National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-11
THE ROW AT porrs,.
How the Ikid'S DIrnagcrie nrohe Moose
ana Made Trouble Generally.

They had torriblc time up at Dt Potts the
other night. 10 seems that little Archibald Potts
had bceu holding menagerie In the cellar for
the benefit Of the nelghboring juveniles, and
among other attractions, had locked the skid
morcs' big yellow Thomas cat and the Ba2umbees'
two Maltese Maria cats into the refrigerator to
serve as Royal Bengal tigers In the corner he
had fence d in four dogs with bed.slats in man
ner supposed TO be highly suggestive Of grizzly
bears. goat appeared as Bactri0n camel and
pet raccoon az a panther. trap full OF rats did
duty as hyenas, while the ornthOlogcai depart
ment was represented by Charlie DiHcnderler's
parrot audR couple OF roosters, gartor snake
In q raisin box was billed on the alley fence as
"fcroshus borc construction" aud made up list Of
attractions that extracted the nlckcls from the ju-
vonile public In a manner that made the embryo
Haverly the ptoudest boy on Van Ness avenue.
For good and sufficient reasons, Master Archi-
bald failed to connde the full extent of his man
ageta enterprises TO his parents, and In fact, had
bribed the Chinese cook to eternal secrecy with n
share in the gate money and q season ticket.
About one a. M that night Mrs. Potts discovered
that she was hungry, and, sitting up in bed, de-
liycrcd feeling Grafton to Dr. POttS as TO the
magnanimity ofhis going Into the cellar and see
ing II there any cold beef In the refrigerator
After DR.. Potts had stopped snoring long enough
To respectfully but firmly decline the nomination,
Mrs. P put on her slippers aud proceeded TO seek
| the said refreshments.
MIS-. fOtlS candle was blown out as sue ue-
soondcd the cellar steps something that invar-
| ably happens, by tue way-but as she was familiar
with the basement topography, she proceeded to
gropc her way 90 tho refrigerator and raise thelid
! Instantly what seemed 20 tho Mortified woman TO
| bo ton Of dynamite with claws exploded, and she
| fell over against tho goat. which buttod her clear
across the coal heap. while the dogs bit her In nine
places. tho parrot pecked her, the rooster dew at
| her, the rats scanpered over her, and paudcno-
mum generally turned loose its racket TO miugle
| with Mrs. Potts shrieks, which were distinctly
| heard in West Oakland. the wind being that way.
| Dr. Potts just at this iunoturc awoke from a
| dream, IN which he Imagined himself snge-
coach being chased in ahead OF time by the In
dians. and after critically listening to Mrs. Potts
| performance for fifteen or twenty minutes he be-
| came convinced that there were burglurs In the
| house, and that immediate, vigorous action was
necessary. So. IN order to convey the most exact
| idea OF what hnd happened, he rushed into the
dcrv' at the top of his lungs.
| When OnlCer McGluckcy arrived Mrs. Potts was
Just going into her ninth I'll among the Potts ui.
gUnitc Aggregation with the raccoon chewing of
her last toe and the garter snake coied round hel
leg, while three members OF" r" Co., who boarded
the impression that Old Potts was house breaker
and had fired three sighting shots apiece ut tha
prominent citizen.
1t required four hours and the assistance Of tht
entire noighbOrhood to get matters Strengthened
And when Mrs. Potts was put to bed again
wrapped up I'm u sheet soaked in arnica, and al
was tolerably serene, II was discovered that Nastc
Archibald had disappeared during the riot, leav
Ing note on his school slate TO the ofiuct that II
proposed to hide In the park until the thing bley
over, and that II within three days Personal
did not appear In the Post, requesting aim to re
sea and turn pirate.-DeTick Dodd IN san Fran
cisco Post