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El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31

ia volume; three to twelve inclusive,
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$40 Page : P. Docket, "A Civil, 3-4
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48O Page hand made journal, $5.75.
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Moneys Digest OF New Mexico Re
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cents.
Retail Liquor License, so in Book,
IS.
Gaming License, 90 In Book, So.
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Spanish. 20 and 40 cents.
Poll Tax List, A and 5 pages.
Road Supervisors Receipt Book, so
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Signs Card Board.
For Rent" ,............. 15c each
Board" .................. 10c each.
For Sale loo each.
Lodging ............... 10c each.
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minors Law ........... SOC each.
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School Blanks.
Oath Of School Director, IA sheet.
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District Clerks Annual Report, IA
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Contract for School Teacher, 10
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Lease Of Personal Property, liz
sheet.
Chattel Mortgage. IL sheet.
Warrant to Appraisers, full sheet.
Power Of Attorney, liz sheet.
Acknowledgment. Ia sheet.
Mortgage Deed, IL sheet.
Mortgage Deed without Insurance
Clause, liz sheet.
Oficial Bond, Road Supervisor, LIZ
sheet.
Option, 1s2 sheet.
Notice OF Protest, IA sheet.
Notaries' Notice OF Publication, ~
sheet.
Renewal OF Chattel Mortgage. Ia
sheet.
Warranty Deed, IL sheet.
Quit Claim Deed, IL sheet.
Application for Bounty for Killing
Wild Animals, IA sheet.
Bargain and Sale Deed. IL sheet.
Township Plats, Ia sheet.
Township Plats. full sheet.
Deed of Trust, full sheet.
04kAAlCMtQ 10lAt4tAAHuQ AE6 RllQ60r
General Blanks.
Bond OF Deed, IL sheet.
Bond OF Indemnity, IL sheet.
Bond, General Form, / 2sheet-
Release or Deed Of Trust. liz sheet
Relincuishment, IL sheet.
Homestead AFFIDAVIT, 4-063. IL sheet.
Homestead Application, 4-0O7, IL
sheet.
Homestead Application, 4-oO7. Ia
sheet.
Non.mineral Afadavit, 5-osa. Ia
sheet.
Snail Holding Proof, full sheet.
, No. Homestead. 4-34S. IL sheet.
Desert, Land Entry. 4-074c, IL sheet.
Afidavit required on Claimant, 4,
069. ~ sheet.
Afldavit, 4-102b, IL sheet.
Final Proof OF Desert Land Entry,
4-373a, IL saeet.
Claimants Testimony. 4-o74b. ia
sheet.
Declaration OF Application. 2-274. IL
sheet.
Certiflcadc de MatrImonio. 10 cents
cada uno.
oFrmula de Enumeration, Ia pliego.
Contrato de Combustible. IL pliego.
Afldavit of Witness, 4-074, IL sheet.
Afndavit and Order for Publication
or Notice OF Contest Against a Non
Final Proof, 4-s72a, IL sheet.
resident Entryman. 4-62S. IL sheet.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31

Don Narciso Sanchez, labrador
de las cercanias de Alcalde, es-
two en- 10 ciudad esta semana
visitando q sus amigos y com
prando where's. Sc hospedo en-
ell Coronado.
Don Thomas Trejo, negoclante
de Alcalde, estuyo en- Ia ciudad
81 ldnes y martes de esta semana
y Sc hospedo en- 81 Claire. :
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LEGAL

Kept In Stock and for Sale by th'
Santa Re New Mexjcan-Conform-
inc to the Laws of New Mexico.
Mining Blank,
Amended Location Notice, ~ sheet
Agreement Of Publisher, Ia sheet.
Proof Of Labor, IL sheet.
Notice Mining Location, liz sheet.
Placer Mining Location. IA sheet.
Title Bond of Mining Property, l.:
sheet.
Mining Deed, ~ sheet.
Mining Lease. IL sheet
Coal D~eclatory Statement, IL sheet
Coal Declaratory Statement wifi
Power OF an Attorney, Non-minera
~ sheet.
Affidavit and Corroborating Non-min
eral Affidavit, IL sheet
Notice OF Rigl. to Water, ia sheet
Forfeiture or Publishing Out OF No
tice, IA sheet
AFFIDAVIT Of Assessment, IL sheet.
stock Blanks.
Bill OF Sale-Animals Bearing Ven
doris Recorded Brand, IA sheet.
Bill OF sale in Books Of rs Blanks, AZ
cents per book.
Bill Of Sale-Animals not Bearing
eyndor's Recorded Brand. IA sheet.
Bill of Sale-Range Delivery, il
sheet.
Bill of Sale, IL sheet.
Authority to Gather, Drive and Han
die Animals Bearing Owners Record
ed Brand, IL sheet.
Authority to Gather, Drive and Han
ole Animals Not Bearing Owners Rec
orded Brand, IL sheet
Certificate OF Brand, IA sheet.
Justice OF the Peace Blanks.
Appeal Bonds, IL sheet.
Appeal Bonds. Criminal, 10 sheet.
Appearance Bond, IL sheet
Appearance Bonn On Continuance
.(J. P.) IL sheet.
Bond OF appearance. District Court
q sheet.
Justice Quarterly Report. IL sheet.
Bond to Keep the Peace, IL sheet
Complaint. Criminal, IA sheet
Forcible Entry and Detainer. Com
plant. IL sheet.
Forcible Entry and Detainer, Sum
mons, IA sheet
Replevin Bond, IL sheet.
Execution-Forcible Entry and De
tainer, IA sheet.
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Affidavit to be Filed Before Contest
l4-072, liz sheet.
Miscellaneous.
Sheriff's Flexible Cover Pocket Doc
lket, single, $1.25; two or more, 81
Compilation Corporation Laws, Ii
cents each.
Compilation Mining Laws, so cents
leach.
Acknowledgment. ia sheet.
Deed, the City of Santa Fe. full
lsheet.
Report Of the Assessor, full sheet.
Deed, the City Of Santa Re, IL sheet,
Application for Marriage License,
Eng. IL sheet.
Application for Marriage License,
Span, IL sheet.
Final Homestead Proof, 4-a6s, full
sheet.
Sheep Contracts, liz sheet.
Agreement, III sheet. \
Butchers Bond. liz sheet.
Application for License. Retail Ii
quor License. IL sheet,
Application for License. Game and
Gaming Tables, IL sheet.
A~ppilcantion for License, IL sheet,
Sherif's Monthly Report. liz sheet,
Promissory Notes. rs cents per pad,
Probate Clerk and Recorder, IL
sheet
Missouri Pleading Forms, SIS. post.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31

En- esta oficina SO yenden toda
clase de blancos propios para los dife-
rentes oHciales. Los precios Q mo-
dicos ' al alcanse de todos los que ne
cesitan tales a~rticulos. A las perso-
mas que vengan de afuera les aconseja.
mos que cuando vengan a la plaza Sc
dignen visitar la oficina del Nuevo
Mexicano y encontraran todos los
blancos necesarios.
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Replevin Writ-1-4 sheet.
Replevin Affidavit. IA sheet.
Peace Proceedings, Complaint, Ia
sheet.
Warrant, Ia sheet.
Commitment. ia sheet.
Attachment Afidavit, IA sheet.
Attachment Rond, IA sheet.
Attachment Writ. IA sheet.
Attachment Summons as Garnishee,
IA sheet.
Execution, IL sheet.
Summons, IA sheet.
Subpoena, IA sheet.
J. p. Complaint, IA sheet.
Capias Complaint, Ia sheet.
Search Warrant, IL sheet.
Spanish Blanks.
Auto de Arresto, IA plIego.
Auto de PPrision, Ia pliego.
Declaration Jurada. IA pliego
Certificate de Nombramiento, ia
pliego.
Fianza Official. IL pliego.
| Fianza Ofcial y Juran onto. IL Pile
20.
Fianza para Guaraar la Paz, Ia pie
Igo.
Contrat0 de Partido, IL pliego.
Escritura de Renuncia, AZ pliego.
Hipoteca de Bienes Muebles, IL pie,
go.
Documento Garantizado, extensa
orma entera, full sheet.
Contrato entire los Directories y Pre-
ceptores, IL pliego.
Notas-obligaciones, rs and SO
cents.
Libros-CertiHcados de Bonos. 81.
Lihros de Reclbos Supervisors de
ICaminos, 25 cents.
Certificate Of Marriage, rs cents per
dozen.
Omcial Bond. IL sheet.
Notice Of Sale Under Foreclosure Of
Mortgage, full sheet.
Certificate or Election. IL sheet.
Letters OF Guardianship, 1-2 sheet.
Guardians Bond and ooath. IL
sheet.
Letters Of Administration. ~ sheet.
Administrators Bond and Oath, IL
sheet
Letters Parliamentary, 10 sheet.
Declaration In Assumpsit, liz sheet.
Satisfaction Of M~ortagage, IL sheet.
Declaration in Assumpsit, on Note.
Assignment Of Mortgage. IL sheet.
Lease. IL sheet.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31
DEsPoLvoREAD EN-
vuESTRos zAPATos

Aliens Foot-Ease, un polyo. Cura
ardores penosos. pies nerviosos. y al
i%nstante quita la dolencia de callos v
juanetes. Aliens Foot-Ease da alivio
en- zapatos apretados o neuvos. Els
un remedio SECURE para pies sudoro-
SOS. c~allosos, h~inchados. cansados y
~dolientes. Usadlo hoy. Sc yende en-
todas las boticas Y tiendas de zapatos.
Por correo por rs cts. en- estampillas.
No acepteis ningun sustituto. Enviad
Ipor muestra de prueba gratis v mues-
ira gratuita del parche sanitario Foot
Ease. n invencion nueva, Dirigirse
a Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31
LlsrA DE cARrAs ATRAsADAs.

Lista de cartas que estan sin
reclamar en- la estafeta de Santa
Fe, N. M, por la semana que ter
mino "a de Oct. de 1908. ST no
son reclamadas dentro de dos
semanas seran mandadas a la
oicina de cartas mnertas en-
Washington
Aldaz, Miss Carolina
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31
EN- uN APRlETo

UsAD ALIENS Foor.EAsE.
Las Senoras pueden usar zapatos de
un numero mas pequeno despues del
usos de Aliens Foot-E1ase. Hace que
no lastimen zapatos nuevos 8 apreta-
dos. da aliyio a callos y juanetes. Els
Ell mayor descubrimiento del siglo pa.
ra la comunldad. Es remedio cleric
para pies sudosos, calenturientos y do
Eloridos. En- todas las boticas Y ten
das de zapatos, 25cts. No acepteis
ningdn snstituto. Para sobtener un
empaque de muestra gratis del Par
che Sanitario Foot-Ease, una inven-
ci6n nueva. dirigirse a Allen IS. Ohm
stead. LIE Roy, N. Y.
81 tienen algunos Isaros que encua-
dernar traedlos al Nuevo Mexicano.
Esta ohcina tiene Ell mejor departa-
mento de encuadernacion que hay.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31
de Hule

CUANDO Sc HALLEN ESCRIBIENDO LA MISMA C0SA
FRECUENTEMENTE EN- Ell CURSE DE SUS NEG0CI0S,
RECUERDEN QUE UN ESTAMPADOR DE HULE LES SAL-
VARA MUCHISIMO -TIEMPO. GENIE DE MUCHOS Ne
GOCIOS ESTAN USANDO ARORA MAS E~STAMPADORES
DE HULE QUE ANTERIORMENTE P0RQUE SALVAM
TEMPO. X Ell TIEMPO ES DINERO EN- EST0S DIAS.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31
LISTA DE PRECIOS.

Estampador de una Inca, no mas que 2 1-2 pulgadas de largo. ,l5c
Cada Inca ADDITIONAL en- Ell mismo estaopador, 1Oc
Estampador de una Inca mas que 2 12 pero no mas que 8 12 pull
gadas dc largo. 3. n. 49,. Z. ..* 81. SO. .......... !. .SVc
....-. Cada Inca ADDITIONAL en- el msmo estampador, 1c.
Estampador de una Inca, mas que 3 Ii pero no ma que cinco pull
gadas de largo por pugada. .-.. =. 5. 3. !. u. ..5c
Cada Inca adcional, ell mlsmo precio.
Lineas e~ncorbadas en- el nontador del Estampador como dos lneas.
Ornamentos de todas formas, en- linea de tres pulgadas, 25c adich-
males.
Tamanos mas gTandea . precios proporcionados
ponde ell tpo que Sc usa es mas que media pulgada en- tamano, car
gamos pr una Inca por cada una media pulgada Q Fraction.
FECHAs, ETC.
Fechador local, cualquier plaza, v fecha pr dez amos. n. \. .e1OO
Fechador del Daro, mes, da y ao en- III pulgada. 4. SOC
feenaoor4 hegnlar dc Lmea- IS. {. s.. =. ~ +. 35c
Defiance 9 Fechador Banda de Mode NV. &. 3. 3. J. w. $3.50
Firmas Fac Smile, Estampador de HUE Grabado de Pao. $3.50
Protector Pearl Check Il. !. Z. ~. . .$1O0
TABLETAs PARA ToMAR IA rINTA
PARA Los TYPOS D1RIJANsE A Z
IMPRESORA DEL NUEVO
MEXICANO. SANTA FE. N. M.
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Galiegos, Adola

Gallegos. Adela
Gallegos, Juan Mrs.
Garcia, Jose G.,
Gas<ott. Jas.
Gately, Tressa Fairfield
Green. Edna. Miss
Henderson, Chas. 7.
Human, Or. r. B.
Hayt, w. v.
Loomez. James M. S,
Lueras, Clemente
Martinez, Alfredo n.
Mcdonald, ,. II.
Moore, Miss Ollie CD
Mora, Lacadio. Don
Pooler. r, IN
Rivera. Atanacio
Roger, l. c. ~
Salas, Estela. Miss
Sanders. Miss Grace
Scott, Miss Gertie
Segura, Miss Martina
Sheppard, Mrs. A.
Siebert. Miss w.
Stern, "a.
Tineney. A.
Valdez, Mrs. Beatriz Amigo de
Valdez, Miss Mariquita
Vogt, Rhoda. Miss
Waldman, r. x.
Walsh, Margaret z
Ward. Mrs, Agnes
Weller. Mrs. Ben
Weller. Blanche. Miss
AL pedir estas cartas sirvase
aecir 81 son 'anunciadas'' no.
PAUL A. r. WALTER,
Estafetero.
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clio so cts. Foster5Milbmn Co, Buff
falo, ". X, unicos agentes por los Es
|tados Unidos.
Recuerden el ombre-Doan--y no
ltomen otro.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31

81 tienen algunos libros due encua
dernar traedlos al Nuevo Mexicano
Esta oflciana tiene 81 mejor departa
mento de encuadernacion que hay.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1908-10-31

Allen, Miss Johnnie
Baca, Ramon
Badega, Mrs. Marilla
Bell, Miss. per Jas. Carrpthers.
Bernal, Lucia. Miss
Bishop. Edw. E.
Carlevaris. Arthur Bayetto
Chacon, Ramon
Connolly. N. T.
Curtis. Wallace. Mrs.
Davis, Charles
Duoro. Bonifocio Ramo
Duran, Adellna
Frankie, Pauline
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17
THE FIDDLER.
"IiE old time peddler is almost
thing of the past, though
u every once in a while he hohs

"IIE old time peddler is almost
a thing of the past, though
II every once in a while he bobs
up, seemingly just to remind
you that once he existed as an in
slitution, and not relegated, soil
tary instance. SUI
EiizaDeth's mother opened tho
door: I'VE don't want anythInp to.
day." she said.
u let the man come inn Gotta
grandma. tits been so long sinco IT,
seen one OF his kind he's good for
the sore eyes," e'ou ioi
Grandma bought a comb naoL-
age or needles and a cowbell and al
ioWeu the old fellow to depart
What on earth do you want op n
cowDeil?" asked Elizabeth's mother
What on earth do you want of n
planoY' retorted grandma, gaiIv'
Ihere's more music for me wranned
up In that old cowbell than I'm All tbe
pianos In town. o, MOI I'm NOT 90
ing 10 make a practice of pIaving
on IL; III promise you that. Pm inst
going To look at 1t. And there are
some pianos not more than tbrea.
whoops-and-a-holl away from tbts
neighborhood which would sonnJ
much better II they were looked at
more and played upon less.
But, seriously speaking" che
went on, "that bell carries me hack
TO the happy days of my early child
hood, when earth seemed new ana
young, because 1 was. Many's tbe
time I've hunted up my old Sul,ev
by the sound of her bell, and driven
her home, the rest of the cows fol-
lowing the bell. Anyway. every well
regulated family ought to have a
cowbell, II it's only to show that
once upon time they were not de-
pendent on the municipal regulations
Tor pure milk. The days of peddlers
and cowbells have almost gone, but
they were both great conveniences
in their time.
I'm those days the peddler was
usually an old German who had
learned the business in the old coun-
try. In his packs he carried almost
any and everything. He got
around on an average of once
month, and IL he didn't have what
you wanted with him, you could give
him an order and he'd bring It the
next trip. My Aunt Charlotte Larkin
used to buy pretty near all of her
quilting pieces from one old fellow
that used to come around regularly.
He bought all the silk ends from the
largest dry goods firm in Louisville.
"And there's another thing that's
fallen by the wayslde-quilt-ma
Nowadays you go to department
store and buy your quilts. ready
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17
AIRED LETTER EVENT
Marion's Premiere Commercial and
emi-Socisl Event Which is Dis
tinguished By Style, Beauty end
Remarkably Low Prices.

Is the Spring Millinery opening
at Powers Millinery Shop. second
floor Uhler Phillips store, Thursday
aud Friday. Spring winds have never
IunfOlded more charm and beauty
than the present season brings. This
season Of 1908 finds us equipped with
! the best selected and lowest priced
stock of millinery ever brought TO
Marion, with an especial emphasis on
lowest prices. Patrons of this Shop
will find us in greatly enlarged quart
ers. the most commodious, pleasant
and best lighted rooms in Marion.
I'VE have bought our present stocks
most advantageOusly, our business in
creases every month and the more
we sell the less each customer pays
for their hats. Doing the largest mill
linery business in Marion, we are
Therefore the lowest priced All of
this sounds good and we propose to
make good. Having established trade
relations with leading eastern whole
sale millinery concerns, we buy for
less, and, satisfied with smaller prof
It's, sell for less. The prestige of
this Shop, as "a style source of un-
eaualed importance will be immeas-
urably increased by this Spring Open
ing display. Thursday and Friday
For the great numbers, the variety
and artistic elegance OF the hats
assembled, we outclass any other dis
play in Marion, in style, quality and
price Miss Anna Mereness, trim
mer-in-chief, who, with Mrs. Powers,
viewed the New York openings, will
delight her many friends in Marion
with the results of her selections and
designs. Among hundreds of designs,
no two hats alike, there Is a color,
shape, a style to suit every face and
figure. The hat makes or mars the
custume-the style makes the hat.
Variety and lowest prices are the
keynOtes OF our brilliant assemblage
Of the seasons favored models. We
invite you for Thursday and Friday,
spring opening days. Powers Mil
liuery shop, second floor, uhlcr
Phillips store. 1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17

him yes right away, but I knew
! would have to ask mother first.
So | told him | would see. Mother
said | could go, and while we
laughed at the clown and marveled
al the gymnasts and the lady on
the tight rope, munching 'goobers'
ana popcorn throughout the per-
formanco, and while thoroughly en-
joyed the circus in itself, yet the
greatest delight was that I felt to
think had started to be a young
lady.
I'VE only courted a little over
two years. And courtships then
were far different from now. About
the only place there was to go was
to party or to church. or course.
in the mornings | sat in the family
pew; but in the evenings we youns
people were allowed the back seats.
And many hand was held many a
Sunday night throughout the whole
service in those back seats. 1t is
true, when they arose for congrega-
tional singing the young people
would have to break hands, but that
was good for them. 1t gave the young
ladies' fingers chance to unstiffen.
And the parties, the candy
pullings, the corn huskings, the
house-raisings, the picnics, the camp
meetings, the Teviyals, and all tho
other oldfashiOned sources of inno-
cent amusement - how obsolete
they are now! They served their
sime and they served their place.
They would be considered tame now
adays. They may have been tame,
but they were not harmful; people
didn't live so fast then. They lived
within their income. Everybody
had enough good. wholesome food to
eat. Everybody had plenty OF cloth
ing-and much of II they made them-
selves, There was very little want
or woe What there was in that line
was due to lazness and not to lack
of opportunity to provide against
such.
II may be considered old-fash-
Toned and old-fogy," continued
Grandma, but | am greatly of the
opinion that folks were, II anything,
better off In those days than now.
You sometimes hear some old croaker
say to his son or grandson, 'Ah, my
boy you don't know what hard
knocks arel You Just ought TO go
through with what | didp He IA a
preyaricator, and he knows II. If
he went through any hard knocks
in those days, 1t was his own fault.
people. n
And IL he were here l would tell
1t to him to his own face!" con-
cluded Grandma.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17

watch the passengers nlight. But no
Uncle Steve. Two more days, at least,
we would have to wait.
But, two more days? Sbucks,
The folks around there didn't know
my Uncle Steve! Because, lust ms
the crowd was largest, who should
come riding into town but Uncle
Steve, mounted on a pure white pal
frey. And maybe you think his folks
weren't proud of him. But the proud
est of all was his mother, my grand
ma.
After that Uncle Steve came back
each year or so, and took another
brother back with him, until all told
there We're four of the boys I'm ST
Louis. And they all did well. NY
father was the youngest, and he
elected to stay at home. He had al
ready engaged in business in a mod
est way.
ION his first visit back home Uncle
Steve had made my mother present
of his white palfrey, and was fire.
Quently allowed to ride the animal |
never saw a prettier piece of horse
flesh in my life, and never hope to.
Il will never forget how proud |
was when the first circus we had ever
seen came to our town, and there
wasn't horse in the lot that COM
pared to my mount. The man that
owned the circus tried TO buy Bess,
but my mother only laughed at him.
THAT circus was the first time
ever went alone any place with your
grandpa. He asked me in the morn
ing while the parade was going on,
] was only H., but | had on my
mothers ridinr-skirt, and my hair
caught up TO keep 4 In from flying,
and, maybe. did look old enough for
him to presume, l wanted to tell
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17
Ills OF Grandpas Cotng Days and the Good Times They ad

Il recollect something strange
that happened at our place Just
shortly before my father moved to
town and opened his store. We lived
six miles from town, and mother and
father had gone to church. 1t was
Sunday morning. was left at
home to take care of the baby. |
was eight years of age then.
"A rap came on the kitchen door.
opened 1t. There stood strolling
tinker. He didn't ask for work.
Even the tinkers didn't work on Sun
days then. He asked for a drink of
water. l got 1t for him, and he
thanked me. III Just go into the
Washhouse,' he said, and wait for
your parents to come home. | sup
pose they are at church, are they
not?'
Il told him they were, and he
went to the wash-house. Soon he re-
turned, without his pack, but with
his tongs in hand, and begged q live
coal He said 1t was somewhat chilly
and he laid fire in the wash-house
to keep warm till my parents came.
when he would ask them concerning
work for the morrow. | let him take
the live coal. Soon smoke was is
suing from the wash-house chimney.
"t was not long before another
knock came at the door. This time
1t was an old German peddler, who
had often been at our house before,
and sometimes had slept in the wash
house or the haymow over ulght. He,
too, asked for drink Of water |
gave IL to him, and he went in lhe
direction of the wash-house, where,
from the indications. of the smoke,
the tinker's fire must have been
burning merrily.
81 don't know what happened
when the peddler came in upon the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-17

telegraph, and, for that matter very
few regularly established mail
routes. The stage only came to our
town every other day IL brought
the mail. And after we had moved
into town IL WAS among my Chiefest
pleasures 10 watch its coming. for 1t
used to swing into the outskirts of
town just down the road from where
we lived As soon as they made that
turn, the horn began to blow, and
business was suspended for the time
being until the mail had been
opened and the passengers duly in
spected ana put I'm % the tavern.
when my Uncle steve, as a young
man, left for ST. Louis, he took the
stage out Of town lie said long
years afterwards that he only did
that for looks. Al the first stop he
alighted, and from there footed IL
overland to the first landing place
on the river. From there he worked
his way up on the boat to st. Louis,
saving the few dollars he possessed
to tide him over till he should have
made his start in the city.
when he reached st. Louis the
first work he got was laying wooden
blocks for payements. He did his
work well, ana the contractor of
fered him a position as overseer.
From that he went into the office,
and eventually into partnership.
after Uncle Steve had been in
st. Louis two years, he wrote us that
he was coming home for a,visit, and
for Uncle Nathan, his next younger
brother, to have his things ready to
come back with him. And | never
will forget the morning he came.
We We're expecting him right along,
and watched eagerly for each stage
as II should come. This particular
morning we had, as usual. gone to