The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
Joke ON HOD (
MEL!
Played on En- by Hank DeWbGTg
While They Was Under the lnfaO-
encs Of Hard Gider--DisgTaesful
Scene in BingilIs For PaTiiCk-
leTS See Below

There was a disgraceful scene Ockur-
red in Bingville last Tuesday night
which has done considerable TO mar the
fair name Of Bingville and which IS reg
retted BY the better class OF our cIu-
zens who has the pride OF their town al
heart
Hod Skinner and Mel Sampson OF
Snake Bend travelled to Bingyille IN a
old blackboard last Tuesday, arriving
here about @ D. m. accompanied by d
2 gal Jug of hard cider. Where HOd
and Mel prockured this hard cider Is not
knoWed. but when they arroye IN Bing-
Vile they was slightly under its influ-
ence and as the evg. progressed they
become more slightly under It's influ-
cnce until they didn't sckaircely know
whether they was IN BIngville or al
/ home and didn't seem TO care much.
Bill Hepburn. our artistick blacksmith.
/ got hold OF HOd and Mel early IN the
evg. and give them a cordial invita-
shion TO make his blacksmith shop their
headquarters while they remained IN
town which they done and IN return Tor
Bills hospitality they pervailed on Bill
to help them reduce the contents OF the
/ tug which Bill done without having to
/ be coaxed Z awful lot
About P. NJ. sounds OF loud laugh
ter. and hilarity emansted from the
blacksmith shop and was heard by an
assembly Of our most respeckted citizens
who had congregsted IN Hen Wealth
/ ersby's store accrosst the street for so
shial intercourse. Several from the
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and through the winder they seen Bill
and Hod and AIel setting in the flicker
/ ing FIRE light OF the lantern singing sack
riligious hymns as loud as they could
sing. Finally Bill got Up and tried to
dance but his foot slipped and be set
down in big tub of cold water which
he uses 10 cool of his red hot iron IN.
This kind Of caused a damper on the
I festivities, as YOU might say.
While them from the store was look
/ ing through the windcr 10 see what
they could see, Hank Dewberry thought
up a joke 10 play on HoG-and Mel so
] he goes and takes on all Z wheels OF the
blackboard from the spindles and puts
them on again with the 2 big high
wheels in front and the 2 small front
wheels behind
About 10 o'clock Mel and Hod stag
gcred outen the blacksmith shop They
united their horse, elm into the buck
board and started lords Snake Bend
with their arms around each other hol-
I lcring as loud as they could holler thus
disturbing the peaceful serenity OF near
I " everybody in town.
After they had passed outen Bing-
vile, Mel says to HOd. "Hod. we aini
on the road be we?" Course we be-
says Hod. well, how does It come we
be a going so much uphill them" say:
Mel That's So" says Hod: "they
aint no hills between Singviile anc
Snake Bend be they?"
Mel and Hod then stopped the horse
Il and got outen the blackboard. but /
was so dark they couldn't see much
| However, the ground seemed to be leve
50 they got back IN again and started
After they had travelled a mile N 81
/ lence Mel says 10 Hod, Well, this i
the gosh-ramdcSt longest hill I ever SCI
II never lnowed there was sich a turri
bic hill in this lockality and ] hsv
!; lived round her nearly so yrs" "Aw.
says Hod, 4 guess you're fuli-that'
ali the matter with you-"
] This made Mel mad right of so h
hauled of and hit Hod = crack tia