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ii ij mm from there to Slater, when I bare lived ever ainoe. I worked in La Plata a little while before coming to Slater. I If It's Rubber, We Have It FROM FORMER MARION COUNTY PEOPLE Shank la teaching a private school her own (a girl and boy). Elmer Constant study of the demands of our customers enables us to practically satisfy every want in the Rubber Goods line. We take great pride in this department of our store, believing we.

now have a most dependable assortment, made for us in connec-nection with over 7000 other druggists. We keep posted on modern ideas. Our goods are freshly made in the leading factories, and we know we can serve you best if quality and price appeal to you. Let us show you -the new ideas in I ft Water Bottle Combinations Invalid Cushions Atomizer Sheeting Baby Comforters Face Bottles Fountain Syringes Ice Cape Bulb Syringes Breast Pumps Nipples Ear Syringes Rubber Gloves FROM REV.W. T.

WHITESIDE. Paris Since our residence in Palmyra some ten years ago, the Spectator has been a most welcome visitor to us each week, and though we lived in your goodly little city but three years, those were oitremely pleasant years, and the mem-Cry ol Palmyra friends and friendship has not grown dim at all. It has a'. ways seemed to me that a peculiar charm hangs about "the City of Flowers," as Palmyra is fittingly called, a sort of enchantment felt by all who have ever lived there, which throws its spell upon all exiles from the place and moves them, when possible, to return to its welaome gates. This charm is not alone in the fact that the city, like Zion, is "beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth;" nor does it rest altogether in its numerous and romantic local traditions; but it is in the people themselves, in their rare social ideals, in the unselfish atmosphere of refinement which their parents created there and which they themselves have wisely maintained.

"Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces! for my brethren and companions' sake, I will now bay, Peace be within thee!" Of my family and myself it will be enough to say, we have lived for the past seven years here in North Texas, where fortune has dealt kindly with us. We are always proud to be known as Missourians, but we have also become enthusiastic Paris, our present home, is a beautiful and growing city of fifteen thousand people, and Lamar Avenue church of which I am in charge, is a strong congregation of gen- Etc. ALLEN'S PHARMACY PALMYRA, MISSOURI. MISSOURI AND GENERAL Our purpose is to make our bank of material benefit to the community in general and its patrons in particular. It would be a pleasure to have your name on our books.

We invite you to start a checking account with us. The advantages we offer will be a convenience and a benefit to you. First National Bank PALMYRA, MO. know of no one in 8later who has lived in Palmyra. The Palmyra Spkcattor was the first paper that I remember reading, and hare, read it more or less ever since.

I will try to read it the rest of my days, because I regard it as a very good paper and it tell of those I have known in the past. FROM MISS MINNIE LOWERY. Temple, Arizona. I am here in The Salt River Valley at Temple, whioh is just a small town. Have a fine Normal School here; bad 78 graduates this June.

Arizona has a good school system; No regular, teacher receives less than $75 per month. Phoenix is quite a thriving city. There, Uncle Sam has nice school buildings for his Indian children. This is a pretty country with its fields of alfalfa and cotton. In trees we have orange, olive, fig, apricot, almond, date, palms, pepper, etc.

I am enjoying good health. I am here with my mother's people; they formerly lived in Jackson county, Mo. The Spectator is a welcome visitor. FROM MRS. STEVA PEAKE BIRD- SONG.

Fort Worth Texas. As you know, Palmyra is my native town born reared and educated there, and on June 29th, 1892, was married by Elder E. J. Lampion to Mr. W.

W. Birdsong, who is still living, has fine health and is doing well. We have one child, a daughter, Hattie Mae, who is still single and with us. She is a natural elocutionist and has made splendid progress in developing her talent. Since leaving my old home I have lived in Jackson, McComb City, New Orleans, and San Antonio, (the garden spot of We now own a good home in Ft.

Worth, where we have lived the last five years. My sister, Birdie, married Mr. G. L. Neely in 1909, and lives near New London, Mo.

She has no children. My father, Prof. Thos. F. Peake, died at her home June 6, 1912.

The Spectator is truly a member of my family. FROME.H. EAKLE. Amarlllo, Texas. I was born in Palmyra in 1859 and lived there until September 1900.

Was married to Mattie S. Spencer in Palmyra in December, 1883, and have two sons, both born in the same town. John H. and R. who are now twenty- five and twenty-nine yean old and do ing well.

John is with the Santa Fe railroad and is now at Post City, Texas. Dick is in the theatrical business ana has an engagement with the Century Theatre at Los Angeles, Calif. My wife died with pneumonia in Los Angeles, Jan. 7. 1913.

Besides myself there are but three of my own family living- Mrs. Florence Webb, of Perry, Ralls county, Mrs. Alma Judkins, of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Edith Mo-Carty, of this Since living here I have devoted my time largely to my profession of architect and builder, but for the past two years have been traveling most of the time selling bank fixtures.

I have prospered to a certain extent and am well satisfied. FROM RUFUS HAYDEN. Fargo, Okla. I was bora in Marion county on a farm three miles east of Palmyra in the fall of 1857. I came to Oklahoma eight yean ago and have never been able to get back.

I am not doing as well as Mr. Gilland." We don't raise organges or walnuts here, but can raise aa many sand bum and Russian thistles as any other country on earth. I never did eat so much milk, gravy and eggs in my life. I would like to get my feet under Chris Foster's table again. Ask Col.

Lovelace about going west; but I hare no brother to send me back when I get homesick. FROM MRS. LUCINDA KEITH. Gilroy, Calif. While visiting in this beautiful Santa Clara Valley word came to me that the Spectator was to celebrate its seventy-fifth birthday, and that the editon were desirous of hearing from as many of the pioneer residents of Palmyra as possible.

I gladly take this opportuni ty of letting my friends know where I am. I was born one-half mile east of Palmyra and went to the Methodist Sun day school and your father, Jacob Sosey was my teacher. How well I recollect his nice, quiet way of instructing us. My father, Win Longmire, took your paper ever einpe I could remember until bis death. I am now in my eightieth year and enjoying good health.

I have three daughters in this state, and I spend my time among them. They all hare good home and an doing well. My oldest daughter, Mollie, lire in Wyoming, and Erasmus, my son, is In Illinois. This ia a beautiful country, ha a diversity of olimate and is noted lor It natural scenery, and many pleasure resort. Children Cry F0I FLETCHER'S CAST I A hat married a Sunflower state girl and has a boy' and girl large enough to say Grandpa.

Charles O. is attending Goshen, Ind. College, preparatory to at tending medical college. Eva May has married a Sunflower state boy and is I settled down on a Colorado farm. Paul Isaac Martha A.

and Parke, are I at home pulling cows of which we have 1 30. We also have 37 yearling and I spring calves nearly all of which are Uuernseys. We expect to have a dis persionsale this fall and are looking for good pnoes, feed being very plenti ful and the market for butter good. Hay, wheat and oats are very good crops and beets look fine, never did look more promising, but the price is not so incouraging; the company have cut the price $1 per ton, but have forgotten to cut the price on sugar in proportion The cut means a loss of from 13 to $20 per acre to the farmer. Your humble servant is still giving most of his lime to the Mennonite San itarium.

FROM MRS. E. P. BRADBURY. Santa Clara, Calif.

We lived in Marion county over twenty years and retain pleasant memories of friendships dear as ever. We have lived here now over twenty years on a ranch, situated three miles from the little town of Santa Clara. We have all kinds of fruits on the ranch, prunes, peaches, pears, plums, quinces, persimmons cherries, apricots walnuts, almonds and oranges. The climate is delightful and we could never be satisfied to live elsewhere, though an oc- ADVERTISES.1 casional trip to old Marion seems so reviving. At present we are in the height of the fruit season, of which there are large crops of each variety, and good prices prevail.

There are a good many Marion county folks at Santa Clara, Mrs. Tully, Lewis Street, Butler Shannon, Mr. Hamen, a cousin of Mr. Will Howell, who lives at Woodland, and others I do not think of now. Our daughter, with her two children, are with us at present.

This leave us all enjoying good health, except Mamma. We close, wishing all our old friends, who may read this letter, health and prosperity FROM W. T. MA8SIE Slater, Mo. I was born one and a half miles north of Palmyra at Massie's mill on the 31st of May 1838.

Moved from there first in 1858, going to Monties llo, Lewis county, Missouri, where I remained until war broke out, when I enlisted in Green's regiment, Missouri State Guards in July 1861. Served in that regiment six months, when I joined the 9th Mo. Regiment Confederate Army, and Served four yean, or until the end of the war. The only wound I reoeived during that time was from a spent ball. I was flag bearer of the 9th Mo.

Regiment. At the end of the war I returned to Palmyra, and in November 1885 I went to Evansville, Ind. On April 19th 1866 1 married Kiitie Willet, at Evansville, Ind. 8he was a native of Pennsylvania, I got acquainted with her in Lewis county, Indiana. She remained my faithful wife Until Sept.

24th, 1913, wneo sne qiea at Slater, Missouri. 1 returned to Palmyra from Indiana and left there in the spring of 1873, going to Hannibal. Lived Hannibal three yean ana nine month, then went to Pari end lived there 16 yean. Moved BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS Pays the Farmer Shoes Ones New? The Kind that FROM J. L.

STEWART. Oakland City. Ind. I am now entering the fatal decade of life which some poet ha termed "The Portal of Eternity." Billy Mo-Carty and Dora Valiant were about my age, and we were boyhood chums, but they have entered into a higher life. While in good health at present, I realize that the "Crossing" must be near.

May God bless the remaining few of the old boys with peaceful houn in which to die. In this connection I am enclosing a scrap of poetry from a newspaper, which you may use if you wish: The tick of the blood is settling slow, my heart will soon be still. And ripe and ready am I for rest in the grave atop the hill; So gather me up and lay me down, for ready and ripe am I. For the weary vigil with sightless eyes that may not see the sky. I have lived my life; I have spilt the wine that God the Maker gave, So carry me up the lonely hill and lay me in the grave.

And cover me in with cleanly mold and old and lichened stones. In a place where ever the cry of the wind shall thrill my sleepy bones. Gather me up and lay me down with an old song and prayer. Cover me in with wholesome earth, and weep and leave me there And get you gone with a kindly thought and an old tune and a sigh, And leave me alone, asleep, at rest, for ready and ripe am I. FROM W.H.

MINOR. Keokuk, Iowa. As I have lived all my life, until the last four and a half yean, in Marion and 8helby counties, 1 naturally take a great interest in the Spectator and it's readers. I have enjoyed better health since moving to Keokuk. My wife's eyesight has tailed very much and she can neither see to read nor write.

My youngest son was married last year, and he and bis wife are living on a farm this year. My daughter lives in Keokuk, Oran lives on a farm near us, and our oldest son, Tom, lives in Nebraska. It has been very dry here this season, bnt our crops are mostly in the bottom and are fairly good. FROM MRS. LOUISE LEE WELCH.

Salina, Kansas. I was born and raised in Palmyra. My father was William H. Lee, one of the old settlers, and I was married to T. Welch, of Moberly, in Decem ber, 1879.

We came to our present home in Salina, Kansas, a beautiful oity of twelve thousand inhabitants, in Ayril, 1880, and have lived here since that time. We have been blesaed with health and a comfortable living for which we are trulv grateful. We hare three children. Our daughter, Mn. Pai ton has visited in Palmyra many times at the home of her grandparents.

Our oldest son, B. T. Welch, is associated with his father in the Planters State Bank, of this city. Our youngest son, William, has lived in Kansas City for the past two years and has worked for the Metropolitan street Railway Co. We are happy and contented in our wide-awake western home, but still cherish a deep affection for old Mis souri, our native state.

FROM W. E. PROBASCO. Exeter, Calif. In answer to your Inquiry for Missourians born prior to 1838, I was born in Marion county Nor.

1837, and lived there until December, 1906. I Hred in Union township from February, ISM, antil 1908, in the same door yard. Facsimile of the first page ol the Missouri Whig, now the Palmyra Spectator. If you want a big horse, don't buy saddle stock. If you want a milk cow, don't buy a Polled Angus.

If you want a hog that will get big and weigh heavy, in a short time, don't buy a small type hog. Buy a Big Type Poland China I can show you a fine line of pure-bred animals. ELMER E. GARDHOUSE P. EwintJ, Mo.

Benbow, Mo. rous and friendly folks. My wife likes the short, mild winters here, but he has nothing suitable for publication to say of the long, hot, and dusty summers. Our son, whom some of our Pal- myra friends may remember as a very wall lad, who used to announce bis name as "Warren T. Junior Twist 'm," will enter the Senior class in the High School next session, and has the question of long trousers up for consideration.

The other member of the lamily, our little three-year old, Mary by name, inherited the misfortune of not being native Missourian, but is nevertheless, we think, an interesting and winsome person. She will probably become, either a choir leader or a militant suffragette. We are fortunate in having for near neighbors and good friends the Vanlandinghams, former Marion county people. Palmyra and mutual friends of other days are frequently subjects ol our conversations with them. We send our greetings to the Spectator and to all friend who may remem- beriis.

May we all meet at last in the City whioh hath foundations! FROM 3. M. HERSHEY. La Junta, Colo. Congratulation on the seventy -fifth Anniversary of the publication of the Spsctatob, and while none of us may lire to see the one hundredth an- niverary, we trust the Spectator will be published by many generation of the Soseys and read by as many gener Allocs of Hershey.

We look upon the fimciATOB a a letter from home. Th health of our family is good; onr Better Half look almost as young a did 20 yean ego, with the exception of a few grey hair. Emma I. married to J. W.

Shank, Palmyra hoy, who ia Principal of the Xlnooln tohool of Junta, Colo. Mr. Why Buy New When Your Old Are as Good as ONEY C. I can the My Office, fix them so they will be, and price will not break you. shop is opposite the Post over Lane's Grocery.

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