Old Man Smith

Old Man Smith was St. Olaf's florist and blacksmith. He was also the town's only black man.

When Old Man Smith moved into town, the town council decided to give him a traditional Scandinavian welcome gathering on his front lawn, which involved singing songs and dressing up in bedsheets.

Old Man Smith was not familiar with the custom and mistook the townsfolk for the Ku Klux Klan. As a result, he had a heart attack and spent most of the summer in the hospital in intensive care.