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If we read the scripters closely we observe our forefathers wuz all monopolists. Adam and Eve had a monopoly upon the garden of Eden, and would have had it 'til this day, no doubt, had not Mother Eve got squeezed in the apple market. IF WE READ THE SCRIPTURES CLOSELY WE OBSERVE OUR FOREFATHERS WAS ALL MONOPOLISTS ADAM AND EVE HAD A MONOPOLY UPON THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND WOULD HAVE HAD IT TILL THIS DAY NO DOUBT HAD NOT MOTHER EVE GOT SQUEEZED IN THE APPLE MARKET
eeting WALL, we've jist bin havin' a camp meeting at Punkin Centre. Yes, fer several days we wuz purty busy bakin' and cookin and makin' preparations fer the camp meetin', and some of the committee alowed we ought to have lemonade fer the Sunday school children. Wall, as we wanted to git it jist as cheap as possible, we damed up the crick what runs back of the camp meeting grounds, and put in ten pounds of brown sugar and half a dozen lemons, and let the Sunday school children drink right out of the crick, free of charge. Wall, we had right smart difficulty in gittin' a pulpit fixed up fer the ministers, but finally we sawed down a hemlock tree and used the stump fer a pulpit. Wall, some of the sarmons preached at that camp meetin' beat anything I ever heered in my life afore. You see we'd bin havin' a good many argyments 'bout corporations, monopolies and trusts, and one minister got up and sed, "Ah, my dear beloved brethren and sisters, we should not be too severe on the monopolists.  UNCLE JOSH AT A CAMP MEETING WELL WE'D JUST BEEN HAVIN A CAMP MEETIN AT PUNKIN CENTER YES FOR SEVERAL DAYS WE WAS PURTY BUSY BAKING AND COOKING AND MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMP MEETING AND SOME OF THE COMMITTEE ALLOWED WE OUGHT TO HAVE LEMONADE FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN WELL AS WE WANTED TO GET IT JIST AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE WE DAMMED UP THE CRICK WHIT RUNS BACK OF THE CAMP MEETIN GROUNDS AND PUT IN TEN POUNDS OF BROWN SUGAR AND HALF A DOZEN LEMONS AND LET THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN DRINK RIGHT OUT OF THE CRICK FOR YOUR CHARGE WELL WE HAD RIGHT SMART DIFFICULTY IN GETTIN A POLEPIT FIXED UP FOR THE MINISTERS BUT FINALLY WE SAWED DOWN A HEMLOCK TREE AND USED THE STUMP FOR A BULPIT WELL SOME OF THE SERMONS PREACHED IT THAT CAMP NEEDN'T BE ANYTHING I EVER HEERD IN MY LIFE AFORE YOU SEE WE'D BEEN HAVING A GOOD MANY ARGUMENTS ABOUT CORPORATIONS MONOPOLIES AND TRUSTS AND ONE MINISTER GOT UP AND SAID AH MY DEAR BELOVED BRETHREN AND SISTERS WE SHOULD NOT BE TOO SEVERE ON THE MONOPOLISTS
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