The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10
kIKT!
That's What 0ckurd to Bill Hep
burn Our Artistick Blacksmith
Last Friday..-BiH Says as Long
as He Lives He'll Shoe no
More MuIes---FuII PaTticklers
as Per Below

Bill Hepburn our artistick blacksmith
| had quite a serious coincidents happen
to hisself last Friday afternoon from
which he amt as yet fully recovered
and don't expeckt to for that matter Tor
several days to come.
.. Last Friday afternoon as Bill was
settin in the door of his blacksmith
shop smol1in his pipe and thirstin for a
swig of red Ticker or even swig OF
good old hard cider. who should ride
up to the shop but Simon Hinckley OF
Snake Bend. Sine was ridin on a mule
and when he reached the shop he slid
often the animiles back and told Bill he
would like to have his mule shed on
both feet behint, being as the mule had
east both its shoes the day before.
Bill askt Slime wherever he happened
to git holt of mule. and Sine told
Bill that he had traded for the mule the
wk before being as he had swept his
ole roam mare and SIS to Jim Whittle-
by of the co. seat for the mule.
Then Bill askt Slime if the mule was
safe and Slime told Bill that Jim had
told him the mule was jest as gentle as
lam. Bill said he reckoned he'd haft
to take Jims word for it and yet he
had allus thort that Jim was the biggest
liar in the county and that his obser-
vashions had led him to believe that
most mules with whom he had come
into contaekt with in his blacksmithing
trade was vishious kickers and couldn't
be trusted no furthern a strong man
could throw a bull up hill by the tail
However, Bill he tied on his black
smithin apron around hisself and walkt
up behint the mule and stopped down
and TUX holt of one of the mules hind
legs and said, Hist" and the mule
histed, but instid of histin only one
hind leg as Bill had requested, it hist
both hind legs. Bill was struck with
both of the mules feet and knocked
headlong clean acrost the blacksmith
shop, huttin into the side of the shop
with his head also with stitch Whence
that he broke off two boards and KEEP
right on clean through the side of the
shop into the next lot, where he fell
and laid quiet for ninnit before he
got onto his feet and felt of his head
and lookt around like as if he was try
ing to recall if possibil where he was
at and what had happened to him.
Bill diddent go back into the shop
through the hole which he broke thro,
but went around and walkt into the
front door, where he found the mule
standin there lookin as inherent as
lam, whilst Slime was all dubbed up
with latin.
Thereupon Bill pickt up bar of iron
and walkt lords the mule with the in
tenshion of KILN it on the spot, and
when Slime seen him comm he drug the
mule euten the shop, CHM on its back,
dug his feet into its flanks and rid
away as hard as the mule could run.
Bill was the maddest man in Bing-
vile for hour or two, and the lang
widge he used could be heerd all over
town. 1t wassent what you mite call of
a eilyvating charackter, and for this
reason them as had CROWN up Children
brung them into the house and put
down the winders until Bill got through
expressin hisself.
Bill suffered from a awful headake
fer two or three days. and there was a
bunch swole up on his head as big as