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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. 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
 printed and full of picters and folded up ready to sell; it jist beat all the way they done it. Wall, we never had but one paper down home at Punkin Centre; we called it "The Punkin Centre Weakly Bugle;" old Jim Lawson he wuz editor of it. You see Jim he wuz sort of a triflin' no 'count old cuss, so to keep him out of mischief we made him editor. Wall, Jim he had his place up over Ezra Hoskins' grossery store. He never got any money for the noospaper--always got paid in produce, and Ezra's store wuz a mighty good place fer him to take in his subskriptions. Wall, things went along pretty smooth fer quite a spell 'til one day a feller he cum in and give Jim a keg of hard cider fer a year's 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. N COMIN OUT AT T'OTHER ALL PRINTED AND FULL OF PICTURES AN FOLDED UP READY TO SELL IT JEST BEAT ALL THE WAY THEY DONE IT WELL WE NEVER HAD BUT ONE PAPER DOWN HOME AT PUNKIN CENTRE WE CALLED IT THE PUNKINS INTER WEEKLY BUGLE OLD JIM LAWSON HE WAS EDITOR OF IT YOU SEE JIM HE WAS SORT OF A TRIFLIN NO'COUNT OLE CUSS SORT OF KEEP HIM OUT O MISCHIEF WE MADE HIM EDITOR WELL JIM HE HAD HIS PLACE UP OVER EZRA HOSKINS GROCERY STORE HE NEVER GOT ANY MONEY FOR THE NEWSPAPER ALWAYS GOT PAID IN PRODUCE AND EZER STORE WAS A MIGHTY GOOD PLACE FOR HIM TO TAKE IN HIS SUBSCRIPTIONS WELL THINGS WENT ALONG PRETTY SMOOTH FOR QUITE A SPELL TILL ONE DAY A FELLER HE'D COME IN AND GIVE JIM A KEG OF HARD CIDER FOR A YEAR'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
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