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Show "Uncle Nelson's" Reasons. In the latter part of the last con- i there lived In the town ot IIcl-i-t, Mo., a well-known character by '.u- name or Nelson Illch. Toward the nd of his life he became somewhat r ik mentally, though porfertly Vi.mless. One day a young man was passing the Nelson homestead, and beheld nich Btnndlng over a barrol of 1 tin-water, tin-water, holding a small member or th .einio race somewhat rudely, head I'ownward, with two les hi cither hand, sousing her nil ami down In the Ice-cold water. "Why, Undo Nelson," cried tho astonished youth, "what In tho world are you tryl- to do?" "Young man," replied "Undo Nelson," Nel-son," calmly, and without even turning turn-ing his bend, "I hae two very excellent ex-cellent leasons for what I am doing. First, I wish to warm the wnter, and eecond, I wUh to cool tho eat." |