 A rural youth enters a country grocery store and places an order with Si Perkins, the proprietor. While Si is engaged filling the order, he places a bent pin on a stool, which is occupied a moment later by Uncle Josh, and his antics afford great amusement to Si and the youth. While Si and Josh are interested in a newspaper he helps himself liberally to dried apples. Josh calls Si s attention to this and they get even with the youth by giving him a big glass of cider. The youth unsuspectingly drinks the cider and becomes severely distressed and begins to swell up. Upon reaching tremendous proportions he disappears in an explosion, leaving the astonished countrymen gazing in open mouth wonder.