The Washington herald., 1910-03-27
APRIbE FOOLS!.
There Was Several Of EN- in
BingVlIle Last Friday and as a
Result There Is Hard Feelings
in Some QuartsTs-.FuII Acct.
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Last Friday was Aprile Fool day.
and as a result good many of our
most respected citizens was made
fools out OF by others who is almost
as big fools as they be.
Cy Hoskins got a awful fooling bv
Hank Dewberry Hank, he called on
" Jest after breakfast and told him
that he had made trip over to Pea
Ridge the day before and had talk
with Bill Wilson. who told him 70 tell
y that If Cy would lend him (BHl)
$500 he would give him a first NOR
gage on his farm and pay him 10 per
cent interest per annum. IF ther> Is
anything in this world that will make
Cy Hoskins' face beam with anticioa-
shion, It IS to hold a mortgage that paws
l0 per cent Cy, he took $500 and
hitohed right up and drove all the
distance OF II miles over to Pea Ridge
to Bills place and told Bill that here
was the $500. and now where was the
mortgage? Bill wanted to know what
the thunderashion he was talking
about, and then Cy told him what Hank
had said, and Bill laughed fit TO bust
and asked Cy If he had forgot that il
was Aprilc !. Bill said the way Cv
cussed was sin and shame, being
as Cy is one of the staunchest pillars
in the Bingviile church, after which he
driv home in deep disgust.
Hank set around in Hen Weathersbv's
store all the afternoon, waiting for Cy
to come back. He told everybody pres
ent what a good joke he had PLAYED
on Cy and was chuckling to hisself.
when Lem Brown asked him If he
would like a chew of tobacco. Hank
said he didn't care if he did, and he
took LENS plug and bit off a hunk
nearly as big as hens egg. but he
didn't keep it in his mouth long, being
as Lem had sprinkled it full Of CAYENNE
pepper. Hank he sputtered and couehed
and choked and sneezed. while every
buddy in the store hollered and laughed
at him, until he got mad and went home.
That's allus the way with Hank-he
likes joke as we'll as anybuddv. so
long as If amt on him.
As for Lem Brown, who PLAYED the
Joke on Hank, he didn't have much 70
brag about, becuz his wife fooled him
tnrrible that same mornin. She woke
Lem up little bit after midnight and
says to him. LEM em-there's Some
buddy knockin on the door downstsirsl
Do 60 down and see who it is" Lem
was little mite dazed. being as he had
just been woke up outen a sound sIeeo
but he pulled on his pants, and without
waiting to put on his shoes or socks he
started down the steps in the dark. but
his foot slipped on the top step and he
fell most of the way down. Bv then
he was awake. As soon as Mrs Brown
heard him open the door. she holiered
"Aprile Fool Aprile Fool" Lem he
shut the door with bang and started
I'D the steps. but before he got half wav
Up he stepped on a tack with his bare
foot and let out a yell that could OF
been heard all over Bingville, If folks
had been awake Lem, he pulled his
wife out Of bed to pay her back for
fooling him, then they had a regular
fife with feather pillows, until Lem
struck Mrs. Brown with one and II
busted and the feathers went all over
the room. Then Mrs. Brown got mad
at Lem and they mt spoke to each
other sinst
Rufe Hines also made turribie fool
outen Seth Dewberry, our lion-hearted
town constable Rufe, he happened to
have a false mustache and false beard