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Help in Time OF Need.

Alvin. Texas, January 23-Mr. Henry
Robinson OF Liverpool, son Of Captain VIII
liam Robinson, who had the misfortune to
lose HIS home by hre Tuesday night was
IN Alvin today to purchase household goods
and provisions for his father but the good
peoplc OF this town had already gathercl
together lot OF supplies and rendered
them to MIR Robinson for the use Of his
aged parents Captain william Robinson
was on officer on the Alabama, Of which
Admiral Sims was commander, during the
civil war CaDtnin Robinson Is now ~
wears old, having lived In this county for
more than thirty years No EFFORT on the
part Of his many friends will be left I'M
done TO place him and his aged wife back
In tho same pleasant circumstances that
they We're before their sad misfortune.
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E. II. R, GREEN WILL TRY.
HAD A TALK OVER THE PHONE WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
viii Leave for Washington Saturday to
See About the Appointments in
Texas.

dallas Texas, January - e II. r..
"rePh' former chairman Of the Texas re-
Puoiican executive committee. will leave
tomorrow for Washington to discuss Fcd-
eral appointments in Texas with President
Roosevelt Mr. Green had a talk over the
long distance telephone from Dallas With
the president ana other prominent repub-
LEANS in Washington today, aud at once
announced his intention Of going TO Wash
ington. The Dallas postofhce and other
important places 10 be dled by President
Roosevelt VIII be brought to the presidents
notice
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LARee REWARD OFFERED

For the Apprehension OF Authors Of the
Recent Outraaes at Lytton Springs.
Iockbort Texas. January - A reward
OF $500 500 by the governor, $500 10y tho
commissioners court Of Caldwell county
and 5000 By the citizens Of Lytton Springs
has been offered for .he arrest and con.
vIctIon Of the parties who recently hrcd
into the dwelling houses Of John aud G. y,
Palmer at IYtton Springs. The people Of
the county are determined TO silt these re-
cent outrage TO the bottom. and no stone
will be left nntprned 10 uncover and bring
to justice the guilty parties
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Found Dead in Bed.

Yoakum, Texas, January "a Yesterday
morning the proprietor OF the Arkansas Pass
hotel on going to the room occupied by i
stranger who had been here but few
DAYS was startled 10 ind that the occupant
,,ss dead The authorities were notified
and an Inquest was held. rho verdict being
that deceased came To his oath from nat
.tm.,I causes From papers found among dir
ELECTS Il was found that his name II Dgi'd
Marshall. He was engaged In selling spec.
iacics and nothing Is Inown of his pre-
,.i.,,ns hlsfnrN-
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lsneclnl 70 The Post.l

-. work January 24.-rhe announce
-, that big oil syndicate was about
nv orgsnized in Texas which was to pipe
from the Beaumont oil district
,aN, through to New Orleans, touching
~ ,he manufacturing centers of the state
:, Te1as and affecting large saving to
Z, ,,rsnmers and that Lewis Nixon, the
"" ,norory head of Tammany hall was to
- nromlnent part In the syndicate,
,uIIv corroboratcd today by j. I.
saovne who has been promoting the deal.
A. svayne said the announcement was
.DI, correct and that Mr.. Nixon would
=. nrasident Of the corporation. Il his
,,,,r.l duties did not Interfere, but also
~. .be statement hitherto telegraphed
,,ho post giving in full detail the purpose
:, no corporation were accurate in every
particular a. 49,. -
Aorors Lewis Nixon knew he was TO be
rammany halls leader, 1t was the intcn-
,,or and desire of hackers of the oil en-.
..,,r,so that Mr.. Nixon should head the
..,rnro,ion and 1t is hoped by his asSo-
ci,tes that his lately acquired political du-
,ios will not interfere with his taking the
presidency
..,a because Of his standing in the ship
hnnd,nc world and not because of his
ro,ltical affiliations AS the further pur'
ro,a q, the corporation is to equip an i'm
r,cnse feet Of oil tank ships, it is plain
"a bn seen why a business connection with
Mr. Nixon and his extensive ship yards
non,d he Of great aid 10 the enterprise.
Mr. Nlxon's connection with Tammany hall
will In no way affect the purpose Of the
corporation,
The vague conjecture OF some Of the
Forming papers that Ex-Governor Hogg Of
Texas who has large holdings in the
Texas oil fields. is interested In the present
ENTERPRISE 10 without foundation it ia
also untrue that Colonel James Guffey, the
Pennsylvania oil magnate, has stock in Mr..
Moons syndicate.
Mr.. Swayne, who for Eve months has
been in New York arranging the detail, of
organization leaves tonight for Texas to
comrlete negotiations for land and fran
chises
An important feature Of the new com
pany's oil tank fleet will be an attempt to
equip the United States navy with fuel
oil. II is claimed that great time can be
saved to war vessels by meeting the oil
ships at sea, where ordinarily a long cruise
to a coallng station would he necessary.
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Lake CharIes an Neu.s

Lake Charles, La. January 2I-watkins
wei No, reached its contract depth OF
ECO feet this evening A conference 70.
morrow will decide whether the well shah
be made deeper or not. Two small veins
of oil have been struck, but nothing pay.
ing. '''
The Mayo well north Of Sulphur city Is
considerably over 1000 feet down and
now '
operations were resumed today at the
Texas and Louisiana National well cast of
the city with a new manager in charge.
J. { Grogan Of Cincinnati, who succeeds
DR.. Z. Y Ames
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Not the Old One.

Waco Texas. January IA few days
ago there appeared an article In The Pest
under an Austin date to the effect that II.
A Cain. formerly OF Galveston. was IN
the Capitol CITY aud was the only sur
vlvor OF the battle Of San Jaclnto. Colonel
J. c. Jurney OF this city states that tn 8
is an error and that he knows OF one
other. Frank Sparks OF Rockport \
biother-in-law OF Mr Jurney was In 'he
battle and Mr.. Jurney has an account of
the battle written In Mr. SHARKS own
ti nd Mr.. Sparks formerly lived in this
county but several years ago he moved 10
Roclport whore he still lives. He is over
% yeArs of age.
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SHIPPING CABBAGE PLANTS.
Order from Alabama for 25,Ooo File
NJ Corpue Cbriet,

Order from Alabama for 25,Ooo Filled
at Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas, January "a M.
L. Osborne, a San Antonio commission
man ycstei day bought from cur gardeners
5000 cabbage plants which he shipped
upon telcsraihic ordersl to Mobile, Ala.
this morning. The cabbage crop Of Ala
hnma. the message stated. was killcd by
last months cold. aud thus the Alabama
fnrmcrs a'c scuding to Corpus Chri q or
plpntS. Tho price paid the growers here
Tor the plants was 81 per hundred
The second solid carload of Corpus Christi
cabling. lcfl here Yesterday for Fort Worth
which. torcthcr with tho 2S. a32 pounds In
the hYst car made total Of 54,73s pounds
which ID OF tho low price now maid 90
cabbage OF 81 o. bu, which Melted The
bu} crs S73671 Notwithstanding the slim
price now offered fcr cabbage. this is con
sidcred a good showing
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DEPARTMENT Notes.

Austin, Texas, January - The Metro.
polit IN Plate Glass lnSurnnc" company 10.
Gay renewed It's authority TO do husiucs
In the State by pacing tax OF S2f2S
aud office fees OF S22
The attorney generals department today
approved an Issue Of $4,000 city OF Kpuf
man winter works bonds. and $1,000 school
house refundlng bonds City Attorney w
T. BoggcsS brought the bonds With him
and remained until they we're approved.
He says that Kaufman IL going 10 have n
fine system OF water works.
Suit was Instituted IA The Federal court
circles, and ~ result District Attorney
necticut against the CITY OF Lampisas 10
recover S6nN On school hoUsc bonds 10
that city The bonds were purchased In
1898
The finance committee room ot the s.n-
ate has been rct aside for the use NJ the
legislative Investigation committee. wh'ch
Will open up for business Muuduy. III <
room is on the second floor Of the capitol
brll'lrp ON 'h" right of the entrance 20 the
senate chamber.
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MIoa FOUND in an on Wan

Rock Island, Texas, January 24-Interest
In the oil well being bored here is On tho
Increase. Last Saturday the directors men
az the we'll and called meeting Of tho
Stockholders for "Wednesday night. which
was well attended. Quite number Of
interesting talks Wee made MIR Turner
was of formation Identical with that
found In the Beaumont wells The well IL
now dowl 1880 feei. and It was decided
by the stockholders TO put It down to 1900
or moro feet According to Treasurer
Caruth report the well aud machinery has
now cost S1l,20O. including casing. some
excitement was created last week BY re-.
port that gold had been struck bur upon
examination II was found TO be mica In
stead ''
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ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.

Grayson County Farmer lnflicts a Fatal
Wound Upon His Wife.
Dcnlson, Texas. January 24.-Mrs. Palo
Grissom was accidentally shot this morn
ing by her husband at their home just
west Of Pottsboro. Her injuries are very
serious and may prove fatal. From what
can he learned, Grlssom aud his wife
were standing close 10 the fireplace, one
being on either side; GrisSnm was handling
target rifle. which was in some way dis
charged The ball entered his wife S
side and passed through the stomach and.
1t Is feared lodged in the liver. Grissom
is 4 farmer about 10 yccrs old and lives on
what Is known as the Wade place. lie and
his wife have only been married about wo
usnnths
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The New Orleans Market.

ISpccI0l 10 The POsl.l
New Orleans. January "a Offerings were
Oh somewhat better scale, but the de-
nand was on rather slack lines and actual
trading ruled slow In consequence. Prices
We're steady at unchanged figures. Clear
llee was steady nj unchanged iigures. Trad
ing was moderately brisk Receipts from
country mills were heavy.
Receipts. 1864 sacks Of s)ugh and 5323
pockets OF clean
sales, 1907 pockets Of clean and 26I2
sacks Of rough Of which 367 sacks were
Honduras and 2305 sacks of domestic
JaDan.
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THE BEAUMONT PosToFFIcE.
Protest Because Of It's Snnallness Has
Been Sent to Austin.

Beaumont, Texas, January 2i-Ihc con-
gested couditiou that prevailed In the old
postohice building Is present TO more
marked degree In the new Federal build
ing, aud Postmaster Bone has addressed a
very urgent letter 10 the postonice depart
ment al Washington, asking that the car
rler service be extended 50 as 10 take more
territory ~ present such great num-
her Of people are compelled 10 call NJ the
general delivery windows as TO badly crowd
the lobby 81 the pOstOhlee.
Former petitions for an extension ~ the
carrier service have been refused because
IN the had condition ~ the sidewalks IN
the outlying districts. hut the situation
demands that something be done. aud Post
master Poue hopes tho department. vii
oyerlook the question Of sidewalks.
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BEAUMONT NOT SURPRISED

Al the Announcement Made Of the
Syndicate's Plans.
Beaumont, Texas, January 24-The an
Hcuncement that Lewis Nixon, ship build.
er and leader OF Tammany, with other
Eastern millionares will organize a SO.
100000 company and build several hundred
miles OF pipe line leading cut from the
Beau mont oil field, created no surprise
whatever here. Nothing is known here,
however, as to whether the plans men
TONED in the announcement will material.
re, The cash outlay OF S50O0,0O0 for pipe
hnes which 1t is said the big organization
Will make. would serve in a great meas
uIe 70 relieve the pressure from consum-
eFs, who can not get oil because of a short
sge OF cars, and the scheme would doubt
less benefit the field in other ways.
~
An unusual and interesting ceremony was
had at the oil field this afternoon, when
Tim Murphy. the actor. who is present
ing "A Capitol Comedy" here tonight un-
, nened an elaborate sign which had been
tae Big OIL company's well. Mr. Muir.
pny, VINO Is stOckholder in the Big 4
cy1nttpany' Is also an old friend Of Sianager
vnUo',, Inc party which attended the
NJ, ms was made up of members of
~, Murphy's company, officers and stock
ssJIue.s or the Big company and few
nv ,en e', AFTER Mr.. Murphy had unveiled
,b bo syn ne made few remarks about
,ior, magnitude Of the oil industry, men
vning the hustling qualities of Man
ST ,Ilboons OF the Big L. He said that
NJ VISIT 70 Spindle Top was a liberal educa-
been d dnnt no one could realize what had
srtn,,u,o ne within year without having
,,'uaIly seen the results. and even then
was hard to believe that so much had
wen Done In one year.
n M Jne ceremonies the party returned
C,, me city and tonight Manager Gibbons
49, Dox party to about thirty OF his
IN ends 10 see Mr. Murphy's performance.
tbe FFlE being served with n luncheon at
'HS french restaurant after the play.
Nuhe OF Beaumonts visitors have heen
more enthusiastic over the future OF the
y" INDUSTRY than has Mr.. Murphy.
~
iue fenman Steel aud Iron works. which
preparing TO remove ITS plant from East
vniS,ago to this city. will put 100 men at
for nonaay morning preparing buildings
no ~ trainloads Of steel and iron are to
nam rnipped with the plant. and the com
H. eApects to have its plant in opera
'u mere within forty days,
~
SILVER Dime Oil company brought In
splendid siS'lnch gusher this morning on
IN ne ~. heith-Ward tract. The well spouted
the cor cor,S 5uSher style and was accepted by
~
=, 'oNowinE are the sales on the Beaumont
H iigIsS@ont OIL company. . shares. at 500
H,ggins' shares. at $40.
Eisgiihs ] share. at SIS.
asEIhs ? shares at SIS. 50.
1nsio american, 10000 81. res, at 3lkc.
Inds .oca I1nlerican, 1000 shares at csc.
SSo6er, 100 shares. AT &c.
IA a "a
toac w OohSohdated' 90 shares az
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Oil COMPANY Chartered.

"a, tin' I41as January 24-The following
eaATtert were filed today:
-, me Blue Grass oil company OF Beau
80 capital stock $4,000. Purpose 10
tospecs for oil and other minerals. Diree
SaSsrds. A. j. Escin Of Beaumont, Il. L.
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VIII CONTINUE Drillinn

Moody, Texas. January 24-The STAN.
pede Valley oil company Is still drilling
and has reached a depth of over 1000 feet.
notwithstanding the disappointment nj not
getting oil at the depth expected the dlrec-
tors seem inclined to continue drilling.
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Work at DAYTON.

n DAYTON Texas, January a3.-The Taylor
payton Oil company is making very slow
bs''sS with their oil well here, They
purs PASSED through seventy-fye feet Of
hRrd ssPsum and now are boring In very
Zee, sand rock, at the depth OF about zoo
gon3 anu all think Indications are very
strong, or OIL as the gas in the well is very
20 R Fraim manager for this company.
vho Zen called 30 Taylor to see his mother.
Tnviass very sick, and Mr. r. G. Briggs Of
N''oI mas taken his Mace here.
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FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
Effect Of Judge Morris Decision in
Compress Case.
DENIAL OF ALLEGED BREWERY TRUST
Causes District Attorney to Amend His
Petition in Several Pending
Penalty Suits

Austin, Texas January 2t.-The opinion
OF Judge Morris yesterday In the shippers
compress case has caused stir in legal
yesterday 10y T. NJ Bcardsley Of Con.
Moore and d, \, McFall amended their pc.
titiou against the Kirby Lumber company,
making each Of the individual stockhold.
ers liable for the penalty, as well as the
corporation, aud the total penalty prayed
for now aggregates S0.2G1.ooo.
In the penalty suit against the shippers
Compress aud Warehouse company District
Attorney Moore employed Gregory x
Bats ia assist him, and the petition in that
case has been amended, 50 as to make each
Of the stockholders liable for damages as
well as the corporation The stockholders
Of this company are Neil +. AuderS \ J
Sorrels, Il. t. Anderson 2 r. Freeman
Richard Clark, W. T. Campbell and Z j.
Phillips The total amount Of penalties
asked for IRE 81, 10000
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ninhtheria and smallnor.

Mount Calm, Texas, january -. a ease
OF diphthera was discovered here today.
II Is being closely quarantined
TWO cases 81 smallpox developed here
among the negroes today.
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Died Of Her INJURIES.

Bryan. Texas. January 24--News has
inst reached here Of the death Of Mrs
AIlphln, an aged lady Of jacksonville.
which occurred this morning She was
severely burned an Wednesday and died
today from her Injuries.
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wlrAERs is IN TEXAS,

Denies That He Has Done Nnyu''s
Which Was Wrong.
beaumont. Texas. January 24.-Mr' = Z.
withers former president ~ the Ansi t..s
National bank Of this cltS. srriVee AN'
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oon,,aoted for Watsr VOL.

kaufman. Texas, January - The con
tract for building the water works was let
,sst night 10 q. ] Gormsn Of Dallas for
slas46 This includes everything but tbs
water tower.
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CRY ASSESSOR

I hereby announce myself as candidnte
for reelection To tho offlca Of city assessor
and collector subject to tho action ~ the
democratic primaries.
larncs r Welsh
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4, the solicitation Of my many friends
announce myself MS n candidate for re-
election for the office ~ street commits
sioner Of the city Of Houston subject - the
action Of the democratic primaries
MATT BRENNAN
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sTReer coMMlssloNER.

hereby announce as candidate for the
office NJ Street Commissioner, subject 70
the action of the democratic prlmnries
Hack Kennedy.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR MAYOR.

At the solicitation 81 a large number Of
the citizens Rf Houston. hereby announce
subject TO the democratic aprimaries
o. r. Holt.
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hereby announce myself as cand.-
date for the office OF chief Of police. sub
ject TO action OF the Democratic primaries.
John w. Howard
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CHIEF or POLICE.

hereby announce as candidate Tor
chief of police, subject to the action OF tile
@' THOMAS o,LEARY.
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SWAYNE CONFIRMS THE NEWS.
Proposed Syndicate Headed by Nixon Is TO
Be Put Through.
Nixon Is at the Head OF 1t Because of His Large Ship
Building Interests-The Plan Has Been
Long in Contemplation.

Benson Of San Antonio. Philby Furrerson
of oxford, Ala. and c. f Baltzer Of Hick.
man, Ky. -
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hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office OF chief OF police. subject to
the action OF the democratic primaries.
II NJ Raw
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hereby announce myself as q candidate
for health officer, subject TO the action Of
the democratic primaries,
j. q, Boyd, VI. D.
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HEALTH OFFICER.

The Post is authorized to announce Dr.
W. NJ, Brumby as q candidate for City
Health officer, subject TO the action Of
the democratic primaries.
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TO SPREAD AeNosTIcIsM.
Rev. }. z. Roberts, Pastor of Church
of This World at Kansas City,
Figures In a New Role.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 4.@The
board of trustees OF the Church of
This World, OF which DR.. J. Z. Rob
erts is pastor, has decided to expand
the local church, so that sgnOstics all
over the world viii be included in its
membership. Plans have been per
fected which have for their object the
making of Kansas City the center Of
agnOsticism for the entire world, with
DR.. Roberts as the leader. 1t is the
intention to send DR.. Roberts to ev-
cry part of the United States to or
ganize churches, all OF which shall be
under the jurisdiction and control Of
the Kansas City church.
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successful term of school It Is hoped
that she may be employed to teach il
this dictrict next term
Henry Chinberg's pump broke in the
late cold snap and "Uncle Fuller" lent
a hand in its repair.
Billy Detwiler and Swan Strand
went TO GOOdiand Tuesday and re-
turned Wednesday all right.
No literary was held last Tuesday on
account of the cold weather. The
question for debate stands Resolved,
that a man will 90 farther for curiosity
than for necessity"
Miss Katie Doerfer was taken with
nausea last Friday evening very sud
denly and the complaint lasted Until
Sunday night, when the medicine sent
sent out by DR.. Smith relieved her, and
she is now cOnvalescent. The violent
illness OF Miss Doerfer and Mrs. Ma
Their came on the same day and with
out any premOnitOry symptoms
1t is reported on good authority that
Nate Lamphier died Of lung fever last
month.
A petition is out 70 the auditing
board of Mcpherson township. for the
destruction Of prairie dogs, and not q
kick so far. The dogs may kick later
on, if the thing goes
Sumner Sherman Development com
pany has bought Dave Titles lease
and 20 head Of cattle; aud they have
also bargained for five and q quarter
sections Of land joining their ranch
on the Smokey, known as the Reed
place.
Last Saturday Mrs. Eddy Mathers
was found By her husband lying IN
conscious partly out Of the open door
on his return after having been absent
about half hour to turn OF the wind
mill and gather q sack OF chips Both
himself and the neighbors worked al
! day over her, and the doctor was
| brought from Sharon Springs in the
evening, but at the last report toward
the next morning she was not yet able
to say a word as to what had happened
to her. Their little three year-old
girl was not old enough 70 explain
what had occurred
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Mount Pleasant.

Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor spent Sunday
at Swan Nelson's
The dance at Fred Hurd's last Fri
day night was well attended.
Mr. COOn's young folks. of Grant
township, spent Sunday at L. A. Chat
fields.
Cecil Modem, of Goodland, was in
this vicinity Sunday.
Misses Alice Nelson. Lena and Beta
johnson visited the Victor school Fri
day
Frank Sylvester aud Frank Fsaster
helped L A Chatfield put up ice Fri
day
Ralph Dimmitt was seen going north
west Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Caldwell is very sick.
Mr.. Mckinney aud Miss Davis. Of
KanOradO, attended the dance at Fred
Hurd's.
Miss Helma Duell spent Sunday at
Frank Feaster's-
The neighbOrs are all busy putting
up ice We will sure have lots Of ice
cream next summer
The ground hog sure saw his shadow
and we will all look for six more weeks
Of bad weather.