Garfield County News | 1932-06-24 | Page 9 | A Candidate's Grief

A candidates GRIEF 4 now that campaigns are warming up tt it may be as good a time pa any to republish the experience olf dt nil an ar k candidate for sheriff which has been going the rounds for several years the story has haa gathered various barlous and sundry additions in its march down the corridors of tinie time the latest version being as follows lost four months and 20 days canvassing vas sing lost 1360 hours ot of sleep thinking about the election lost loftt 40 thred of corn and a crop of sweet potatoes lost two front teeth and a lot of hair in personal combat with an bp denoted one anjo beef four shoots and tiye five sheep t to barbecues gave away two pairs of flye calico dres dresser seir five dolls and 13 baby rattles kissed bables bt bles kindled 14 kitchen fires put up eight stoves cut 14 cords corda of wood carried 24 buckets of water gathered seven wagon foods of corn pulled bun dies of fodder walked miles ashook lit hods cods ads times told 1001 lies and talked enough to make 1000 volumes attended 28 26 revival meetings was baptized four timen by immersion and twice by sprinkling contributed tri buted 50 to foreign missions mcco love to nine grass widows and got dog bit 19 I 1 efm times and then got defeated defeat edl