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From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Stories of the "Olden Days of Izard County"
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:06:35 -0400
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Marilyn,

I can just see the teacher's horse running away with him! <g> It certainly
sheds light on those early days! :)

Jean



At 10:08 AM 8/25/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I remember my dad telling of the time when he was a young boy and they had a
>great big hog that kept getting out and coming into the yard. One day when
>it got out and was in the front yard , his mom said "Oscar go kill that
>hog'. So he went outside and got him a rock and threw it and hit the hog in
>the forehead and it fell over dead. His mom had a fit and was going to whip
>him but his dad said "no, you told him to kill it." Also he would tell of
>the last day of school and him and Rex Jeffery hid down the road from
>where there was a tree with a great big hornets nest and when the teacher
>came along riding his horse, they threw a rock and hit the hornets nest and
>then laughed as the hornets swarmed and the teachers horse ran out of sight
>bucking and the teacher trying to hold on. My dad grew up at twincreek and
>sylamore. He would tell of going to dances with his friends Rex Jeffrey, Eb
>Moody and Simon Gillihan.
>Marilyn
>
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