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MOUNTAIN DEW

A man came to a local merchant Tuesday and said he would like to pay part of his account with maple syrup. The merchant was agree-able. The pricte of the syrup was ^.25 per gallon.

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It haK>ened some time later the same day that another man came in and asked where he could buy maple syrup. Hie merchant said he had two gallons, taken in on accoimt, and would sell for $2 per gall(Hi. This price was satisfactory and the deal was made.

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nie man took the syrup and started out. "Put this on the bo(^," he said, " I can't pay for it right now."

Want to Bet? 'TU pay you next week." "YouTl double your money in a

year." "It'll make 80 miles an hour." "TTie tires are as good as new." "You don't look a day over 20." "Not guilty.", "TTiese eggs are strictly fresh." "Every thread is pure wooL" "Fair and warmer tomorrow."

neighbors. He will be running around with the neighbor t(Hnor-row and h( )es not to "cross" him in any way, possibly lose his tra^ • » »

So the fellow with the un-expressed conviction sits still. The matter rambles al(Hig until a talka-tive chap makes a motion. Then our friend with the untold convic-ti(Hi clears his throat and with fear and trembling peeps, "Second the motion."

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That offends no one. It seems an efesy way to drift alcmg the current. All the ideas in town belong to someone else.

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These nine men-and-women boards would be much better re-duced to one.

Yours truly, The Mountaineer.

I OUT of the MAILBAG 1 May 7, 1941

Dear News: I wish to thank you for sending

the Catskill Mountain News each week and to inform you of my diange of address. I am now training as a Flying Cadet to be-come upon graduation a Second Lieutenant, Air Corps Reserve. This is a primary training school where we spend ten weeks, then move on to an advanced or basic sdiool. nie training takes seven months. Very truly yours,

Ivan A. Humj^rey, Darr Areo Te<^., Albany, Ga.

Chap in town woke up early Sunday morning suffering from acute indiscretion.

Two boat loads of lead were shipped to Japan last week. We cast our lead upon the waters and it shall return to us to kill our sons.

These Sonshiny Days A little rouge— A Uttle curt— A powder puff— A pretty girl— A drop of rain— And off it goes— A homely girl— With a fredded nose.

A friend writes me from Arkville that something ought to be done to make the dogs stop chasing the deer. He says it has become a serious menace to the deer popu-lation in that part of the township.

"Second the motion." This, a local chap tells me, sums up the public life of hundreds of folks in small c(»nmunities similar to ours. • * *

He says each of us, at sometime during our time here, is placed upon one <rf the various boards. There is the school board, the bank board, the hospital board, the vil-lage l^ard, the town board, library board and all the other boards, including those of various fraternal organizations.

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A meeting of the board is called. After the minutes of the previous meeting are read, silence reigns. It's like a prayer meeting. No one speaks or there is a rambling con-versation about the weather until someone brings up a tope of inter-est to the board.

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It is discussed. Maybe a fellow has a real c(»iviction about it. But he does not desire to o^end his

Fort McClellan, Ala. May 6, 1941

Dear News: I wish to take this opportunity

to thank you for the News. It siu^ly is a bright spot in the week when the news arrives.

Since I came down here I have been working in the kitchen. About two weeks ago I weis promoted to second cook, with a specialists rating of first and fourth. Cooking seems to agree with me as I have gained twenty-one pounds in a little over three months. In our kitchen we have two three-man shifts. We work frtan noon to noon and then the other shift takes over. Although the hours are rather long, a cook receives much better pay.

On the 25th of this month we leave Fort McQellan to go on war maneuvers in Tennessee. We ex-pect to be away from here for about a month, then we'll return to McClellan. In July and August we leave again on maneuvers and, if everything goes all right, we expect to come north to Pine Camp in October.

Well, thanks again for the best news in the world, that of Dela-ware county. I receive the Cats-kill Mt. News on Monday and let me assure you it isn't "blue Mon-day" for me.

Sincerely, Pvt, "Fletdi" Doig, Co, A, 106th Inf., Ft. Mcaellan, Ala.

A Boolde's Review Dear Folks:

I just finished shining my shoes this morning. That is one thing the Army demands— shoes shined every day. Tve got so now I salute ever^ime I pass a bootbladc. An-other thing we have to do is make our own beds. I can knodc one down and put it bade together again in three minutes—pillow czise and all. TTiree years of this and I may turn out to mak^ some-body a damn good wife.

Our tents have to be swept and mopped out every morning. Tlje nights generally get cool enougji that in the morning our clothes are damp. Just at present the mosquitoes bother anyone about getting to sleep. They seem to grow 'em big down here too. The first one I heard, I thought was a dive bomber flying low. The lights are suw)osed to be out at nine o'clodc in every tent. Talking is supposed to stop, but. it very seldom does. If you make noise after "lights out." and are caugjit, you generally end up by chasing a baked bean into the dining room on Simday.

I believe I mentioned in my last letter about the food. So far it has been good. Always a variety. For instance, last Wednesday noon we had ham and beans, Wednesday

nii^t we had beans and ham. So you see there is always a variety. The cooks down here are all South-em feUows, and sometimes I don't think they realize that the Civil war is over. But seriously, I get plenty to eat, and as much of any-thing as I want.

This past week we were re-turned to duty. I know many times up home I have had people tell me that they figured I would end up by going to the devid. Well, I'm down here below the Mason-Dixon line, and I'm stoking a furnace this week. I'm just tell-ing you it's a hotter place than Congress in session. Some of the other boys are dearing land for more tents. Four hundred fifty more men are expected to be placed here at Lawson Field with-in a short time. At present we have only one mess hall. It's "line up" for everything. We line up to eat, line up to send out our laundiy, line up to get our hair cut, line up for inspection, and line up to—it hasn't come to that yet, but I reckon it will if they don't build another one before long.

Again on this subject of food. Before I came down, I heard a number of people say they thought the food that was served was hard to chew and digest. That always reminded me of the story concern-ing the little old gray-haired lady who was invited in to see her daughter's baby. As she leaned over the crib she said, "Your such a sweet looking little thing I be-lieve ril eat you." The baby piped up with, "The hell you wilL You haven't got any teeth." That's the way it is with the food. If you've got any teeth at all you don't have to worry.

WiU sign off for now, and try to write again next week.

Yours, Pert Mead

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