The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-03-02
Fumes From a Sewer.


Bro. II. E. Wells Of the Nelson
vile Buckeye is having little dose
of the above caption In all its in
fecundity. He has had for some
time past little tilt OF criticism at
the city council of his native heath,
(and the Lord knows the average
city councils need it) and Of course
that avoirdupois body took serious
exceptions to his variance. But IL
we know anything about law and
equity they have gone too far with
their malice, and Wells has them
like the boy got first base.
Mr.. Wells wished to tap a sewer
and made application to the city
clerk of Jacksonville for permit,
which the clerk very readily wrote
out and took the dollar in payment
for his service. Mr.. Wells, armed
with his permit, secured the
plumbers and made the tap, all
we'll and good. But, now comes
pontificate council, bristling with
cussedness, and digs up an ordi-
nance that says that permit must
be secured from the CITY ENGINEER
before tapping a sewer, else a
penalty shall be inflicted. So in
the face of scores of people having
tapped sewers on authority of the
city clerks permit which they paid
for and which pay the clerk re-
ceived; and in the face of Nelson
vile not having had city engineer
for more than year, and thus the
ordinances sppertaining to his Of
fee died with the abolition Of the
Office; and in the face of the city
clerk, who is the city's legal agent,
issuing a permit and accepting the
pay therefor; In the face Of all this
assurance and authority, that learn
ed Republican council passed re-
solution causing the arrest of Mr..
Wells for illegally (?) tapping a
sewer. He is brought before that
bombastic plenipotsntisry Qf he
sees this article he will wear out
his lexicon or liver, looking for that
word) called the Mayor, and con.
fronted with the grave charge Of
tapping a sewer without the writ.
ten permission of his royal ness
ness. Now, il it had been tapping
large juicy keg of beer and the
Mayor was in on it with his mug
close to the bung hole for the first
and last suck, with the assurance
that the good church people whom
he plays about election time, would
no; see him suck, then Bro. Wells
could have gone on tapping until
his Taper wore out, and (hic) lis.
honor, in his turgidness, would
have quoth with the raven, $50 on,
, gently tapping, at my chamber
door,"
But it wasn't the Mayors kind
j, of sewer that Wells had been
tapping. His Lordship and his
pious council did not recognize the
odoriferousness as being their usual
and accustomed sewer, and so q
y penalty must be assessed upon the
= victim. Bro. Wells is fined $500
= and cost and pays it, and "His
l Usufructuary" has barrel on the
profits.
But, bless your old back sliding
. soul Mr.. Mayor, there is surely q
= sequence. The village Of Nelson
: vile violated the law. The town
8 issued a paper and took pay there
0 for contrary to her own law, and
: now she will be arraigned before
g the courts and fined like blazes, md
o Bro. Wells will be reimbursed with
: healthy damages on top. He has 6
chance in life time to get even
and watch him 60 after 'em.
This whole affair has brought Il
y the surface certain sure thing
and that is that Nelsonville needs
one large sewer through which the
I dead sea could sluggish flow, (and
Q for mercy sake don't point 1t VI
b this way) and by its underground
y exit there should emit, into bottom
Q less tombs the awful official pes
Q that has settled down upon thaI
Q beautiful city, and the time viii
come and should come soon wher
her good people will not be duped
y by winter salvation shouts, to vott
for summer bung-hole sewers.
TUn A Onh II IN ahiAS