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From Out tho Distant Past
At odd times during the past few
years the architect of this depart
ment has fallen into a reminiscent
mood and written about his boyhood
days. Several times ho has men
tioned the name of Doug Freeman.
And now comes added proof of tho
truth of the old saying that this is
a pretty small world, after all. It
has been nearly forty years since
the architect has heard of Doug
Freeman, and somohow or other ho
had fallen into tho habit of think
ing that Doug had passed to his re
ward. But in the mail tho other
day was a letter postmarked Da, en
port, Oklahoma, and it was signed
"Douglas Freeman" tho Doug of
boyhood days away back yonder in
Macon county, Illinois. Commoner
readers who have read of Doug in
this department may bo interested
in hearing a little more about him,
and from himself. This is what he
writes:
Davenport, Okla., February 10.
Dear Maupin: I received a clipping
from sister Rose today which was
published in a Warrensburg, 111.,
paper and entitled, "A Reminiscent
Letter from Will M. Maupin." I read
it with much interest, for it recalled
to memory many incidents of our
long-ago boyhood days, when Doug
Freeman was the "town terror." I
remember you well; also Aunt Sally
and Uncle Taylor, your estimable
parents. Vividly I recall that fine,
large watermelon dear old Aunt Sally
had been saving with so much care
until Uncle. Taylor came home to
share in its - lusciousness. To my
hungry eyes it was the largest,
juiciest looking melon that ever
grew in her well kept gaTden. She
had plucked it and covered it all
over with weeds and grass, and no
doubt thought of the pleasure it
would give Uncle Taylor to carve
it when he came home from his
arduous preaching circuit. Doug
Freeman was also watching that
melon. My conscience smote me a
little to steal from Uncle Taylor, but
I reasoned that a preacher had all
tho chickens, watermelons and things
that he needed, anyway, and that
the melon would make a good meal
for Bob Masters and myself. So we
went after it. I crawled Into the
garden and out again, pushing that
melon In front of me. My, but it
was a long ways to Masters' barn,
but we got it there. Such a feast!
Well, you know how good melons
used to taste forty years ago. In
due time Uncle Taylor came home,
but the melon was gone. Aunt Sally
came over to our house and told my
mother that some bad boys had stol
en her melon, and then looked
straight at me. I can remember this
minute how I felt; also how good
It seemed to make my escape out
of the back door. It was my pleas
ure to visit the old town (Harris
town) Beveral years ago. A lot of
the old landmarks remain, hut the
people have changed. Daniel Stock
ey, John Holmes and Jimmy and
Biddy Ryan were the only old-timers
remaining. After I made myself
known to Uncle Dan Stockey he re
marked as he shook hands: "It's
no use for you to come back, Doug;
I've quit raising watermelons."
Jimmy Ryan was the section fore
man, and Johnny was the freckled
faced boy you referred to recently.
Uncle Jimmy was once walling a
well with brick, and Johnny was
letting the brick down to him with
a windlas and bucket. The windlass
slipped out of Johnny's hands and
tho bucket fell and hit Uncle Jimmy
on the head. It stunned, but did
not hurt him much. As UBual I was
on tho spot and helped get him out.
Tho first thing he asked for was
whisky and I ran over to Dr. Con-
nolley's office and got a teacupful.
uncie Jimmy drank It all. Dr. Con
nelley came shortly after and asked
Uncle Jimmy, "Are you hurt?"
Uncle Jimmy replied: "I thought
Oi was kilt entirely, but bliss God
I'm all right now."
Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Biddy were
very old and feeble when last I saw
them, but such welcome I never had
before, or since, when I called on
them. Bless Uncle Jimmy and Aunt
Biddy! They were poor and humble,
but two better friends a boy never
had. They were my advisors in all
my boyhood troubles, and were al
ways loyal and true. I presume that
both of them have passed away. You
recall the time Dr. Ferguson was
hurt while ditching. It was Jim
Hamilton's machine that was mak
ing the blind ditch, using windlass
power, and I was driving the oxen.
Dr. Ferguson came out to look over
the work, and tho chain broke, let
ting the lever, or sweep, come back
around the circle. I ducked It, hut
it caueht tho doctor in the back. T
can see it as plainly as If it were I
only yesterday, instead of forty
years ago. I never can forget George
and Will Waters, our old teachors.
Will was a very large man, very tall
and with unusually large hands, l.uge
feet all corned and calloused, and
with a fiery temper. Ho also had a
well-seTedted -stock of .hickory wltheir,
principally for my beriefHP-willch I
received daily. Doubtless I deserved
all I got, and then some. I often
think of Harristown and the people.
I have not kept track of them, but
I often wonder what kind of men
and women our playfellows turned
out to be.
DOUG FREEMAN.
Ferguson's big vlnoyard, see Ben,
the big Scotchman, grooming Undo
Henry Pickoroll's flno shorthorns,
and fairly feel tho sting of Gcorgo
WaterB' hickory switch as it wrapped
around tho thin shanks of a mis
chievous lad who thought ho had
covered his tracks well.
As wo remarked before, this may
not bo so very interesting 16 tho
readors, but perhaps it will servo
to sot their memory works to going,
and if it does thoy will have a lot
of enjoyment out of it.
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Now that letter may not Interest
Commoner readers a great deal, but
it was better than a novel to the
architect. It just set memory's
wheel to whirling until he was about
forty years in the past. It was in
that little old frame school house
in Harristown that George Waters
gave the then tow-headed architect
his first introduction to a. hickory
switch. It was Doctor Ferguson who
gave the achitect tho first remem
bered dose of sulphur and molasses,
tho first remembered doso of calo
mel and the first remembered tea
cupful or was it quartcupful of
castor oil. It was Jim Hamilton who
dug the famous "Preacher Maupin
well" in 18 69, tho year of tho big
drouth in Illinois, and that well was
the only one for miles around that
didn't go dry that awful summer. It
was Uncle Jimmy Ryan's handcar
that carried the first doctor to the
sceno of the awful Wabash wreck
near NIantic in 1869, and it was
Aunt Biddy who played angel to a
half-score of dying passengers and
trainmen at that terrible scene. It
was Johnny Ryan, bless his honest
.Irish heart, who fought the archi
tect's first battle for him after the
architect had made a failure of it.
Honestly, Doug Freeman's letter
recalls enough to fill a' dozen issues
of The Commoner. As the architect
read it he could count every knot
hole in the old depot platform, see
every crack in the plastering on the
old Christian church, hear Uncle Jim
Eyman laugh, taste the grapes in Dr.
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