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Merrit A. Carling - Burlap Sack
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One time Merrit Carling was out in the back field cutting hay with power machinery. He was wearing an old pair of overalls that were frayed all along the bottom. His wife, Vilate had warned him not to wear them, but he had not listened. Somehow the frayed part of his overalls got caught in the power machinery while it was running. Merrit was quickly being sucked into the machinery and knew he was going to die. He kept pulling back as the machine ate his clothes one piece at a time and all he could do was let it. Eventually it had stripped him down to nothing and had shredded all of his clothes to pieces. When all his clothes were gone he was freed and he was feeling lucky to be alive with just cuts and scrapes. All he could find to cover him was a little piece of burlap sack to walk back to the house to. When his wife Vilate saw him coming, wearing nothing but a burlap sack and a dirty face, she threw up her arms as she always did and exclaimed, " Oh Lord, He has finally flipped his lid! "
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