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<DIV>Ahh ha ,</DIV>
<DIV> see they did</DIV>
<DIV> and I have read a lot of stories where they sang,</DIV>
<DIV> had barn parties and quite a lot of spirited personalities.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> So if all you people want is * Just the facts Mam, just the
facts* as Joe Friday always said ,well we are in for a bland time for
sure.</DIV>
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<DIV> I founded a genealogy group, </DIV>
<DIV>you think we just sit around poker faced looking for facts?</DIV>
<DIV> Fearing if one of us smiled people would leave, </DIV>
<DIV>Ha < not a chance <G> l;-) l;-)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If you read Walt as a nice person</DIV>
<DIV> you will see his jokes are not intended harmful, </DIV>
<DIV>joke back sheesh.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dan M</DIV>
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<A title=DAVIESW739@aol.com
href="mailto:DAVIESW739@aol.com">DAVIESW739@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] gentleness and
tact</DIV>
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<DIV>Oregon Pioneers never joked >?<BR> I spose they never laughed
either ?</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Not true Dan,</DIV>
<DIV>A few nights before we went away, a party of neighbor boys came
over to bid us good bye. Mother set out buttermilk and johnny cakes. Two
or three of the boys slipped out and after a while came in carrying a bee gum.
They had held it over a shovel full of hot coals and tobacco till the
bees were all dead, so the gum was opened in safety and the clear flakes
of honey were passed around. </DIV>
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