The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-25
L0keI BreefS

When Deacon Butterworth (who is
also jannitter) started to ring the bel
for church services last Sunday morn
ing blamed if the bell rope diddent
break away up through the roof next
to the bell AS a result the Deacon
| had to git a ladder and climb on the
roof of the church at the risk of his
| life, being as the roof was cuverd with
snow in order to ring the bell by hand.
1t is roomerd that Hen Williams of
Happy Valley has been calling on Wild
der Skillincs for the past several Sat-
terday nights, but the roomer cant We
veryfide being as the Wilder denise it
and so does Hen. This roomer is i'm
Dortant if true and if it is true why
don't Hen and the Wilder come right
out and admit it instid of sneaking
around so? Goodness knows there amt
emmy harm in Hen courtin Wilder Skill
lings. They're both respectable so far
as we know We ca1<ilate nobuddy
would objecEt if they'd even git mar
ried Hen is lorn bachelor who
needs a wife whilst the Widders hus-
band has been deceased so long that
there wouldn't be emmy room for skan-
da1us talk if she did marry Hen.
Dave White our poplar undertaken
met with misfortune tother day.
Dave was carrying a pan of wood
ashes from the big fire place in the
settin room and while he was agoin
through the kitchen which his wife
had jest scrubbed UP clean enuff to eat
often the floor blamed if Dawes foot
diddent slip and he fell sprawlin
THROWN the ashes right into his wifes
Ease and what diddent go over her
went over the clean floor. The next
minnit the nabers said Dave come outen
the back kitchen door without no hat
and his coattails flyin follered by a
broom. a floormop and a flatiron Dave
KEEP right on eoin down town until he
reached Hen Weathersbys store where
he purchased him new cap and hung
around the store all day not even 60
ing home for dinner at noon.
Granny Hobbs while settin knittin BY |
the fire in her favorite bari chair |
tother evg had the seat of same to give
way & poor Granny fell down through |
to the floor and stuck fast. She hollered |
like everything for help and her grand |
daughter Alvira run to her assistants, |
but Alvira had to summon Mrs. Althea |
Coollins who hves,next door and it was |
all both of EN- could do to pull Granny |
outen her perdicament. Granny says
shell newer trust herself to set in ,
bari chair agin being as they're reglar
deth traps
Obediah Hankins had a awful sEeer
tother night when he went to bed. It I
seems that afternoon Mrs. Hawkins
laid down for a nap and being as it
was awful cold in the bedroom with no
FIRE she het some water and fld the
rubber hot water bottle with it to put
at he- feet, then when she got UP she
forgot all about the hotwater bottel
eaving it at the foot of the bed I'M
Ter the covers ODE he CHM into bed
LIST that night and when his feet come
INTO contackt with that cold. soft clam
ny hot worter bottel full of cold worter
ODE let out a yell of Snakes 20 and
umpt clean outen bed lightin in the
middle of the floor and gettin snarld
1p in the bedclothes. When ODE reul-
sed what t was of course he felt fool
sh, but he said it was suddint that he
1iddent stop to think that it was
;keercely likely that no snake would be
IL the bed in the dead of winter.
Mrs Rufe Atkins was cald over to
dardscr9' e last week to see her moth
II who is critical i'll and aint no better
1T this writing This will be a Mise
rip & vacashion for Mrs. Atkins who
5 tide down purity clost to home by her I,
lomestick dooties
Jed Peters our intelligent school
eacher is in purity bad oder with his
pupils at the present writin. Jed did
lent give EN- no Xmas treat of candy
his VI and as a result all the sl1ol-
ers is down on Jed and have threat
med to lay for him on his way home