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liver groeerlea. Used to go up to ~err Davis‘ house every day. He waa a fine man. Al-. ways was good to me • But then I • never quarreled with anybody ‚ always minded my own business. And. I never was soared of nothing. Most folks was super8tltious, but I never be-. lieved in ghosts nor anythIng I didn‘t see. Never wore a charm. Never took much stock in that kind of business. The old people used to carry potatoes to keep off rheumatism. Yes, sir. They had to steal an Irish potato, and carry it till it was hard as a rock; then they‘d say they never get rheumatism.

	“Saturday was our busy day at the store; but after work, I used to go to the‘ drag downs • Some people say ‘hoe w‘ or ‚ dig down‘ ‚ I guess ‚ cause they‘ d dig right into it ‚ and give it all they got . I was a groat hand at fiddlin‘ . Got one In there now that is lO7-.year old, but I haven‘t played for years. Since I broke my shoulder bone, I can‘t handle the bow. But I used to play at all the drag downs. Anything I heard played once, I could play. Used to play two steps, one of ‘ein called ‘Devil‘8 Dresm‘, and three or four good German waltzes, and ‘Turkey in the Straw‘ -. but we didn‘t call lt that then. it was the same piece, but I forget what we called it. They don‘t play the seine nowadays. Playin‘ now is just a time-.consumer, that‘s all; they got it all tore to pieces, no top or bottom to it.

	“We used to play games, too. Ring games at play parties -. ‘Ring Around the Rosie‘1 ‘Chase the Squirrel‘, and ‘Holly Golly‘. Never hear of HoUy Golly? Well, they‘d pass around the peanuts, and whoever‘d get three nuts in one shell had to cive that one to the one who had started the game. Then they‘d pass ‘eut around again. ‚ust a peanut-eating contest, aorta.

	“Abraham Lincoln? Well, they‘s people born in this world tor every occupation and Lincoln was a natural born man for the job he completed. .Tust check it back to Pharoah1 time: There was Moses born to deliver the children of Israel. And ~Tohn Broin, he was born for a purpose. But they said he was cruel all the way th‘ough, and they hung him In Febi‘uary, 1859. That created a great sensation. And he said, ‘Go ahead. Do your work, I done mine‘. Then they whipped around till they got the war atarted. And that was thé ctart ot the‘ CiviÏ War. .