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Show HORSE AND HUGO Y DAYS. "Horse and buggy days" were referred re-ferred to by the president in a press conference recently. What's the matter with the "horse and buggy days?" They were pretty f ood days as we remember them. In the "horse and buggy days" a boy had a job all staked out for him Ltfore he quit school. It was arranged arrang-ed that he go into a bank, or a blacksmith black-smith shop, or a print shop, or that he would study law or medicine. He looked forward to the time when he could "establish himself" in some business. Perhaps he f'gured on marrying the banker's daughter and moving into the big stone house with the fancy hitching post out in front. , . If he didn't have a horse and buggy bug-gy he could rent one for an after- noon and evening for about $1.50. Ihe rubber-tired rigs and faster horses cost more. Once or twice a month you could show the girl friend a real eve-j eve-j ning. I Perhaps you stopped for a glass of lemonade, or you took home a pint of ice cream and ate it in the hammock on the front lawn. The parents were always up to see what time you ar- . rived and if you didn't leave by 10:30 some gentle hints were passed. i What was wrong with that, says the Murphysboro Daily Independent, in describing a similar scene. "It was a pleasant, peaceful, prosperous and happy America in the 'horse and buggy' days." |