The Washington herald., 1907-08-11
THUNDER (
LIGHTNING
4 Grand Electric Display IN Our Midst
Which Done No Damage but Host
SCaiTt Us to DGaIh

There was a awful thunder and light
ming shower occurred right over Bing-
Vile last Thursday from the ereckts
of which the most respeckted residents
OF Bingvflie amt scarcely recovered as
yet and the memory Of which Will tarry
in the recolleckshions Of our populace
for some time 70 come.
II was about noon that the thunder
clouds begin to roll up TO the west and
low distant rumblings announced the
approach OF a shower which IN a few
minutes burst upon US with awful fury.
Many Of our oldest inhabitants say that
never IN their lifes did they see such a
gorgeous display of lightning. The first
bolt struck the locust tree in the middle
Of the square and was follered by a
clap OF thunder which shook winders
Several OF our citizens was setting on
Hen Weathersby's store not far distant
when It happened. and the way they
scattered for home was amazin. An
other bolt struck the lightnin rod on
the top OF Cy HOskin's barn and run
down and tore Up the ground at the
foot OF the wire. Cy calkilates that the
ligbtnln rod was all that saved his
barn.
Ebenezer Doolittle says he was setting
in his setting room with his wife trying
TO comfort her 18th all the winders shet
andethe shades down during the height
of the storm. when a bolt of ightnin'
come down the chimbley, and jumped
into the room knockin' the lamp offen
the tame, smashing in the face Of the
clock on the mantle and passing through
crack under the door continued on its
turrible career. A bolt also struck Bige
Barker's old mule which is standing out
In the pasture right between the eyes.
but OUTSIDE of singeing the hair on its
head little done no further damage TO
the mule which twitched its tail some.
kicked viciously at the lightnin bolt with
/ both hind feet and then went on eatln
grass. Bige says it will take some
| thing more powerful than thunder and
| lightning to XIII that mule which is now
| going on "a years old and is hale and
4 hearty ana as strong a kicker as ever
| Many Of our most prominent citizens
was awful worked up during the height
of the storm. Even Bill Hepburn, our
stalwart blacksmith. left his forge and
run home and knelt down on his knees
and asked his wife to join him ia prayer
! Bill promised the Lord faithful that II
he would intercede and pervent him be-
ling struck by lghtnin he wouldn't never
take another drink Of whiskey as long
as he lived. After the storm had passed
and the sun had come out again. Bfrs
wife told him she hoped he would live uI
to the promise he had made, but Bill he
only scoffed and sneered and said the
thunder was so loud that he didn't cal
kilate the Lord could hear him, and he
didn't consider what that he promised
was binding on him unless the person
he made the promise to heard what hS
said
There wasn't scarcely any rain fell
nothing but lightning When the storm
was at its worst. many were calling fol
Seth Dewberry. our lion hearted towT
constable. but Seth was nowhere to bt
found. After the storm was over how
over, Ranse Smiley saw him come ou
from his own cellar and take we'd Of
cotton cut OF each ear which had beer
stuffed Ghere probably so as he couldn'
see or hear the. thunder. Seth denied
that he had hid during the storm.
However that may be. 1t was awfu
sxnibishion OF lightning and we trus
that the performance Will not be repeat
ed in our midst for some time to come
We fiRger that Bingville stored up suffi
Icient electric< fluid during the storm t
l1ast her foE several months TO come,