The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-10

While they was wondering what it
might be the noise crowd louder and
louder 1t sounded jest like one fire.
cracker after another goin off and
woked up all the rest of the fellers on
the piazzer. All to onct Anne jumpt to
his feet as pale as deth and pointin his
finger at the sky hollers, What in time
is tibet, a bird or the d-l?" Every
buddy looked lords where Anne pointed,
and there away up in the air above
Bingville, but approachin at turrible
speed was a somethink that looked like
bird as big as house swoopin right
down on the town. All the time the
turrible noise become louder.
Consternashion rained soopremel
Hen rushed into the store and hid
under the counter expeckting every next
ninnit to be his last Alb Skinner al
most tainted away he was that scairt.
Hank Dewberry tried to pray, but Hank
amt had much pracktise in this line
and the words stuck in his throat. Anne
he started for home as fast as he could
run, while Seth Dewberry tore off his
constubble badge and throwd it away
along with his pistol, call1ilatin he would
have no more use for same, and jined
Hank in prayer.
Things was jest as bad everywhere
else in Bingvi1le. Them as lived clost
to Rev. Sam1 Moore, our behaved
pastor of the Bingville church, rushed
into his house pell-mel1 and fell on
their knees and desired him to pray
for them Old Dad Henderson, who is
deaf as post and can't hear thunder
set on his front PLACER reading news
paper and was probably the only person
=.
about the conlmoshion, so he jest set
there in his ignorunts and thus excaped
the skeer of his life.
Bill Hepburn, our artistick black
smith, was working at his forge at the
time and had stopped to take drink
of Ticker Jest as he was about to put
the jug to his lips he heerd the noise
and walked to the door with the jug
still in his hand, and when he seen that |
turrible thing in the air Bill dasht the |
jug to earth and busted it while nearly |
a half gal of good Ticker run to waste, |
and Bill TUX a sollum oath that he |
wouldn't drink another drop as long as /
he lived.
By this time the apparishion was
right over the publick square and about |
500 feet in the air we calllilate. 1t did
dent stop but went right on IN ,
straight line and in a few minnits dis
appeared to the south lords the co. seat.
Some of our most respected citi-
zens & citizenesses was so Frustrated
with skeer that they had to go to bed
and ever sinst the occurrence Bingville
has been a changed town becuz there
is no telling when the thing will come
back Rev Moore says he calkilates it
was a token sent by Providence to warn
the folks of Bingville agin their sins,
and that in his opinion it was a good
thing, being as sinst then he has noticed
that the morals of Bingville is better
than he ever knowd EN- and that folks
hereabouts is living better & nobuller
lives.
LATER INFORMASHION-Jest as
we go to press Slime Gooloins has re-
turned from the co. seat with the in
that what passed over our
midst last Tuesday p. m. was a alrSh1p
with a man in it and that the airship
come to earth at the co. seat and the
nan in it filled up his airship tank with
some gasolene there and then preceded
IN to the City, but which City we did
lot learn. Sinst this informashion ar ,
lived Bingville has. resooned the even
enner of her way. Everybuddy has
stopped prayin and Bill Hepburn says
re was a fool to wasted all that good
ECKER in SIGH haste, being as he has
,een repenting at leisure ever sinst Seth
Oewberry, our lion-hearted town con-
,tubble, says the next airship he sees
Tell take crack at with his pistol and
zee if he can't break wing or some
hink.