The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-07

so. Some ct until they was unoomfort-
able and miserable the rest of the day.
At / p. m. Jed Peters, our intelli-
gent school teacher, made a speech in
the town hall, which he has been work
in on for the past three months. Jed
has pracltized 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 Hillyer, our tai
ented loryer, legal lite and ]. 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 offensive
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
say he who has no patritism in his
soul is fit fer-fuh- fuh-fit fer-fer-ft
fer"
Poor Jed was stuck-he 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-ht fer-ft fer"
Jaw, cat furI" 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 50. for the eddyhca-
shion of the towns populashion. Bill
Hepburn, our artistick blacksmith, was
to OF been offishial setter off of the
hrewks, but early in the morning Bill
went to the co seat and come home
all hckered up, and in no condishion to
set off the firewl1s, being as he had to
go home and TO bed, so Seth Dewberry
set off the hrewl1s and burnt his thumb
with a cannon cracker and throwd
hzzer INTO the whiskers of Deacon But
terworth which nearly burnt of the
Deacou's whiskers. AS a matter of fackt
IT did burn EN- about half off. The Deacon
was terrible skeered and hollored Fire!
Firei !" as loud as he could boiler, and
somebuddy told Jason Tucker, chief of
the Bingville Fire Brigade there was a
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 50 again by a alarm of
FIRE, and all refused to go, and as a
result Alb Millers .henhouse, on which
a burning skyrocl1et which Seth had put
up fell, was burned to the ground, and
is total loss, inciooding several hens
Outside of this the 4th of July in
Bingville was a turrible sucksess, and
eveybuddy present felt that they done
their duty as patrick citizens.