| Show one day last week we started for old ashley the weather was line fine the roads good our horse willing to travel and we felt as tho life in ashley was something to be grateful for before leaving 0 town we stopped stopp edat at our new hardware store and found mrs woodruff i there and in the course of our chat she aoa kindly spoke of the Sayi saying Dr 0 ne kic aaa aaz db a bright little youngster 0 ana ahmay welcome in their house and that thuy they always send bend him to their friends in salt sait lake that of course was delightful to licar hear and we went on our way rejoicing and stopping at august im boreas the blacksmith sinith smith had ta a pleasant chat with him anat lie had a good word for the paper after il that at we passed several all friends and patrons of the and stopped at the gate of one of our prominent men whose name we were desi desirous rOLIS of adding to our list we found him putting out trees in his garden and asked him if it was not the time of year to put out a subscription swell well said lie he ill tell you what it is I 1 dont want the p paper it is id no good and I 1 know more than I 1 ever see in it that is strange bub to help a home en ter prise ill tell you what blutt ill do ill subscribe if promise to do three things lings ti ast 1st A enlarge your paper 2nd and change mlle he jame ard 3rd dont USE MY NAME NAKE to help you get subscriptions we were BO stunned at these modest conditions that i we elearly foil fell from our horse and his big red barn grew and grew ayrow in our disordered faney fancy until we tile the gentle gentleman man had paint I 1 hat part of the towa tow beehives ind alln all f brilliant cari carmine nine ae covering recovering from our temporary paralysis we took a good look at the inbau who proposed to do so go much for so fo little our gratitude al most overcame us and we had a notion to take hii hia two dollars put spur spars to caution nd run out a paper its as large as the world chango change the name to any polysyllable unit that nude made a big mouthful und and announce I 1 to to tho the public that our chief patron tim THE HIGH had taken a pinch of 8 all all rindee rin eee 11 ourselves ni vie e hobbled om al latitude rati tude f thought 0 of the tn ii wito ho take hike the paper and are pleas pleaded edWith with it we finished our trip but every thing had changed even a particular pet of ours the yellow breasted lark forgot his usual notes and perching pompously on the willows as we passed seemed to sing dont dont use my name the lambs were bleating it the bees humming it the patient ha little 0 tle burros even seemed to bray dont use my 40 nanie name 11 well we wont iise it but with tile the honorable gent lemans permission we will run this thib little paper under its little name for a few more issues |
