Millard County Chronicle | 1911-01-05 | Page 8 | [Untitled]

o The Brief Proclamation. When F. F. Low was governor of California, there lived and flourished a lotblst named Nap Itroughton, who waa equally noted aa a wit and ar t stutterer. tJoing down the street one day In November Governor Low aaw Itroughton carrying home a turkey. "Ah. Nap. you'ro taklug advantage of my Thanksgiving day proclamation." proclama-tion." waa the greeting which the gov-ernor gov-ernor extended to htm. "Ity the way, he added, "wasn't that a pretty good proclamation?" "No-o, 1 1 1 too long." said Nsp with some effort "That's funny." said the surprised governor. "Why. 1 prided myself es-pec-lall on the brevity of the proclamation. procla-mation. I don't aee how I could have made It shorter." "All you nn needed to say was p p-P praise O-g god from whom all b b bleealngs F F txw" -Ex Governor Pardee of California In New York World. o