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Show Tlio r Ulr nihI IIU )Hng, Tlio henry rtiu on the afternoon cf July 4 was the caum of much excitement excite-ment In Watorbury A Hebrew dealer in spongoi, wltli his stock In tm loon his Imck, was walking through lira j rin clml streets when the shower came cm Ho was not dressed in boll lay attire, so he di 1 not mind tho rain, but hi Ioa 1 of stngee cvl lrntly mjoyod tho shower They swallowed orery drop that fell upon Umhu and pretty soon they Iw&tn to swell The faster tho rain fill the bigger grew Use spones, until finally titer took up tho larger half cf tho aide walk. A policeman whoso coat sleeve 1m4 been datniiod 1 y coming lit contact with tho maasof sponges) or It red the man to walk In tho ml Idle of tho street Hecbeyed, bnt this only made matters worse. His pock grew larger nndmrger, until tho jrdJlor looked llko Agixantlo Walking mushroom Carriage horses wire frightened at tho sight, and oven streetcar boms, which rarely pay atbn-tlon atbn-tlon to an) thing but the conductors signal, turned out for bint and drew tho carsoCf the track Dors ran after the man an 1 nn le life ml rable fur him by sniftlng at his hit-Is nn 1 barking lYoilo stood totally (hlivtousto tho heavy rainfall and huglixl until the tears came Finally the pcdlltr, still uuconsctoivi of tho trouble, bciama wor-tIihI wor-tIihI nnl n huutedluoU en o Into his cjes. He tnrnelcff Into a si Jo street an 1 started toward Naugnlnck, aud tho nlvbratlon cf tho I'uurth went on. An Miih.(Cuna)&ut!iicl. |