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Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
FIRE ON SHORTS LANDING
FARM

In our account of the damage by
the lightning in our last issue, in
addition to the barn that was
struck and burned on the Smith
farm as stated, the barn on the old
Shorts Landing farm, in the occu-
pancy of Jacob Maclary, was also
struck and considerably damaged.
stunning his two sons, a horse and
a dog. The latter was the last to
recover. There was some hay in
the barn, but it was fortunately at
the other end. Some hanging
straws and splinters on the line Of
the lightning's track were set on
fire and burned, but there being
nothing to connect to, the fire went
out. The lightning also struck on
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brides mother. Rev. Oliver John
son, D. D., pastor of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Winnsboro, officiated. The bride
for the past six years has been as
sociated with the State division of
music Of Delaware The bride was
given in marriage by her uncle,
Mr.. John w. Cathcart. Her ma
tron of honor was her cousin, Mrs.
Lucy D. Housel. George r. Miller
of Smyrna, was best man. The
bridal couple are on trip to the
of western North Caro-
lima, after which they will be at
home to their friends in Milford.
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another farm in the neighborhood
and tore a fence to pieces.
HENRY r. MARTINDALE
HURT AT DOVER

HEINZ y II. MAEI
HURT AT DOVER
Henry r. Martindale, telegraph
operator employed at the Hotel
Richardson, while on duty at the
railroad station at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, was frightfully injured
by the premature explosion of a
gun. The shock blew off the thumb
and forefnger of his left hand, lac
Grated the muscles and broke the
artery of his right arm and tore
his right side. Martindale was
about to signal the north bound
passenger train when the gun went
off. He sat at his instrument,
quivering and bleeding, for a sec
ond, signalled the train and then
fell to the floor. The surgeons say
that the injuries are not necessar-
lily fatal. Young Martindale is a
nephew of the Rev. T. e. Martin
dale.
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DIR. BURSLEM TO
BE AT ODESSA
Will Be the Speaker Next
Sunday Afternoon at Old
Drawers Church
SERIES CLOSES ANG. 29

Rev. DR.. George Ashworth Burs-
lemfi former pastor of the Dover
Presbyterian Church, and now q
resident of Smyrna, will be the
preacher at the eleventh of the
series of summer services at his
toric Old Drawers Church, next
Sunday afternoon, at three O'clock,
standard time. DR.. Burslem, an
eloquent clergyman, will officiate
in the absence of Rev. DR.. Donald
G. Macleod, pastor of Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Church,
who is now on vacation in Quebec,
Canada. The concluding service of
the summer series, on August 20,
also at three p. m, will be cele-
bration of the holy communion.
This will be in charge of Rev. DR..
Elliott Field, pastor of the Dover
Presbyterian Church, assisted by
Rev. Robert P. Davis, pastor of
Mackenzie Presbyterian Church,
Snow Hill, Maryland.
The reopening services at Old
Drawers, tan early landmark of
the new world" which began on
June Is, have been so successful,
that the Presbytery of New Castle,
under the auspices of which they
are held, will very probably con
tinue them next summer. This is
the first time the ancient edifce
has been opened for regular relig-
ious services for over three-quart-
ers of a century. The church,
true type of Colonial architecture,
and the surrounding graveyard, are
kept in excellent condition.
Rev. DR.. Field, who will be in
charge of the communion service
ON August 20, is great-great-
grandson of Rev. Dr.Thomas Read,
first pastor of Old Drawers when
it was erected in 1773. DR.. Read,
an ardent patriot during the Revo-
lutionary War, was the direct
means of saving General Washing
ton and the Continental Army
from capture by the British in
August 1777 when the American
troops were encamped near STAN
ton. The clergyman, upon the
suggestion of Captain Henry Duff,
Of Newport, member of Washing
toms staff, and at the direction of
the General himself, was aroused
at midnight. He was taken to
Washington by Captain Duff and
then drew maps of the by-roads.
This enabled Washington and his
men to escape, before dawn, in the
direction of the Brandywine. The
British, at the time, were ap-
preaching from the north and from
the south, their purpose being to
entrap the Americans. In accord
ance with the Presbyterian doc
trine of "predestination", however,
this was not to be. The Battle of
Brandywine followed soon after
ward.
DR.. Field, therefore, will have the
distinction of occupying the identi-
cal pulpit so ably filled by his dis
tinguished forebear, and will like
wise follow in the footsteps of his
ancestor in serving communion in
the same historic church with the
surroundings practically the same
as they were as long ago as 1773.
DR.. Field is also a cousin of the
late Eugene Field, the poet of be
loved memory.
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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF AUGUST IL, 1887

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
Cathcart-Bennett Nuptials

OF interest in Dover was the
wedding of Miss Elizabeth Cath
cart, daughter of Mrs. Samuel
Cathcart and the late Mr.. Cathcart
of Winnsboro, S. c., and John Ray
mond Bennett, of Milford, which
took place Wednesday afternoon Of
last week at the home Of the
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SMYRNA MAN
HELD IN CRs
}. Lester Wenger, n.
Smyrna Truck Tb,. +,
ed Ralph EnglanI
OVER AT NORTH ;,

Death that always ln,..
the railroad underns.. s ;
southern outskirts II FSs ". (
Nd, took another yicti,. ,s, !
day of last week. RAIN =
26, of the Zion section r ! !
County, died in Unio, !.
Elkton, Nd, after hi :.
also contained his VIII. = :,
infant son, colHded win '
under the bridge. Mrs -
ceived extensive lacera4,.
bruises. Injuries 10 +.
could not Immediately h
ined at the hospital. n.
was returning from a fam,
mic at Hollywood Bess,
Point. The accident W,
identically like many otss.
have occurred on the !,
where the road snakes !.
an S to coil beneath t1s
underpass. Often tbes4 !,
have involved a truck AM.
senger car and often M,
proved fatal. A gradust.
University of Maryland v
land was manager of a Ce
ty farm owned by JoseD,
Baltimore attorney. Thu i
daughter Of David N,
farmer, who was in char.
outing. ]. Lester Wen
Smyrna, Del. driver Of /.
for the Singer Trang.
Company, Smyrna, was /,
Elkton jail for action Of 1
oner's jury. Mr.. Engla
widely known in Cecil and j
Counties through his wua
official herd tester.
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DEATHS

Hayes - Near Downs Chapel,
August the 18th, of diphtheria,
Charles F. Hayes, in the 10th year
of his age.
Humphreys-In this town, Aug
lLst 18th, at the residence of her
brother, Alexander Humphreys,
from paralysis, Miss Rebecca T.
Humphreys, aged "a years.
Knotts-Near Blackiston's Cross
Roads, August 10th, Mrs. Anna M.
Knots, wife of David Knots, aged
80 years.
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$500 for Work on NIispiIs
The war department ha
$4,000 for improvement
Mispillion River. The b:
river will be cleaned out. a,
spots cut away.
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Subscribe to The Smyrna Times, sI.50
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MANY vrsrr CAMPS, SUNDAY

MANY VrSTr CAMPS, SUNDAY
There was a constant stream Of
vehicles through and out of town
on Sunday morning, by the whites
TO the Penrose or Modoc camp
same twelve miles distant, and by
the colored to the Rileys Neck
camp near Millington. There was
also an excursion by rail from this
place to the Chinquapin camp be-
tow Chestertown. An excursion
train from Philadelphia and Will
mington to the Millington camp on
Sunday passed Townsend with
twenty-three cars
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TWO RUNAWAY ACCIDENTS

TWO RUNAWAY ACCIDENTS
Two accidents from traction en-
gines were recorded last week.
Truman PowelPs team Of horses
were frightened by one near Leip-
sic and ran off, throwing Mr.. Pow
ell out, injuring him badly and
tearing up the wagon. Jacob
Bryan whose horse was hitched at
Mount Friendship church near
Kenton became so frightened at a
passing traction engine as to
cause it to break away and demol-
ash the carriage.
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S35O,OOO is DUE
REPORT SAYS
State of Delaware To Get
This Amount From the
Federal Government
INSURANCE TAX REBATE

Delaware is scheduled shortly to
receive a rebate of some S35O,0OO
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The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Latest Equipment Is Installed

One Of the many features Of
the new Sheridan Theater is the
very latest type Of sound equip
ment, embodying every develop
ment made in this field since
the days when Warner Bros. first
pioneered with the Vitaphone.
The speaker assembly at the
new theater consists of six units
two speakers for low frequen-
cies. two for high frequencies and
two for intermediate frequencieS.
These completely cover both the
musical and voice range from 40
to 10000 cycles.
The speakers are located be-
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hind the large screen on which
the picture is projected, while all
the sound equipment is in the
operators booth in the rear of
the balcony.
The sound installation through.
out is the most modern in type,
arrangements, power, adjust
ments. etc. Many of the improved
devices used have been on the
market only a few months.
The latest type of projection
equipment also has been installed
in the Sheridan. assuring patrons
Of a perfect presentations of eye
and ear entertainment.
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Smsn S Inc wken Fcmh nc Aladdin Blended
N' 1910
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ARMY

| ARMY rs
The weeks Army orders include tn
following:
Consuelo A. seoans, Sig. c.. detailed
member Of Army retiring board, Al
lanta, Ga. rel. Vice-col James h. val
Lieutenant Colonies
Robert R. welshmer, Inf. Fit. Moul
trie; to duty at Univ. Of N. D., Crane
Forks, N. D.. July Is.
John s. Wood, F. A.. rel. Culver, Ind.
Aug. Is: to sOth +. A., Des Moinea. Iowa
Frank A. Ross, F. A., Philippinss;s q
York, at end Of present tour.
Majors
Archelaus L. Hamblen, Inf. previous
orders amended; detailed with @. y. C..
to G. s., with troops. June 30.
Lester A. Webb, Inf, rel. 1T. MoultriC
July /; to duty as Inf. instr. Ga. N. G..
Lois c. Dill. Inf. assgd. to duty with
9. NJ. c.. rel. Rochester June Is; to e.
e. Bowman, Q. N. C.. who is assEd. as
q. m.
Lee s. Gerow, Inf, rel. TT. George
Wright Aug. Is: to duty at Univ. of
Wash, Seattle. Wash.
Ray L. Burnell, F. A. CHAMPAIGN, Ill, ;
to 10th F. A.. Ft. Lewis, WASH. sail
from New York Oct. 20.
Captain .
John R. Burns, c. W. g., Cambridge,
Mass; to Edgewood Arsenal Nd.
First Lieutenant
Robert NJ. Losey, A. c., Pasadena,
Calf; to duty in office Of Oh. VI A. c.,
at end Of present course.
Col. John N. Greedy Ct. Al, q. s. c.,
mo. days, July 49,
Col. Avery J. Cooper &C. A. CO., q. s.
c.. . days, June 10.
Maj; Phillips Melville tcapt.>. A. c.. ,
Maj. Samuel t. williams. Inf. mo-
Maj. Henry s. Cole. M. c.. mo. IL
days, June 19. t'
Maj. Harlan L. Mumma (1nf). /. C.
D.. 1 mo-, July /.
Capt. william D. williams, F. A.. mo.
Is days, June IL.
Capt. Robert II. Elliott. c. E.. mo.
days, June 20.
Capt. Ernest D. Liston, M. c., mo. is
days, July /, with permission to visit
foreign countries.
First Lieut.. Douglas q. Dwyrs. F. A..
10 days extension.
First Lieut.. Wilfred ]. Lavigne. Inf,
mo-, June 81.
First Lieut.. Charles Lewis. Inf, mo.
% days. June 8.
First Lieut.: Robert G. H. Meyer. Gig.
c., Is days, June ~.
First Lieut.. Dominiek J. Calidonna,
Sig. c.. Is days, June Is. with permission
to visit foreign countries.
First Lieut.. Norman e. Pointer, r. A.,
mo. Is days, Aug. %.
First Lieut.: Verdi B. Barnes, =. A..
mo-, June Is.
First Lieut.. Clarence T. AGowsr. A. c.,
mo-, July /.
First Lieut.. Joseph q. Hopkins, A. c.,
mo. 10 days. with permission to visit
foreign countries.
NAVY
Navy orders Of the week include
these:
Commander
Harry @. Patrick, Diet. a. Cdr. Mine
Div. /, May 10, to Nav. obser., Wash
ington.
Lieutenant Commander
william ]. Forrestel, on disch. trtmt.
Nav. Hosp, Pearl Harbor, T. H.; to
home, rel. all active duty.
Adolph J. Merkt, same. Brooklyn; TO
home, rel. all active duty.
James K. Averill, ors. Aug. 10 further
modified; Diet. Anacostia, July 80. to v.
T. 5 ~. s. 8. Yorktown).
Sherman R. Clark, det. q. 8. 8. Gold
Star in June or July: to c. (. o. u. s.
s. Helm, on BID. as exec. officer when
comm.
Frederick o. Goldsmith, duty as com
mum. officer, U. s. s. New York.
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happenings, the ups and downs.
the successes and failures. re-
manned as constant as the
North star:
Jeans love for her mother.
There has been a great deal
written about mothers and
daughters in Hollywood. Much
of it is true-Some Of it isn't.
Most motion picture stars are
fond Of their mothers in the
same way most other people are.
But between Jean Harlow and
her mother existed not only a
love beyond any I have ever
seen but a complete and un-
breakable companionship, a con-
slant association and a deep
understanding.
Mother Always Near Her
You probably remember that
upon the night that Paul Bern
shot himself, he was alone in the
honeymoon house in the glen
above Beverly Hills. From work,
finished rather late at night, Jean
had gone home to her mother.
There was no quarrel, no friction,
no separation between her and
Paul. It was simply that Jean
was always going home-that she
never at any time in her life that
I ever saw was able to settle her
self, able to be at home, able to
find rest and comfort, except with
her mother near her.
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definitely as the Chinese temple
bells respond to the currents.
can stand that kind Of cross
pull all the time.
That is one reason, I honestly
believe, that in the past year
Jean Harlow showed less and
less resistance to the illnesses
that came upon her, until she
was so weakened that when the
poison entered her system in
the last week of her life she
had nothing with which to fight
it.
There was no effort con.
nected with Harlow's rise to
stardom.
They saw her-and that was
that.
But the circumstances leading
up to that role in "Hell's An.
GELS were an amazing series
of little things - little things
that didn't seem to amount to
much-that didn't seem to have
any great significance.
Great Love for Mother
We have a young girl clipping
at Is from a finishing school
with her first love. Nothing
unusual about that. Jean hadn't
ever gone around much with
boys.
And that was because Of the
one great influence of her life
that through all the incredible
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Chest tomorrow
Holds ''PIaYday''

Tomorrow win be "Playday" for
approximately ESQ children over
7 years old, who viii be guests OF
the Community Chest and Coun.
Gil Of Social Agencies. The chill.
dren will be transported in buses
to Blair-Jessup Park, where games
and athletic contests have been
arranged by Miss Maude Parker
and Miss Virginia Nelson, Of the
Playground Department. Th0
field day is an annual event.
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Wager Started Jean Harlow on Film Career
Fight Was Not to Win
Movie Chance But to
Keep Stardom

When she was married to Hal
RoSSon, it was the same.
I would wager that there have
been few days in her entire exist
ence when Jean didn't see her
mother.
So that to understand Jean you
must always take that into con
sideration, and remember that
from beginning to end Of her
short and astonishing career, her
mother was the dominant factor
And Mrs. Bello is a woman OF
charm, character and real beauty.
Warded Off Worry
She tried in every way she knew
to stand between Jean and worry,
Jean and trouble. Jean and any
kind of unhappinesS. Jean was
and always remained her baby"
The house was conferred around
baby" It always had been.
So that when Jean went away
to school to Ferry Hill for the
first time, two things happened.
She was away from her mother
and she began to meet boys for
the first time. At home, she
hadn't cared much. She was
actually very young for her age.
There was a big family-grand-
father, a lovable, arrogant, kindly
tyrant, grandmother; father ahH
mother-all conferred upon Jean.
Her good times, her comfort, her
ideas were everything, and so she
had been too busy to care for boys.
At school, she met young
Charles McGrew - handsome,
dashing, rich, a sort Of Prince
Charming. She was lonely-and
it was her first romance. So she
married him.
Both Were Too Young
There is no need to say much
of that first marriage except
that they were both too young
and both too spoiled to have
much chance of making q GO
Of it. How could they? Chick
had been as spoiled as Jean by
his own wealthy family. They
were both high-tempered. high
spirited, used to having their
own way and used to being the
center Of the universe. They
didn't know much about love and
less about marriage.
And Jean, always dynamic, al
ways packed with energy, never
was, nor could be interested in
the usual routine things Of q
young social matron.
The things that happened in
Harlow's life you wouldn't dare
use as fiction. An editor would
tell you that nobody would be-
lieve them.
Entered Movies On Bet
But 1 know that Jean Harlow
made her first picture on a bet,
because a good friend Of mine, who
belonged to that young married set
of Beverly Hills in which Mrs.
Chick McGrew moved. was there
and heard the bet made.
It was the sort Of daring, ad-
venturous thing Jean liked to do.
And in order to win that bet and
get that small part, she went one
step further-though tleSSly-a n d
played it in her black lace Step-ins.
Nobody, she thought, would ever
know. What did it matter? And
that was the only way she could
get the part.
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RECENT ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

) William L. Hoffheins, duty as asst.
engr. officer. u. 8. 8. Oklahoma.
Robert A. Knapp, same. U. 3, ..
idaho.
John A. Morrow. det. U. s. idaho in
June; to Blu. Engrg. Navy Dept, WASH
ington.
representative, Tex Cent. EXP, Dallas.
Van Fitch Rathbun, ors May ~
modified: to U. s. S. Henderson as nav
officer.
Ensigns
John ]. Hyland, det. Pensacola In June
to v. F. 9 (U. s. s. Enterpriss).
Fred D. Pfotenhauer. Diet. Pensacola
June as; to v. B. 3 (U. 8. 8. Saratoga).
Cedric w. Stirling, same; to y. 8. g.
Brooklyn aviation unit.
Joseph d. Tibbets, same, June 80 to
". B. Q (U. s. s. LexingtonD.
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medical Corpe
Cdr. George r. w. French, on disch.
trtmt. Nav. Hosp, Mare Island, Calf.
to home, rel. all active duty.
1t. Cdr. Heber Butts, Oct. Yard, Puget
Sound; continue trtmt. Nav. Hosp, Puget
Sound: on disch. trtmt-; to home, rel.
all active duty.
1t. Cdr. Erik q. Hakanason. det 18th
Nav. Dist, in July; to Nav, Med. Sch,
Washington.
Supply Corps
Capt. Robert e. VanMater. det. Air
craft, Base Force, Jan. 4; 70 home. rel.
all active duty; ors. March 2s revoked
1t. Cdr. Blaine Hunter. Diet. U. 8.
West Virginia in July; to Subm. Base,
Pearl Harbor, T. H.
1t. George W. Bauerschmidt, det. u. s.
s. Beaver June so; to Nav. Research
Lab, Bellevue. d. c.
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oozing real rich smelling juice-well you're
the kind thatll understand what mean by
tastiness when l talk about Our Familys
Whiskey. Try it. It's the personal recipe
Of US Wilkens that have been putting out
whiskey for these past so years or sol
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Nv ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Jean Harlow's entire life was a

BY ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Jean Harlow's entire life was a
study in contradictions.
There was no struggle for sue
cess. Hollywood handed it to her
on q platinum platter.
But her years of stardom were
one long struggle to stay up there
as you will see.
OF all the girls in Hollywood she
had the best right to play what
we call a lady-yet as far as / re-
member she never played one.
The girl who was born to luxury,
brought up in the best society,
educated at the finest and most
fashionable schools, played stenog-
raphers, crooks and ladies who
were no better than they should
be in all her screen appearances.
Her Tastes Simple
Jean Harlow wasn't girl Of
great passion nor overpoWer1ng IN
terest in men and romance. Yet
she was married three times. and
when she died, so swiftly, so trag-
ically, she was about to be married
again to one of the great idols OF
the screen, the always romantic
and attractive William Powell.
Her tastes were Simple-yet she
represented to the world the very
height of everything luxurious
and exotic.
She was a particularly honest
person, too honest often for her
own good, but every role she
played was the role of girl who
spent her life in intrigue and de-
ception. And while her friends
knew and loved Jean Harlow for
a fine mind and a cultured intel
ligence, it was her wonderful
figure, her platinum hair and her
sex appeal that registered consist
emily in the public mind.
Religious Streak Strong
In her there was a strong re-
ligious streak. All religions inter
ested her and she had studied
many Of them. Her faith was
strong and she once told me her
self that she absolutely believed
that her recovery from the disease
that held her as a child was based
on falkland prayer.
During the days following Paul
Bern's suicide, she had a religious
adviser in constant attendance
and turned to prayer and to faith
to see her through in a direct, &C.
tive, honest way that few people
apply to their everyday problems.
Yet 1t is a fact that Jean
Harlow, as a name, stood fol-
everything exciting and wild in
modern life, for freedom from
convention and restraint, for a
philosophy of "eat, drink and
be merry-who knows or cares
about tomorrow"
Resistance Weakened
No human mind, for the
human mind is a delicately
geared instrument, responding
to the winds that touch it as
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Pierre BOHSe0Ten,
Yale 80, sUaS chosen
M- Eastern football
tackle in his senior
gear. 'sMy suafeh car
rieS on tie Gmi!y tya-
6ition," he says. 'tRS
an ElgiN!''
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Success Handed to
Her on Platinum
Platter

This is the story of "The Girl
From Missouri" third OF a Sc.
ries of articles on the Hollywood
career of Jean HGrLoD, tArl-
don1'S platinum blonde. The
series was Dritten By AdetG
Rogers st. Johns, famous
noueliSt and netDSp1pertDonl11.
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Sizzling Brown
Sucking Pig
For and astness there's nothing that touches ethe
and our ouUn
Fan1ily's Whiskey!

III bet you'd of given just about anything
to Of been at the big barbecue we all had in
Dogwood Gully! The pig was brought by
the man standing there the farthest to the
right, trimming off slice of side meat. He's
fellow up here that goes by the name of
Cap. Well as was saying-if you go for a
plump little pig with crispy hot crust
cracking all over him, and real tender meat