Gunnison Gazette | 1917-12-14 | Page 6 | Hezeklah's Progress

Hezeklah's Progress. Speaking at a dinner, Senator Porter Por-ter J. McCumber of North Dakota referred re-ferred to the progress of the farmer, and smilingly recalled this little story : Uncle Josh was on his way to town one afternoon, and chancing to see his friend Abner working In an adjacent field, 'he paused for a small chat over the barbed wire fence. Incidentally Inquiry was made after Aimer's eldest son, Hezekiah. "Hezekiah is In the city now," answered an-swered Abner, with some show of pride. "Been there most a year." "Yes, I know that," returned Uncle Josh. "What I was wonderin' was which side he was on." "Which side he was on," queried Abner, Ab-ner, with a puzzled expression. "I don't just quite git ye." "What I mean, Abner," explained Uncle Josh, "is Hezekiah buyin' gold bricks yet, or has he started in to sell 'em 7"