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of the southern girl who had reached the age of twenty-five or 

 twenty-six unmarried. One evening she had been out to a gath- 

 ering with the young man who had been paying her attention, 

 and came home rather late. As her old negro mammy was tak- 

 ing down her hair, she said : * ' Honey, is you going to marry 

 Marse Richard?" "Why," she said, "I don't know. Don't you 

 think we are pretty happy as we are ! I don 't know that I would 

 be any happier married." "Well, honey, you are getting old." 

 "Yes, but we are having a good time here, you and I." "Well," 

 the old woman answered, "I have noticed this, honey: that maiden 

 ladies are mighty happy after they once quit s'trugglin '. " I feel 

 rather settled down myself now. 



Mr. Murray: I wish to say a word before we adjourn in re- 

 gard to our friend from Nebraska. He is eighty years old his 

 next birthday. He joined this association at its birth, if I re- 

 member rightly, and he has attended the meetings each year and 

 paid his way. This year he has brought another member with 

 him, and I would like to have this association give three cheers 

 for Mr. HiU. 



President Sykes: Everybody out with his handkerchief. 

 The three cheers were given with a gusto. 

 The convention thereupon adjourned sine die. 



DIRECTORS' T^IEETING. 



Immediately following adjournment, a meeting of the directors 

 was held. H. C. Wallace was re-elected secretary. The salary 

 of the president was continued at $1,800 per year and expenses, 

 and an allowance of $1,000, as heretofore, was made for the sec- 

 retary's office. Messrs. Sykes, Thornburg and Wallace were ap- 

 pointed as members of the Executive Committee, with full power 

 to act. 



