The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
Milk TEAM
RUN OFF
Heck Peters Meets With a
CaIammltiy and His Milk
& Wagin Is a Total Loss

There was horrible thing happened in
Bingville early last Thursday morning,
which stirred our inhabitants up 70 a tur-
rible pitch OF anxiety for a while, which
they hope they may never feel again.
Luckily nobody was hurt, but there was
many narrow excapes and instead OF
writing this thrilling account Of what
took place, we might Jest as easy be
writing obituary notices with tear
dimmed eyes.
Last Friday night Heck Peters. who
mad been colleokting milk and cream ana
buttermilk In Bingville and vicinity, and
had cOileekted a whole wagon load OF
same in cans. left his wagon standing sn
front OF his residence on Main street. and
put hts hosses up for the night. expect
ing TO take a early start for the Co
seat the next morning Thursday where
he sells ali his milk, making one trip
per wk II was about O'Clock the next
morning that Heck was all hitched I'D
ready TO start. At the last minnit he
thought he would go into the house and
ask his wife If she wanted him 10 do any
ernds at the Co. seat for her, so he left
the horses standing and went in.
While Heck was inside they was a gust
OF wind blowed q old copy Of the Bing-
vile Bugle often Cy Hoskin's front piaz-
"a, rite acrost the road and under the
noses Of the horses. and blamed II they
didn't Tar up and start down Main street
attached 10 the wagon full Of milk In
cans lickety split
Heck heard the horses start. and rushed
from the house in time to see them dis
appear in a cloud OF dust The mad
brutes continued down the middle or
Main street at a turrible rate. with the
wagon swinging from one side to the
other, and the cans rattling with a deef-
ening roar that sounded Ike a thunder
storm coming up. only louder.
Seth Dewberry, our lion hearted town
constable, who was sitting In front Of
Hen Weathersby's store thinking I'D som
clews or something. saw the runaway
horses coming and run out and stood in
the middle Of the road and waved his
hat and tried to shoe them back and
otherwise intimidate them But the horses
was scared 10 death and wouldn't IN
umidate worth q cent and when thev
was within about a hundred yds Of Seth
he got out OF the road as fast as he
could lick Il and the wagon swung by
and a five gal can of sweet milk bounced
outen the wagon and struck Seth a crack
on top Of the head Seth wouldn't OF
cared for this except the plug come outen
the can and our brave constable was
blame neer Grounded with sweet milk
which soaked him up and run down his
neck and made him feel out OF temper
and uncomfortable.
From that on the cans continued TO
spill outen the wagon and bust until the
street was swimming In milk as yot.
might say. and all the cats ana dogs IN
own was out In the road tapping it I'D
and no doubt glad that it happened.
At the lower end OF the town was Hod
Quigly d. wing up street with a load Of
manure, and when he seen the runaway
team coming, Hod he was afeared they
wouldn't be room enough to pass IN the
road so he turned his team back tother
way and licked 'em into a run, spllling
most Of the manure in his wake. When
Hod reached the crossroads below town
he turned out Jest in time to let the
team shoot past. Hod says at that time
they was only four cans OF cream in the
wagon and they was having a awful
rough time OF 1t.
Plutarch Stone Of Sorrow Hollow han
pened TO be In town with a horse and
buggy which was hitched IN front OF tina
P. o. and Heck and him got into the
buggy and druv outen town IN quest OF
the team which they calkilated they would
haft 20 go as far as the Co. seat for All
the way along they come acrost milk
cans and Heck would ring his hands and
say. "Oh, my milk. my milk r.
Two mile outen town at the foot OF
Noodle Hill they found the two horses