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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
THE NEWS In A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALE
PARTS OF THE HOHLD.
All Important Occurrences OF u
Past Week. Boiled Down and Arr
ngeI for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
AT WASHINGTON.

Figures in the hands Of mint officers
Indicate that the years gold produc-
ton viii be $145, 100000.
According 10 "A decision by Justice
Field, OF the United States supreme
court, the great lakes are high seas.
President Cleveland. it is stated, will
now leave the Hawaiian matter entirely
to congress.
Ex-Minister Stevens charges that Mr.,
Blount treated him insultiEgly nj Ha-
wall and that his report perverts the
facts.
Secretary Gresham makes public all
the official correspondence and docu-
rents ON the Hawaiian question. IN
Guiding Commissioner Blount's report
Russian convicts detained 1T San
Francisco We're ordered released. Sec
letary Carlisle holds that they are
political offenders.
The Mexican minister has complained
tc Secretary of State Gresham that
the Texans do not try to prevent the
violation OF the neutla atty laws.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
PEI

Duluth, Nov. 24.-The City Railwry
Company of Duluth is a new eorpOra'
ton that has been OF organized by Col A.
A. Harris, recently of Fort Scott, Kan
10 build and operate street railway nnS
IN st. Louis county, Mimi, and Doasiass
county, Wis. The capital stock Is Soo,.
coo and the incCrl orators are ex-d0s.
Burke, ID. II. Stevenson and Henry T.
Harris OF Duluth; Patrick K. Haley, L
J. Matthews of West Duluth and WE
lam G. Green Of Chicago. A. II. brAs
ia president. w. G. Green vice pres,
dent and II anry Il. Herbs secretary ana
treasurer. The company has secured .
franchise in West Duluth, and VIII asa
the Duluth council for rights in this as'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

wanted in st. Louis for cutting a col
ored man. was arrested yesterday in
Cincinnati while robbing rooms at the
Indiana house.
Alien Noe, Jr., and Samuel Morgan
We're arrested at Canton, H., charged
with attempting TO derail a train by
placing a wagon load Of sand on the
track.
Four men went to the residence Of
Joseph Kraft, a wealthy cltizep of New
Albany, Ind. and attempted 10 kidnap
his 14-year-old daughter. The kidnap-
pers We're fired upon and one named
Wcightman was killed.
William Codrington, an English bach
elor, owning a ranch on Coal Creek.
nea Ouray, Colo. was found hanging
to a tree near his ranch. The coro-
ner's jury brought in a verdict Of sui
eide.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

st. Paul, Nov. 2~4.-Jnase Nd.
the United States circuit COW, ~ 2
sued an ,raer temporarily vas Is
Berrdt Anderson, state food ,omnaau.il:
er, from Selling or taxing noss1al.@on
any oleo Armour has Dew in ,ss 2
or may hereafter ship in. tn slsi
holds until the final ADJUDICATION e'os
ease, which win not be until Ionrau u'
Dairy Commissioner Anderson
asked regarding the procedure ana VA
that the restraining order had hoa. 'H'
cured through a number Of c,oa' se
statements. In the first place ~ l'
never told them that he woula se;,o VA
margarine in the original psckoaoO~ NV
violation of the original package y, !
OF the interstate commerce law. N
agent of the company had called on II.
in company with an attorney, md ~
had endeayored 10 induce him 70 M,
such a statement, but he had ranG'
that he should 20 as far as tho Con-.
had said he could go, and no fpr,h.
In the next place, the Armour comna,
claims that the oleomargarine is orig;ra
ly the color of butter that has not 10
oclored, and that ii was perfectly hesItsr
They have also claimed to the dsi,
commissioner that they used annoto
harmless chemical used in the sIo,n
of butter for coloring the oleo. Whera,
in every sample analysed by the ca..
mission they have found il colored nI
al n%aline, a poison. The restraining =.
der is only temporary and will be !
force until the case comes up the frs
week in January. Meanwhile the cor
mission, under the supreme court a.
cision, can seize any oleo offered "a
sale out OF the original package.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
PAINT.

Redwood Falls, MINI. Nov. 24.-Tn
section of Minnesota is rich in minera
products, and ali it needs TO bring it be
fore the eye of the public is capita
Since the discovery of coal in large quaD
titles near this city, the attention of Ii,
public is brought to the immense quaint
ties of red and brown paint which i
found along the banks of the Minnesot
river near this city. As long ago q
1867 two adventures from st. Paul cam
up the river by boat and mined aboo
fifty tons Of the paint. Some of 1t va
taken to st. Paul and used 10 paint ID
decks of river steamers, as it was yer!
durable. Many of the houses and th
mills here were given a coat, and 1t cal
be seen to this day in I good state o
preservation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
SINS N

Mrs. Minnie Mussahl harged herself
It Dubuque, Iowa, as TIA res&it Of q
quarrel with her hush
Charles Nettleton, a Itch bachelor,
e mmitted suicide at Des Moines,
iowa, by taking laudanum.
Vigilants are dealing out justice to
claim jumpers In the Cherokee strip.
Several men have been hanged.
w. S. Taggart, the $4,000 forger.
vas sentenced to two and a half years
n the Ohio penitentiary mt Bellaire.
j. Y. Brown has been swindling Ma
comb, ILL.,, residents by trading them
Cherokee land he did not own.
Jared Marshall Of Denver tried to
kill the Rev. J.. NJ. Thomas, alleging he
had stolen his wife from him.
Moonshiners and officers had another
ight In Randolph county, Ala. After
Killing one and %wounding two the OIL
GERS fled.
The dwelling OF Deputy Prosecutor
Parker of Marion, Iowa, was blown up
oy dynamite. No one was injured. The
explosion was caused by liquor men.
III making an arrest at st. Louis,
Policeman Wesley Moder shot and
killed Charles Smith, cclored, after him.
self being MORALLY wounded.
John Stromske, who was living i'm
ST. Louis with another mans wife, was
given a terrible logging by masked
men.
A millionaire widow is arrested In
Fttsburg for cruelty keeping a little
girl in IA wire cage for hours every
llght for use as a trance medium at
sp~iritualistic performances.
RoxIe Mckernan. the hotel thief
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

French doctors are ms nifesti,g much
Interest In the American discovery OF "A
cure for consumption. They are not
inclined to receipt innovations upon es-
tablished practice, but the results of
tests applied In the hospitals of Paris
have staggered them. 1t seems proba-
BILE that Europe win have to look to
the United States for new theories In
medicine as well as In other fields OF
research and invention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

Health officers throughout the coun-
try are very properly cauiioHiHg moth
ers and all others having the caro- Of
children against allowing their sympa-
thies to induce them to pay long or
frequent visits to their sick neighbors.
They often carry from an inYalid's bed
side the germs Of disease. which are
readily disseminated among the chill
dren under their charge. thus leading
70 epidemics OF a serious II not fatal
character. The subject is n Of the
greatest Importance. and the warning
should be carefully needed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
CRIMINAL LIBEL.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 2i--ffani
Hoskins, editor of the Alliance Au'O
cate of Hcnning, has been arrested %
bench warrant charged with erllni
libel. Last summer during the pan.
he assaulted the Fergus Falls banks n'
vigorously end published many san
mepts about them which the officers y.
were untrue. Last week the grand ~.
irdicted him. and he viii have I'D 0pps'
tuDity TO prove his statements.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

A negro in Floyd county, Georgia,
dressed himself in q sheet a few days
ago and started out at dusk TO scare
the life out Of n white woman, against
whom he had n grievance. He inter-
copied her as she was returning to the
house from the well and she came
near beating the life out Of him with
the iron bucket she carried. He is in
tie hospital seriously injured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

Il is not characteristic OF the pious
and peaceful French-C anadians-this
BLACKBOARD attempt to destroy the Mel
son monument at Montreal with dyna-
mite. The odium Of the act should
rest on the three law students who
committed Ii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

A number of merchants have intro
duced a new gas burner and fixtureere-
sembling in appearance n lamp and Civ
ing a strong, white light. The con-
trivance is constructed upon the prin-
ciple Of a Bunsen burner. In the flame
is suspended.a gauze bag Of some ma
terial which when heated becomes In
candescent. These little bags will burn
for GOO or 700 hours, when they are
replaced by new ones.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

AS a result of the successful photo
graphic experiments recently made at
the heighth of a mile above Philadel-
phia. an English paper suggests that to
each army corps there should be at
tached a staff of photographers. 1t
points out that more effective work can
be done upon the reconnaissance with
the camera than with the sketch book,
and that the staff could readily he made
q part Of the engineers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

1t was hardly necessary for Miss
Phoebe Couzins TO announce a short
time G that she had been practicing
law for twenty-five years. The fact
that she presented a bill for $1,000 to
the treasury department for services
as secretary Of the board of lady man
ayers of the worlds fair was evidence
enough OF her profession and her ex-
p~erienca therein.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

The largest gasometer in the world
is at East Greenwich, England. When
full it contains 100000 cubic feet Of
gas. 1t weighs 1910 tons, is $50 feet
high, $50 feet in diameter, requires
1900 tons Of coal to fill it with gas,
and cost 100000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

The navigation Of the Dead sea is the
iates: step in Oriental progress. The
sultan has sent two sailin gboats there,
one for freight and one for passengers.
Abdul Hamid is going to try to make
money put of the salt, bitumen and
sulphur Of the lake.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

The government Of Nicaragua has
brought suit against the Nicaragua Ca
nal company for failure to complete the
ditch between the two lakes within the
time specified in the international agree
ment. As the assets of the company
consist mainly Of Warner Miller's nerve,
Nicaragua viii not pay her national
debt with the proceeds OF her suit.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
coin Nj SILVER.

Eau Claire, Wis. Nos. IN. =
Bacon of Antiago, Wis, said 10 isp.s
sem a syndicate of moneyed men lp -,
has sunk a shaft twenty-five feei nv y.
the rock in the southern part Oh,
township Of Ludington, tins eouus y
Assays have been made and results = !
claimed to show paying quantities "
gold and silver.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

A high stone wall shuts In the garden
Of Gray's Inn, London. The municipal
authorities have ordered that the wall
be removed and an open iron fence
substituted, in order that the passerby
may enjoy the beauties of trees and
flowers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
IN GENERAL

Officers of the government intimate
there may be some surprises in the
bank investigation in Indianapolis.
Directors of the Northern Pacific met
In New York and resolved TO request
the resignation of Receiver Cakes.
Many vacant graves ut Onawa, Iowa.
have been discovered, and residents Of
the town are greatly excited.
Twenty thousand meia. ers have been
added to the Christian Endeavor So
ciety In Illinois during the year.
Sixteen men are soon to be tried ut
Portland, Or, by the federal court for
smuggling Chinese into the country.
Official announcement Is made at San
Francisco that all Chinese arr ready
to register in con pliance with the law.
A Pittsburg, Pa, friend Of Rev. John
Paxton says the New York preacher
Is not 4 victim of morphine.
III. III. Nye has been appointed claim
agent at Fort Worth, Tex, for the
Union Pacific.
The manufacturers Of the Mahouing
and Shenango valleys have signed the
scale OF Amalgamated association.
Jrdge Brown has declared invalid the
ILdiana aw regulating distribution aud
return Of nnexpended school funds.
Passenger traffic is lighter than at n
corresponding time for five years, and
the roads are ecoEoinizing In train
service.
An indianapolis funeral procession
was stopped by the coroner as the
ortoome Of a rivalry between two doc
tors.
Harry G. Reeb disappeared from Co
lumbus, Ohio, four years ago. He has
returned and will marry his divorced
wife.
Employees OF the Lchigh Valley road
have gone on a strike. efforts for al
justment of differences having been un.
successful.
Natural gas has been found on the
farm OF William Longnecker. near De-
catur, ILL.,, at a depth of $50 feet. 1t Is
to be utilized for heating purposes by
the farmers in the vicinity.
Mrs. Sarah Rockhill. wife of the
postmaster at Fort Wayne, Ind, Is
contesting the win Of her mother. Mrs.
Holt, by which S25,900 Is given to her
brother and nothing 10 herself. She al
leges unSound mind and undue infiu-
ence.
Fritz Tecmer, who has been held to
court by Squire Leadbeater Of Drayos-
burg, Pa. for having rented the build
ing In which the O,hello-Lee prize fight
took place, has threatened to divulge
the names OF all those who witnessed
the light unless they come 10 his as
SlStance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

If the Hawaiian Kingdom were put
up at auction 1t would not bring as
much money as the newspapers of the
United States have paid for setting the
type from which the correspondence re-
lating to that interesting group of vol
canic excrescences has been printed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

The largest fish caught In the Column
bia river so far this season was n stur-
geon measuring IL feet 8 inches long
and weighing 755 pounds, which was
landed al Knappton, Wash, a week or
so Ago.. The head alone weighed 15l
pounds, and the fish yielded 427 pounds
OF edible meat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
WEBSTER, : SOUTH DAKOTA

Old Fort Crawford, below Ouray,
Col, Is shortly to be demolished. The
fort has an interesting history, being
the vicinity where the Utes committed
their many crimes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
NEW STATE BANK.

Dassel, Mimi, Nov. 24.-Arrans = IA
have been completed and articles o y
corporation filed to change the stat
bank of Buck, Hoover x 90: 10 nasss
bank, to be known as the Bank OF assc
The new state of affairs goes nav
Dec. 10.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
RECEIVERS

Baltimore, Nov. 24.-The Merean
Trust and Deposit Company OF balu
and Edward Austen have been appo"I I,
receivers of the American Casnail' !.
urance company,a and possession mas :"
taken by them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
ENUMERATED.

Houghton. Mich, Nov. 24.--lne ryiu
murder case, which has been W.. tar Il
the attention of the court mere c,Rris
past week, IL ended. Patrick "a n
accused of the murder Of John 0a"
exonerated by the jury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
HIT BY A HAY SWEEP. ),

Tomah, Wis, Nov. 24.-Andersop '.ha,
more met with a severe accident WIZ
pressing hay. The sweep pr9he ar
struck him in the stomach. Hops
entertained for his recovery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
AROUND SOUTH DAKOTA.
STATE NEWS CLAENED FROM AS.
SOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.

A Celebrated Case Decided by the
Supreme Court Of the United
States-An important Land Office
Dscision-New Gold Discoveries
in the Black Hills-Other State
News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
Cunn IN TILE IL

Royalton, Mimi, Nov. 4.-rreo sbO,
wher was mistaken for a deer anu
In the leg by a companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
IN FAVOR OF Mr.. ARNOrr
HE WINS THE FIRST RorSn
oLEo-MARGAnINE FIGHT ~

Judge Nelson Restraints /.
Commissioners From Sei,in. narl
margarine Until the Case n. oiee
Probably I'm January. heard
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

rERRIBi
poa'

Tho'
zen Thou
While TIVE
he Ruins
bfdcn. ~
'sbsran says
=
.isbed in
a thousand
severed and
thonsdh'
] fat. The
/ asricusrur
.tted I" II
,1ae charIc
-, which
,tuniueS fc
I
al there ar"
a federal &.
rye the cat.
X with som n
ana Ia
is mad'
n,ltural c
mari
he entrance
which
any pI
of Il
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Sore
here ere il
6,00,G
sira han y
than I
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;Tefore h,
,A1rged witt
,uchiuG int
Re, property
As
and
10 endure
,Jmy laid.
agpsSful p
,Ftiyiues cf
,ased upon
3giculture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
Tlnre

| Detroit. NJ
|Asve now bt
II the Eds
was
|ahers are u
| he mass of
bare been pt
|nsins found
h be those
|aearthed I'll
|ad Edward
4 engaged
|Eay the ri
bays before
ScOyered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

New y
Guatema
self Mil.
Aitrage.
gwen the
ard has
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
Fir

| Marshhell
|p0lse. who
i a burnin.
Asre some I
Is has also
hiding. VI
|derif stow
ighbOr. q
ildnG wa
l. bur
hiding wa
|tS0.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

HILLSIDE
nan nal
Forks gia
sirived n
Ing for d
turn hon
Of her Cd
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

Spokane.
Aland Ores
and slide
tTled from
ihe engineel
n injured.
u 6 O'Clock
reliability
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

Bayfield,
run is prov
tais year.
: freezing
per day
but the n
pS7 per /
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30
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junction, d
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

Fergus
Lyons con
day aftegT|
dis innocs|
robbing a
Wadena d
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-08-31

uiso comd nate run on 70 -
any day, but there warn't no
boats ! could see ships sailin' by quite
often, hut there warn't NO way TO git
of to EN- ! decided 70 FIX the witch
doctor first got Ugogina to whccdle
the old Teller 10 give me my mejum-
sized cooker, the small-sized not bein'
large enough for my purposes. Then
got lot of African beans and some
hollow reeds and some sticky clay. I
set the beans n coolSin' and put the
reeds into a little hole made in top of
the cooker invited the witch doctor
in, and told him this was some Of my
new vaporizcd atmospheric air, and
told him to put his mouth TO the reeds
and suck some in. You know, II you
have studied chemistry. that beans are
highly charged with gas. Especially Is
this true of the genuine African bean.
Well, sir, that old chap swallcred lot
OF that gas, and quicker than a wink
Ugogina and knocked him over and
plastered his nose and mouth up with
clay, and I'm dummed liar II that gas
didn't float that old Teller right up in
the air, clear out of sight You see, he
was remarkably capacious. and the gas
was remarkably strong remarlxably
strong. ! stood there I'm front of the
people when he was floatin' in the air,
and told 'cm was magician, and
could set 'em all foatin. They was
scared; wanted TO elect me chief; but
wasn't used to high political honors,
and compromised with alderman and
president of the school board. Well,
sir, Ugogina was dyin' TO marry me at
once; but STAYED her of for time by
sayin' wanted TO git my trousseau
ready. That's how the mejum-sized
cooker saved my life"
~ will buy medium-sized one" said
the rector, family. ut can be used by
81. Margarets ward Of the guild church
fairs"
cor country fairs, either. However,
/ think you would like the large-sized
cooker for the church fairs. But you
wait till finish my story. Now, was
engaged to a girl in the United States.
II married Ugogina what would be
the consequences? Breach OF promise
suit for ten Thousand dollars, and me
with no assets but three sample cookers
Of block tin. What then? Default of
payment, states prison for life. Sides,
| didn't want to marry Ugogina. What
did do? Well, sir, one day I see a
ship goin by, and, stretchin' out the
large-sized cooker-they arc all air
tight jumped on II and padded off
to the ship, poundin' on the small and
mcjum-sized all the way to scare sharks
That's how the large-sized cooker saved
my life"
put me down for the large size"
said the rector of st. Bartholomew's,
YEARLY.
81 knowed you would" said the mild
hammered man with the soft, low voice.
''rhere's something affectin' in the
story of how them cookers saved my
life. Allan Curtis, in Har-
per's Weekly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-08-31

Apropos of queer names, DIR. Henry
Cooper writes the New York Sun as
follows; "Visiting In Canada some
years ago on farm near Lake Simcoe,
! was struck by the popularity Of the
name of one of the sons in the family
was visiting. 1t was Happen this
and Happen that until was be-
wildered. | said TO him when we were
alone; Forgive me for being curious,
but ! can make nothing Of your
name. Win you tell me what it Tsp
lie flashed up In a moment: You
Yankees are too darned inquisitive; II
you want 10 know about my name ask
ma When the opportunity occurred,
| very respectfully sought information
from his ma. 'Drat that boy she said,
he sends everybody TO me. His name Is
Happen-to-be, and that was what he
were christened. When he was born
happened to be at camp meeting, and
didn't want ever TO forget It, Now,
hope you're satisfied was"