It was in the Far West of America " How are things ? " asked the tourist. " Pretty tolerable, stranger," responded the old man, who was sitting 1 on a stump. " I had some trees to cut down, but the cyclone levelled them and saved me the trouble." " That is good." " Yes ; and then the lightning set Are to the brush pile, and saved me the trouble of burning it." " Remarkable ! But what are you doing now ? " " Waiting for an earthquake to come along and shake the potatoes out of the ground." * The populating of Rumia doubles, from natural increaee aluuc, onc« every 90 ye*yr».
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Lake County Press, Issue 1065, 21 May 1903, Page 3
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