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Show Puzzled Uncle Pash. From the time the coal and iron territory round about Jenkins was opened up and the town began to form itself out of the construction and prospecting pros-pecting camps, P. C. Dix, secretary of the state executive committee of the Young Men's Christian association, associa-tion, took a deep interest in its development de-velopment and spent much time there assisting in the formation of a strong and active branch of the association. One story he tells is of an aged mountaineer, moun-taineer, who, after the railroad trains had begun running regularly ventured down to see for himself some of the "wonders of which he had vaguely Jieard. He stood on the rude platform . and .watched the train pull in. After a few minutes it backed up a little way. "What d'ye think uv her, Uncle Pash T' ''asked one of the loungers. "Wal, I kin see how th' ing-yne mout .pull them thar kyars,"'said the old man, thoughtfully, "but what gits me is how them kyars pulls th' mgyne." Louisville Times. |