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my enforced stop, in spite of my disabled condition, 

 proved a very agreeable one, and I was well-cared for. 



GREAT DINNER AND GRAND CAVALCADE. 



From Shippensburg I started out for new fields, and 

 at Little York and the town-^ around it I struck a bo- 

 nanza, for which I was inu«bted largely to my friend, 

 John Harmon, a po'' sman, who not only knew every- 

 body, but was liked by all except those who knew him 

 officially. It was my luck to follow a would-be horse- 

 man, w<h<J had not only failed in handling a number 

 of vicious brutes, but whose reputation was unsavory. 

 1 at once offered to handle and subdue any and all 

 animals, without distinction, and my efforts were 

 crowned with such success that a class of over 1,300 

 was formed in and about this place. I had regular 

 days for visiting the adjoining towns, and my scholars 

 could depend on me, rain or shine. My charge was 

 two dollars for each member. Considering the fact 

 that I had but nine dollars in my pocket when I ar- 

 rived here, I had good reason for being well satisfied 

 with my visit to Little York. One day I asked my 

 landlord what he would furnish a turkey dinner for 

 with all the "fixings" for six hundred people. 

 "Are you crazy?" he asked; but, finding me in earnest, 

 named his price, and I told him to go ahead. To this 

 dinner I invited all my patrons, and on the appointed 

 day, six hundred of my pupils turned out on horseback 

 to attend the reception given by me, to be followed by 

 the grand turkey dinner, which lasted from twelve to 

 four o'clock. 



This parade will long be remembered, as it was the 

 great event of the place and time. I had four bands 

 of music and rode in an open buggy, drawn by four 

 beautiful black horses, and was escorted by my pupils, 



