Show P Rl It I E Squires es G Generously Generously Gener Gener- er- er I Remembered Dick Squires was wat quite generously generously gener gener- oual remembered this Christmas by byI relatives in the east First came a aI I bulky package from his niece Miss I Mildred Squires whoso home Is III in Massachusetts In which were neat neaty variety ak candles silk socks cigars real Maple syrup and last but not least an elegant bath the robe the latter being s ofa of ot oto o n. novelty ty to flick lck it being the firSt to grace his batchelor wardrobe Later a n Christmas letter was re received received ro- ro calved from Dicks broth law brother r In Mr A. A H. H Bixby of ot Now New York who is la head paymaster of at the Johnson Endicott company one of the largest shoo manufactories in the tho world turning world turning out pairs of at shoes eve every y day of ot the week with a o weekly pay par Toll rol rolof of ot which Mr Bixby ssI l elbY seventy- seventy two clerks dl distributes s every ayery pay day In addition d U to furnishing the above the letter contained ty a b Matt U f for tor r as asa asa a Christmas rem inbi Dick which Is needless to say was much appreciated by the recipient Three years yeats ago Dick it will be remembered was called east because of at the death of his only sister sister and wife of oC Mr and since that time through the kind generosity of ot Mr DIlby Dick has bas received in cash and government bonds from tram Mr as brotherly re re- re It Dick felt so inclined he could return to his old home town of at Binghamton Bing Binge hamton and there pass his declining years in comparative luxury and comfort com com- fort fort but but he prefers batching and paddling his own canoe as It were in the combination carpenter shop and home on our Main street which he be has for so 80 many years occupied Ills one desire however is that when the Grim Reaper Heaper beckons him to that mysterious realm his mortal remains be laid to their final rest beside his beloved mother and add father In father In the beautiful cemetery inthe Inthe in inthe the city in which Dick first saw the light of ot day nearly seventy-eight seventy years ago ago and and of t course his wishes s swill will be complied with with but but The Record Record Record Re Re- cord hopes that will not be necessary until long after atter he has passed the century mark DIm DICK h IMS IUS AS SENTIMENT To see Dick in his dally daily routine rO rout ne of at life in his little carpenter shop and home a casual acquaintance would not accuse him of at being in anyway any anyway anyway way sentimental Nevertheless the aged agel is possessed of ot considerable consid consid- erable sentiment and while taking his habitual dally daily rests In his easy chair with his pl pipe e and tobacco his lIs mind oft and again wonders back to his boyhood days In New York state his old home and beloved home folks all of ot whom with the exception exception exception tion of ot himself and add a younger brother having long since passed on to the other side And to revive these pleasant recollections and to better convey his thoughts to the happy home days of ot the long ago during the Christmas season he unlocks his treasure box boy and takes photographs of great grand parents grand parents parents himself sisters and brothers broth broth- ers some of them a hundred years old ld down to fifty years ears ago and dIsplays displays displays dis dIs- dis- dis plays them In his shop and gazes at thom them and thinks All of ot them are Int In Ina Ina a t perfect state of preservation show preservation show showing ing Lag that the greatest care has been taken aken of them them because because of their priceless value to the owner For more fore than a half halt century Dick has rough it In the west with varied experiences that have come cOlne to a very few but tew-but but with all his wildness Inthe in inthe the he wild west west home home folks the hapy hap hap- happy py y home days and home borne treasures have always lingered in memory ana an held geld dear by him He lIe has an interesting interest Interest- ing ng collection |