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queer as the editorial page. One advertise- 

 ment announced a sale of Ai Coolidge, the 

 banker. It appears that Uncle Ai had got 

 overstocked with old harrows and a mixture 

 of livestock, and was going to sell them at 

 auction. The advertisement listed among the 

 enumerated stock "one two-year-old yearling 

 bull." 



Of course, it wasn't the intention of the 

 Silverton Appeal to compete with any other 

 paper, and, as the editor started the wood yard 

 for subscriptions, after that had run a couple 

 of years it was frequently remarked that he 

 had got to be a better judge of cord wood than 

 he was of news. But the people of Silverton 

 appreciated the Silverton Appeal; they many 

 times remarked that they liked it lots better 

 than the Portland Oregonian, as it always had 

 more home news in it. 



I used to drift around into the shoe shop. 

 Simeral was a ball player, so he used to sit in 

 his shop and talk over the errors of the latest 

 games. If you have ever sat in a shoemaker's 

 chair, you are bound to admit that it is the 

 most comfortable seat you ever fell into. I 

 used to sit there and whittle leather and talk 



