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Show j Jottings From Froma a Prodigal SonDear Son SonDear Dear Bish Blsh " ' "There There " are no friends fi fl lends like l1ke old fnends friends fnendsAnd , , And none so good and true trueWe , We gl gleet greet eet them when we e meet them themAs , As loses 10ses roses greet the dew dewNo , No other friends are dearer dearerThough , , Though bom born of kindred mold moldAnd , And while wmle we prize the new ones onesWe , We treasure moie mOle more the old " Yes , sir , there are no friends like old oldfriends oldfriends oldfriends friends to me , and with your permis pel"lInS- pel"lInS pellInS permis- pel"lInSslon permission permission " - sion slon I am going gomg to name a few of the thegeod thegood thegood geod good old timers in this letter And Andwhile Andwhile 1 1v v . while hlle I am doing so please let it be beunderstood beundei : undelstood understood theytoo stood that if any are missed , , they too are included mcluded , but your space will willnot willnot willnot not permit of naming nammg them allSome allSome all allSome Some day , perhaps , in the distant distantfuture distantfuture distantfuture future it may fall to my lot to visit the theold theold theold old town , and then what a pleasure it itWIll itwill itwill WIll be for me to again shake hands handsWith handswith handswith With , , and greet the old boys of MoabWhat Moab MoabW'hiat MoabWhat W'hiat Whiat What ' W'hiata Whata a real pleasure it would be to tohave tohave tohave have them all sit down to a table laden ladenwith ladenwith ladenwith with the viands of the earth , plente- plente plenteously plenteously plente-ously plente ously - - andthen ously , made palatable for them . , and andthen then each one partake of my wished- wished wishedfor wishedfor wished-for wished for : - for hospitality for them allI'd allI'd all allI'd ' I'd Id ' ' like to ha\ ha has ha\e ha e hae \ e a Horace Johnson , , C CL CL 0L L Christensen , , Arthur A Taylor . , Her Her- Herbert Herbert Herbert - - bert Day , J . . T . Loveridge , , Mark Walk Walk- Walker Walker . - A.Johnson AJohnson er , Doc Williams lllams , Abe Day , D A . Johnson , Jack Wilcox , James Wilcox WilcoxMons , Mons KirkD Peterson , Tom Trout , . R L Kirk , Mr.Rath MrRath D L Goudelock , Bert AUred Allred , Mr . Rath , , John Jot-m Jot m - Jackson and Hy Alien Allen , , to- to together to together - . gether with a host of others I mightname might mightname mightname name , but for lack of space can't cant ' , , andwhat and andwhat andwhat what a merry time we'd wed ' ' lall taIl an have together to- to together to together - - hopethat gether . I can only indulge the hope that ' 'ere ere ' the span of ot life is run , and andwhile andwhile andwhile while the Creator of us all , , permits perm.1ts perm1ts . us to usto live on His footstool , , I may some someday someday someday day come back , , and extend an invita invita- - invitation tion to them all to meet me around the thefesthc thefesth thefestive festive festh e boar board board7 ; and swap their old time timeyams timeyarns timeyams timeyamsWhat yams yarns yamsWhat yarnsWhat What a glorious time we would nIl all have allhave nIlhave * ' ? I know that some of the old bo3 boas oldboss oldbo3 oldboas s must be on the brink of the grave graveand , , and are just waiting the final call tor for forthe torthe the step to go ovei ovel over to the everlasting everlastingBeyond Beyond , , . the boundless shore of or eter eter- eternity eternity - . nity , , from whence no traveler has ever everreturned everreturned everreturned everreturnedBut returned returnedBut But Howdy owdv . Oh togetherTogether , when we get togethpr together , together.No togetherNo Together , , together , . , No weatherOr matter what the weather , Or dayWe'll dayWell ' \ ' what 'chat chat hat the time of day , Wc'll Wcll We'll Well itAnd ' grab a hand and shake it , , And shake it and shake it itAnd , And itThe as for greetings make It The good old ola fashioned way . . Howdy do Hen Hen , , , Howdy do Jen , , JenHowdy Howdy do brother Hugh . Howdy do sister Prne Prue , . Howdy Prue.Howdy PrueHowdy do Bill , , Howdy do Lll Lil Howdy LllHowdy LilHowdy do Lue and Sue SueHowdy , Howdy do . . havewhen Gosh Gosh , , what a time we will wlll all have when hereafter we all meet again , here or here here- - . after . If It I ' don't dont get back to meet and greet andgreet you all hero here ' ' mybest on earth , ' I'll Ill do my best to sco see you on the other side sideUntil sideUntll Untll Until then good-bye good bye gOOd.bye gOOdbye - . . ' YOU KNOW ME NI . , [ |