Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1898 — Some Very Wet Water. [ARTICLE]

Some Very Wet Water.

City waterworks water has powerful wetting qualities, as has been discovered by more parties than Elder Hollister and Charley Chamberlain. Mayor McCoy and City Tapper Eger got funny yesterday afternoon, while some water connections were being made at Strick’s place. The mayor perceived that Eger had his mental strategy board at work, trying to douse him, the mayor, with a stream from a seven-eights inch hose. The mayor tried a little strategy himself, and succeeded in approaching Mr. Eger from the unprotected rear, ami getting his arms tight around him, he grasped the end of the hose and turned the stream into Eger’s front until he was thoroughly soaked. One of the mayor’s friends then shut the water out of the hose, and thus gave him a chance to retreat safely into Strick’s place. He soon ventured cautiously out however, and seeing that the water had not been turned into the hose again, he boldly ventured near, when at a signal from Eger some one turned the water on again, while the mayor was in full and easy range. He was soaked to the skin, from head to foot before he could begin to get out of reach. Strick also got a heavy charge from the end of the hose. Dr. Berkley was approaching, but easily divining that he would be the next victim, he took a run through the Phillips barber shop, and out through the back door, and down the alley. When last heard from he was ning.