Mulberry High School - Oracle Yearbook (Mulberry, IN)

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lllllllllllllh. lllilllllillllllllildillililiillallll, 1. T H E 0 R A C' L E ' great relief. At any rate I decided to watch his proceedings when the day came. The day rolled around at last. My friend went to town bright and early in his Ford. l followed right along on my one-lunged motorcycle. The town was in an uproar. lt seemed that during the night a band of men had scoured the surrounding country and had driven off all the cows and hogs. They were having a big slaughter and were packing the meat away for winter. Our neighbor recognized one of his cows and trled to recover the meat. but Mr. Townsman knocked him on the head and he lay quiet for about fifteen minutes. lYhen he had risen and was brushing the dirt from his clothes he was knocked down and run over by a drunk man driving a lford. This time my friend lay longer and l had some time ltr look around. liveryone who owed the storekeeper a grudge was breaking out the glass or carrying out goods. Une merchant was taking a shot at all who were not customers. The theaters and other places of amusement were closed and well guarded. By this time my friend was on his feet again and had started for the sidewalk when he was narrowly missed by a speeding auto which killed a man and a little boy who were just ahead of him, l imagined that by this time my friend was thinking some of going home. but he went into a boot- legging establishment to bolster up his spirits. He ordered something and while waiting for it saw another man drink some and fall dead. That was enough. My neighbor decided that he did not want anything. He w as now sick and tired of freedom and was ready to go home. He looked for his machine and found that some one had driven it ol-li the bridge into the river. l could not land my motorcycle anywhere so we walked home together. On the way we passed groups of Fighting men and any number of them were stretched out in the gutter. Xow and then sivlllc one got shot. Altogether we were lucky to get home alive. :X sicker man than my friend you never saw in all your life. He had enough and I have never since heard him complain of unjust laws. Now whenever we think that some law is unjust or benefits some special set of people, let us stop and think what this country would be without laws. Every law that we have has a good reason for being on the statute books. Alton Troxel THIRTY-FIVE

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'I' H E 0 R A l' L E TlIlll'.lll'l'V' ' ' ' 'Tl' 'lll'llll'Tllllll'll'3f' The End of a Perfect Day .X way hack in nineteen twenty-twu when l was a huy, a great many pet-ple river the euuntry were gtruinhling ahnut unjust laws. XYe hail une neiglih-ir whu. l rememher. was very ratlieal un the suhject tif freetlmn. lt's getting' pretty hail. he wuulcl say, XYhen a man ean't have his litjiuir. Now l clun't use much myself. hut l like tu have it aruuncl the huuse tw use in ease uf sickness in' aeeitlent. lluw can a iuan live anyway with taxes su high? lt takes nearly all the erups luring lu pay the taxes and my ultl litiral will either have tu have a lut ut' repairs wr l will have tu get a new une. New they have laws su that yuu ean't even keep yuur uwn kicls tint nt' selit-ul th help ytiu tliruugli a husy seasun. l kept the ultlest hwy out fur a week unce thruuglt eurn husking anrl they sent the truant ufticer whu saitl l'tl either have tu keep the htiys in seluitil ur qu tu jail, just as l pleasecl. l tirilerecl him wil' the farm. hut l kept the huys in school after that antl whenever l wanteil help l hail tu hire a hancl. Then anhther thing. they have such nice paxements in twwn that l like tt- Qu a little iiiietnuiiitni fast. lt's SH nice In skim alting uver the siutmth pavement after humping alung fur three miles. Hut every time l cln it l get pinchecl fm' speetling, l nearly run river stime seliiml ehilrlren tance. They shtiulcl have heen watching' their husiness hetter. A man ean't see everything when he is guing ftirty miles an huur in a lftirtl. l tell ytiu there's getting' lu he thu tlarnetl many laws. Yun knnw l'cl just like tu see une clay tif ahstilute freetltvm when everyhutly Cuultl alma just what they pleaserl. -lust the wither rlay une tif my hiiys shut a stjuirrel ulll tif season anfl gut pinehetl. Xuw when l was ynnng' we killecl mir meat whenever we wantefl it. lI's a shame l tell yl1ll.U firumhling uf this kinrl heeame su general that we were nut surprisecl when the Presirlent prwclaimerl a rlay nf freetlom. lt was set fur a date alung in the fall, l furget ntiw jllwl what the rlate was. Ut' course sane people stain he-gan tu wtinfler if the arhninistratitin hafl nut lust its senses. They hegan right away tw prepare fur a hig clay. Swine gathered in great stores fit' hunt-leg whiskey to mfiisten their famishecl inwarcls, while uthers uilecl their guns anfl sharpenefl their knives, 'l'he wealthier peuple threw up flirti- tieatiiins aruunrl their houses anrl hirecl guarrls hy the fltizens. All the while l wfinflerefl if this one :lay wuulcl alllirtl my neighhan' any TH IRTY-FOUR

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