The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
PRISNER!
That's What Glen clegg, Was in
His Oats Bin Over Night { All
Decuz He Has Sich a 0nreoIy
TempeT!-- -Nehuddy to Blame
but HisseIf!---FuII PartickIers
Of narrering Details Below!

Glenn Clegg. one Of our most re-
SPECIFIED citizens & also one of the
quickest temperd cusses in this neck Of
woods, had 4 turrible awful experients
last Thursday night all night, the men,
~ Of which we persoom viii hant Glen
in his sleep for \ considerable time to
come & which was all the result of
the faclt that Glenn flies often the
handle and gets mad altogether too
blamed quick and does things before he
thinks.
Out in Clem's barn is . oats bin
which is about the size of fair sized
henhouse which has al1us heretofore
had hasp fastener on the lid of it
with a peg through the staple to keep
the lid shet, but recently old Napoleon,
who is Clem's old horse. has lernt to
pull the peg out with his teeth, lift
the bin lid with his nose and help his
self to the oats till he dog-blame neer
busts hisself
Glenn thort he'd put = stop 70 s;ch
coins on by Napoleon. so last Thurs
fastener and put on snap lock to the
| lid of the oats bin, and Glenn told
around town that he'd like to see Ma
poleon work that snap lock with his
teeth after he got it all on.
Well, after Glen got the snap lock
on and had jest finished up the job
he was standin inside the oats bin
where he could work better with the
lid propped up, and was jest going
to- climb .out when the prop slipd out
from under the lid and down come
the lid on Clem's head with turrible
, wallop that almost dazed him. Glenn
felt a. if he had jest been hit a smash
by somebuddy on top of the head. His
hat was smashed down and for a min
nit he was da.ed, as you might say.
the lid that hit him SIGH a crack on
the head he got mad and lost his tenn
per as ushua1. Without thinkin of what
the consequences might be Glenn SAYS
to the lid that had hit him, 'I1l show
you how to hit me a belt like that
ding-bust YEP And with that he grab
bed the lid with both hands on the
under side and slammed It shut hard
] enuff to bust it in two. There" says
I Glenn, ''how do you like tl1atP'
Then Glenn tried to push the lid ur
again, but it wouldn't push, and all tc
once he realized that he was = prisne,
on the inside of the oats bini
As Glenn stood there in the bin which
| was As OldfCk SS pocket ne was Toe
full of CONSERVATION for speech for :
minnit. then he says he swore at that
oats bin and snap lock hard enuff tc
melt EN- both, but what good did that
do? No good whatever. Next Glen
tried to break the bin open with hi.
fists but skun his knucllles and like
to of broke his fists. After he had
kicked and stormed inside the oats bir
for spell he set down exosted and we,
as rag from perspirashion- Glenn say.
if the place where sinners go after they
Ipass on is emmy hotter than that oat.
bin was he is going to live a bette,
& nobu1ler life after this.
Finally Glenn begin to holler, think
ing that praps his wife in the house 10
yds. or more away might hear him OF
else sumbuddy passing the barn, bu'
alas, no SIGH luck for poor Glenn He
hollerd until he was hoarsc and all outer
broth, but nobuddy come. Glenn got te
thinlkin that praps after he was IN thai
bin for hour or two he would suffer