The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-18

When you get a villager started ne
goes the whole hog. Deacon Spooner
got enthusiastic and took three more
Euessess and, not to be lefr behind Dea-
con Harper and a dozen others saw the
ante. Men who had taken only one
guess went in for two and three and
every stranger who came to Jericho was
pestered until he came down with a
guess II business tagged a little the
TIN peddier was on hand TO say.
Let the good work go right on and
weary not in well doing When that
oeA rings out Of a Sunday morning it
"l- Dc me voice Of glad tidings and
you VIII all shout for JOY. ] never want
TO promise more than I can perform
puL lI Jericho real estate don't iuxnn 25
per cent within month after that bell
goes ding-dong, then III never show my
race here again"
After two weeks there were no more
suesses to come in, and a meeting was
arranged to count the money and the
beans and send a committee uD to Troy
10 GUY the bell Everybody turned ont
70 the meeting. Deacon Spooner took
charge be didn't exactly know wheth-
e 70 open IL with Fourth OF July ora
ton OF the singing of a hymn. but unon
q mint rom Sllas Wigfall, who had Just
got over the measles and was feeling
happy, he recited poem and gave
christopher Columbus certificate of
character for sObriety.
Inen the meeting waited for the ped
----fl A-t anu W1lEle IL waited
E'earnought Pilgrim got up and started
out TO eulogize George Washington He
nad peen sorting over potatoes that dav
ana had got things mixed He said
mat washington and Nero had gone
down IN history together. and that the
FATHER Of his country and Cautafn Kidd
would never be forgotten while the fires
OF patriotism continued to burn. He was
proceeding TO compare Washington to
oclpio when he was called to order and
sat down with Jar that shook the
hall
JUST about that time Lfsh Billings
came sauntering in 1t had been whis-
pered around that he was the only man
In Jericho who hadn't come with a
guess. but nobody had dared to ask him.
AS soon as Deacon SpOOner caught sight
of him he said
observe that Mr. Billings has inst
entered the hall May I ask him to
give us some information on the subject
Of church bells2"
You may" answered Lish. I've seen
q dozen or two in my time. and thew
was always hung UP in a tower or bel
NY
'Weu2''
- Understand 7i. y9qg'vs been Tstzing mopss
house. but don't understand where yo1
els gong to hang It. VIM it be to tbs
by John. but he's right shouted tbs
1eacon after an awful silence. I'VE are
getting q ben before we've got a beifrv
why didn't some Of you thick headed
people think OF that2-'
by didn't you2" replied a dozen voices
It wasnt my fault was bossing the
3elt ana supposed some OF you would
-c9A out 1or the other things. What ars
gong 10 do about iL2 It's no use to
esl a 9ell untu we get 2 belfry.''
l-ls4s me TN peedler can help us
cet s4lq some one. and there were shouts
Or peluler- peddier-' from al over tbs
nall AZ he didn't stand up In RESPONSES
Deacon spooner held up his hand ana
Perhaps Mr.. Billings will be kind
enough TO act as a committee Of one II
step across 10 the paint shop and brins
the ueddler over2'
u wouldn't be any use replied Ifsh
with grin on his face. Gle left tovrr
half an hour ago and had gait of ].
miles an hour on him when he ratified
over the bridge
The people were beuumbed for 2s sec
OudE- Then they broke loose with q vel
and began humping one another and {
took some Of them four weeks to get RI,
Of their black eyes and skinned noses
Deacon Spooner lost four front teeth ant