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Show Malle.1 Ul.l.k.r. lo III. renre. jB The patriarchal beard of one nf tho H "oldeat Inhaliltnntt" of Contbohocken H la still In Its aeruttomed place upon hit H chin, but It looks math eaten und rag HH ged. This It due to the tact that the H old man la extremely near-tlghtid To H see an object plainly he It compelled to HH get hit optics within a few Inches of HB It The other day. while pottering HH around bit houte, the old man under HJ took to rcjvalr a picket fence around HH the yard Many ot tho pallnga had H been knocked off. and thete It waa his HH purposo to replace He armed hlmtclt H with a hammer and nallt and ttarted HH In He got hit first paling In place, HH and with much labor lurceeded In HH faatenlng It there Hut thla was not HJ all. When he ttarted to move on to HH the next break he was brought up HH standing with a yell of pain He had HH nailed hit whtikera between tho pal- HJ ings and the crossbar Ills yells at- HH traded the attention of hie goad wife, HH who, when the realized the altuatton, HH brought her scissors Into play and re- HB leased tho old man minus a consider- HH able portion of his beard I'hlladel- HH phla Ileeord HH |