The Washington herald., 1910-06-26
QUEER.
That's How Snide PeteTsby Acted
but NObuddy knOWd What Vas
Wrong With Him Until He Had
a Fit-FOIks Keeps Purity
SkeeTce of Him Now

Last Thursday morning Bingville
was shook up from centre to circum-
ference by event which while not ex-
actly fatal TO nobody, as you might
say, was terrible excitin while IT Lasted,
and has been the talk Of the town since.
For the last week or more Mrs
Snide Petersby has noticed that Snide
has not been conducting himself ex-
aoktly natural. Snide wasn't Just to
say outen his head, but he was queer.
For instants he would lock the door
before ne went to bed, and then he
would git outen bed sometimes ) times
before he went to sleep to see if he
had locked it. Then again he would
eat pieces of pie before going to bed.
whereas he usually eats 3. He would
think he heerd somebody knock on the
door. and when he opened same there
wouldn't be nobody there.
Mrs. Petersby asked Snide time and
again if he didn't feel as we'll as ushual.
bat Snide said he calkilated he did.
On Thursday morning Snide went to
Hen Weathersby's store to get a plug
of tobacko. Hen was asleep on the
counter when Snide went in. but woke
up and got the tobacko for Snide who
paid him for same Hen didn't notice
nothink queer about Snide at the time
although he had heard the talk going
the rounds. Snide he helt the plug in
his hand, lookin at it with his mouth
waterin, then he Jest went to take =
chew, but instead of so doing he sud
dintly hauled off with the tobacko and
throwed it as hard as he could drive
hitting Hen right in the eye. Hen hol-
lerd to Snide to be a leetle mite keer-
ful where he throwed his tobacko. but
Snide give jump and hit Hen kick
with his boot, and Hen went head first
through the store door and into the
street, and without stopping lit ont as
hard as he could go on the run to hunt
up Seth Dewberry, our lion-hearted
town constable, and have Snide a rested
for salt and battery.
Amir Gookins happend to be in the
store at the time and when he saw
Snide kick out Hen, Amri got behint
the counter and peeked out. Snide
grabbed the sugar scale and throwd
it through a winder. Then he unset a
case of eggs and a box of dried her
rings and tried to push over the stove
BY this time Hen had returned with
Seth Dewberry and Doc Livermore
Seth had revolver and Doc had some
pills to give Snide for whatever allied
him. Jest as they looked in the store
Snide give yell and jumpt into the
air and fell down on the floor. where
he kicked around like a chicken with Is
head cut off, and after d while he set
up and looked around kind of dared
like, and askt what was the matter.
Seth Dewberry put the handouts on
Snide and took him home. When Mrs
Petersby heard what Snide had went
and did she said he had had fit. which
he used to be subjeckt to when he was
younger, but hadn't had none lately.
and she thought he had outgrowed EN-.
Ever since Snide had the fit our most
respecktful citizens has been afeard TO
go nigh him, because they don't know
when he is likely to have another one.
Hen Weathersby. whose scale and
winder is broke, and his store all up
side down, says he hopes that when
Snide feels like having another fit he
will stay at home and have it, instead
of having il IA his store at his (Tfen's)
expense. Let US hope that Snide will
have no as9rs hts.