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The good old Ozark mountain family "borned" and reared to manhood seventeen stalwart sons, who were their father's pride and joy, and well known to the mountain folks for several counties

As each boy became of age he registered for voting and on each and every election day he came in to the Democratic primary, and voted the good old straight ticket.

Until finally one election season one of the boys failed to show up to vote, and the news traveled fast that he had proven a turncoat, and had voted Republican.

So several of the old friends of the father called on him to ask the facts concerning this unheard-of thing. With hanging head and lack-luster eye the old man admitted the truth of the rumor.

"I'll tell ye," he said, "just how it is. I've tried to bring up all them boys right, in the fear of the Lord, and Democrats to the bone; but John, the ornery cuss, he got to readin'."