last year I lioerd one of them hoys 101 l how these here wicked
cities of ours could be made good, and another knew all about the
way to fix up these scraps between Uncle Sam and the powers
’cross the water. I tell you what, Jake, they ken learn you more
over thar in two hours than you ken yourself, in a 3' , ear’s readin’.
Jake. —You don’t say. Waal, I hadn’t thot about that before.
But I always hate to go over to the college, count o’ them boys
guying a feller so.
Reub. —You don’t need to be a ’scared of that. None of them
other students ever go to hear the speeches. You couldn’t pull
’em thar with a team of oxen. Thar’s no one goes but people
like you and me and their families, and the fathers and mothers
of them critters. They want to be thar'to see that Johnnie looks
nice and says his little speech well. And if no one else will start
to cheer him, you should see ’em give him the send off. Oh, I
tell you, it is a sight for sore eyes.
Jake. —Waal, it must be great. And kin them graduaters run
an engine or a farm besides doin’ all this?
Reub. —You ken bet they ken, they hold a certificate what says
that they ken do almost anything.
Jake. —You don’t say. Why, that must be worth goin’ to see.
Reub, —I guess it is. You and Nancy better go over this year
and take the children with you. Take some grub along, and you
ken eat it anywhere on the campus.
Jake. —Are all you folks goin’?
Reub. —Waal, now. Me and the ole woman and all the family
will be thar all right. We wouldn’t miss it fer a picnic. You
had better come.
Jake. —I’ll think about it, and I guess maybe you’ll see us all a
goin’ over thar. So long.
Reub. —You better had. So long.
’94. A. G. Guyer is at Rochester, N. Y., euaged in electrical
work with the New York Central Railroad.
’93. H. W. Mattern lately accepted an appointment as one of
the engineers to do Government work on the Gettysburg battle-
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