremblingly, ell noise
ceases as suddenly as it began, and Quiet. the
quiet OF the grave, reigns supreme, Slowly.
9 spiciously, mountain Of bed clothes
energies fr"ml under the bed, gradually blan-
ket and quilt fall %. and one Of Mr. Z's. eyes
'rau%ht with amszement, comes into view
next another eye. and Fl ,allv the whole head
II Nr: 2. Cautiously tina haa d ia followed Nv
the shoulders, when, ripping blast from the |
photograph and company sends back head |
shoulders and all. Again there il !
quiet, and again Mr., ~, head Appeareth.
! arsfully be moves out; slowly he rises and
crteps along on all fours. Butting chair |
here, knocking down \ stand there, he comes
ut last to the window. One heroic effort. he
raises the curtain, sends up the window bang
ing and rafting, and CAGES upon the calm
heaven OF midnight At the first glance he
'taggers BACK. Il he crazy caa it be
Floods OF electric light tow up and down the
'ky from horizon to zenith, now streaked with
ed, now green. wave succeeding wave, and
'aoh brea king into a superb and clearly defin-
ed crown at the zenith. He is duzel, blind
ID, dumbfounoed. With startled ewes and
luiek breath, he mutters, "The Aurora
sorealisl'' That word sxplaincd it all. Is it
WONDER taat the peighRors thought it strange
o hear a roar Of laughter from the direction |
4 Brother Zigzsg2 Is it wonder that Brother
!. made up his mind not to 10 quite 80 anx.
ous about hunting up electric cnnveniepces,