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ing our tracks. On the second night
after the hold-up. while posses were
securing the country In every direc-
ton, Jim and / were eating supper In
the second story OF a friends house In
the town where the alarm started from.
oar friend pointed out to Us. In an Of
flee across the street. q printing press
at work striking of handbills Offering
a reward for our capture.
I nave been asked what we DO with
the money we get. Well. I never could
account for a tenth part OF It after II
was spent. It goes fast and freely. An
outlaw has 10 have a good many friends,
A highly respected citizen may, and Of
ten does, get along with very few. but a
maj on the dodge has got to have ''side-
kickers."
With angry posses and reward hungry
officers cutting out a hot trail for him,
he must have a few places scattered
about the country where he can stop
and feed himself and his horse and get q
few hours sleep without having to keep
both eyes open. When he makes a haul
he feels like dropping some OF the coin
with these friends. and he does II lib
orally. Sometimes have, at the end OF
a nasty visit at one OF these havens OF
refuge, fang a handful Of gold and bill'
into the laps OF the kids PLAYING on the
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floor. without knowing whether my con-
tributlon was a hundred dollars or n
thousand.
When old-umers make a big haul they
generally so far away 10 one OF tho big
cities to spend their money. Green
hands. however successful a hold-up
they make. nearly always give them
selves away by showing too much mon
ey near the place where they got II.
] was in u job in "a where we got
twenty thousand dollars. We followc
our favorite plan for a getaway-that IS,
doubled on our trail-snd laid low FOR n
time near the scene OF the trains bad
luck. One morning I picked up a news
paper and read an article with BIZ;
headlines stating that the marshal. with
eight deputies and a posse OF thirty
armed citizens, n the train robhera
surrounded in n mesquite thlcket on the
Clmarron. and that It was a question OF
only a few hours when they would Nc
dead men or prisoners.
We must have been Killed In that mes
quite thicket. for ! can make an afl-
avit that We didn't surrender.
NOVEL, propose 20 tell why II Is easy
to hold up a train and, then, why no
one should ever do II.
In the first place, the attacking party
has all the advantage. That Is, OF
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Mhke New PlMMS
&& Thy Meighbor's Wife %SN
NSX Rather Trying 1AVAW
~H on the Merves. d. 10
Rather Trying
~ CHARLES OARNTON
on the Nerves.

~ICrURE to yourself q "twofamny house" sue ~ you sec In the real estate
- section Of the Sunday paper. Imagine roses and a carefully trimmed lawn
4 OF me sde Of thu low hedge n q seedy looking front y~rd on the other
Then g back and let yor eY follow the towering vine hat climbs to In second
story window. Fix our gae upon pillows and quilts hanging tut Of that win
dow. Yes. they are bens aired" Five o'clock and tho bed not made! Now
Perceive the neatly drawn curtains an see in our minds y tn perfect
For that's what We got at The Iyceum Theatre last night In the name Of Thy
Nekshbors Wife," commended by the cheerful author Elmer Harrs . q
conedleta in three act. With the first act the eternal triangle I'VE way to
the Internal quadrangle and the merry row went o. n n init W . went home
60 seek peace I'M quet
wrangnng must be a Joy and delight + ,some people. Judging by tho laughter
heard at the Lyceum. This may be explained on the principle matt misery loves
company. Blu, a company OF only four people may become nonotonous Two
and two made four-and Al awful racket
There were John Robbins and his wife Gery, and Harry Miller and his wife
Alice John trimmed the and Gertyt trimmed hats Harry was "sven"s and
Alice was swollen with tn heat of cooking good dinners for him.. John as
next door. Ger,y delighted in bedeckns herself Tor tn ~cent table dhote
Harry like her style and was ashamed to WALL down he street with Avce. &c.
to ~ a Ions ROY short he husbands snapped wives for q week., n after
seeking yirtuous couches downstairs came to thu conclusion that their trial mar
nases we're an awful trial
1t sounds scandaious, but It was merely suburban A French author would
have jumped a. the chance that Mr.. Harris took with u precauuon. 1t was
ony al experiment just a suour5anites experiment with cabbages n turnips
M other moral things. The husbands entered into a title consprac and the
~ivcsp nut heir heads together ard everything anne tut conventionany.
There cc no SURPRISE. Plans were made In the open n carefully laid o
fore the audience. Little dialogues ran through the original sransplot of the
play First III husbands would compare notes and then the wives would come
in for a few lines after which there would be a four-cornered argument. a good
da vs stunned ovcra nd over again untnt here wasnt much left OF It, For this
reason among others Thy Ncrhbors Wife, vas rather trying on the nerves.
Arthur byron kept u? his appetite and his voice as John. and to- please Gety
MT n q pair If pants so tight for him that he couldn't walk through the part
ithou causing laughter. tut this wasn't his reason for constantly saying
.o.e," Frederick Tiden CAV Harry tho cock-sures suburban spit Mss Alice
John was a very good houekeeper at first. m anne nut sunninsy laterw when
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course. supposinE that they are old
timers with the necessary experience
n courage. They have the outside
and are protected by the darkness
while the others are In the light. hem-
med into q small space. and exposed
the moment they show a mead at
a window or door. 20 tho aim OF .
man who Is a dead shot and who won't
hesitate to shoot.
hut. In my opinion. tho main condi-
ton that makes train robbing easy In
the element OF surprise In connection
with tho i'm gination OF tho passengers.
IL YOU have ever seen n horse that had
eaten locoweed you viii understand
what I mean when / say that the pas
senger, get locoed. That horse gets
the awfullcst Imagination on him In the
world. You cant coax him TO cross
"A little branch stream " feet Wild
II looks as big to him as the Mississippi
River.
That's Just the "a with the pas
senCer. lie thinks there are a hundred
men yelling and shooting outside. when
maybe there are only Two or 'hree.
And the muzzic Of II forty-tive looks
mo the entrance to n tunnel. The
nassenger is all right. although he may
10 mean little tricks, like hiding a wad
OF money IN his shoe n forgetting
10 dlg-up untll YOU iostle his ribs some
v,ith the end OF yOur slx-shooter; but
there's no harm In hin
10 the train crew, We never had
any more trouble with them than Il
,hsy had been 30 many sheep, | don
mean that they are cowards. | mean
nat thcy hdve got sense. They know
they're not up against a blum. IT'S the
same way with the officers, I've seen
secre, service men, marshals ana ralI-
road detectives fork over their clanse
"a meek as Moses. l saw one OF inc
brayest marshlls | ever know hide Ms
rnn under his seat and dig up along
with the rest while | was taking toll,
Ye wasn't afraid; he simply knew
that we had the drop on the whole nui-
Gt. Bcs!des, many of those officers nave
families and they feel that they ou'ltnt
- take chances; whereas death .is no
tcrrors Cor the man who holds up a
train. lie expects TO get kilol some
day. and he generally does. Ny ADVICE
10 YOU, II YOU should ever be In a hold
nm. is 10 Line up with the coward AMI
styc vour bravery FOR an occasion when
Il may be @, some benefit 10 NoI.
Another roa. son why officers are back
ward about mixing things with A tram
robher is a financial one, Every time
n ere IL n ScTlmmnge and somebody
Gets Killed the officers lose money, II
the train robber gets away they swear
OUT a warrant against John Doe 90 a..
and travel hundreds OF miles ana syn
vouchers for thousands on the tran OF
the fugltiyes and the Government foots
! the bills. So. with them, II is a ques-
ton Of mileage rather than courage.
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a n RS. d. (soliioqu.ying)-Oh. dear!
mi I don't know what's Shs matter
AVA with that J~anitor-f'vs been call
Ing fifteen minutes Its an outrage!
I'd like to know what I'm paying rent
for!
Mrs. w. hastsnins 10 sy~mpathise)-
Yes. I don't know what's gotten into
that man the last W. or three days.
plain before.
Mrs. D.-Janftor-janitori
JanNrsas (answering)-Yss. mA'amf
Mrs. d. with great vrath)-well. re
about time SOME ONE snswered-hers
I've been yelling my lungs out for fully
fifteen minutes and not . sign Of an
answer!
Janitress (meel1y)-I'm sorry. ma'am
but my husband has went "a the base
ball game an I wux cleanin' UP the
cellar.
Mrs. VITO the baseball camel Well.
Of all the NEWELL Gdn't know jsoitoss
went to baseball gamesi
Janitreo livery mssAely)-No. mA'am-
but they do.
Mrs. l.. Ooining the pink tsa)-0rsat
Heavensi Do I rear baseball againf I
! thought ia have a little peace from
that everlasting subject during the day
when men folks are downtown.
Mrs. D.-Downtown7 Pd like to know
what percentage Of u thrss husbands
"a downtown right now. I'll bet they're
all at tho Eame this minute.
Janitress (stiii moro meekiy)-rou'd
win, ma'am-they are!
Mrs. w. (cohly)-lIow DO you know
Janitr ess-weil. I don't think a. ]
should tell. ms'am. but my man toll
me he got to 20 to the game to-day
cause they wuz an important bet on
with your three husbandA
Trio with crescmdo emphasis)-
wha-at7
Mira l. (vanauiShsd ~ curiosity
What was the bet, DO sou knowf
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Sentences From Famous
Prayers.

LORD. thou hast maAs - aesr
thyseff. and our ssuls aes ~
quiet until they rest n eAsA-
81. Augustine.
Go Win each Of No q or esst: n ~
awake. temper TO them the houre Of
watching: ana when the day returns esi,
US up with morning faces and with
morning hsarts-eassr to labor. eager 70
be happy II happiness shall BE- eur
p~ortion-and II the day b msE6sd Cor
sorrow strong to endure is-R. l.
Stevenson.
Make US Of quick ana tender rom
science. O Lord. that discerning We may
follow every suggestion Of hin in
dwelling spirit-ChrsttnA O.. Rossstti.
Grant unto US. almighty GOD, of thy
good spirit, which " We have the storms
OF llfe can hurt US but little n the
Icares OF life vex US not at Li.-Gsorge
Dawson.
LIT my soui above the weary round
OF harassing thoughts to thy eternal
presence,-Pusey,
As thou hast given to US q life OF
high Lon. so may thine own breath
Ing In our hearts interpret for US It's
sacred OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES M~artineau.
o eternal llght. shine In our hearts.
o eternal goodness deliver US from
evil. o eternal power! be thou our sup
port. Eternal wisdom. scatter the dark
ness OF our ignorance. Eternal pity.
have mercy on us.-Acuin "a. ID. 100.
II Is too small n unsatisfying.
whatsoever thou bestowest upon me.
apart from myself; or revealest 10 ms
whilst thou art not seen; or promisest
whilst thou are not obtained.-Thomas
A., hemps!s,
DO not punish me. I beseech thee. by
granting that which I wish II It would
offend thy love. which ! would have
always i've in me.-Ste, Theresa "a. d.
lJl5l.
o God. perfect In US love, that We
may conquer all selnshness and hatred
Of others.-IIenry Afford.
Lord, | know not what I ought to Ask
Of thee: thou only knowest what I
need; thou lowest me better than I know
how TO love myself. Teach me to pray.
Pray thyselt in me,-Francols Dc IL
Mothe Fenelon.
Let me never consider my true hap
piness as depending on anything tnat
can befall me outwardiy, but as con-
sisting altogether In conformity to TN
will.-hsnry Maytyn.
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AA1
tx
IT. s. o. HENRY'S Last and Best Short Stories. *

I will give one instance to support my
statement that tho surprise 10 h best
card In playing for q hod-up.
Along In '92 the Daltons were cutting
out a hot trail for the officers down
in the Cherokee Nation. Those ware
their lucky days. ana they got % reck-
less and sandy that they used 20 an
nounco beforehand what Job they were
going TO undertake. once they save
4, out that they were going to hold up
the NJ, *. q n. flyer on . certain ntEhf
nj the station of Pryor Greek. in Indian
Territory.
That nisht tho railroad company got
ntteen deputy marshais In Muscoges
and put them on mo train. Besides
| Them they had nifty armed men hid In
the depot at Pryor Creek.
When the Katy Flyer pulled IN no,
n Dalton showed up, This next station
was Ad,ir. six miles away. When the
train reached there. and tho deputies
were having a good time explaining
| what they would have done 20 the
Dalton gang II thoy had turned up. all
at once It sounded like an army firins
outside. The conductor and brakeman
came running into the car yelling:
Train robbers.'
Some OF those deputies III out the
! door. hit tho ground. n kept on
! running. some OF thom hid their Win
: chesters under the seats. Two OF them
made a fight and were both killed.
Il took the Daltons Just ten minutes
to capture tho train and whip the es.
cort. In twenty minutes more they
robbed the express car Of $1,000 and
made 4 clean getaway,
My opinion is that those deputies
would have put up Il stiff hght at Pryor
Creek, where they were expecting
trouble. but they were taken by sur,
prise and 'locoed" at Adalr, lust as the
Daltons, who knew their business, ex-
pcctcd they would,
I done think | ought TO slose with
out E.yinS some deductions from my
experience OF eight years ''on the
dodge"
II doesn't pay 10 rob trains.
Leaving out tha question OF rlgh,
AMI morals. which / don't think | ought
10 tackle, there is very little 10 envy IL
th" He OF an outlaw, After a Will,
money ceases 10 Aavc any value In OFFS
eyer, lie gets to looking upon the rail
roads and express companies as hit
/ bankers, and his siN-slooter as a chcct
book good for any amount,
lie throws away money right ant
left. Most OF the time he Is on IN,
jump. riding day and night. and b,
lives so hard between times that n,
doesn't enjoy the taste OF high life whel
he sets II,
10 knows that his time is bound L
come to lose his life or liberty, an,
that the accuracy OF his aim, the spec,
OF his horse and the fidelity OF hi
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PART III.

- HERE were n good many
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In Yucca Land.

-HE rim OF the desert Is Yucca land.
Behind It the snow peaked ranges
stand:
4. Revond II. and out, the desert Hes
And far as the line OF the tenting skies
..The shin of the desert" sails there at
lawn
In he swift mirage; and there. updrawn
From violet seas, In the sunrise glow
Ara the coral reefs the mermen know;
And the perfumed plains where the iris
grow.
Out there where the web Of the gossmer
flies.
The shoals of tho purple Islands rise;
Out there are tho pink gray mists' uh-
rolled.
And the sun goes down on a word OF
gold.
In Yucca land.
When the moon bends down. a living
thing,
Ana the midnight stars are whispering!
The Yucca slades are peopled then
with naiads and gnomes and the ghosts
of men.
From the inner earth. from the Every
where.
They come. and they walk In the mooa-
light there,
The dryads step from the Yucca trees
And lean white arms ON the waVe1hg
" breeze.
There 4 pailld priestess n her beads;
Yon arch to . Druid temple leads.
when twilight reaches her spectre hand.
Thu sr!mness Of time is Yucca land.
Ave; and yonder Yucca. whose grim
shape warns.
n the cross Of Him. and His crown OF
thorns;
There are stealthy shadows. a phantom
H whir-
The night vibrates with a soundless stir
And. on, tns si.vIos.-so tonse. GO ter'e
You can hear the heart OF the universe
The desert It's mystery unbars
To you and the moon and the whisper
Ing stars.
In Yucca land.
The newness Of earth IN Yucca land.
The tang Of the first made CLEAN OF sand
Mo- ever a plough profaned Its eod.-
MI world Is SO new you could talk will
God
In Yucca land.
t,o -Msags Morris. In NppincottA
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JAnitress (tatins her advantasse
You'll hav to ar your husbandA
(slams door,
Nrs. u. (hrst 70 recovsrSWN, =
beats al. Why . lot OF men rushtng
over . field like . lot Of Sicktsh hsaD
on hot sriddies are amusing. I can't ~.
Mrs. w. tsaGeiy)-wsr, for the a NJ
ter Of that, will We women EVER see
what amuses tho menf
Duo OsavaEciy)-No. We viii not
Mrs.. land hero I've been trying 20
get . hat for two weeks-just Q 1--WE
dollar one. because I don't beisvs in
getting an expensive one his late IN
How much do those baseball seAts cost?
Mrs. d. saw the sim once. II said
Seats from &c to SL5o."
Mrs. w.-well. they've got the dollar
and . half ones. all right And I need
a new pair Of velvet pumps. I have to
pay nve dollars for them because my
feet are delicate. And Mr.. white kicks
Ike a stser swsry time I mention them.
Mrs. Land yesterday was my as-
tsr's birthday. n she savs me . cut.
glass bowl that cost I'VE dollars for
mine. And I wanted 10 give her one
Just like It. but Mr.. Leo wouldn't hear
OF II. said he didn't contract to sup-
port The whole family when he married
ma, &c.
, Mrs Dwell. you Just wait tn Ny
man comes homo. II he's been sitting
In . dollar and half seat this afternoon
he won't enjoy his dinner-not II ! have
anything to do with III
Janitor Uoyously from cellar)-Did
any OF you ladies want met
Trio (saseriy)-Did you see our hus-
bands at the camsf
Janitor (sastly)-YsA ladies. And.
thanks to them. my missus San have
her new hat and velvet pumps that
she's been wanting 20 long.
Trio (parrot-like)-New hat and velvet
pumps!
Janttor-Ws bet. you know. Breokiyas
wailoped the 0ianAs. Brookiyu's my
homo town. YOU know.
Mira W. oaintiy>-How mpoh ~ he
betf
Janftor tohs@fury3-v1vs avssee Aem
the gentlemen. Ma wAsts: asessa h
Iall-4t helps . lot.
Mrs. w. Chonor-Gd4oknNDA NJ
Husband save you ave doilarsf
Mrs. d. with rass)-Do you ma. -
tell me that MY hushand save ysa ~
doifarsr
Mrs. Il tohoadnG-UA yeu ~ avs
dollars from MI husbandf
Janitor NsarfuiJ1-YA ma'am
Trio with cola murdsrous oaamy-s
WATT TILL THfDY our HoAGDi
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yGX WI watches, DTuCelels, TlTRS anu
~ rocsctbooks, with a sprinSllng
OF false teeth, whIskey TASKS,
S0 face-powder boxes. chocolate
caramels. and heads OF hair OF various
colors and lengths.
There were also about a dozen ladies'
stockings into which jewelry, watches
and rolls of bills had been stuffed and
then waided up tight and stuck under
the mattresses, / offered to return what
I called the "scalps.' saying that We
were not Indians on the wafpath, but
none OF the ladies seemed to know TO
whom the hair belonged.
one of the women-and a good-looker
she wa~s-wrapped in n striped blanket.
saw mo pick up one OF the stockings
that was pretty chunky and heavy about
the toe, u she snapped out:
That's mine, sir. You're o In the
business OF robblng women. are your"
Now. as this was our FIRST hold-up. we
hadn't agreed upon n code OF ethics.
so ] hardly knee what to answer. But.
anyway, | replied;
Well. not az a specially. II this con-
tains your personal property you can
have II back"
1T Just does" she declared eagerly.
and reached out ner hand Tor Il.
You'll excuse my taking a look at the
contents l said. holding the stocking
up by the toe. out dumped a big gents
gold watch. worth two hundred, q Zslts
leather pocketbook that We aiterSard
found to contain ELK hundred dollars,
32-calibre revolver, and the only thing OF
the lot that could have been a lady's
personal property was a silver bracelet
| worth about fifty cents, l said:
'.Madame. here's youf property" ant
handed her tho bracelet. Vow" / wen
ON, how can you expect us to ac'
square with o when 0 try 10 de-
esive US In his manner7 I'm SURPRISED
at such conduct"
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SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING ISsrALMES7

SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING ISsTALMENT.
The man telling tlhA story was . cowboy be-
fore turning train Obbcr. With Jim 8
and Tom and lkc Moore. he held up the santa
Re Flyer a, \ point five miles from any habi'
alton II was his frs; job ard he felt weak
when tie train caue thundering along at II. Is
and pulled w to take water at a tank. But the
rest was easy and he cnioyed II. After getting
only $500 out 81 the safe In the express car, the
robles went through the passengers and had .
Little fun on the side by compelling a fat man
In a plug hat. frock coat and pajamas TO play
a tune on the Kind .. hsrp q small boy carries
IN ms pocket.
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NLORD. thou hast made - .esS
- thysen. and our ssais ~ ~
quiet until they rest n tAsA-
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Alice Miller decided to 80 in for clothes
Miss Johns performance was worth fol-
lowing through the ,hlckest OF tho do
nestle hght. Mss Pamela Gayihorhe
gave Gerty an English sccent that
sounded out OF place. but when she
cried her face wa a comic picture.
I bow to last nigats laughter n
leave YOU TO take Thy Nelghbor's
Wife" for better or for worse.
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0Se
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Copyrighted By Doubleday. Pass a Col
ITO be publi sh<d In book form after sept IT,
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D~umbWaiter Dialogues
BY Alma Woodw~d.

Copyright 1911. ~ Ths PrD Pui
scns-Ccsnd Court.
Charsssn-Mr Dunn. M. White. Mn Lee.
Jsaitss and Janitros.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-09
NO NEWS FROM
MISSING BOY
MOTHER OF CHESTER TIMMs is
FRUSTRATED WITH GRIEF AND
DOUBTS NOT EXPECTED TO
LIVE UNLESS NEWS OF SON is
RECEIVED.

Robt- Timms, Of windsor, Ontario,
Canada, is still exerting every effort to
locate his boy, Chester Timns, who
was last heard from in Pensacola dur
ing the racing meet last spring.
The story is a heart-rending tale of
parental love grouping the dark for a
BOY who does not return ard cannot be
found. The father has exhausted every
resource in a futile search for his son
and the mother. worn out and pros
trated by the boys long absence, is
now sick in bed, with little hope for
recovery unless news of the missing
boy can be speedily got to her. With
her the old song, Where Is My Wan
dering Boy Tonight" has an added
significance, and her burden Of grief
and doubt and uncertainty grows
heavier with each succeeding day.
Chester Timms, the missing boy is
described as 1s years old, very sociable
and a good worker. His hair is de-
scribed as a gingery color.
Fifty dollars reward is offered by the
distracted parents for information as
to the boys whereabouts, and The
Journal is authorized to receive the
information to pay over the reward
Anyone who may know such a boy
will be doing the broken hearted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-09
J. ". CREARY
TAKES CHARGE
OF co. EXHIBIT
HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION AS
FIELD AGENT AND GENERAL
MANAeER-ExHIBIT WILL BE
MADE PERMANENT FEATURE.

]. w. Creary, Of Bluff Springs, who
is one OF the most successful and ex-
perienced farmers In this section Of the
state, has been appointed field agent
and general manager Of the Escambia
County Farmers Exhibit, which Is to
be arranged under the auspices Of the
Commercial Association this year. The
appointment Of Mr.. Creary is a perma-
nent one, as II Is the intention of the
Commercial Association to make the
farmers exhibit an annual feature of
the Interstate Fair, and also to make
arrangements to compensate the farm
ers for the interest they are manifest
ing in the exhibit.
Secretary Waterman, Of the associa-
ton, is sending out circular letters t.
the farmers Of the county informing
them of the appointment of Mr.. Creary
and also advising them that he will
call on then in regard to the PROPOSE
ton at an early date.
Mr.. Gre ary is of the opinion that
this county can produce an exhibit
which will take the first prize, and he
Is determined to do so this year. and
only asks the cooperation of TIE
farmers to accomplish the feat