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Wall, we all took a fresh chew of terbacker and nudged each other; and Ezra Hoskins sed he didn't remember as how he'd ever seen it rain quite so hard as that, but he'd seen some mighty dry weather; he sed one time when he wuz out in Kansas it got so tarnation dry that fish a swimmin' up the river left a cloud of dust behind them. WELL WE ALL TOOK A FRESH CHAR TO BACKER AND NUDGED EACH OTHER AND EZRA HOSKIN SAID HE DIDN'T REMEMBER AS HOW HE'D EVER SEEN IT RAIN QUITE SO HARD AS THAT BUT HE'D SEEN SOME MIGHTY DRY WEATHER HE SAID ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS OUT IN KANSAS IT GOT SATARNATION DRY THAT FISH A SWIMMING UP THE RIVER LEFT A CLOUD OF DUST BEHIND EM
ar it started from and hit a stone quarry and knocked off a piece of stone and hit that feller in the head, and he didn't cum too fer over three hours. Wall, we thought that wuz purty good fer a Deacon. Wall, none of us sed anything fer a right smart spell and then Si Pettingill remarked "he didn't know anything about eckos, but he calculated he'd seen some mighty peculiar things; sed he guessed he'd seen it rain 'bout as hard as anybody ever seen it rain." Someone sed, "Wall, Si, how hard did you ever see it rain?" and he sed, "Wall one day last summer down our way it got to rainin' and it rained so hard that the drops jist rubbed together comin' down, which made them so allfired hot that they turned into steam; why, it rained so gosh dinged hard, thar wuz a cider bar'l layin' out in the yard that had both heads out'n it and the bung hole up; wall, it rained so hard into that bung hole that the water couldn't run out of both ends of the bar'l fast enough, and it swelled up and busted.  IT GOT BACK WHERE IT STARTED FROM AND HIT A STONE QUARRY AND KNOCKED OFF A PIECE OF STONE AND HIT THAT FELLER IN THE HEAD AND HE DIDN'T COME TOO FOR OVER THREE HOURS WELL WE THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR A DEACON WELL NONE OF US SAID ANYTHING FOR A RIGHT SMART SPELL AND THEN CY PETINGILL REMARKED HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ECHOES BUT HE CALCULATED HE'D SEEN SOME MIGHTY PECULIAR THINGS SAID HE GUESSED HE'D SEEN IT RAIN BOUT AS HARD AS ANYBODY EVER SEEN IT RAIN SOMEONE SAID WELL SIH HOW HARD DID YOU EVER SEE IT RAIN AND HE SAID WELL ONE DAY LAST SUMMER DOWN OUR WAY IT GOT TO RAINING AND IT RAINED SO HARD THAT THE DROPS JEST RUBBED TOGETHER COMIN DOWN WHICH MADE THEM SO ALL FIRED HOT THAT THEY TURNED TO STEAM WHY IT RAINED SAGOSSE DANGED HARD THERE WAS A CIDER BARREL LAYIN OUT IN THE YARD THAT HAD BOTH HEADS OUT IN IT AND THE BUNG HOLE UP WHILE IT RAINED SO HARD END TO THAT BUNG HOLE THAT THE WATER COULDN'T RUN OUT OF BOTH ENDS OF THE BARREL FAST ENOUGH AND IT SWELLED UP AND BUSTED
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