The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Out Of the Ordinary.
Pipes Burst Stoves Explode lncip-
lent Fire Calls for the Fire Depart
ment-Kot that Kind Of Fire
that is said to be Fur
nished to Sinners
Free Of Cost

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For q little time there was more or less ex.
element last Sunday morning. The fire bell
rang. Late 'sleepers brsved IL cold and
wind by poking their heads out OF windows
TO enquire the course Of the alarm. But there
Was no great rush OF idlers TO the scene.
We havn't yet heard upon what authority
or COR what reason the culinary members Of
the household, began to buck and to Kick
when required to work just q little on Sunday
morning. We havn'. heard Of any violent
revival of religion among the stoves, and we
havn't heard that they had been unipJured.
The fact Is, We havn't heard OF n protest
from any source against warming the coffee
or fyripg a little batter cake on Sunday morn.
ing for the family breakfast, but 1t seems that
the stoves on last Sunday morning Just went
into compton fits and bucked and kicked
ike Texas bsonchos are said to buck and
4 lex on occasione. The cooks didn't know OF
apy,hirg being unusual; the stoves, when
they started the fire were as mute and solemn
as tombstones and pade no more demonstra
tIon thar q healhern god does IN answer 10
his ldolator's prayer. But all OF a sudden,
stoves In different cook rooms, began their
strange and unusual performance. We nave
not heard from all OF the stoves In town, but
We have heard that In several OF the cook
rooms there was q merry old time. "neu
the stoves began 10 protest the COOKS tnouSnt
his satonic majesty had found q lodgement'
and they 1un for their lives and their souls
too. The heads OF the families rushed In TO
settle matters and the children peeped IN, e1-
oeciing an earthquake, but nobody expected
the cook stove to explode, set the house on
fire or Kill anybody. But 1t seems that they
did explode. Among the recalcitrant stoves
were those Of Judge Klugh. DR.. Neuner,
Richard Hill. W. Greene, NJ. Harvey WIZ
son, r. G. Wilson, Gordon White and J. d.
Kerr.
But the most interesting and the most
exciting scene occurred In the cook room Of
Mr. I Allen Smith, Senior. Without the
least premonition the range In mat partlc-
lar house cut up at q rate mat scared not
only the cook, but brought the whole family
running without special reference 10 tne
arrangement Of their toilet.
The stove WAS in little bits OF scrap iron,
scattered all over the floor: the live Goals OF
fire we're In like manner spread over the moor
The cook was badly injured BY a piece OF ny
ing pipe In way she ipdiscreetly stood when
the explosion took place. The fire depart
mept was Immediately called out when
enough hremen TO pull the hose responded.
On arriving at the house fire was discovered
on The root. With frozen pipes and the Wlno
the ground at a lively rate, lne
work OF putting out the shingles Of the roof
was q lob al which the lremen had a mon
KEY and q parrot time. While the hremen
were attending to the burning shingles the
family brought blankets from every quarter
and the fire on the floor had soon quit bust
A
About this lime 1t was discovered that the1
hose rel was standing above. The hoZen
fremen finding the place neither interes
ting nor comfortable left, one by one, leaving
the hose wagon standing. A little later on
the captain OF the fire department secured f
sufficient number OF mel TO brave the wind
and haul the machine back home. The FAM
Ily were then ready for breakfast, and had
but little time TO prepare for Sunday School
religious servi ces in the Churches.
There are some things that this editor does
not know, among which Is how a cook range
With a forty gallon tank of water hitched on
behind as hustle. can burst and throw things
around the room, Another thing which is
beyond our comprehension is, how an Ice
plant can burn. The simplicity OF Destroy
pg a cotton gin makes the burning of that
plant perfectly plain. But when 1t Is pro-
posed to burn a stack made OF blocks OF Ice
hat is another thing. Il
But to 90 back to the cavorting ranges or
toves, The plumber was called in, He ex
blamed the couse Of the explosion to be on
ONE therory that a co combination Of Ice, iron,
pipes and fire would do woudsrs without
by M or reason. He WAS able TO repair all
be ranges except that OF Mr.. Smiths but be
aid that the scraps could be sold 10 the link
Iealer and that Mr.. Jones would be glad to
ender the needed assistance In getting a new
The excitement being over, we all went to
hurch, as usual.