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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 31
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foundation, yo saints of tho Lord, Is
.laid for your faith In Ills oxcollont
word." As I wrlto thoso an old so
cial song comes to mind and I break
out:
, "Oft In tho stilly night
E'er slumbor's chain has bound me,
' Fond memory brings the light
Of -other days around mo."
- , ', DAN CARPENTER.
Memories of Fairfield
Webster City, Iowa. Hello, Bill:
Havo boon reading your stuff in Tho
Commonor lately and they make me
think of old times carried mo back
, to tho old days in Fairfiold. Do you
remombor Fairfiold? Of courso you
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do, but don't expect that you remem
ber mo; yet I used to know you in
thoso days, somewhere In the 80's,
was it not? I was a subscriber to tho
Fairfield what did you call it
published by Maupin and Burkhalter.
But that whs 'ages ago. You wont
your way, and I stayed at tho old
homo until aboiit eight years ago,
sinco when" I've been a kind of
"tramp," at home whorovor I happen
to bo; always get enough to eat and
clothing enough at present to
keep mo warm. But back to Fair
field. Of courso you remember tho
"old timers," Ray, Prentiss,- and
others, and tho pictures of the lead
ing men of tho town. The last ono,
I think, was the editor of tho
Herald, and looked about like this
"O." And in later years, our own
"MarBh," ho of "speakership and
Elderberry" famo who, in earlier life
"come thru the ryo" with Jenny Lind.
Well, you know Marsh was a good
story teller and I've heard him tell
a good many, and some day when
I can stand the exercise, I'll send
you ono that I hoard him tell ono
day when we were in Lincoln at the
state alliance. And the "old times"
well, I believe they were away
ahead of what we have now. Some
day I may tell you of the days and
times wo used to have at "Kentuck"
and "Goosecreek" back in Illinois,
south of Farmer City. I think you've
been there. But for the present
think that I'd better ring off.
G. P. KARR.
McLean, Texas. Editor Whether
Common or Not: One of tho fun
niest stories I ever heard was of two
Irishmen, Mike and Jimmy, who were
seated together at a dining table in
America. Mike, spying some bright
pods of red pepper, seized and de
voured ono, with the result that the
tears rolled down his cheeks in
streams. "Why are yez cryin'
Mike?" asked Jimmie. "I just hap
pened to remimber thot me father
died just a' year ago today," replied
Mike. Pretty soon Jimmy spied he
peppers and ate one. When Mike saw
the tears rolling down Jimmie's
cheeks he asked: "An' why are yez
cryin', Jimmie?" Wiping the tears
from his eyes, Jimmie replied: "Be
cause yez didn't die when yer father
did." Referring to Senator Owen's
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