Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-11-04 | Page 5 | Remembered Only Too Well

remembered ONLY TOO WELL farmer used well learned barned phrase at unfortunate time A certain wealthy farmer who owned broad acres in ia an arl aristocratic section of the bay state rot cot so far distant from boston figured among his neighbors as something of a diamond in the rough one of his strong est t predilections was to exploit his rather stiff opinions of persons in terms that could not be mJ mistaken staken his two daughters had social aspirations in the interest of which they bad to give frequent lectures on the social usages of the community when you find that you simply must let out your opinions of the people you meet the doting parent was instructed please always preface your remarks with the qualifying clause present company excepted except cd it happened that the aspiring daugh tors were giving a dinner that same night at which they fondly hoped to give the family a big social boost papa got a severe drilling as to his table manners and katat sat at the head bead of the family table with no little trepidation under the inspiring influence of th wine however he thawed out perceptibly and soon was unburden ing his soul of ill all the opinions that had accumulated in the course of 0 the dinner incidentally he gave a vivid account of all that impressed him the day before when he attend attended P 4 the county fair which was something of an event in the countryside yes sires went on the loquacious family head 1 I seen things that was goin miles to see and one thing I 1 see wai was the Ns best t iea ho hoga gs I 1 ever see present company company excepted the speaker could not under understand stan d how bow it was that none of the guests enthused over the live stock display not his daughters got a chance to 10 tell him