Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-03-06
WALKING TO TErrER's FIRE.

WALKING TO TEETERS FIRE.
We must before going any further, |
state that the trustees of the, village OF
BilEewater and three companies of the !
Ere iaddies are not on good terms. The
trustees and these Gremen dislike each
other very much indeed, and rs Mr..
Teeter is trustee it is said that his loss !
is much greater than it would have been
bad his name even been Dennis instead
Of Cicero. The fire companies are MI
composed of volunteers. anu ~ they pay
dues and fines and put ont fires at their
own expense they feel rather independ.
ent about where they will show the
most zeal. II. ::
The trustees have an appropriation
which they handle each year according
to the dictates Of their own consciences,
which is supposed TO 90 to the fire do
partment. but this year they do not
hand it over without the duly receipted
bills Of the department to show that thu
money has not been misappropriated.
This makes the fire laddies hot. for they
own their machines and board them
selves A fire iaddie h;ltes to have his
whiskers sin:,ed of and his nose frozen
80 still that in blowing it the whole for
ward p;1rt of the nose may crack ind
fall off. but still worse he hates on top
Of all this to have his motives ,mpugned.
The fire I:,llie suffLrs. but he never
weeps. He says to the trustees of the
village Of .Bilgewater: I'VE. especially
- members Of Unparalleled Squirt No. /,
have put NJ with about all we care to
stand. and so we Shall soon offer our
nice red trucks and blue ladders for sale.
If you arr. afraid that we will fool away
your appropriation on axl. grease for
our engine nr rat poison for our engine
house. and you dare not trust US out OF
sight. we will pause before We rescue
your abnorlnally plain hired girl from
the blazing rafters of your burning
buildings You have asked lis for our
ultilnatun. and we inclose one herewith
which we have never used 1t is nice,
bright, new ultiluatum. with a snapper
on the end OF it. Use it carefully and it
will last youa long time.
Then the trustees appealed to the pa
triotisln Of the fire laddies. saying: sure
iy you will not 80 and sell your bright
red trucks and things to II comparative
stranger. and then On the Fourth OF July
have no machine to haul around past the
butch pond and along the Fin.erbowl
road Come. now. boys. don't act that
wayv
With this state of affairs. which has
been unchanged for several weeks. it Is
not strange that when tue shrill cry OF
fire hurst forth from the massive throat
Of MIR Teeter. ut ll:47 on the above
night. several volunteer firemen coyly
looked ont ut window and then went
back to bed again.
"Heipl help!! will no one save me?'
CRED che naughty official as he stepp'
on a cold. toy rubber b.:il with his bare
foot. and shrieked again till the alright
ed night caught up the refrain. and two
men who were passing by on their way
Is Clutch boat almost stopped to see
whut the matter way.
BY this time the forked flames began
u lick their chops and reach out for
combustible material. The FIRE fiend
sOnn discovered. for it was but the work
81 moment. that the building was fire
proof, so there would be nothing to pre-
vent not only cutting it but actually
wiping it from the face of the earth.
Sending the hired man latter tipping
him) to the nearest drug store to tele-
phone the fire department., Mr.. Teeter
began to twist the tail Of the fire fend
alone. meantime only pausing long
enough to shrek or take . sip of mince
pie 6avoring which stood on tho escri-
toire.
Just then some neighbors came by on
their way home from the city where
they had held theatre party CONVEX.
saxxiony. The ladies were in full dress,
and the full orbed moon came out, took
good square look, ut them and hastily
retired behind large. cool cloud. The
gents wore. also. each y bran pneumonis
= suit Of full dress. and all remained sew.
sral moments watching the fire,
'.Who lives hereF asked one gent who
had taught himself not to show any
emotion. .>.
II think Teeter lives here" said one
Of the party. "but do not know them.
We have never called on them. for we
cannot really find ont whether they came
Aere 6rst ur we." .s.=5s..,.r g..l
"Oh. we'll, then, II you are not &C.
quainted, let rs not fool away any more
dime hers Come, Waterloor'
.'Waterlooloo, you mean.r said a
bright young lobster dealer who hap
pened to be passing by at the time, and
4 who is known as the wag and raccoonter
I Of Toad Hill. 81
BY this time tho hired man had re-
turned and said that the, telephone was
not working. 50 the FIRE department.
could not be reached. The trustee then
went to the engine house personally, and
would have got the machine out II he
had not been arrested by the police for
{ burglary. the engine being the private
property Of Mean Temperature hose
Company No. 81.
But 1t was now apparent TO Q number
81 III night people that there was fire
near By, and word WIS sent by the Jersey
Street vestihnle Horse Chr. line to West
N Brighton that the fire fiend had broken
loose Iii the residence Of Trustee Teetef.
of ne village of Bilgewater, & /. Ths
sss 1zusase having given bail, went home 70
- Whist he conld 40 toward tsaytng his
osne md family
At this moment d hose cart was heard
{ "a Westervelt avenue. running % high
81 yate ot speed, md soon The beautifully
clicked hose of / Rscalcitrant Ho1s Corn-
spapy No. hove ii night. but lost son1e
time Sby stopping 70 as.s : pedestrian tor
d rev dollars to- bny news unifcrms Tor 'o'r