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Show A VILLAGE POOH BAH. The l.i.rUn t.r tl.prUr la a Sollt-Vn Sollt-Vn Cnantf U!intit. A reporter seeking Information of a former reiUUnt visited Oakhnd valley, Hulllrnii cotmty, lb other day. WlilU nwnltlng tbo Monticello train at' 1'ort Jervls the ropurtir Inquired f a groti, of toungin where lie would Iw mwl likely to obtain tho required Inform a tlon. 'When you get off the train," Mil onnmnn. "toke themiln nnd, nnd In the lint 1 1 ohm; tu the rUtit lives nn old fillow who ran tell yon all yon want- I'd wo tint Urt isor if I were you antd another) ''IioIias held oflleo nlno tocti years and knows orerybody " "Or tho iKjutimwter In tho-e lltllr vIllflKrs tho postmaster knows every body's buMiikTM, uggeted n third. "fuketlio little pnth down tho bib And you'll come to a sawmill Ak t In hosd," wns the ntt suggestion nnd 1 Was followed by IhUi Thunrs only ono storekeeper In thi vllbgot nk liliu. Tho last one was, 01 1 lien Cao 'I. tell yon nit )uu wnnt to know." At tho fM cf the Vtry itoep htti leading from tho roitroAd stntlon tlu reporter met a tlno looking, well set ti( mnti In top IkhHs, rouj(li ironM-r, u woolen undershirt anl n ulyueh lint, : who In nnsftir tonn Inquiry, wild In was lien Ciue lie knew nil about thf man the rtpvrier wa seeking, nndg-vvs tho Information frely. As t hero w at no way of leaving tho village until the licit train, tho hounbftrr, thereportei det cm lined to vWt tho other Imtsoiis to whom ho had Ufii directed It thanked Mr. Ca-o and walked to tU sawmill nnd apke.1 to see tho bow. The workman dlrvctwl hlui to the gnoml stnro near by. Thero he mot Mr due again. In answer to an Inquiry for th MWinW' owner, vt for the gmerul storekeeper, Mr. Caso replltnl, ,,'11i-j,i tnH As It was unlikely that ho could gha limit Information os general storo-keeper storo-keeper mid mill onner thnti hohadnl ready given u plain Mr. Cu, the tv porter nkcl to bo directed to the uprvIi-or, nnd again received there-ply, there-ply, TIm.a uiftH 1 Yon mh"ui to lio nearly everybody here. Mr. Caw. UlhuKsbaIl I Hud the ptiuaterf Ho may know moro tlmu jou'vo told me " "Waal, I don't think ro, but you can nk him tf yon like. I'm tlio inwt uirttcr " Unwilling to ok nuy moro question, tho rrporier sinrtt-1 f-r tho whltu 1iihi to tho right of the road. Tin ru two' young women, bu4ly eugnisl In do-1 inevtlo dittlvs, said their father lied gone to tltu ttoiv, but would rttuni lu ' a few moment. Would tho vUItcnl wnltf Thv rrjwrter waited, nnd In about nit hour the ubiquitous Mr Cam urrlv cib 0m, Rlrl,' he said, '! nm rendy for dinner. Lay a plalo for the truturcr. Ho wnuts to sou mo lMd.M i Now York bun. |