Year: 1873

tions in Danbury.


The man across the way is in Ridge


field this week, visiting his Uncle Jo-


seph. He took his wife and boy along


with him. They left on the 9:45 A. N.


train. There is nothing very remark


able about this; but the preparations


and the getting away were so natural


that we thought we would speak of it.


The night before, they stayed up until


twelve O'Clock, getting every thing in


readiness; and as the train was to leave


at 9 As, they get up the next morning


at half-past four. / His wife got up first,
and looked out doors to see if it was go


ing to rain, and was quite sure it was;
and as it was too dark at that hour to
distinguished objects you couldn't touch


it was extremely probable that she was


right. AS she prepared the breakfast, he
sat on the edge of the bed and endeavor-


ed to dress the progency, but not sue


ceeding, owing to a weakness of the
eyes, in getting the boys jacket over
the boys legs, he gave up the effsrt, and
fell to dressing himself. After break
fast, during which he fell asleep, and
tipped over cup ofcoffee, he looked out
of the window, and concluded it would
rain sure, ,..and Immediately looked out
of another window, and expressed be-
lief that .it.was. going to clear off again.
Pretty soon he went down street to Sc
cure hack, iand came back again to
wait for it. This was about eight O'lock'


Ataquarter past eight he came over
to ask us if we thought it would rain


Twenty minutes he asked The party next
door what he thought of the weather.
At twenty-five minutes past he solicit
ed the opinion of little girl on the
next street, and at half-past eight he
was waylaying everybody on the topic.
About this time his wife, having twice
repacked the trunk, and twice redress
ed the progeny, had got on her redin-
cote and jockey, and with bonnet in
one hand and smelling bottle in the
other, took up position in the parlor
to wait for the hack, which was due in
one hour and ten minutes, city time
After sitting there in calm and patient
attitude for eleven seconds, she jump
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she thought the back breadth was not a
little too full. The lady consulted at
once made a thorough examination. of
the back breadth, and was briefly able to
make.the gratifying announcement that
the back breadth was not a bit too full
With her suspicious allayed, the wife
of the man across the way returned
home, reaching there just in time to
rescue the progeny from tub of rain
water into which he had promptly fall
len on discovering that he was alone.
He was dressed at once. (Some people
would have emptied that water early in
morning, and set fire to the tub; but
they do not live across the way.)


AS it was now nine O'Clock, and three
quarters of an hour before the train was
to start, it was reasonable to expect the
arrival of the hackman, and the advent
of that worthy was accordingly watched
for. The man took up his station at the
gate and the next corner, and between
these two poiRts he moved with COM
mendable celebrity. His wife took ad-
vantage OF the lull to come over and ask |
our wife if she ever saw anything like it,
which that lady consclentiously admit
ted she hadn't. Then the first lady put
her head out of the window and looked
down the street, but seeing no indica-
cationof the hackman asked her husband |
if the man had come yet. In thirteen |
seconds she ran her head out again, and |
asked him where the progeny was. He
didn't know, and as it was absolutely |
necessary that he would keep moving
between the gate and the corner if the
hackman ever came, there was nothing
else to do but to go after the progeny
herself, which she did. He was in the
backyard, running, in connection with
another boy, double-barrelled bakery,
and was completing an order for five
mud pies, when his mother lighted up
on him. His transit to the house was
in much less time than any boy could
reasonably expect to make. By the
time he got into the fourth clean suit,
the hackman came, and drew up in
front of the house, as also did the child
rem OF the entire neighborhood. The ar
rival OF the hack was the signal for gen.
eral and complete confusion. The pro-
geny was poked into the carriage by his
mother, and Immediately pulled out
again by his father, who cuffed him on
the head and asked him what he meant.
Whereupon the children laughed, and
the progeny turned his eyes on his nose
and kept them there. After the family
was loaded and the baggage got aboard
the man of the house commenced to
think of the things left behind, and
the next five minutes were employed in
recovering those articles. Finally the
hack drove off, the woman protesting
that something was forgotten and firm
ly asserting that nobody else ever went
away at such short notice, and so lily
as she was Obliged to. Then
those of the children who failed to catch
on behind, as the hack drove away, fell
TO calling the more successful ones what
names they could think of in the hurry
and the women of the neighborhood
moved back from their blinds, where
they had been posted for the last half
hour, and came outdoors to exchange
opinions over the fence-Danbury Ne,os.


Wake Money.


A good-looking Irishnan stopping at
a hotel to warm himself, inquired of the



"What is the news?"


The landlord, disposed to run upon
him, replied


"'They saw the devil is dead"