The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 130

KENTUCKIANA ALL OVER by EDWIN FINCH lBk. yt AY 1 1 The MAY Birth stone $995 OHmt to 137.50 Car I 1 1 A 1 fSiWL- I Walking Snake A little 10-year-old girl who lived on a farm a few miles out of Marion, was sent to a neighlior's home to borrow some coffee. As she walked along the road she came upon a frightening sight, an animal walking with front feet and wriggling like a snake behind. She ran screaming to her mother that there was a snake walking down the road. Her mother grabbed a hoe, and when she reached the strange creature, she struck the snake about a foot behind its head, and a young rabbit darted away.

The snake had swallowed the rabbit up to its front legs, and the frenzied little animal was still struggling to get away. I RAMAGE, MARION, KY. I mm n. 391 1 PVttfton Htflttwow DM 44 Mil South of Eottara fVwy. SttKXFiuocs HAH REttOVD PEXMAKufllY XX Spanked Ghost In an old one-room schoolhouse in Grant County, Kentucky, years ago, Misa Stephenson, the teacher, was an avid story teller.

Each afternoon after classes she would read tales, often scary ones, to the pupils, who would become apprehensive on their way home. One day before the teacher arrived at school the pupils decided to scare her, so they helped Leslie Lambert up through an opening in the ceiling to the attic. He remained quiet until the classes began, then started thumping around. The children acted afraid and the little ones, who were not in on the joke, began to cry. Miss Stephenson went outside to investigate but found nothing.

When classes resumed again so did the thumping. The teacher went outside again and the children told Leslie to come down. Buf as he got his legs and hips through the opening, Miss Stephenson returned, got a broom and thoroughly No Idle Threat During the Civil War, Miss Lou Barbee, who lived in Colum-' bia, had her own saddle mare, a beautiful chestnut. Fearing to lose her horse to some roving bands of soldiers, she had placed her in the smokehouse behind the kitchen. One morning she heard the horse whinny loudly and looking out, saw a Union soldier looking into the smokehouse.

Fearing that the fellow intended to take her treasured animal she caught up from the stove a teakettle of boiling water. Slipping up behind the man she began pouring the scalding water down his back, shouting "Get away from my mare or I'll scald you to death!" The man left abruptly screaming that she had already done just that JIM McGEE DANVIUE, KY. No nood to onduro unwanted hair coming bock again and again. Ut a tpocialiit romovo It ttio afm, doctor-approved, tdonttfic SHORTWAVE way. 41 li ffi ilir 1 11 lufciiJi 1 halt disappear frvf.

spanked the "ghost." MRS. IEE COIUNS EUISTON, KENTUCKY. raoi nun and $320.00 tnsm pim Roundup With Rotten Eggs Wesley S. Armstrong, an eccentric old man, owned a prosperous farm near Springville, Ind. Among his horses was a pel saddle mare, which had the run of a few acres of meadow adjoining the stock barn lot One morning Wesley, carrying a bridle, went to the meadow to get the mare, but the horse refused to be caught or chased into the barn lot.

This irked the old man, so he bridled and saddled another horse from the barn, filled his slouch hat with over-ripe goose eggs, and took out after the mare. He chased her around the meadow, pelting her with rotten goose eggs until she surrendered and went into the barn. From this the old man gained the nickname Goose Egg. PIANO ft CS3AN CO Burnt Labor C. H.

Harrison had all of his summer stovewood cut on his farm in Marshall County, Kentucky, many years ago. His sons Tom and Jack were directed to stack it in pigpen-fashion to dry' out. They made several stacks in a wooded area. The boys then proceeded to rake the area and put the debris in the stacked woodpiles. Then they decided to burn the trash and in so doing, set fire to the stacked wood.

In less than an hour all of Harrison's hard winter's work was completely lost MRS. M. H. GREEN BENTON, KENTUCKY pUom Mild mo picturo and prkM. I Nam OPAl ARMSTRONG REWORD, INDIANA.

I Add I Stat. City "Krnturkuna AH Over" will pay $2 for personal experience! it can use or true stories, with reference if availahle. Addreaa Edwin Finch. 4 TNI COURIIK-JOURNAL MAOAZINI.