Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-09
GENIUS Of FARCE In TOWN.


One day last week the Genius Of Farce
looked over his program. The two best
numbers, he, Ne nsnAl, reserved for
Starke and came .aezs to play them ont.
A young msns y stranger, who had
come here to lcaE over. some Land, was
the first victim, he hired o horse and
wendell his way through the flooded
flat-woods. 10 bad noticed that when
ever his horse Sof into knee-deep water
his fore-legs se{Esd to be weak, but the
driver surmised that the animal wasn't
used 20 water ssaa he whipped him up.
At last he apptSsched a branch, and
when the watei eot up to the box Of the
buggy he thouah2iit was time to call
halt, as the brah hen itself must be SWIM
ming deep, He started to turn the
horse around, Rbd try another road,
when that misguided equine uttered
grunt and lay dpSn in the water. All
attempts Of the ,driver to get him up
failed. and he concluded that he had
lain down from; exhaustion and would
drown If something was not done quick
ly, so he got dowf and with great diff
Guilty succeeded II unlocking the h&r-
ness and getting the horse up.
/ AnXiouSly looking the animal over he
could not see thia anything allied him
and hitched hiRt again to the buggy.
He had no furths{ trouble on that score,
but his patent leSthers, psg-top pants,
fcigsrette paper and matches were to-
tally ruined and he was soaking wet
from top to Toe.
The horse happened to be o May
colt" the kind tlfSt cannot resist bath
when 8 chance fog one is offered.
The next prank played by the Genius
of Farce took plats Sunday afternoon.
Messrs- Roger wells, DIN and Ray
White and Joseple Msttox, four highly
respected young Hsn, went to view the
new Jail. The d$iH OF the Office room,
in the southeast 0SFner Of the building,
was open and HEY entered. Wells
damned the grated iron door shut Le-
hind him in order 10 have o little harm
less fun at the exb Srse Of his comrades.
The other door OF she room, leading in
to the jailer's ddarters, was locked.
The young men went upstairs and
viewed the patent ssilows, the cages I'M
der construction Snd other objects Of
interest, bat the was very close in
there and hot rs 10 an oven, and they
went down into tHf Office only to find
their exit barred. Wells ayerred that
some one had shut them in ont Of mis-
chief, but oousole$l ibis comrades by tell
ing them that Sheriff Langford, who
was the sole cuStodian of the keys,
would return froA Lake Butler some
time during the nj tint and let them out
Every window Dave the one in the
cupola waS barredit nd they were prison
ers, sure enough. t was surely q joke
that some Of thk best young men in
town, prominent society and church
circles, should be tbe first prisoners in
the new Jail WHITTIER they said any
thing unpretty ab3bt the misguided per-
son they thought I'd imprisoned them,
is not recorded, btu they probably did
not. Perspirationitt dreamed from their
faces, their IMMACULATE collars and
shirt fronts wilted and their carefully
creased pants stucHto their legs. DIN
White had an appointment he wouldn't
miss for anything kAd looked at his gold
watch every five R5nutes. Ray White
finally suggesteda that they take
the hosting ropes And let themselves
down from the appols window, but
Wells said the rAPe was rotten and
would not bear t3air weight. Mattox
found a roll Of t4rred papar and sug-
gested that they bake n parachute Of
it and jump down. 1ut no one knew how
% make q paracm&e.
Wells hInsfIf Etw rem"Ci cred that
LuciaD WsIntixh' had invIt-d rim 70
-npp.-, ana hr v al thinSiuc O: the de-
icons lemon PIES a. pr. spec. - ne be-
gan 70 lock oct fn1 home one &c let them
Out. After los wait he saw JEFF
Johns. called him ~ the 6c5r and said
the lock cOu'G eas9s be opened with a
stick from the outtde. Johns pretend
I'd to try. but said could not be done.
He promised, hdFkever, TO telephone
3 Sheriff Langfprd skLake Batter to come
home and let shentdat Mr. Johns then
went home and Se his supper, after
which ne returDedsand released the un-
willing prisoners
The young men ere unable to keep
their appointments -tbey had to 70
home and into the $thtub.
Z Advent Church.