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THE COUNTRY BOY 



voice lasted about half an hour. Then he wrote 

 what he wanted to tell you on a slate. He 

 wrote to the leader that he wanted to defray all 

 of the expenses of the entire band to Portland 

 the next Saturday night, where they were go- 

 ing to give 

 Cleveland a 

 big Demo- 

 cratic rally, 





and have elec- 

 t r i c lights. 

 M. Of course, we 

 accepted, as 

 Jake M c- 

 Claine had 

 paid more 

 toward the 

 new instru- 

 ments and 



uniforms than any other man in town. 



We had to leave Silverton at three o'clock 

 Saturday morning, and go in a "dead-ax" 

 wagon twelve miles to Gervais, so as to catch 

 the morning train on the main line of the 

 Southern Pacific. I rode directly over the 

 hind axle and lost the only gold filling I ever 



