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Don't you know that lightning may strike at any time and demolish everything within the sound of my voice? DON'T YOU KNOW THAT LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE AT ANY TIME AND DEMOLISH EVERYTHING WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
o that blamed markit, but I had the society of the hogs fer two weeks." Uncle Josh and the Lightning Rod Agent WALL I s'pose I git buncode offener than any feller what ever lived in Punkin Centre. A short time ago we wanted to build a new town hall, and calculated we'd have a brick building; and some one sed, "Wall now, if you'll jist wait 'til Josh Weathersby makes another trip or two down to New York thar'll be gold bricks enuff a-layin' 'round Punkin Centre to build a new town hall." Wall, one day last summer I wuz a sottin' out on my back porch, when along cum one of them thar lightning rod agents. Wall, he jist cum right up and commenced a-talkin' at me jist as if he'd bin the town marshal or a tax assessor, or like he'd known me all his life. He sed, "My dear sir, I am astonished at you. I've looked over your entire premises and I find you haven't got a lightning rod on any buildin' that you possess. Why, my dear sir, don't you know you are flyin' right in the face of Providence?  STORIES BY COW STUART THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY PHILIP MARTIN UNCLE JOSH AND THE LIGHTNING ROD AGENT WELL I S'POSE I GIT BUNK OLD OFTENER THAN ANY FELLER WHAT EVER LIVED IN PUNKIN CENTER A SHORT TIME AGO WE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW TOWN HALL AND CALCULATED WE'D HAVE A BRICK BUILDING AND SOME ONE SAID WELL NOW YOU'LL JUST WAIT TILL JOSH WEATHERSBY MAKES ANOTHER TRIP OR TWO DOWN TO NEW YORK THERE'LL BE GO BRICKS ENOUGH A LAND AROUND PUNKIN CENTER TO BUILD A NEW TOWN HALL WELL ONE DAY LAST SUMMER I WAS A SOTTIN OUT ON MY BACK PORCH WHEN ALONG COME ONE OF THEM THAR LINEN ROD AGENTS WELL HE JEST COME RIGHT UP AN COMMENCED TO TALKIN AT ME JEST AS IF HE'D BEEN THE TOWN MARSHAL OR A TAX ASSESSOR OR LIKE HE'D KNOWN ME ALL HIS LIFE HE SAID MY DEAR SIR I AM ASTONISHED AT YOU I'VE LOOKED OVER YOUR ENTIRE PREMISES AND I FIND YOU HAVEN'T GOT A LIGHTNING ROD ON ANY BUILDING THAT YOU POSSESS WHY MY DEAR SIR DON'T YOU KNOW YOU ARE FLYING RIGHT IN THE FACE OF PROVIDENCE
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