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Show It Exploded There was rurrible eommoshion in Hen Weathersby'a store tother night. Hen don't have much faith In the Bingville Bing-ville fire department arid being as he is always afraid that fire will break out in his store and burn him out he has taken, precaushions to fight the flames. When Hen was to the Co. seat tother day he purchased a contrivance con-trivance which is called a fire extinguisher extin-guisher and brought it home with him and set it inside the store door where he could git at it handy if the store should get on fire. Tother ev'g while all the fellers was sitting around in the store chewing, smoking and Ulking, Bill Hepburn, our artistick blacksmith walked into the store. Soon as he seen the 6 re extinguisher ex-tinguisher Bill grabbed it up ' and turned it upside down and says, "What the - thunderation's this thing. Hen?" Before anybody tould answer Bill the fire extinguisher began to squirt and the stuff which was inside of it hit some of th fellers in the face and it went all over the store and the show cases and put out the lamp and left the room in darkness which was worse because then nobody could see where to dodge and it's awful being squirted on in the dark. "Whatll I do with rtr hollered Bill "Take it out!" yelled half a doxen voice but Bill m-as so exsited that be didn't hear and be put his hand over the nozzle and tried to stop it that way and the stuff flew into hi eyes and wet him all over and finally Bill got mad and hauled off and throwed the fire extinguisher through the winder breaking out a whole sash of glass. Hen Weathersby was rurrible mad and aid Bill would haft to pay for damage dama-ge did, but Bill say he wont pay being as Hen ha no business to' leave things like that laying around where curious people will pick em up, |