The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-09
SCARED ALMOST
TO DEATH
That's WhOt NslghbOr Stsbbsns'
wife Was


Mrs. Ezra Stebbins has been through a
experience last week that has kept her
a-talkin and a-visitin the nabers ever
sinst 1t happened and she amt got over
the skare yet.
While we was In the middle Of runnin
off the Bugle last week, with the ink SO
blamed cold we could hardly run the
roller through it. Sam Winters oldest boy
come rushin into our up-to-date Job
printin offise and fell over a hod OF ashes
we had agin the door to keep 1t shet, and
told us all erbout it and wanted US to
stop and put the news in last weeks
Bugle. We calkilated this week would
do Jest as well, so here 1t is.
It seems that Ezra Stebbins' boy had
a cousin from the Co. seat a-vissitin him,
and findin things kinder duh he suggest
ed to Eben (Ezra's boy) that they do
something to make little excitement.
and he told Eben to pinch Bill Hen
shaw's pants and have some fun. Eben
sed no, not while Bill was in them. Then
his cousin he told Eben that he ment
the ones that was hanging out on the
close line and for him to get them and
bring them to him. Eben was klndo
skeered to do this, because only last week
he went up stairs into the open attic
huntin for a wasp nest and slipt often a
rafter and fell through the plasterin into
the kitchen on top of a pan of raised bis
cults his mother had jest baked, and got
the allfiredest trouncin he ever had in
his life; but finally he snuk up and stole
the pants often the line and give them
to his cousin, who stuffed them full of
straw and put them in Mrs. Stebbins'
pantry and they went out behindt the
barn. About a hour later Mrs. Stebbins
went to the pantry to get her almanack
and almost tainted when she saw the fig
ger of a man stoopin outen the wfnder
as IL tryin to escape. Mrs. Stebbins give
one look and horrible scream and rund
outen the house through the back door
ker-slap into Ezra who was brfngin in 9
pail of worter from the pump, and the
next minnit they was both a-rollin often
the porch into the snow, clawin round
like a couple of cats. Ezra was turrible
surprised and mad clean through and
when he got his breth he desired to know
Whot she ment by assault and battery on
his own premises, and told Mrs. Stebbins
| If she was a man he'd square off anc
knock her where the snow was a mighty
scarce artikel. When she got quieted
down some she told Ezra whot she was
runnin for, and then Ezra he sed he allus
was a man for peace and quiet and thort
this was a Job for Seth Dewberry, our
/ heroick town constable, to look up, an6
| he gessed he wouldn't interfere. and let
the law take it's course. With that they
started for Seth's house and made the
trip in three minnits, which Is purity good
time considerin how deep the snow is.
/ But Seth wasn't to home so they went
to Bill Hepburn's blacksmith shop and
told Bill all erbout it. After Bill had
heard the story he hemmed ana hawed a
spell and went to the back Of his work
shop where he shods oxen and got slug
to help ketch the burglar with
After the two boys saw Ezra and his
wife start for the square they went int
the house and took away every vestagt
of the contrapshion and hid jtheirselfi
down celler and LATED till they was III
to bust.
In a short time the news spread like
wildfire and q posseXy OF brave citizenl
led by Bill Hepburn started for the sent
Of the disaster. When they arrived q
the house Bill he went ahead and IookoS
UP TO the pantry winder and hoIlers'
back hs didn't see nethin and for tn
others 10 come on ana look Into the cthel
winders. After IoelCin In all the windsr
and seein nothif but the family cat ssieei
Bin went Iate the house Whils the rest o
the posSsy waited outside with baits'