Posted by PJH on May 30, 2018 at 16:19:16 from (50.45.53.101):
In Reply to: Wagon Wheels posted by Rusty6 on May 29, 2018 at 22:25:01:
A wagon wheel story
Years ago there was an old man in our neighborhood named Hillary Popejoy. Hillary was built like a fireplug, even as an old man, and there were many strong man stories about him from his younger days. One such story involved him getting liquored up and thrown in the little city jail. (Prohibition era) He kicked a hole in the wall and walked out, so the constable escorted him to another cell, where he promptly kicked the wall out in it too. The constable decided to turn him loose - the jail only had three cells and two were now unusable. But my favorite Hillary story was told by another old man who was just a few years younger than Hillary. Hillary was a teenager working for the man's father on their farm for board and pay. Early one Saturday morning, the father told Hillary to go out and grease the wheels on the wagon - they were going to haul some wheat to the mill after breakfast. The kids heard their dad at the window hollering, "Hurry - come look at this!" They ran to the window and looked out and saw Hillary out in the yard with the rear wagon wheel balanced on his chin, darting around under it to keep it upright. Before breakfast. I never heard of Hillary ever hurting anyone, but he's the standard that all strong men in this neighborhood were compared to.
Sorry for the ramble, but every time I see a big wagon wheel, I think of Hillary Popejoy with one balanced on his chin.
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