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A large crowd attended the Farm
Bureau unit meeting at the home Of
Mrs. Ole Gregerson last Saturday.
A fine dinner was. served to all.
i Twenty spbrsons were present at
the Lutheran Sewing Circle, which
was held atsaMrs. ,Hogue's Wednes-
day. After the business meeting a
fine lunch was served. ( ~ r.. T..
Mr.. WymQte returned from Be-
midi THesd8y,T where he visited his
wife, who is at St. Anthony''s hospi-
tai, for the past week. He reports
Mrs. Wymore.is4 getting along fine.
School commenced Monday after a
two weeks Vacation Mr. Baney sure
T is hustler because he put in the
two weeks getting logs. out for his
new bungalow. 3. 7 >5s55 - -,
~ Mr.: Eek was caller at the Borg
!. Mrs. J::iFs dahoney called on Mrs,
Mills at -, Pennington Tuesday, the
latter having returned a short time
ago from ,thefSt. Cloud hospital.
There viii be a week of prayer at
the Kitichi school house this week.
Volunteer members will lead the
meeting each evening. ..,. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sawyer spent
the week end visiting at. Buck Lake.
Ralph Wilson spent Sunday with
friends at Goodland. - -
There will be a special meeting of
the SundayFaschooH junior class at
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y The school board has called spe-
cial meeting for Saturday, January
IA, to vote on the bond issue. If the
new high school building is built this
coming summer, $1O0, 200, 900 must
be raised and it is beginning to look
quite. doubtful whether the. bonds
Twill devoted. %,sa s3ss ,s y
The new Episcopal building is so
tnearly completed that It was fused
last Saturday evening sfor: a social
Egathering in the basement and sery-
Eices Sunday in the audience room. 1T
lissWel constructed and well lighted
and Els a cTedi to the society. IA /,
The loss at the First National
bank has been adjusted. at. about
$13, 600 and the contract has been
EletS for its repair. The contractors
Eare already. at work and the BANK
is still open for business as usual.
f. The contractors are ut work on the.
Scenic Highway between here and
.Akeley and are doing good work
Towering the grade with gravel.
When it is finished it will be second
to none as far as graVeled roads go.
G. S. Cox and family started for
Florida the last. Of last week to stay
until warm weather. Mrs. Cox has
been very poorly for the last six
months ard it is hoped she. may. re-
gain her strength and health with
the, change. Mrs. Todd went will,
them. Mrs. %Cox's father who pre-
coded them died soon after arriving
there and was brought back to. Min
neapolis fors.interlnent. ,s .,..z
F A blaze. across the river at a house
coupled by Mr.. Robinson called the
fire, department.. in a hurry Monday
rived. - 49, - =.
:" The meeting Of the. commissioners
of the. Lake Julia tuberculosis SAN;
atorium. was held .at Northone the
first Thursday in this; month and DR..
Walling, commissioner from this'
county attended. He reports q pleas
ant trip and "a profitable netting
I. The beautiful sweat there continues.
Have we taken = jog south or ISL
there still some bad weather to fol-,
low? Let, US enjoy. it while it lasts at;
any rate. q ssls .f.lz;:4s .s:Et =
Z Rev. Belief the Methodist church,
has moved into the Cox residence
until the parsonage is ready to be
occupied which will be some time in
February.
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Death has robbed Minnesota of distinguished
son III the passing Of Clarence 3, Miller: ~ {
~ Mr. Miller, still in his prime, was fine example
of that type f3sef-lnade men, which furnishes I'M
spiration to thousands Of struggling boys through
out America, who, despite poverty and hardship of
tsary years, can look forward to .@a:,
1t is the accomplishment TO such men as car-
cnce B. Miller that best exempies this country
a land of opportunity.
s. By dnt of digent industry, Mr., Miller worked
his way through school, became school teacher
himself and still dissatisfied, went to the university
where he worked his way through to member of
the bar. AS a member. of the legislature and for
ten years as congressman, he performed brilliant
service It is said that he offered the position
of governor of the Philippines, ar - NJ:
At the time Of his death he was serving in. the
highly important position secretary Of the ma
tional committee of the Republican party and lead
ers of that party are generous in their assertions
that to Mr.. Millers ability must be credited the
harmonious effective condition of their organiza-
Mr.. Miller was native Of Minnesota, having
been born il Goodhue county in 1879. His father
died when Clarence was an infant. - ff'sd
The president Of the United States, senators,rep
resentatives and many other prominent men and
women throughout the United States have paid fine
tributes to the ability of the dead Minnesotan He
served his country well and the commonwealth,
which sent him forth to- heights Of power and in
1uence, bows her head in grief sorrow made more
poignant because of the fact that her dead son
seemed the verge Of greater things-his voice,
loud in the counses Of men, would have been still
more powerful had the ruthlesshand of Father Time
spared him, instead Of cutting him down at the
early age Of 80, -. ~
S--S
Monkey glands said to have made Cpaniard
able, to speak English The supreme test will come
when they try to make tpg-boat captain cut out
profanity. -" S.. d..
g. 49,. - s----s s,eszss :.:..$ 4~:. T..
Our hat is off to the dumbest person this side of
Crookston-he admitted today that he thought B. V.
& D. was branch of the Elks. ..@.' :.>,-s =.
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the home Of Mrs. C. c.. Smith on
Saturday. Er 4 AK
) Miss Doris Gregerson was on the
sick. list Saturday. ..5s H. H.
Class meeting will be held at the
C. Mahoney home on Friday, Janu-
AIRY 10. The meeting was postponed
to that date on account Of prayer
meeting. ..@,. 7.s ...,..s =:
Il Cleon Smith made a, business trip
to Pennington Monday. NJ 4 81
The Farm Bureau unit has or
dered the Tree travelling library from
st: Paul. The library VIII consist pff
more thans56 volumes and Be
suitable for old and young s. 5s.si & {
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Williams returned from Blackjack
Sunday evening, January 8, and
started the school again Monday
morning, January o.. ,sa&: =: =
The fox man, DR.. Poppe, came
back from his fox farm at Edmon-
ton, Canada, aaweek ago. He brought
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FRIDAY, THE 18th


This is Friday the thirteenth. ~ = r. - '
Il is supposed to be most hoo-dooed of all hoo-doo
days. T.. ....>' ,..-. & = t:%.l : d:
i Whatever goes wrong this date isnt%yours
fault, but the fault of evil spirit that hangs over
Friday whenever Friday is careless enough to hap
pen along on the 13th day of the month. 15 CO..: =
~ This is the day when your wife discovers that
theletter she gave you to mail four days ago is still
nesting on the northwest side of package Of
Camels in your overcast pocket 49, ID p SgrE
Il This is the day, when, if you buy bank, i will
sooner later get fracture; the day when, If
buyistocks you should have bought bonds and if you
buy; bonds you should have bought stocks-and if
YOU buy them both, you shouldn't. have bought Ell
ther-and if you buy none, that you will wish you
had bought both-whatever kind of talk and rea-
soning that may be. - o.. ':f'
= It all sounds very creepy and suspicious and you
don't have to be as supersthious darby in the
graveyard at midnight to u1,consciously have it in
for the calendar, when you break your spectacles
on q day like this. So. ..., -
OF course, things happens-they do every day
md you would miss the morning train any other
day and date just as readily as you did today, if
you didn't get up early enough. Il
j, The best way to beat Friday, the 18th, or any
other hornyhided hoo-doo, is TO look it square in
the eye then take it by the Of it's neck and the
seat of its So trousers and throw it seven ilea the.
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,ss Mrs. Agnes Arnold from lladisoanl,il
IS. D., arrived here a short It iBlss age.
and expects. to stay here with one.
of her two daughters, Mrs. Rob and
m is. George fadsrinn lsssie
turn, To-, South Dakota next spring.
Mrs. Arnold has lived; here before
for many years, until two Yeas ago,
when she moved to South Dakota ~
4: Rev, Lester r. Warford held a
church service here Tuesday, Janp-
Our school teacher, Miss Mary A..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-01-13

II silver foxes back with him to add
to the many he already has here on
his fox farm near Turtle River lake.
It is understood that he-now has 80
on his farm which have a value OF
perhaps 100000. tssa'1 M
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other side OF the eighteenth amendment. Then
come in and nominate someone for state senator,
pay your subscription, go home and take the wife
and kiddies to good show.
= And finally when you put the lights out, look
back the events of the day with satisfaction and
no whoope1y-toopety hoo-doo will have anything on
you. III
Just for good measure, il anyone gets really ex-
cited with you about Friday, the 9th, You might
remind them that. while the, Declaration of hide
pendence was agreed upon 5on July 4th, il wasa
not signed, sealed and delivered until Friday, july
n 9Th 4.tla9 / - - 800. n. -. ssssEM3
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06

Kdeze to ,ltekate, stisedka,
|fak D zlomkrky?
Domov, domov, tetnska mo-
ja: prisiel nam syn Prahy, nnS
50 III len pristrajam nejaky do
brJ obed pripravit
Tedal Stndenta mate donna
No, no. A je uz hodnya
Al, tetuska moja, a aky! r.
Ilegantny, fajnovy. cely sa mi
premenil "a ten kratky cas- Ale
M utekam s Bohom!
Ma dvore sa prcchadza pan syn.
jNaprava 81 skripec ma nose pra-
We sklma strechn, kol 'ko prehni-
| tych sindl 'ov je ma nej.
Mamka vybehne Cd ohniska bic
lynn obrustekom prepasana a cd
varenia-pecenia ako ruza rozcer-
venela:
Janko moi, nechze sa ii pa
ci, M bndeme obedovat'!
Vo vel 81 malom po-
koji bndeme obedovat, mamag
|povie syn.
Mamke odkvacly ruky rnze
ma leach jej stupen zbledly; a
povie zrejmych rozpakoch:
- Nuz akoze?... Pravdaze len
" tom najvacsom pokoji Bozom
Vari by SINE sa mali nesnasat pri
obede?...
Ale mama, mama, ked' ma
ty nerozumieS! we'd sa spytu-
jem,, ktorej izbe.
Sadli 81 ku stoM.
Kym sa polievka nadeP Povala, O.
tee hrdo paste svoje oci na syno-
vi a hovorf:
= No, Janko. rozpravaize nam
ako sa ii v tel Prahe vodilog
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06

IIpokracslje mily synak, opustiac
doln1 gambn, ked ste mi q
znamili, ze mi Wac pefazf posie-
lat neinozete, vtedy som 20 mao
zai octol y omacke
| Mamka prave vchadzajtic, pocu-
.r posledne slova d ukrutne 50 "a
1divi, svojim nsiam neveriac,
ze 10 by lll'adal ocot omacke,
fktoru ona tych nailepsich iablk
lnvarila.
/ A syn polsra6nje:
Neposielali ste mi dost pc
nazi zabldate veru, ze sa tu
|jedna B vasho syrla, . jeho bn. 4.
| Ale, ale, syn moi drahy, kto-
ne by 50 til jednal teba, ako 9
lnejaky statok, dobytok? We'd 81
.hadam, Boze moi, tvoji rodieia
me p0hanl?!
v tom sa vsak ma druhom kon.
ci stola zacnn sklbat' Diet 'nrence
pre- akysi kolae. Mladsie 50 roz.
place, ze mu Duro kolae berie.
Pan syn robi poriadok, napomi.
najtic detvaky:
Durko, postdp kolac Fero-
/ vi, we'd 81 starM ..
A Durkova tvar zaziari skodo.
radost 'ou, skocf veselo, hodi ko.
lac ma zem, ze no postdpa.
Ty kluk kadejaky, hne.
va sa pan Student, ved' ii ho
vorim, aby 81 mu no prepustil q
ME poskakal po nom!
Durko otvori ista, ako by ne.
vedel, comu VERT teraz.
/ - Sadni 81 "a stol. a ak sa ne
budes krajsie chovat', tvoja zale.
zitost' nebude len tax ma l'ahkc
vyriadena!
! No, len nechaj, syn moi, &c
llezi, nebezf; ved' to mat hned
Ivyriadi, vymetie.
Podareny synak diskurujc po.
tom d'alej:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06
Ked ii ho ylastna mat nerozun,ie.


Nuz, dobrc, dobre. Zen keby
yias penazi, tol'ko lvydavlSov
ME Nem6zes sa ami len zaba-
|vit rnnzikn potnvat' bez davky..
Ach, ach, nepovedzze, ved1
som ia vzdy len tax poeul, ze sG
| tesi dobri mnzikanti a til ii
pocivam, ze sa ii davilo Cd tel
ich .mnziky.
Ale, otec, pre- Boha. ved'
lie to poplatok, dan!
A otec, zahanbeny, len hlavol
|kriiti.
Syn pokracuje:
Nnz, ako vravim, 0 peniaze
bola veru vzdy bieda, preto som 81
vytknul, nohu Wac.
Ach, diet'a mole zlate, -
|skrfkne prel'aknuta, prave $ dru-
hou misou vchadzaj1ca mamka -
a ami 81 sa nam, chudacik, v liste
nepozaloval, re 81 81 nohn W.
tkol!...
Ale, pockajze, mamka moja,
vsak 81 len hld ], we'd som chccl
povedat', re som sa rozhodol, no-
hu Wac do zabavnych miestnosti
nepolozit', totiz nevkrocit'..
Mamka sa chytro vytratila do
kuchyne rozpakoch.
Mily syn, zujnc kvorku, rozpra-
va d'alej:
A ked' ste ma k tomu este
zpravili, ze,
Otec slozi lyzieku a vazne krn-
| tiac hlavou, pore ma syne mier-
non vyeitkou:
Ell. ej, synku, st 'astie, re ii
je mat kuchyni, ale sa zdrzuj
'aspon' pred tymito malymi nevin-
nymi Diet mi.
- Nuz teda, rozumejte ma, -
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06

! | ! ] / I !! / \

a 4 keby ste ii boil poslali /! a- a,
|spon potraviny do hi Psahy
Prestal hovorit' lebo vidf,
mamku slzy zalialy 9 Y Il chytsa H
zakryva tv6r sastkrkou.
60 ii je zas, maInkas
Nus, ME ii nas ", sroiiGh
|rodiSov, IA takSch zlych poyaszlsl-
ljea, ze by sme Ii boil mohli akef
potrayyi poslat'i N'az,
som TIA zafo zrodila mukhch, ~
by som t'a otravilas
Trvalo va cllvfl 'ku, kym pan
syn vysyetlil wee nplakanei ma
Imiske, a aby lz len neiak poteSlll
lsvojich skorm1tenych rodieov, zp
we'd mu ylastne ami nebolo tak
zle \ tel zlatej Prahe, povie, ys.
selo hodiac rukon:
No, ale, akokol 'vek, napokoA
ito predsa len dobre vypdlilo. Pan
Filous 50 dozvedel, ze som zi1a-I
menity Cechoslovak a hncd
Ibola bieda xazehnana
Ale otec ,lz NAL dost' Vstaue
Cd stola vyt'ahujdc mesec ta4A
bakom, spllstf cez zalby:
| Parom by vas rozumel, alD.
Ivy zijete Y tel Prahe. Re vraj
bieda pozehnandt. B. ba prekliata,
prekliata!
A iddc vaznym krokom krayn
obzriet i mastali, somral ST: ~
Radsei by som TIA bol dal "a st-
stra k Raztockenau s.
/ - ~
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06
RADY PRE- DoMAcNosf,

Atrame1t vybrat : bieieji
El&tly. Vysistit' vrelym, zhnste-
|nym roztokom vfnneho kamena
(Weinsstein) 4 potom vyplakat'
IN stndenej vode.
zlt& hrdza ma platne natre ga
veter maslom a necha 50 tax cez
noe. Rano 50 mydlom teplou vo-
don vyperie. Ma jeden raz to ne
wide, tedy sa to ma opakovat'.
Taktiez: hrdzu navlazit', ma tepl1
t'apsn poloHt d d'atelinovou so
l'ou tret' a yyprat'
Kysls mlielko do kvasn; ma
kazde 3 flnty milky l kvart mile
ka, ME zvareneho, ale zohriateho
a roztrepaneho. Bnde chlieb chut-
ny, biely a zadrzi vlahu.
Krt v zahrade. Kopec od-
hrabat', az sa pride ma dieru; do
tel dat kdsok nehaseneho vapna
a pokryt' dieru khskom crepu a
zemou prihrabat'. Vecer zaliat' to
miesto vodou; vapno zacne sa ha-
sit a ten dym odpndi krta ma
d 'aleko.
- Kury aby dobre niesly. Ku-
kurica a inc zrno mech sa az do
uprazenia zohreje a trochu ochla-
dene da; tax budn j v zine niest'.
.Najlepsie krmivo je miesanina va
renych, pomiesenych zemiakov $
psenienymi otrubami. Taktiez v
zine nesn: prazdne l'anove hlav-
ky ususit ma peel, utlct' ma pra-
sok a smiesat' s tol'kou cast OH
psenicnych otrtb a tiez tol l'ko Ia
lndkoveho prasku. To dobre smie-
Sane zarobi sa- vodou ma cesto, 2
ktoreho narobia sa male gul ky
pre- kury. Pri konci leta semiacko
20 zfhl'a otrubovom ceste.
- Mysi. Chytit jednu zivn mys
natret' ju kolomazou a pustit'.
Tato, pochodiac vsetky mysacie
priechody a diery, vystrasi vset-
ky mysi, tax re sa d'aleko porozu-
tekaiti. Ma poll: vrany vyhubia
mysi, ked' i'm postavlme dakol' :
ko tycek asi 4 yardy dlhych, ma
vrchu prieckou ako krM opatre-
nych, ma ktore ony rady sadajil.
V stodole: pred svezenim obilia
vystlat zem divym rumancom,
ktory i'm smrdi.
! - Mole Y kozusine ably sa neza-
|liahly, posype So praskom zelez-
nei skalice (zeleny kamencek J,
ktora sa pred potleenim musi do
bre ususit'.
- Ovocie ma zimu ulozit' Kaz-
dy kus zavinie sa do hodvabneho
papiera, to sa pouklada do suda,
vrstyy prelozia sa jemnymi hob
linami. Naplneny sud sa zabedni
a odlozl ma suche miesto. To je
pravda zdlhavy, ale najlepsi spo-
sob a vzacne jablka to zasldzia.
= Plostice sa vypudia, ked' sa
take miesta vymyjti vodou, kto-
rel sa istie z vlaskeho orecha "a
hodinu varilo. Vezme sa tel vo-
dy i do vapna. ktorym sa skary
a kitty stenach zamazn. Petrolej
je ista pomoc, kto jeho zapach
moze zniest'.
- 70 sklenenej nadoby ked'
chceme odrezat' hrdlo alebo dino,
obviazeme ju dva-tri razy ma tom
mieste mot1zikom namocenym do
terpentfnu a potom mothzik "a
pal me. Ked zhori, vlozme sklo
do chladnej vody ono razom od-
skoei. Nerovne odlomene ciastky
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06
stat1a hostina


cest&ch nepreniknutel 'neho sibir-t
skeho lesa vliekli sa traia tnlaci
istym smerom
Ledva BY alhadol cloyek, com
boly oble1ens smntne, biedne tyo-s
IN, miesto satstya, nohy 81 obkr,i-
Till machom d k6ron. Opierali sa
D hrube palice. Chude, sive tvare
pokryvala sadza spina tax sa
podobali jeden drnhsmu, ako Via
stni bratia. n takolnto stave ich
stihly diva najvacsie postrachy u
biedenych: hlad zima.
Vo vysokom snehu zanechavali
hlboke sl'apaje, ktore ich l'ahko
molly prezradit', ale al tieto sl'a-
paje boly divine, nerovne a zkiise-
ny clovek by cftal mich: Este
vydrzia kdsok, ale d'aleko nedo-
idu, ustanl, padn1 do snehu "a
hynii nom. :
Kan islig Predtym dobre vcdel
kazdy mich kan, vtedy 81 to
kam'' tax krasne vabne pred
stavovali... ale teraz je vsetko "a
chmdrene a ich jedina myslienka
je: kde dostat k1sok chleba, tro-
chu edpoGinku, sen sen. kto-
~ by neprerusil vfr zivota. Od-
kial' sli? To hadam al zabudli, a.
lie iste odtial', kde ich zivot boil e.
Ste hroznejSf, lebo dobre neopustf
clovek len tax nemilobohu.
Desiati sa dali ma cestu - ma to
sa este najlepsie pamatali. Troch
zastrelili straznici, gul 'kami do
celia, zaiste, aby neposkodili ode
WI, dvoch roztrhali medvedi... ]
ia toto sa este pamatali, ale to NJ
celkom zabudli, kde kedy zao-
stall dvaja Mich. Onedlho zas "a
ostane jeden, ledva sa vleGie, til
tn zastane hladne hlce sneh.
Zotmilo sa a victor vzdy hroznej-
Sic silnejsie dul... v hornej hui
stine zavyjali vlci oni len sli -
sli. Ked' poculi dive zavyjanie,
prvy zmiernil posledny zrych-
Ill krok. Ut 'ahovali sa blizSie ie-
den k druhemu starostlive sa OBJ
-arali v6kol seba. Hoe j nevideli
este hladnych vlkov, ale NJ pocu-
Ii ako 81 ostria zuby, ako sekajd
mimi.
Keby tni1ostivy Pan Bob len
elm skorej postal smrt' ma mas, !
septal ieden.
Ach, ako dobre by bolo u
mriet'," hovoril druhy.
ia som NJ al umrel, vzdy-
chol treti. Sadol 81 ma zem a zaryl
sa do snehu, druhi dvaja prisadli
81 k nemu.
Dajte pozor, kamarati. ably
ste nezaspali,'' povie jeden. "Kto
zaspi, tomu je koniec.' y
v jednej minute ziadali smrt', /,
v druhej sa bali zaspat'.
"Pocujte, chlapci, kohnt spie-
va!'
"Tam vidim svetlo - vidis -
tam medzi stromami,' ozvali sa
civil 'ku. Jeden pocul kohhta,
druhy videl svetlo, treti nepocul
a nevidel nicoho, len veril tym
dvom...
"Pozri, zas svetlo, 8, Boze dra-
hy!"
s'Pozri, ako miha! Svaty Otce!
Citim vonu teraz peceneho chile
ba ponahl'ajme sal"
"No, pod me, pod 'me...' y
A isli. Akosi divine kraeajl, ry-
chile prekladaj1 nohy, ponahl aj1
sa, ale akosi nedochodia k cie-
l'u. Tam ma pravo stojf ohnuty
strom, rozprestiera svoje haluzy,
ako by i'm, biednym, chcel cestu
zastavat'.
Hoci je strom ma jednom mie-
ste, jednako no nemozu opustit'
Ale co ich po strome, len ked' je
svetlo vzdy blizsie a blizsie, len
ked' koh1ta vzdy lepsie pocut a
vona cerstveho chleba je az taxa
silna, akoby no nozom krajali, tn
celkom blfzko pri mich.
Pozrite, brana!''
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06
Napfsal: a Karazin.

| sta vas prosime, otvorte!'' III.
eho nijaka odpoved nepo-
cut ami len stekot I,sa...
Pred mimi silna brana, "a mini
vel Ky hnf vlkov NJ s6 tax bli-
zko, 10 ich hned bndu chytat "a
biednc handry.
"Otvorte, prosime vas Pre- Kri.
sta |"
Hl'a brana sa otvarala sama,
prijima tulakov a "a mimi sa "a
tvara S vel'kym hrmotom. Nepo-
cut zavyjania vllsov, ba ami hvizd
nocneho vetra. Prijemne a teplo
ie ma prostriedku dvora je
dom osvetlenymi oknami. V pi-
tvore stoji krasny starec v dlhom
plasti, jeho biela brada siaha az
po pas a oGi meme hi 'adia ma mich.
''Blizsie, blizsic, drahi hostia, "
vital ich. Davno vas az eakame.
Mnoho ste trpeli." Vosli do domu.
VSetko je pekne, este. v jednom
k1te je svaty obraz, vybity zlatom
a drahokamenami. Ma prostred j.
! izby stojl stol, prikryty vysivanym
iohrazom, ma nom chlicb a SOL. Y
peel jc ohen, ma nom hrniec raj
nicky. Y hrnci sa varf maso - CT
tit po voni rajnicke rybacia
polievka. v druhej pseniGna kasa.
Pod pecou vrie samovar. Hostitel'
wal 20 Shrine pohare a priatel
sky hovori:
este yam nezaskodi ~ po vel'-
kej namahe.''
Tulaci sa duchu onacili. Mr.
zela ich ich spinavost v takej
! vel 'kej eistote.
"Myslim. mali by SINE sa pryej
oknpat', lebo...", povedal jeden.
"Veru nezaskodi,' dodal dru-
lhy.
"Prosfm ponizene, poskodila
nam spina... -
"Klpat g.. mozete sa," odpo-
vedal starcek. "Pod'te, pripravim
vam kupel'... Mech sa paci.''
Prisli do kdpel'a... poshadzova-
| Ii SO seba handry... Hrozne su tie
ich tela! Nevediet', ako mohla pre-
byvat' mich dusa - iba kost a
koza!
| "Vase duse sa ocistily v utrpe-
nf,' hovoril starcek prezehnaj1c
sa, "ocist'te teraz al vase tela, a
" tejto cistote = meme Jezisa Kri-
sta sadnite 81 k hostine. = Starcelk
odisiel a tulaci sa zacali knpat'.
"Ake je to dobre!"
"Naozaj, vyborne, kamarati! !!
Vel 'kolepe! Voda aka cista - a.
ka tepla!''
Prisiel starcek doniesol ciste
platene kosele, teple topanky, Ger
vene opasky vysivane rucnfcky.
Obliekli sa, pomodlili pred sva-
tym obrazom prisadli ku stolu.
Hostina zacala sa hovadzou policy
kou. Hostitel' nebol sklpy, usmie-
val sa, n1kal ich a naplnoval pra-
gdne taniere. Doniesol kasu. Oh, to
bola kasa! Kan len zacreli, vsade
kvapkal jenny vonavy olej. Po-
tom nasledovala rybacia polievka,
ak1 madam ami sam bat 'uska car
nejedaval...
Jeden Mich vstal cd stola a
kl 'akol pred hostitel'om: "Preco
mas obsypavas tol'kou dobrotou,
mas nehodnych?"
"Lebo ste dlho mnoho posti.
Iii preto'' odpoveda starec
Ked' sa najedi do syta, donie.
sli samovar pill caj cukrom
Opasky 81 pop1st ali a rucnicka.
mi utierali 81 pot.
| Kde u koho sme?" Opytova.
Ii sa, ale hostitel' neodpovedal.
Prichodl cas- spanku. Oci sa i'm
zavierajd, ako by boly olovene
sotva sa mozu obzriet'. Postele ST
uz postlate, ma mich pekne kober.
Ice. Hostitel' hlasne cital modlit.
bu knihy, tulaci kl'akli, ale po
sledne slova modlitby uz ami ne.
tnnx,,li
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06

East Youngstown6ania! 0be-
tnjts II. janulra n sbisriku pro
6dsuych vx5ho mssta MEDIATE
in xahyn6t' biedns!
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1922-01-06

Wei zavyjali vzdy blizsie a biz
Sic, prichodili ku from nehybnym
tulakom, snehom zayiatym mrt-
volam.
q ruskeho: Peter Pavel.