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‘‘INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS.”
CONYERS, GEORGIA, APRIL 20, 1883.
Are We Superstitious ?
“Mamma,” sail) my ten year-old May,
‘why does Mrs. Brown k-.ep that horrid
lookiug and mischievous cat that fame to !
them last winter? I have heard some one
say that a strange cat brought good luck j
Do you suppose she is superstitious?’ ; j
1
“No; but her grandmother was."
“Her grandmother ?” said May. "Why,
she has been dead ever so many years;
what can she have to do with it ? ’
“Only this: When Mrs. Brown was a
little girl she lived with her grandmother,
who was proverbial for her faith in signs
and omens, and regulated the business of
the day as much as the old Romans did.
Now, Mrs. Brown would be very much j
offended if any one should call her super¬
stitious She professes to have no faith in
old time omens, yet unconsciously every
day of her life she is influenced by them,
She would be disturoed by the ticking of a
li'tle insect in the wall which some call the
\i< a h watch,' or the coming of a bird into
the house, or the howling of a dog at n-ght;
yet none the le.s she would exclaim that
she was not in the least superstitious.”
Early impressions are hard to get rid of.
Education, cultivation and the experiences
of hfe never fully undermine them.
1 have known very intelligent people to
decline to sit at a table with thirteen guests,
lest one would not live the year out.
Nobody ever thinks of passing a horse¬
shoe without picking it up for good luck;
and this has led to the craze for horseshoe
decoration.
Farmers allow the moon to regulate the
lime for sowing, planting, and work of
various kinds, and any departure from old
established rules is sure to bring ill luck.
With some housekeepers the breaking of
a looking glass is the occasion of a gloomy
' forebodiug ; the unlucky urchin who breaks
it is doomed to a life of misfortune, and i
seven years of back luck will rest on the
household
Peacock feathers were formerly consider¬
ed as bearers of sickness; yet fashion of
late has introduced them into house decor¬
ation, and that, too, without any serious
consequences ensuing. All of which proves
that fashion masters fate.
The Greeks and Romans of ancient times
put implicit trust in signs and omens, and
never undertook any enterprise of moment
without consulting an oracle. Though
sometimes the response would bear opposite
interpretations, yet their faith in the oracle
never wavered—the fault was always in the
interpreter.
How Long Ought a Man to Live?
Thurlow Weed, who died not long ago
was eighty-five years old. That in America
is regarded as a very old age. It gave Mr.
Weed distinction, as much as anything else,
in his city. Comparatively speaking, Mr. j
Weed was notan old man, but, in fact, be
came nearer living out the measure of his
days than the majority of men. There is
no valid reason why, under favorable con¬
ditions, a man Ehould not live a hundred
years. All animal life is found to be con
stituted wiih a stock ol vitality sufficient to
run it five times the period the particular
animal nquires to mature. For example,
the horse matures in about five years, and
will be dead in about twenty five; the dog
matures in about two years, and will be dead
iu about ten—and so on through the list;
but a man who matures in about twenty
years, and ought, therefore, to live one hun¬
dred, is dead, on an average, at thirty-five.
The failure of the rule iu the case of the
man does not prove that the rule is not
applicable in his case, but simply that be
fails to comply with the conditions of life.
The lower animals come nearer complying
with the conditions than man. Man wastes
his stock of vitality, and is bankrupt before
his term is half spent. There is nothing
dearer to a man it is said, than his life, j
and yet there is nothing with which he is so
• mprovident and reckless.
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A human interrTigation point went to an
oculist the other day to get a glass fitted to
his eye. “This is the weakest glass you
have ?’’ he asked. “Yes.” “Well, what
shall I do when I can’t see with this?”
“Why, you will probably be compelled to
puichase a stronger one.” “And when I
cau’iwtih that?" “Well, then you will have
to use a still stronger one.” “A nil aft-r that ?
-Oh, then you will have to get the very
strongest." “The vie im of defective eye¬
sight thought a moment, and then asked:
"And when I can , t see with . , the , strongest ? |
.
The oculist d,dot care to say what would
happen after h s own skill had Proved ,
ineffectual, and of was rathei indignant remained aUhe j
inquisitiveness the customer, so
| silent. "®“ t dt when °tbe
.^ Mg faiig me r ' ■ 1
well,” .veil,- was was the me answer, answer, 'I i should say —J that “““
! j the « nexi thing , 1 . • . a,. to do moii would M Ko be t to Vintr buy a a
! small dog with a ^string roui d h’s neck and
| let him lead you.”
Adv ertis ing.
It’s sometimes que Boned by merchants
whether advertising pays. The question
wil' ba-dly bear discussion in tbe following
fac’ts rates of transient advertising being
figured • The Tbe Chicago ^olMbnne Tribune it tt is w said said
.
for a column a year, receives **b 000 The
New York Herald rc or rts lowes
price column W’U and for Us
5343,000. The New Aork Tribune for t
lowest, *20,764, and for its b ghest, *85,648,
and these papers are never at a loss fo
assist the respective papers, but from busi¬
ness men who fin ! it profitable to advertise.
The sensible bnsines man does not consider
whether he likes the paper he advertises in
or not. It does not take- long to find out
by experience where it pays him the best
to advertise. That it does pay he has no
doubt, and raises no questions. Long
experience with almost every business man
who lias succeeded has proved that beyond
questiou.—Priuters Circular.
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Odd Stories About Animals.
A Tcronto man while hunting in Esques
ing, near Milon, Canada, shot a pure white
squirrel.
As Stacy G Sherman, of Stockton, N. J.,
was about to shoot a rabbit, an eagle swoop
eel down and carried it off.
A chicken ventriloquist is one of the cu¬
riosities of Concord, Ky. He crows with
clear notes and then makes, ecbo-like
repetition of them, gradually dying away as
if at an increasing distance.
The owner of a large Newfoundland dog
in Louisville had him sheared, much against
the animal’s will. After the operation was
finished the dog sprang to his feet, trotted
away a short distauce, looked at his flanks,
and fell dead.
Augustus Green, of Chesterfield county,
Pennsylvania, got lost in the woods while
from delirium, and died there.
When found his setter dog, in an emaciated
was lying on his body, aud could
hardly be dragged away.
A colley pup belonging to a shepherd of
San Antonio, Texas, will put between l.GOO
1,700 sheep in a pen without chasing or
crowding any of them. When penning the
sheep be has to work them dovn a long hill
slopes to .a flat upon which the pen is
built.
A Saginaw horse was sick one night re¬
cently, and breaking out of his stable, made
its way to the 6table of a veterinary surgeon
who had before treated him for sickness.
The surgeou's stable was closed, and the
sick horse, after standing at the door tor
hours, died thare.
Among John C. Long's chickens at Col¬
umbia city, Indiana, was a hen with a brood
of eight little ones. Her coop bad been
raised high enough for her to pRBS in and
out by meins of a small piece of board. A
large owl enterel, and the frightened ben
and her brood hastily ran out, The hen
then flew against the prop which fell, and
made the owl a prisoner.
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“Missing.”
Owing to the innate predatory habits of
the animal man, his sudden disappearance
does not necessarily point to accident or
death A desire for liberty too strong to
resist lends him to fresh fields and pastures
new. One of the best men I ever knew
here—a man of sixty-five years, who loved
his home and family dearly, and who had
no reason for eccentricity—slipped away
one afternoon, went to a distant city, and
for two years drove a car there, remaining
away because he felt his wife would manage
his affairs better without him. He never
intended to return, but was seen by chance
arrested as a lunatic, aud given his choice,
to be confined in an asylum or do his duty.
He came back, and after two happy years
at home died in his wife’s arms. In another
case that I remember, a gentleman was sup¬
posed tobave committed suicide by jumping
from a stramboat. II is^ wife made no fuss
but keptthe matter quiet, because she alone
never gave up the idea that his suicide was
a sham, aud for three years she hunted him
down, aud finally restored him to his home
and business. She knew his nature, and
gained her point in the end.
A third ease of which I had personal
knowledge was that of a dry-goods merchant
who was absennt twenty years and who re¬
turned wealthy, made himself known to his
wife, who had been married in the meantime,
sought out his soil and gave him ten thous¬
and dollars, and then went his way as he
had come. Uo said he had left home be
cause he wanted to; had not married or
cared for another home, and liked the life
of a wanderer much better than any do¬
mestic ties. These instances go to show
that the cases of alleged disappearances
may sometimes be accounted for without
any necessity of presupposing robbery and
murder.
The Use and Abuse ol Bathing.
Dr. Dadley A. Sargent, medical director
of the Union gymnasium, gave the fourth
of his talks of physical training at the
Union hall list week, taking for his subject
f . ]ts Uae8 and Abuses.” He
^ ^ t rule8 bathing as follows:
^ ^ ^ u90 of ca , tUe
soap is best for cleanliness, and night the
^ Tw ; ce a week is often enough,
To ° frequent warm baths detiiitate the
system. A cool sponge or wet cloth bath
should he taken daily for its tonic
an( ^ j always a i wa y 8 in in a a warm warm room, room, if if strong strong and and
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is the morning; . .
vijoroug ^ (he best , ime
8trong> tbe co ld bath bad better be
omitted and the tepid substituted. After
exercise, if greatly fatigued, take no bath
but rub down vigorously with a dry towel,
If thoroughly warmed up but not tired, take
a tepid sponge bath standing. Never take
a tub bath, except when bathing for clean
liness. A warm shower bath followed by a
cool coo, sprinkling spn g is preferable V to a cold bath
Tak^hland hot J«h« f° unnece , Hary ; those
,
should ™ “^ ed b exces _
. . at id the u-e of too much soap.
Although no ge ne a.. for batting g could
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Heart Breaking a Delusion.
One by one the fancies and romantic su
perstitions of old are coming to grief under
the calm scrutiny and merciless dissection
of modern science. Poets have sung and
maidens have sobbed over the death of
lovers from broken hearts. And now to be
told that death from such a cause is well
night impossible is almost too much.
But this is what a prominent doctor has
ventured to tell ns. “A healthy heart,” he ;
said, “is only a big muscle, and nobody can j
grieve enough to break it. When, there- j
fore, a blooming widow shows apparently I
inconceivable grief at the death of her
husband, and in a short time shows her
equanimity, she ought not to be accused of
hypocrisy. Neither may it be concluded
that another widow who soon pines and dies
has had more affection for her husband than
the first. The first widow may have bad
even more affection than the other, but have
been sustained by physical health.”
This is a chilling statement of facts and
will tend to dissipate many of the existing
notions abont affairs of the heart The
doctor who is quoted above says that grief
is rarely the cause of heart breaking. His
theory is that the prostration caused by a
sudden sorrow may affect the heart, pro¬
viding that that organ is already diseased oi
impaired in its functions. Women are sup¬
posed to be more liable to cardiac troubles
as the result of bereavement than men; aud
yet it is a fact that more men die of heart
disease than women. Oue record of eases
observed showed that out of sixty-one cases
of death from heart disease, thirty seven
were males. Another record showed teven
teen males out of twenty-four cases.
Another record showed that in sixty-two
cases of rupture of the heart there was fatty
degeneration existing. In other words
wnen fat is substituted for muscle, the org ,n
is easily broken. If any of these diseased
people had been subjected to sudden grief
they might have furnished illustrations of
heart breaking. One medical observer
records 100 eases of rupture of the heart
where there was no grief to account for it.
And so it seems that disease, and not
grief, is the real cause of heart breaking.
“A healthy heart is only a big muscle," it
is susceptible to the influences of ordinary
conditions of health or disease aud nothing
more. The "heart broken" maiden who
loses her lover, pines aw„y and dies, is
simply a victim of dyspepsia or congestion
It was not a sudden snap of the heart j
strings that took her on ; not at all: it was
a defective liver or a pneumonic affection.
"It is a curious fact,” says our medical au¬
thority, “teat the least dangerous heart dis¬
ease often creates the most apprehension.
Frequently patients who have only a lunc
tional or curable disorder will not be per¬
suaded that cilamnity does not impend,
although there may be no reai danger. On
the other hand, organic disease may exist
unsuspected. There are sympathetic rela
tions between the mind and heart, and I
able disorders mental of the excitement, heart are frequently trace |
to either pleasura !
ble is or certain painful. syratom Quick beating of danger, of the It heart has | j
no
been demonstrated that the pulse may I
safely ra ige from 100 to 1-10 per minute
for many years."
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The Law of Finding.
One hundred years ago, the law of find¬
ing was declared by the King's Btnch in a
case in which the facts were theie: A
person found a wallet containing a sum of
money on a shop floor. He handed the
wallet aud contents to the shopkeeper to be
returned !o the owner. After three years,
during which lime the owner did not call
for the property, the finder demanded the
wallet and money from the shopkeeper.
The latter refused to deliver them np on
the ground that they were found on his
premises. The finder then sued the shop
keeper, and it was held as above stated, that
titie against of all the the finder woild is but perfect. the owner And the the j
;
finder has been held to stand in the place ;
of the owner, so that lie was permitted to
prevail in action against a person who j
found au article which the plaintiff had ;
originally found but subsequently lost. The |
police have no special rights in regard to
articles lost unless these rights are confer
re J oy statute. Receivers of articles found |
are trustees for the finder. They have no
power in the absence of a special statute to j
keep the articles against the finder any
more than the finder has to retain the arti¬
cle against the owner.
Fond Memories.
How tnis perfumed air and soft sunlight
carries us back to the fast receding days :
and memories of our childhood. We see
j j the shrubbery, old homestead and almost of years’ hid growth by vines, that
trees
were planted long ago by our sweet moth
er’s direction, and whose hand tended them
j . many many and and many many years years to to the the perfect perteet growth, growth,
( down i the .i orchard with its wraltn »./>•» of bloom.
i and beyond the old forest through which we
| have so often wandered, ga hering tbe
delicate, frail wildflower, or rested on the
mossy beds and bnilded play bouses. There
the little stream, clear as crystal, flowing
over its pebbly bottom and past its mossy
flower-decked banks we see now tbe flashy
and uncertain, to us, trying to catch them,
minnow. Cn birls ever sing so sweet to
j U3 as dld building tbose wiId .heir oneg we in have tbe watched
so oft / nest / ground,
^ faear DO the distant iow .; u 0 f
ca!fle in - he ereP „ meadows, and the noisy
Kabellike but charming to a child sounds
j from the barn yard. An old hen’s voice
^ ^ ;ha , never ^ t0 ^ for a
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Number 5.
end capture the prize awaiting them. There
too, is the pond upon whose bosom floats
a flotilla of geese and ducks, and anon we
hear the gutters!, homely voice of the frog.
There the grand old moumains, could om
ever fire, gazing upon their changing,
shifting lights and shades. But this wai
years ago, and we had almost forgot tha'
lies dream of the past was not the reality o
the present in the memories this day had
called ifp.
What Surgery Can Do.
The London "Lancet," in publishing its
record of the progress of medicine in its
many departments flaring the last year,
gave some of the more prominent points
connected with surgery. Some of the op
erations seemed almost miraculous, and
were regarded as impossible previous to ex
periment. No region of the body is now
considered beyond the scope of surgery. Its
most marked triumphs relate to the intern¬
al organs and cavities.
What has rendered the operations com
pariiively safe is the use of antiseptics—
fluids that prevent purtrefaction in the
wounds. Hitherto carbolic acid has been
the chief agent used. But this proved more
or less dangerous—sointimes fatally so—
in other directions. A much Baler and
equal.y effective substitute has been found
in what is called eucalyptol, which is ob¬
tained from the Eucalyptus tree,
Abscesses of the liver have oeeu freely and
successfully cutiuto anddratued. Large parts
of the stomach have been cut out, including
even the pylorus which is the more highly
organized part of the stomach that shuts in
the food until digestion is carried to a cer¬
tain extent, and then opens and pours it
into the intestines.
Entrances have been made through the
.walls of the stomach fur the regular intro¬
duction of food in eases where the gullet
has been closed by^d.sease,
Two pieces embracing the entire circum¬
ference, t be one about three inches in length,
the othet fi ve, ! ave been cut from the large
intestine—the colon. In all cases the di¬
vided ports arc brought together and sewed,
The stitches becoming soon absorbed after
the healing is complete.
Considerable progress lias been made
towards ascertaining the exact spot where
the brain and nervous system may be affect¬
ed, thus facilitating tho reaching of disease.
It has been found that bone can betraos*
planted and aid in the formation ol new
oone; and more wonderful still, that sponges
can be grafted into a large wound, and be a
porous support for the granulations—the
new flesh particles—while they are fifing
the cavities. The sponge is beiieved ft be
gradually absorbed.
Tiniest of Wee Babies.
The smallest baby in the world is at the
house of Mr. Poe, on Carter Rtreet. It was
born last, Wednesday. It is the most di
niinutive creature imaginable, weighing
on | v 0 „ e a „ f ) half pounds at the time of
its birth and scarcely twenty-six ounces
yesterday. It can hardly be described,
fb e entire body is not as large as the fore
arm 0 f on ordinary person. It is just
eleven and a half inches long, aud in uo
portion of the body is it more than six
inches in circumference. Its head is no
larger than an English walnut. Its antis
look like a man’s little finger and the legs
like the centre finger. Its hands arc not
as large as a five cent piece. The child is
perfectly formed and its physical organiza¬
tion is complete in every detail. Its head
is covered with all the hair usually found on
one so young, and in all particulars it differs
in nothing from an ordinary child except in
size.
In answer to our question whether it cried,
Mr. Poe smil-d and said: “If you bad seen
me walking the loom last night you would
not ask the question. It cries as loudly
and as lustily as any chi id I ever saw."
The mother was asked regarding its nour
isliment. She replied: “It lakes
ment perfectly natural and has a roost
voracious appetite. The child is doing
very well. To show you the size ot its arm
I will take this plain gold ring off my little
finger and slip it over the child’s hand to
’t s elbow, and suiting the action to the
word, the ring, which was very small, slip
fed over the forearm with the utmost
facility.—Chattanooga Times,
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Wealth.
When we see how wealth is abused by
many who are blessed with it, we wonder
that so many are favored of heaven with
finanneiai succem. If parents took half as
ni n C h pains to impress upon their children
ftjA virtue of the rigid use of money as they
do t h e advisability of getting it, there would
be more good t0 tbe world from its wealth,
Nothing is more absurd than to think one
j s to spend all the best years of his manhood
; n getting wealth to enjoy in decliuing
yearg . Every family onght to do all in its
} , ower> through father and mother, sons and
daughters, to secure such honest wealth as
lt can attain, without sacrificing higher
| good. It is high art to know how to keep
tinanc'al ambition aud cheerful benevolence
! balanced, so that the one shall not degen
crate into selfishness, nor the other into
disregard of thought Wealth is too greai
a blessing to be sarcastically handled, as it
often is in fbe pulpit, an-) in verse. On th<
,
other hand, it does not deserve to be made
tbe god it frequently is by parents in their
ias.ic Seal for their son’s business
success. Poverty is as liable to be the fruit
of dishonesty as wealth, and is as likely,
perhaps, to lead to sin, Wealth is good, c-i
ud accord ing to circumstances and mo
,
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Sltf CoHMI! #«Mg.
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IN THE COMIC BINE.
First woman—“But of course, there is no
way of getting at her age." Second Woman
—'“Oh, yet thf re is—Muliiply it by two."—
Paris Paper.
“Bah Jovel” exclaimed young Dudiboi,
“the weathah is getting so mild, yer know,
that I must have the ferrule taken off my
cane. It’s too beasty heavy for a warm day,
yer know."—Boston Transcript.
“I am a native American citizen, born,
bejabers, in this country,” said Mr. Muldooa
at a recent political gathering, “and if ye
disbelievs it, come around home and I will
show riaturalza thion paphers. I »
ye mo
—The Judge.
High art appreciated: “What did you
think of the water-cooler exhibition this
year?" asked an artist of his .super mthetic
friend, Mrs. X. “Very fair; very fair, in¬
deed. Tha pictures set off that divine gilt
papering in a charming way.”—Lila,
A polite man, truly : The scene is laid
in arailway carriage, where seven passengers
are smoking furiously. Theeighth passenger
courteously: “I beg your pardon, gentle¬
men, but I do hope that my not smoking
doesn’t inconvenience you,”—French Fun,
“Was it a small, white dorg, with a blue
ribbon round his neck, yer was looking for,
miss?" “Yes," gasped the young lady, in
anxious suspense. “Well, Jack Adam’s
Newfoundland purp, he’s a gone an’ swal
lered him." They carried her into the
nearest drug store.—Chicago Eye.
“What a man Fiuixton is to change
round 1" exclaimed Mm. Fenderson. “It
was only last week that he went into the
grocery business, and now he has gone into
insolvency." “Oh, that’s nothing 1” replied
Fogg, good deal more money in it you
know.”—Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Sam Milledgo, an Austin lady, was
busy trying to make a pincushion of saw¬
dust wheh the colored cook came to ask
what she should cook for dinner. “Go way,
and don’t bother me now. My head is full
of sawdust now and 1 can't think of any¬
thing else."—Texas Siftings.
In a Boston newspaper office: The gen¬
tleman who is making up th nn—“Here’s
an item that has no mark ’ there’s no
way to tell where it beloui- Foreman—
“What’s it headed ? Mah up—“An Old
Scandal Revived.” Fo: “O, that
goes in the Now England n /s," —Louisville
Courier-Journal.
“I see that your son is out of the peniten¬
tiary,” said a man to an acquaintance,
“Yes; we proved that insanity was the cause
of his killing the fellow, and they turned
him out on probation." “How a that?"
“They said that they’d let him stay out a
day or two, and if he acted like a crazy
man they’d let him stay out permanently.
Well, h3 acted like he was insane, and 1
reckon he’ll stay out." “How did he act
like he was insane?" "By killing another
man."
There was nothing mean abont him :
“Charles,” she said, as she leaned her class¬
ical head upon his broad, stalwart shoulder,
“J have but one request to make before our
■wedding.” “Speak out, dearest," he ans¬
wered, huskily. “What, is it?" "1 want a
lock of your hair." “Take it, darling," he
cried snatching off a brown, vinegar-colored
wig and, forcing it into her hands. "Taka
it. No one shall ever say I refuse-d any re¬
quest from my future wife involving an out¬
lay of only §15,"—Chicago Check.
What they do not say: He—“Yqpr father
must be worth at least a million and you
would enable me to go through life in a
_
Btyle I never could hope for without you. I
do not love you, it is true, but—one caunot
expect everything. So let us marry If
your father fails 1 can crawl out of it some¬
how." She—“Very well 1 You will never
amount to anything, but y a are good
enough as far as you go. I have trifled
w ; tll so many men that most of them hate
me and 1 may not get a better of! >r. If I
do I can break the engagement ’—Life.
How to start an echo: We cam it vouch
or the truth of the following < y, but an
Austin gentleman said he as an eye¬
witness of the occurrence. He was on a
steamboat on the Hudson river, with a party
of excursionists. The boat stopped at a
place in the river where there is a wonder¬
ful echo. One of the gentlemen asked
everybody iu the crowd for a pistol with
which to wake up the echoes. Nobody had
any pistol, but a gentleman from Arkansas
said that he had something that was darned
sight more reliable than a pistol, and pall¬
ing out of bis boot a kniie with a thirteen
inch blade handed ,r, over to to the party
who wanted to sue up the echoes.—1 exas
Siftings.
Why the Granger was astonished: A
citizen of Detroit, who had been to Lansing
on business, was returning the other day,
when wlfd took aa ol< the J tarmer next sea - » “ £ , a
' the
conversation, whic as a^^
C 'Q- Then be Lappcne
thing about ^ farmer
(|t ,. , ( j. « Bat
doubted, and Ue a
1 have Been t •
bm to X nrup ^
Maria' ^ ^ ^ ^
bis wife, here § bin a „ QTer
Yurnp and rides with us a hu! hill half half dav day
before he lets on a word ! Huy, the Bixbys
didn’t go no further than Bosron and the
fust night they got home they kept the hull
town np till two o clock in the morning to
tell about picture ha Is and opera houses 1
Wall! wall 1 Bin to lump and not bragging
