The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-06

so. Some ct until they was uncomfort-
able and miserable the rest of the day.
At l p. m. Jed Peters, our intelli-
gent school teacher, made a speech in
the town hall, winch he has been work
in on for the past three months. Jed
has pracktized givin the speech to the
horses and cows down in the barn I'M
til he had it SO much by hart that he
could give it backards, frontards, or
emmy other way. Jed was interdooced to
the audience by Anne Hi1lyer, our tai
ented 1oryer, legal lite and J. of the P.
Anne said that he tux great pleasure in
interdoocing Jed Peters, who diddent
need emmy interdoockshion, as the ora
ter of the day, and as one who, if Pat
rick Henry or Danl Webster was alive
would make them blush with envy who
would now entertain you. Then Anne
set down.
Jed riz up, put one hand behint his
back, and the tother betwixt the buttons
of his coat in front, throwd out his
chest, cleared his throat and says
Ladies, gents and Teller cittizens-We
be gathered here today to commemor-
ate the natal day of American indypen-
dence Cloud cheers.) He who hath no
patritism in his soul is fit fer-ht fer
l say he who has no patritism in his
soul is fit fer-fuh-fuh-fit fer-fer-ht
Poor Jed was stuck-fe couldn't for
the life of him remember what him
who had no patriotism in his soul was
fit fer, so he jest KEEP standin there,
wringin his hands, while the SWEET of
anguish rolled down his face, repeetin,
eft fer-ft fer-ft fer"
cav, cat fur~ hollers Hank Dew
berry, who was a settin away back in
the hall, and don't like Jed Peters very
well ennyhow, and when Hank said that
everybuddy present busted out latin,
and poor Jed jumped down often the
platform and rushed outen the hall
and home, Madden a wet hen, and
diddent come outen the house all day.
After it got dark fireworks was set
off on the publick So. for the eddyhca-
shion of the towns populashion. Bill
Hepburn, our artistick blacksmith, was
to of been offishial setter off of the
flrewks, but early in the morning Bill
went to the CO seat and come home
all ickered up, and in no condishion to
set off the hrewks, being as he had to
go home and to bed, so Seth Dewberry
set off the frewks and burnt his thumb
Will d cannon cracker ana In1OWQ a |
hzzer into the whiskers of Deacon But |
which nearly burnt off the |
Deacon's whiskers. AS matter of fackt |
it did burn EN- about half off, The Deacon !
was terrible sl1eered and hollored Fire!
Fire! !" as loud as he could holler, and /
somebuddy told Jason Tucker, chief of +;
the Bingville Fire Brigade there was
fire and Jase got out the members of |
the department and responded promptly |
with waterpails, only to find it was the
Deacon's whiskers, and that they had |
been put out and the boys went back
to the town hall in deep disgust with |
the water pals, and had skeercely |
reached there until they was summoned |
to the publick So again by a alarm of
fire, and all refused to go, and as a
result Alb Miller's henhouse, on which
a burning slyrocket which Seth had put
up fell, was burned to the ground, and
IS a total loss, inclooding several hens.
Outside of this the 4th of July in
Bingville was a turrible sucksess, and
everybody present felt that they done
heir dirty nc natriticlc riffizens