Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-26
A BLOWN kIelI.

; The professor was the center OF ii grouI
of interested townspeople. lie was in the
drug store and was smoking his aftes sup
per cigar, the while telling about the geo
logical formation of the country, the Goa
strata and how they dipped here ano
there. The professor was mighty inter
esting story teller, and when he opened
up on paleontology, dynamics, geognosy,
petrography and lithelogy you were just
bound TO lay down your parcels and listen
the professor made things so interesting
He had been telling about boring for oil
and things, and at last little old man il
a patched yellow overcuat and a big reG
mufier stepped up and said:
''Scuse me, mister, but ! hear ynu all
tellin about wells an things, did you evel
hear of q BLOWN we'll? One that done
nothin but blow air day an night?''
eyes, answered the professor beaming
ly, his mind on gas wells, Il have
well, had one onct," said the old
party with the red muifler 81 1t was ovel
yere acrost the river, bout eight miles -
lyon don't tell me, - said the profes-
sor quickly. Il didn't know there was
such 4 thing over the river Tell me
about it. What's your name9"
My name " answered the red nuffier
man, sis Bill Bodine. Long bout two
years befo' wahtime Il feller come by my
place one day with a hoss augcr. A hoss
augers one that is bored into the ground
by II hoss walliin round in circle. He
asst ne do | want well dug. an / an,
swcrs do. SO | give him AL ole Texas
pony l had to dig the well. When he got
down bout 80 foot, thar was 81 bust OF
wind f'oIn the well, All up comes the auger.
The well began to blow, an as the feller
didn' fetch nothin but wind of course he
didn't get the pony.
AS L said, continued the old fellow as
we all scrunched up to hear the story, it
was long bout two year befo' the wah.
Folks come for miles to hear that well
blow, an we was all pretty well skeered
up, then long comes n comick, an that
skeers us up some more
Along comes WHAT" asked the pro-
fessor
"A comick in the sky, with long tail
of fire
"Oh, yes, I see, said the professor
We'll, everybody thought the worl was
comm to an eend. said the old man.
An jist bout hat time long comes a
bresh fire preacher an starts revival AL
most everybody j'ined meetin, they was
thet skeered. An in the co Sc Of time long
comes the wah, an we all jined thet
We'll, 50 long"
Five minutes after he had gone every
one, and particularly the professor, re-
meirbcred that the old man had not told
us what had become of the blowing well.
The next morning the professor drove
across the river and ont to the farm on
which the old man had said the blowing
well had been bored \ big young farm
er met him at the gate.
Where's the blowing well on this
farn:' asked the professor.
The farmer stared at him awhile and
then said, Amt no blowing well on this
yere farm.
Don't Bill iodine live here?" asked
the professor
Ust TO live here Lives fo' miles fud-
der along on the old Steve son place." an
swcred the firmer
The professor kept on, and when he
came to the old Stevenson place he saw
small, hungry, alert looking woman in
the yard feeding large flock of chickens.
Is this where Mr. Bodine ivess" asked
the professor.
He do," said the hungry little woman
Pm Mrs. Bodine Bill's down yon kill
ing Il haNc" "