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Enthusiasm  Sometimes inspired, sometimes acquired, sometimes the result of immediate surroundings, and sometimes the result of hard cider. ENTHUSIASM SOMETIMES INSPIRED SOMETIMES ACQUIRED SOMETIMES THE RESULT OF IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS AND SOMETIMES THE RESULT OF HARD CIDER
 subskription to the noospaper, and we all calculated right then that somethin' wuz a-goin' to happen; and sure enough it did. You see 'bout that time Jim had got two advertisements; one wuz fer Ruben Jackson's resterant and the other wuz the time table of the Punkin Centre and Paw Paw Valley Railroad. Wall, Jim he got to drinkin' the hard cider and settin' type at the same time, and when the paper cum out on Thursday it wuz wuth goin' miles to see. Neer as I kin remember it sed that: "Ruben Jackson's resterant would leave the depo every mornin' at eight o'clock fer beefstake and mutton stews, and would change cars at White River Junkshen for mins and punkin pise, and cottage puddin' would be a flag stashen fer coffy and do nuts like mother used to make, and the train wouldn't run on Sundays cos the stashun agint what done the cookin' would have to run en extra on that day over the chicken and ham sandwitch divishion." I believe that wuz the last issu of the Punkin Centre Weakly Bugle. S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NEWSPAPER WE ALL CALCULATED RIGHT THEN THAT SOMETHING WAS A GOING TO HAPPEN AND SURE ENOUGH IT DID YOU SEE ABOUT THAT TIME JIM HAD GOT TWO ADVERTISEMENTS ONE WAS FOR REUBEN JACKSON'S RESTAURANT AND THE OTHER WAS THE TIME TABLE OF THE PUNKIN CENTER IN POP ALL VALLEY RAILROAD WELL JIM HE GOT TO DRINK IN THE HARD CIDER AND SET IN TYPE AT THE SAME TIME AND WHEN THE PAPER COME OUT ON THURSDAY IT WAS WORTH GOING MILES TO SEE NEAR AS I CAN REMEMBER IT SAID THAT REUBEN JACKSON'S RESTAURANT WOULD LEAVE THE DEPOT EVERY MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK FOR BEEF STEAK AND MUTTON STEWS AND WOULD CHANGE CARS AT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION FOR MINCE AND PUNKIN PIES AND COTTAGE PUDDING THERE WOULD BE A FLAG STATION FOR COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE AND THE TRAIN WOULDN'T RUN ON SUNDAYS CAUSE THE STATION AGENT WA'N'T DONE THE COOKIN WOULD HAVE TO RUN AN EXTRA ON THAT DAY OVER THE CHICKEN AND HAM SANDWICH DIVISION I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST ISSUE OF THE PUNKIN CENTRE WEEKLY BUGLE
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