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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-22

~D You EVER suffer from real ner-
vousness? When every nerve seemed
TO CULVER with peculiar. creepy
feeling. first In one place, and then another
and all seemed finally to concentrate in .
writhing tumble IN the brain. and You be-
come irritable. fretfui and peevish; TO be
followed By an impotent. weakened condi-
tion Of the nerve centcrs, ringing In the
ears. and sleepless. miserable nights:
DR.. Miles N Mrs; Eugene sea,le ,ss
Nervine hart, Ind. says: "Ner-
Restores me nearly insane nsa ,u and
uaAl<h physicians were unable
AAS~AsAAssssss to help me. My memory
was almost gone and every little thing
worried me until I was almost distracted.
really feared / was becoming maniac.
imagined all sorts of evil things and would
cry over nothing. l commenced taking DR..
Niles Restorative Nervine and four bottles
Of this wonderful remedy completely cured
me. and am as we'll now as l ever was.''
DR.. Miles Nefvine Is sold on guarantee.
6rst bottle will benefit or money refunded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-22
TERRIBLE COLLAPSE AT BUFFALO.
Building Falls to Pieces and Kills Half
Dozen Persons.

Building Falls to Pieces and Kills Half o
Dozen Persons.
BUFFALO, May 22-The Seneca street
side of the Brown building. formerly oc-
cupied by the Western Union Telegraph
company, collapsed and score or more
people were buried in the ruins. The
building was filled with offices, almost all
of which were occupied The Western
Union left the building y few weeks ago,
and the owners of the block began the
work of rcmodeling and strengthening it.
On the Seneca street side workmen were
engaged in putting in place new iron col
umns and beams when the walls Of sec
ton of the building fell it. Iron columns
were twisted like wires and heavy wooden
beams were torn to pieces like paper.
The immediate cause Of the collapse of
the building is supposed to have been the
removal Of too many supporting columns
before the new ones were placed in posi-
ton. Immediately east of the wrecked
building was the barber shop of George
Sehnert. At the time of the collapse there
were several customers and ten wOrkmen
in Schnert's shop. The heavy walls of the
Brown building crashed into the shop,
burying every one therein.
Following is the list of dead and injured
Dead-George Metz, barber: Jennie Grit
I'm. cashier in Sehnert's barbcrshOp; un-
identified workman. The time-bOOk of
Contractor Straub has been found and a
careful pcrusal of it leads to the belief
that there are at least four bodies in the
wreck yet. Ipjured-George Sehnert,
proprietor Of the wrecked barbershop,
hands cut and body bruised; John c.
LangdOn, barber, scalp wounds; Jacob
Richmond, barber, internal injuries, may
die; :. I. Hawk, fractured skull, will like
ly die: James Adams, back and legs
bruised; Michael o. Brien, sprained back !;
Robert Cassler, plumber, badly bruised,
internally injured; Jacob Hickman,
bruised and internally injured, may die;
Frank Hickman, badly bruised, serious:
William kuppinger, internally injured
case serious; Michael Schultz, workman
internally injured; Joseph Bouiey, plas
tcrer injured internally serious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-22
Pride and PrejudIoe.

I'D be ashamed to go around beg.
ging," said the prosperous citizen.
"Pride's funny thing, amt it?''
answered Mr.. Everett wrest. Here YOU
are, too proud to beg, and here l am,
too proud to work. Takes all sorts to
make a world, guess ''-Indianapolia
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-22

Boggs-I see the weather bureau has
put in typewriter.
Foggs-Wel]. that means that we
are about to have a bad spell Of wealth
er.-Yonkers Statesman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-22

81 wonder ho,S she manages to keep
her youthful bloom with such large
family Of children
Upon a high shelf, I suppose.
Far away the music Of the ball rose
softly, aud tssat was all-Detroit Trib-
une.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-22
DEATHS HARVEST.
He Gathers In One More Daily
Tribute Of Victims.
TERRIBLE Avo0 BY THEOYoLoHE

Ten Corpses strew . Path It Sweeps in
struction Of Property = Collapse Of .
Building ut Buffalo Probably Sends Seven
to Eternity-Eight Men in . Close Place
in . Mine--Fatal Railway Wreck.
ST. LOUIS, May IA special to The
Republic from Guthrie, o. T., says: A
disastrous cyclone and waterspout passed
over this section last night, causing great
damage. At Edmond twenty houses were
demolished and two persons, Harvey Rich
and his daughter, were killed. At White
Eagle. thirty miles north, three cycion IS
formed within the space of one hour ard
swe 1t towards the Osagc country. Twelve
houses were demolished and forty or fifty
head of stock were killed in the vicinity of
White Eagle.
Eight Other Deaths Reported.
At Black Bear John Rodgers and wife
were killed by falling timbers. while a
I .rmer named White was killed and all
the members of his family injured by
their house being blown down on them.
At Gushing five persons were killed They
ARE: Harris Mcintyre and daughter Julia,
Jennie Wilmer. Peter Davis and son,
Frank Davis. The storm came up from
the south and travelled north where, it col
lided with another storm coming from
the west.
Eight Cyclones In Five Daya
1t is reported that $4,000 damage was
done to property and stock in the Usage
country. Several lives are reported lost,
but particulars are hard to obtain. Eight
cyclones have occurred within radius of
fifty miles in this section within five days
The city of Guthrie has always escaped
the fury of the storms, owing to its loca-
ton. Relief will be sent to sufferers in
Payne county.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-09
PRArTLE or THE YOUNGSTERS.

TOMMY think mamma is an awful
gossip Ethel-Oh, Tommy How can you
say such Il thing? Tommy-Well she Is
Every thing | do she Immediately goes
and tells papa | hate gossip,
Mammal hear Bobby, that YOU were "a
very good little hoy this morning and
didn't strike Tommy Jones back when he
hit you, ycu must have remembered what
| told you about "A soft answer turnoth
away wrath" Bobby--l did. mamma and
besides Mamma-And besides what Bob
by? Bobby-Tommy Jones's bigger than
| am.
Papa" inquired n small girl at the din
ner table the other evening. whats "A mil
lionaire7 Dorothy Smith said to me today.
Your fathers a millionaire " what
did you say?" asked the small girls father.
"Oh. l jus said. Sos yours
Teacher--Well. John. what is the princi-
pal product OF the island OF Cuba importet!
to tho United States Boy don't know,
ma am. Teacher--What, Don't you know
whore the sugar comes FROM Boy--Yes.
ma'am. we borrow it from the woman
next door.
Among the questions which 7-year-old
Montclair. y, j., boy was required 10
"Of what IT. fhe human body composed 90
AS it was written explanation. he had
some time to get his thoughts together,
and the following answer was the result :
"The human body is composed OF two
thirds water and the other thrce-quar
tiers meats and vegetables
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MANY QUESTIONS,

Lone Star, TeNas-Dear Haphammer:
Wen, dear Haps, may be you all would
like to hear from these parts. I live at "A
little country town in the eastern part OF
Cherokee county. about fourteen miles
from any railroad, hut we have a good
school and Il fine literary society," which
meets every other Friday night This Is
a line farming section. although the land
IL red There is lots of business done in
our town.
didn't take part in any Of the former
contests, but | VIII he prompt m the rest
OF them.
I am sorry the magnolia did not WIN
IL was my favorite. | am glad the mockcr
and the violet were chosen for our bird
and flower. ! wish we could reach the
month that we could have "A reunion, for
would like to see all the Haps, especially
tho girls,
viii answer Cussie Keuedys question.
What is the oldest town In Texas?" 1t
is Nacogdoches. 1t was settled by the
French,
will ask a few questions; What was
tho Lexington Of Texas" Who was the
Rock OF Chickamauga2 Who was
STYLED the Sage Of Monticollon" Who led
tho Texas rangers In the Mexican war;
When was the tirst gun of the civil var
nrod7 When and where was tho last
bnttlc o. the civil war foughtr Who was
victorious, the Federals or Confederates
What caused Stoncwall iackspns death ?
will ask ono question in arithmetic.
II have eight gallons OF syrup ana have
10 divide II equally between two men and
the only measures nave are hNe ah1
three gallon lars, how Will ! measure 1t?
We'll. as 1t IL late | will not write much
moro | would like to correspond With
some of tho girl Haps who are about Il
mr. ia with love to all the llnps Noui
| friend, - ~ NeN''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-09

HIGH MOUNTAINS.

Fo7 the EapF,hAmEsers
The highest mountains known 70 US,
A7e KunchAinyJnEA H.mslayas;
Between Talhct and India the.se mountains
are,
Lifting thei- massive peak Sc FAR
That il seems 20 touch gli;tering star;
l. would certainly weary gazers eye
To lock twenty-eight Thousand feet TO-
wzTd ne sky;
": ore huaarcs ami sever,y-eisAt feet
more
In height ,s,s4 grani Gil mountains
tower
Sea; hishss; az n South America.
Between Cap Horn and Panama:
In sunshine and gloom and sky sn blue,
The Andes rcxt in height We view.
Twenty-Five thousand foot above sea store.
Now then three hundred and seventy more
Add 10 The figures above you. pleas,
And ycu have the height Of the grand
Andes
Following the Andes. the next IN height.
That IFS its peak with dark aud light
Above the sweet so nd Of the riil.
And the melody Of sonssters tSin.
L. South America Illlinaui
Il reaches twcnty-ona thousand fcot;
Use your ability in addition now.
One hundred ami seventy TO II cndow.
And there YOU have It's aeight complete.
The Chmhoraz0 mountains IN Ecuador
Are twan'y-one thousa1d feet, four FOR
ty-four
In the noontdes dazzling light. its peak
Seems the hlghes, cloud IN the Sky to seek
AZ day declines, the sunbca ms slowly get
Tinging With red the clouds OF gray and
blue
Casting the Ias' brEh, ray Ike coronst,
on old "Chims'" brow. before ~ hides
from view.
In Central Asia. extending Nest
or the Hlmalayas. the Hindoo- Koosh,
Majestically uplifts iis mighty crest.
TIN taljest valley trees seem but q bush
Seventy thousand six hundred feet they
tower
Above lovely yalcs OF shrub and flower
Much lava ana steam and sulpnuric gas
II from ColopaXi's top e;ectcd:
Ard miles II flows in boiling mass.
by action Of volcanic hea, affected
Nineteen thousand feet, four hundred ana
eight,
Is This burning mountains height, ana
great
The sight must be 10 see tho no, mass How
Down Us Jagged sides VIVID glow.
| On Mount Arara'. elevated
Seventeen thousand two sixty feet
Rested The ark Til tho waters abated.
| And the dove with the lenf rew TO It's re.
treat.
Ararat lies In Armenia;
| Armenia iu Western Asia.
Tween Russia aud Turkey II was divided.
| Md Prussia, too. since the flood suhiiisd.
N.ttic Paige Scoucl1.
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lands turn he said This morning
sat by my sick sisters bedside and this
eve l have helped May Carter and John
Wills with their lessons and have taken
pressure in doing so"
Mr. Brown said My boy. wouldn't
you have rather had fine days Tlay
instead OF sitting with your sister;
wouldn't you have preferred to have
played instead of helping May and john"
A flush of injured pride mounted to
his brow as he said, mo, sir; l prom
ised my mother to take care Of sister,
and my motto is BE kind to an"
Mr.. Browns eyes filled with tears as
he said. You fave spelt it best; you are
a gentleman and l wish there were more
like you"
Dear Hans, can you spell gentleman"
and lady" CHI.
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IANrARY sLlPrEp AMAY.

Carmoua. TeNas.-Dcar Haphammar,
Here am again. / won't stay long "a I
don't feel we'll. I am 50 glad the oak
Won in tho contest. ns II WAS my tay or
ite. Well January has gone. Little Hans,
tell me whore IT went to? | Rust nave
been aslcep or would have noticed
sooncr I wonder how many opportunities
FOR "hammerlug happiness" | have let 20
hy9 More than / can count. 1 suppose
Wen J can rot waste time vanity regret
ting over opportunities I have let pass,
hut must he up and looking Tor those
coming Wishing success to Tho Post, /
remain your devoted Hap
Maude Martindalc.
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Of the great oceanic arteries nd
of comparatively still water " [
The currents by which they q
rounded constantly throw t5vit
center all floating substance 4
marine plants. and these, ovis|
quiet waters, multiply with srsit1
those that have lived thdr 4
time sinking out Of sight. whnsl
take their place, Even the ari>
winds. as intimatcd above, s.rs
shift this position slightly,
The marine meadows" with I
are most familiar. that Of b,
lantic, spreads over an extent y
five or six times as large y IN
i occupied by France. What ~
meadow on land that would kM
And yet It is scarcely less 20 "
for the creatures of the sea.
This sarGassum. or gulf wee,
| odd-lonking. Its frond Is ven
furnished with distinct, stalkA
leaves and berry-like air vesset
axillary stalks. 1t Is found y
cast on the shores, but Us 'fs'
at the bottom of the seas, vhsta
ing detached, II rises 10 lhs
buoyed up by its curious ii'l'
sells.
The sargassum hardly !oon
enough to cat" hut that II Is Do
BILE and nutritious is abundanH
by the many dishes that ar
from It, not only in China, M,
parts of the East, Helen n
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SIZE TRAVELS A GREAT DEAL.

Palestine, Texas.-Dear Haphamer; My
mamma has read me all about the Hap
pyhammers and ! wish TO ne enrolled IA
n meSber. l know | am late for the
tree contest. but | wish to say | am
partial to the beautiful magnolia My
horne il at 2la Oakland street, San An
tonic but | am now travelling with iay
papa's dramatic company. | see and near
good many things that think wouiu
be Of interest to some of the Happyham-
mers. I Will he : years cid the 10th OF
next June Santa Claus was very nice
To me last Christmas and iiy two little
cousins In indianapolis sent me charm
ing book. The Adventures OF Two Dutch
Dolls" l have never seen any book so
funny before. | will write again l am
with the Ruby Lafayette company. Coed
bye for the present. Yours truly.
Don Curran.
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WILL HAMMER HAPPINESS

pci RIO. Texas Dear Haphammer.
May join your baud and hammer hap
pincss too am little country girl
y years Of age I Ike tho country. worry
much, hat ! think would like the city
best 1 20 % school every day. but /
could not do so today. because It was
raining ] think tho bird, flower aud tree
are very suitable for the club I am
anxious to know what our noxt contest
will Doe. Last summer my brothers and
got a larg" collection OF birds eggs for
my aunt We have n good many pets ont
here, hut the sweetest one Is our little
baby sister.
with much love TO the IIaps, I am
your friend BERTHE Roberts
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HER SCHOOL CLOSED.

Lodi. Texas.-Dear Haphammer: 1
have not written In long time. The last
letter | wrote was not printed. sup
pose /, strayed OF somewhere or went TO
the waste basket am glad the oak
won; it just suits the violet and the mock
ing bird. School is out now and | am
enjoying myself. Mr.. Walton was my
teachers name He was going to teach
pay school. but he couldn't get enough
scholars. l surely had n nice time
Christmas and hope all the Haps did.
too ON the Sth OF January my cousin.
WIN Sellers, was married to Miss Swectie
Paw. Mamma gave them wedding din
ner and ! had good time. Win gave
me New Years present. 1t was little
plate, cup and saucer With love to the
IIaps and The Post. as ever.
Ruby Sellers
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TWO QUESTIONS ANswrnrD

Lockhart Toxas.--Desr Haphammer:
Please carroll me AS one OF the little Haps
| am IL years old and live here in the
beautiful Live oak City--Lockhart My
grandma keeps house for papa. as my
mama Is dead. | have little brother
~ years old today Brother and | go
to school, ! like to go to school 40 much
and | am taking music. My teacher says
am learning very fast | viii answ or
Ella Harris (or Red Rock1 question
President John Adams was called "Old
Man Eloquent" Gussic Kennedy, La
Grange. TeNas.--San Antonio was settled
by Spaniards in l691 or 9e. as near as
can loo learned, ami Is the oldest town
in Texas. Success to the Happyham.
mers. Mollie Hall
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SOME SHORT LETTERS.

Lem HARDY Of Buffalo thinks We
should have color contest.
Marvin Chamberlain OF Dale asks the
question: "Who was called the father or
Texas?"
Fannie Does OF Cvalde. in sabInal
county, is new lIappyharmer. She is
Is years old,
Avery and Lizzie Carnos are two mem
bers who write from Cuero. Their ages
are aud y years.
Elnoru and Lizzie swartz are two new
members who live at Terryville. Elnora
is 70 and Lizzie 80 years OF age.
Mablc McSlickin Of HARDWOOD IS enrolled
rs a Happyhammcr this weoit. She must
write with pen and ink next time
Willie ana Ida liesir write from Hook
ley, They are enrolled as Happyham-
mers. Ida is II and While 10 years old.
Alice Gibson OF New Caney is a lO-year.
old Hap who writes again after long
absence. She IS Eoing to school now.
Mary Gray Is a little crippled girl OF
New Cancy who writes her first letter IL
the club. She had "A nice time Christmas
Zue Teatherstone OF Frlckham want,
some one to send her the reply OF 'roc
Late IN exchange for "Afiar the Ball b
Estell French IL little Flatonla CIR
who wants to hammer happiness and /,
added TO the clubs long list Of members
Virgle Williamson says she Is con
slant reader OF the Happy hammers' page
Her favorite tree during the contest wa
the oak.
Jesse Thompson lis n little girl who live
at Smackover. in Arkansas She has
pretty frizzlcd chicken Matched. given he
by her aunt.
Annie L. Michil writes from Navasoti
They have had great deal OF sickncs
in their family and Annie couldn't go l.
school this session,
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Pollok TeGas.--Dear Haphammer. I Am
little Eirl Il years OF age. l live on a
farm five miles from Pollok. PAPA takes
Tho Pos, and | delight in reading II. ts-
pccially the Hnps page. | think Colors
would ho nice contest to vote on next
time. | win ask three riddles and VIII
rome Of your little liaps please answ r.
them Why is ireland the richest of coun-
tries? Why IN young man counting "A
young lady like person sailing to France
How do you spell blind pig with two let
tors9 Where are all OF the Lufkin Haps?
I have MOI seen any OF their letters for
scsie time. ! am your true friend. as ever.
Anna l.ucie Young
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-09
FOR HER DOLLS PILLOW

Flatonia, Texas Dear Haphammer
Santa Claus brought me a big doll She
Is the sweetest thing l ever saw. her
name is Lucy; she Is awful good, and
don't cry a bit. l know most of my a Il
C's. and when learn all Of them I'll teach
them to my dolly. Santa Claus brought
me CRADLE. too, to rock her in. and l
made little quilt and mattress for 1t,
all by myself Conrad and / play In the
sand and We can make nice mud cakes. /
went with papa to Yoakum and Lola and
! played lady" When we came home |
sat IN the train and looked out the win
dow. and an old boy threw rock in the
window and broke It. and nearly struck
me. ! am years old and when I catch
up with Karl I'm Going to school. I'm
going TO pick the feathers OFF all the birds
that Karl shoots with his air gun, and
make my doll a pillow. guess I'll cave
enough in two years Your little friend,
Audrey Schoppe
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TREES IN JAPAN.

FIatonia Texas.-Dear Happyhammer;
I had a nice time Christmas. santa Claus
brought me an air gun and knife. We
had n nice Christmas tree; It was a
cedar. Some times Conrad and so out
hunting. Conrad carries the shot and
shoot at the birds. One day papa, ma
NINA aud took old Rebel and the phaeton
and went out hunting. ! saw bird and
| shot nj Il and II jus, sat and Looked at
me and mamma laughed. and when shc
laughed the bird flew away; but have
crippled one bird all the same, Old Rebel
was n naughty old horse that day; he
rot scared Of an old black stump: papa
cot out ana led him IN TO IT, he smeliod
II and then looked like he was ashamed
we found some mis,letoe It was very
nretty, because II was fnll % snall white
hcrriSs that looked like pearls IN the sun
shine. We brought It home and hung 1t
on tho Christmas tree
/ am 20 glad vau told us We might write
some more about trees and birds. because
| know whole lot about them now.
Mamma told me Of two trees that have
not been described in the class yet-thc
beech and the poplar Beach trees grow
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l@H AFFYHANNGRS
Hammer happiness when and wherever you can,

feathers OF the tail give the bird swat
iow-like appearance. and In their flight
swallow. they procure their food chiefly
while on the wing.
The birds nest in colonies in holes In
river banks. the nests being about two
or three feet apart and usually six or
eight feet above the water. The tunnels
are dug on, for about four feet. when
the opening IS widened to form nest,
a flock Of bee-hirts. in their rich attire
lowering and clingins to their nest tun-
neis, Is one Of the most curious and beau
tiful sights to be seen by the naturalist
In Africa
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BAKED \ CAKE.

Wootau Wells, TeNss-Dear Haphammer
Here | come knocking az your door
admire the ohildren's letters so much.
baked cake today and Minnie cume 10
stay all night with me. She. and my
brother and have been playing dare
want to correspond with some OF the
Eirls. ! have three pets, "A COW. eat aud
rccster will send Ny. Haphammer "A
piece of my cake. II any OF you sIaps
have any California beer seeds. please
send me three or four. Your friend.
Pearl Bonds.
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Beaumont, Texas Dear Haphammer; l
will write again ! enjoy reading the haps
letters Ny cousin Miss Lille Wyatt, has
come TO spend the winter with us. She
had a croquct party Friday, the 24th Ne
had q nice time. My cousin likes Beau
mont. ! am working in the printing
office | am learning the trade very fast
VIII ask a question; When and what
and where was gold found / will also ask
riddle yard full, house full and can
catch a dish fun" Your friend,
Phillip II. Tuggio.
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GREAT INTEREST IN THE LET.

Pollok, TcXas-Dear l1aphammer. As |
haven't seen any letters from this place
| thought | would write | am little
girl, 2 years old. have been going to
school, but | am not going now. / like
my teacher very much his name Il Pro-
fossor Duhose, I haven't any pets. cx.
ccpt cat and a sweet little nephew. we
have been having some ugly weather here
Tor the past week. hut the sun y shining
INV NS J. am small you VIII nae to LOOK
over my bad writing and mis- ,kos.
can't write rs well with pen and ink Al.
can with pencil, ask YOU ia enroll
my name ms "A Hap. as | take rraat in
tcrest In reading the letters. Your utti..
friend, Carrie Carson
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A MlssIss1prI nLEMnrR

water Valley. Miss. dear Haphammer;
have been silent admirer Of The Post
for quite while and Just arrived Mt the
conclusion. or rather summed up courage
enough. to join the band or HAPPY Haps.
am Il years OF age and have three little
brothers ! am going to school and had
rather 10 to school than do most any
thing My teachers name is Miss Emma
Gregory. love her very much. Your
new friend, Mary Redwine.