BITSA Celebrity of the Week - #2

SADDLEBAG WEEKEND EDITION

March 3, 2013 Volume 27

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BITSA Celebrity of the Week - #2

Each week the Administrators will vote on our Celebrity of the

Week and Congratulations to John Kerr!! He is the second

BITSA Celebrity of the week to take home this amazing

award!!!

1. Tell us something about YOU!!!

Getting old in Canada with a wonderful girlfriend, 4 children

and 2 grandsons.

Work from home full time so I have not won the lotto yet.

2. How long have you been in our group, BACK IN THE

SADDLE AGAIN?

Since it opened

3. Who in the group has inspired you the most to become a

better player/neighbor?

Well the admins of course, I like watching them give stuff

away, if they pick the right item they will get hammered

4. What do you like best about the group and any ideas for

group?

All of the helpful people and the files of course with all of the

helpful information on the missions.

5. Do you read The Saddle Bag and if so.. do you have a favorite

part?? look forward to? read every week?

I look at it every week. I like the food section as well as looking

to see if there is a new tip from Teach.

6. What level are you in the game? How long have you been

playing?

200+ I have playing it from day one

7. How often do you play?

7. How often do you play?

Everyday. I work and play from the same chair so I

am always on.

8. Tell us how you play the game?

One click at a time. There is no rush to get thru a

mission there will always be another one it gets

boring very fast when there is nothing to do.

I find that collections are very helpful. Been able to

hold 1000 mules and horses I never have to worry

about energy.

9. What good tip would you give a new player?

When you go from 3 missions to 9 pages of missions

do not stop playing. Add 400 friends that play. When

they run contests in the group always give it a try

watch for the admins to give stuff away, and do not

be afraid to ask for help.



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This Week in History

March 3, 1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching

6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller March 4, 1841 Longest inauguration

speech (8,443 words), William Henry

Harrison. It took him nearly two hours

to read.

March 5, 1836 Mexico prepared to attack the Alamo

March 6, 1896 First auto in Detroit MI,

Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"

March 7, 1897 Dr. John Kellogg served the

world's first cornflakes to his patients at mental

hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was an American

medical doctor who ran a sanitarium using holistic

methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas

and exercise. Kellogg was an advocate of vegetarianism

and is best known for the invention of the corn flakes

breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg.

March 8, 1841 Birthday - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice

March 9, 1862 One of the most famous naval

battles in American history occurs as two ironclads,

the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia

fight to a draw off Hampton Roads, Virginia.

The ships pounded each other all morning but

their armor plates easily deflected the cannon shots,

signaling a new era of steam-powered iron ships.



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Chisholm Trail

This cattle trail started in 1865 and ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene,

Kansas. The Chisholm Trail was the major cattle route from Texas to the

railroad in Abilene. Railroads in Texas were still being built and would take

years to complete. The trail was named after Jesse Chisholm, a trader who

drove his wagon full of goods from Wichita, Kansas to the Washita River in

Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). He was a general store on wheels

for pioneers, ranchers, Indians and soldiers in the area. By 1874 the railroads

connected Texas with St. Louis and Kansas City. By 1884 the Chisholm Trail fell

into disuse and was closed in 1885.

Trail of Tears

In 1838 the Cherokee Nation was forced to relocate to the Indian Territory

(now Oklahoma). Part of President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy of

1830 forced 15,000 people of the Cherokee Nation to march to the reservations

in the Indian Territory. Of the 15,000, more than 4,000 people died from hunger,

disease, cold and exhaustion. The Cherokee called this "Nunna daul tsuny"

which translates as "the trail where they cried".



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Donner Party

Famous group on the California Trail met tragedy in the winter of 1846-47

while stranded in an early snow storm in the Sierra Nevada. The Donner party

arrived late in the Sierra Nevada because they had taken the Hastings Cutoff

around the Great Salt Lake instead of the regular route. The deviation from

the main route delayed them due to rough terrain, weather, illness and

disputes. This cost them three weeks. Arriving in the Sierra in October, 1846 and

low on supplies, an early snow storm caught the 87 people and stranded them.

About two thirds of them camped by what is now called Donner Lake while

the others camped at Alder Creek, about six miles away. As the blizzard raged

they resorted to slaughtering their oxen for food but there was not enough

meat to feed so many for long.

In mid-December, 15 members set out on snow shoes for Sutter's Fort, about 100

miles away to get help. They soon became lost and ran out of food. One man

was too weak to continue and left behind. With no shelter in the storm, four

more people died. The survivors resulted to cannibalism in order to live. Three

more died and were eaten before seven of the original fifteen reached safety.

A relief party was sent out and found that 14 emigrants had died and rescued

21. They had been surviving on boiled ox hide and were very weak. A second

relief party found 17 emigrants and learned that they had also resorted to

cannibalism in order to survive. A third rescue party found 4 alive and a

fourth found 1. Of the original 87, 46 lived and 41 died. The last survivor

arrived at Sutter's Fort on April 29, 1847.



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February 3

Up early this morning helped with chores, wanted to explore but was not able to

because The Whitman's were very busy with some Indians who came for medical

attention of a small boy.

Pa said the Whitman's are preachers in the Methodist Church and serve the Cayuse

Indians in this area of Walla Walla, Washington. They also have supplies for

travelers. I noticed many fur traders here. Pa has to fix our wagon as one of the

wheels is beginning to crack near the spoke, so tomorrow will be more of the same.

February 4

Ma, me and Elizabeth went to the camp store to look around.

We met Mrs. Whitman there. Her name is Narcissa and she is from New York State.

She is losing her sight and it's hard for her to move about most days and she sits in

the store listening to conversations. She was a very nice lady. I met a fur trader

named Meech, funny name I thought, but seems everyone knows him. Mrs.

Whitman asked him to tell his story of the Cayuse Horses and so he did.

'Twas a quiet night in the hills, the sky was laden with stars so bright and the

crest of the moon shone a eerie glow on the fields below. We had just finished

supper and were cleaning our tins, when a rush of the wind blew the tree tops

almost to the ground. We heard such ramblings coming our way like a freight train

Diary of Penelope Mary Gavner Contributed By: Maureen Mergenhagen



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Diary of Penelope Mary Gavner Contributed By: Maureen Mergenhagen

'Twas a quiet night in the hills, the sky was laden with stars so bright and the

crest of the moon shone a eerie glow on the fields below. We had just finished

supper and were cleaning our tins, when a rush of the wind blew the tree tops

almost to the ground. We heard such ramblings coming our way like a freight train

on a rickety track.

Then out of nowhere there appeared a grand horse,

almost transparent, with a mane that did glow.

It gave a grand grunt and pawed at the ground

then up on its hind legs and pounding back down.

His nostrils were flaring like he was ready to charge.

Our horses began whimpering, they were startled at the

sound. How can this be real?, I said to myself.

My partner went running for cover and I stood all alone.

Then one by one wild horses appeared in the field all looking at the stallion. But

they showed no fear. Twenty, now thirty, now fifty or more, all prancing and

waiting for what I did not know.

I have heard of old stories that had been

told of a wild stallion with a herd of young

mares who once lived in these hills, but that

must have been one hundred years ago.

I watched in wonder at what I was seeing. I closed my eyes and shook my head,

thinking I must be dreaming. Then all of a sudden the earth below my feet shook

like an earthquake's beginning.

I opened my eyes and saw the stallion kicking and bucking.

Out of the corner of my eye I say a beautiful white filly. She was watching me

nervously and I called out to her. She started to come closer, when the Stallion



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Out of the corner of my eye I saw a beautiful white filly.

She was watching me nervously and I called out to her.

She started to come closer, when the Stallion bellowed out.

She froze in her steps and began to look about.

The other mares were now all whinnying at her,

they pressed closer to her to keep her secure.

I turned toward my horse, and saw he was pulling

at his reigns so I walked over to soothe him, and

jumped on his back.

My partner came slowly out of the brush, and mounted his horse, "let's get out of

here" he said.

Then the stallion rose once again and it sounded like a battle call as he took off

in flight all the mares behind him running like the wind. The white mare seemed

to hesitate at first than she got all caught up with the others and off she went. We

chased after them as they were too swift, we saw them run towards the bluff. I

whistled for the white mare to stop and called out as we watched the stallion take

a leap in the air and off of the bluff he flew followed by the mares. I yelled once

more to the white mare and as the last of them flew off the bluff, she turned to the

left and galloped away. We went to the edge of the bluff and looked down below,

but saw no horses, but where did they go?

We looked for the white mare and found her in some pines. Put a rope around her

neck and led her into town. An Old man was walking on the road and told us the

mare belonged to no one in this town. I explained to him about what happened

and he told us the story of the drive over a hundred years ago by the Cayuse

Indians to capture wild horses and how it went wrong when the stallion jumped

off the bluff and all mares followed and died on the rocks below.

And as legend has it when a stray mare shows up on the bluff, the stallion returns

to claim her as his own. Once in a while the towns people find the remains of a



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And as legend has it when a stray mare shows up on the bluff, the stallion returns

to claim her as his own. Once in a while the towns people find the remains of a

horse on the rocks below the bluff, was it from the Wild Stallion taking another

mare, or just an accident of bad footing?

I still don't know if this was true or not. I told Pa and the boys the story on return

to our wagon and they feel the same way, to believe or not to believe? We are about

30 wagons left to move on to The Dalles in a few days getting closer to our new

home.



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BOUNTY HUNTING WITH BRIAN Byline: Brian Carter

Sheriff's Office

Howdy! This ad is brought to you in part by

Bess' Stables where you can get get horse

feed at a great price and Bess is offering free

horseback rides to all customers.

Well Goldie has arrived and is after more

than just marriage from Jack. Not sure what

it is but expect some letters to be coming in.

Well, I was in Prospect Falls and the residents

there were telling me the Gratchet Gang was

up to their same old tricks with illegal

drilling and mining without permits. Looks

like its back to jail for them!

Nothing else new but keep those letters

coming.

A solider and a cop and a firefighter

die and go to heaven.

Upon their arrival, Saint Peter greets

them at the Pearly Gates.

He announces to the three of them

that if they can count to 10 he will let

them enter heaven.

The solider goes up and starts to

march Hut 1 2 3 4

Saint Peter says to him "sorry son."

The cop goes next and pulls out his

service revolver and starts to load it

with bullets 1 2 3 4 5 6

"Sorry son" Saint Peter says.

The firefighter is next and says 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10

"Well done" Saint Peter says and asks

him if he can count higher. "For

sure", the firefighter says and says

"JACK QUEEN KING ACE."



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There was a Cowboy that walked in to a bar, and asked for ten shots of Whiskey, drank the first five

shots real fast. The bartender asked him why he did that? He said, "I can do that if you have what I

have." Then he drunk the other five just as fast as the first five. And the bartender told him not to do

that. He said, "you can if you have what I have." So the Bartender asked him "what do you have?"

And the Cowboy said, "Only fifty cents."

Two Good Old Boys

Two good old boys from the south were driving a truck through the back roads of West Virginia

when they came to an overpass with a sign which read, "CLEARANCE: 11' 3".

They got out and measured their rig, which was 12 feet 4 inches tall. "What do you think?" said one as

they climbed back into the cab of the truck.

The driver looked to his left then to his right, checked the rear view mirrors, then shifted into first

gear. "Not a cop in sight. Let's take a chance," he said.

Two California Rednecks

Two redneck salesmen were talking about buying a new car for the small delivery business. One

redneck tells the other one, "you should buy yourself a new Pathfinder 2001 with 242HP engine it

goes so fast that you can leave San Diego at 6 AM and be in Los Angeles at 7 AM"

The next day the Rednecks meet again and one asks the other one "Did you buy the Pathfinder?

"No, I bought me a Ford Ranger because what the hell am I going to do in Los Angeles at 7 in the

morning????”

Two good ol' boys bought a couple of horses that they used to make some money during the

summer. But when winter came, they found it cost too much to board them. So they turned the

horses loose in a pasture where there was plenty to eat.

"How will we tell yours from mine when we pick them up?" one of them asked the other. "Easy,

replied the other, we'll cut the mane off mine and the tail off yours."

By spring, the mane and tail had grown back to normal length. "Now what are we going to do?"

asked the first. "Why don't you just take the black one?" said the second. "And I'll take the white one."

JUST FOR FUN



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Things You Didn’t Know About the Old West

Feral camels once roamed the plains of Texas

One of the wackier ideas in American history, the U.S. Camel Corps

was established in 1856 at Camp Verde, Texas. Reasoning that the arid

southwest was a lot like the deserts of Egypt, the Army imported

66 camels from the Middle East. Despite the animals’ more objectionable

qualities—they spat, regurgitated and defied orders—the experiment was

generally deemed a success. As the Civil War broke out, exploration of the frontier was curtailed and

Confederates captured Camp Verde. After the war, most of the camels were sold (some to Ringling

Brothers’ circus) and others escaped into the wild. The last reported sighting of a feral camel came out

of Texas in 1941. Presumably, no lingering descendants of the Camel Corps’ members remain alive

today.

Jake's Camels

One story about the camels involves a prospector named

Jake who purchased three camels from the army in San

Francisco. The story goes on to state how although the

camels were foul beasts that spit, kicked, and bit many of the

people in the town including Jake, Jake cared for them and

spoke nothing but praise about them.

Eventually Jake made a big gold strike, and came into town with his camels' saddlebags over flowing

with gold. Later that night, after Jake had celebrated his find at the local tavern, a man called Paul

Adams followed him and murdered him. But Jake had been smart and hadn't gone back to the

location of the mine. Additionally one of his camels had attacked the murderer, and had

unfortunately been shot and killed as well, but not before taking a good bite out of Paul. A dark bit of

cloth was found clutched in the camel's dead mouth.

Paul was unable to located the missing mine, but Jake's ghost and the ghost of the camel found him.

Jake and his spectral mount came riding up one night and chased Adams through town right up to

the sheriff. After Paul Adams gave a confession, the ghosts of both Jake and the dead camel faded

away.

The Story goes on to say that Jake appeared one final time to give the location of the mine and his

remaining two camels to one of his friends.

"No matter where you go in East Texas, ‘Deep’ East Texas is always about twenty miles further in than

wherever you are.” – Markham Shaw Pyle



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A small round pasta used in soups. The name

translates to "peppercorns" in Italian and describes

the size and shape of the little pasta.

5. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water

to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to

10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

Serve the soup over pasta and top each

bowl with a generous pinch of grated

Parmesan cheese.

This is my mother's recipe handed down. We

sometimes take 4 beaten eggs and drizzle them

into the soup near the end of the cooking time.

We used to call this 'rag soup' because the

eggs formed what looked like torn rags

Maureen's Morsels By: Maureen Mergenhagen

Chicken Wedding Soup

1 (4 pound) whole chicken 1 large onion

6 stalks celery with leaves, chopped 9 carrots,

sliced

1 sweet potato, cubed

1/2 medium head cabbage, coarsely chopped

2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth

2 (6 ounce) cans roasted garlic tomato paste

1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef 2 eggs

1/2 cup dry bread crumbs 1/2 cup grated

Romano cheese

1 (16 ounce) package Acini Di Pepe pasta

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese for topping

1. In a large stockpot, place the chicken,

whole onion and cans of broth. Add

enough water to cover the chicken. Bring

to a boil and cook until the chicken is

falling off of the bones.

2. Remove the chicken from the pot and

separate the meat from the bones. Tear

chicken into bite sized pieces and return

them to the soup pot. Remove the onion

from the broth, chop and return to the

pot. Add the celery, carrots, sweet

potato and cabbage. Stir in the tomato

paste.

3. In a medium bowl, combine the ground

beef, eggs, bread crumbs and Romano

cheese. Mix well with your hands then

form into walnut sized balls. Add the

balls to the soup. Continue to cook the

soup for an additional hour, or until

vegetables are tender.

4. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water

to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to

10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

Serve the soup over pasta and top each

bowl with a generous pinch of grated



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Easy Bread Sticks

2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated dinner roll dough

1/4 cup margarine, melted 1 tablespoon garlic salt

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons sesame seeds (optional)

1. Lightly grease one large baking sheet.

2. Divide each roll in half. Roll dough between

hands to make a 4-inch long stick. Place

sticks on the prepared baking sheet. Brush

lightly with egg white or melted butter or

margarine. Sprinkle with garlic salt. Sprinkle

with Parmesan cheese or sesame seeds. Cover

and allow to rise until doubled in size, about

30 minutes.

3. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175

degrees C) oven for 12 minutes or until golden

brown. Do not over bake as these burn easily

on the bottom.

You Might be a Redneck If:

You've ever barbecued Spam on the grill



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Pat's Pantry By: Pat Novelli

Texas Cowboy Cake

3 c sugar

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

3/4 tsp cloves, ground

2 c water

1 c strong brewed coffee

1 box raisins

1 box dates, chopped

3/4 c butter

4 1/2 c all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 Tbsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt

3/4 c chopped pecans

1/2 c light corn syrup

1 c pecans, halved

2 Tbsp bourbon or rum (optional)

1. Combine first eight ingredients in a saucepan and bring to low boil while stirring continually.

Reduce heat and let simmer 5 minutes. Remove to cool.

2. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

3. Once cooled to lukewarm, slowly stir the liquid spice/fruit mixture into the dry ingredients. Pour

into two well-greased loaf pans.

4. Arrange pecan halves in a decorative pattern on the top of the loaves.

5. Bake 1 hour at 300 degrees.

6. With a brush, gently apply a coat of corn syrup over the cakes. (A few tablespoons of bourbon or

rum may be added to the corn syrup.)

7. Continue baking one hour, or until a toothpick come out of the cakes cleanly. Cool.

8. For an adult dessert, a few tablespoons of bourbon or rum can be poured on each slice prior to

serving.

You Might be a Redneck If:

You consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food



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The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

Blue and white are the most common school colors.

On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.

Humans and giraffes both have seven vertebrae bones in the neck.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards and are on the Australian coat of arms for that

reason.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie" (thus the name of the Don McLean

song).

A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia.

Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'



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Granny's Medicine Bag. By: Sandra Hugunin & Frances Cox

Eggs'll give you fatty heart

Beef'll plug your veins

Booze'll make your liver hard

'N give you kidney pains

Pop'll make your teeth rot out

Same with sweets and gum

Chocolate'll give you pimples

which makes your love life glum

Coffee'll make you nervous

Beans'll give you gas

Pot'll curdle up your genes

Or cook your pancreas

Snoose'll rot you lower lip

Or make your teeth fall out

Drink some beer? Eat rich food?

You're sure to get the gout

Smokes'll cause lung cancer

Cheese'll constipate

But prunes'll make you scour some

And make your tum gyrate

Saccharin'll give you tumors

Cyclamates'll too

Red dye'll stain your innards

And give you Green Gomboo

Salt'll boost blood pressure up

Pepper makes you sneeze

Florides freckle up your teeth

And knobby-up your knees

Pork'll give trichinosis

Which makes your muscles balk

Rabbit'll "tootleream" you

Or cause your jaws to lock

Everything is dangerous

Some more and some less

So don't partake of nothin'

And you won't die.....I guess



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TRIVIA CORNER

THERE‘S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL

The history of women in baseball dates back to 1866

with the first organized women's team known as the

Vassar Resolutes at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie NY.

This was followed by the first professional ball players, a

team of African-American women in Philadelphia in

1867 known as the Dolly Vardens.

This was two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings

became the first professional men’s team. The team’s

finances were unstable, and the team was short-lived.

World War II marked a significant moment in history

for women's baseball. With so many men being shipped

off to war, Philip K. Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs

and the famous chewing gum brand, decided to keep

the sport alive during the war by creating women's

teams.

Tryouts began in May 1943 and by the following

summer rosters were completed and the games began.

Unfortunately, as the war ended in 1945, the hype

around women's baseball began to die as men returned

from war, and men's baseball once again took

the primary role.

One notable female baseball player was Jackie Mitchell.

As a 17 year-old she played for the Chattanooga

Lookouts, a class AA team. The New York Yankees and

the Chattanooga Lookouts played an exhibition game

in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 2, 1931. Jackie was

brought in to pitch in the first inning after the starting

pitcher had given up a double and a single facing Babe

Ruth. Ruth swung and missed twice then was called out

on a third strike. Babe Ruth glared and verbally abused

the umpire before being led away by his teammates to

sit to wait for another batting turn.

Next up was the Iron Horse Lou Gehrig, who swung

through the first three pitches to strike out. Jackie

Mitchell became famous for striking out two of the

greatest baseball players in history.

A few days after Mitchell struck out Ruth and

Gehrig, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain

Landis voided her contract and declared women unfit to

play baseball as the game was "too strenuous".

Mitchell continued to play

professionally, barnstorming with the House of David, a

men's team famous for their very long hair and long

beards. While traveling with the House of David team,

she would sometimes wear a fake beard for publicity.

She retired in 1937 at the age of 23 after becoming

furious since her story about playing baseball was being

used something of a side show – once being asked to

pitch while riding a donkey. She refused to come out of

retirement when the All-American Girls Professional

Baseball League formed in 1943.

Major League Baseball would formally ban the signing

of women to contracts on June 21, 1952. The ban lasted

until 1992 when Carey Schueler was "drafted" by

the Chicago White Sox for the 1993 season.

"Are you crying? Are you crying? Are you crying? There's no crying, there's no crying in baseball!

Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigs!

And that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game!

And did I cry? NO! NO!" - Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own



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by Sandra Hugunin

As I rode upon the way one day,

A windmill I passed by.

I saw unnoticed beauty,

As it reached up towards the sky.

I never heard it complain too much,

Just a little creak and moan,

As it did the job God intended

Out here in the pasture all alone.

There’s a lesson to be learned from them

If you listen to what they say.

When the norther comes a blowin’,

Upon the ground you do not lay.

For when that big storm’s a comin’

And the wind it gets too high,

Just turn a little sideways

And let the storm blow on by.

Some say this thing pumps out water,

But I say it pumps out love.

Givin’ what’s needed for life

To any cowboy, horse, or dove.

So as we gather here together

On this hot and windy day,

Gathered around a hole in the ground

In which our friend will lay.

Let us not remember,

How his body will turn to dust.

Remember the love he pumped out

Still lives in each of us.

The Windmill

by Kevin Weatherby founder of Campfire Cowboy Ministries

It doesn’t even surprise me anymore when I see angels disguised as children and cowgirls.

So as we gather here together

On this hot and windy day,

Gathered around a hole in the ground

In which our friend will lay.

Let us not remember,

How his body will turn to dust.

Remember the love he pumped out

Still lives in each of us.

Friends are like windmills

Taken for granted till they’re not there,

Taken up to heaven

On one more gust of air.



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Teach’s Tips!!!! Boosts Week!!

This one is A-maze-ing! Frontier Fritter – you turn a pretty purple colour and get

3x XP for 2 hours – I got mine from playing Olympic games but you can

also get them from Traditional Pumpkins - Leave them for almost the complete

time before the last tend (this also will give you beef jerky which adds +1 to your

maximum permanent energy allowance) IF you get the timing right.

Crazier Cake Boost gives you 200 energy and double XP for 12 hours BUT the

way I use it is to use up a couple of energy first, use this then use a Ragin’

Buffalo or Ragin’ Bull (which give you 5 tends per click - so in effect you are

getting an extra 1000 tends) BTW a Tip for getting Crazier Cakes without

having to craft them is to buy them from the Apple Market

Another pretty one; Mulled Gold Cider Boost – you turn gold and get double XP for 4

hours – you can trade in the apples from winning apple games to get these in the apple

market.

Did you get last week’s Mystery Boost? I have not received any messages with

the correct answer yet! Still have 50 Horses to give away to the first five people

that send in the correct answers!

Please send me your tips and your favourite boosts I will reward you with 25 Dinners or a collection of

your choice (as long as it is giftable)



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Was just a whippersnapper—

I really had no sense.

I’d wait fer them wild broncos

to sidle by the fence.

Then leap upon their mangy backs

from the very top rail-board,

grab their mane, clench my knees,

an’ holler to the Lord.

A wilder ride ya never saw

on each wily untamed horse—

they’d rare an’ kick both hind feet out,

land me on my butt, of course.

I didn’t have a speck a fear,

an’ rarely I got hurt,

a screamin’ an’ a cussin’,

an’ whippin’ with my quirt.

First I’d see the sky of blue,

an’ then I’d see the ground,

as that bronco bucked me up,

an’ then he’d buck me down.

I’ve been thrown in cow-pies,

an’ mud up to my knees,

landed up against the barn,

an’ scraped off ‘neath some trees.

I never seemed to get it

when I was just a kid—

I thought I was Gene Autry,

an’ could ride the way he did.

But when I grow’d into a man,

made up my mind to go

try an’ make my fortune

ridin’ in the rodeo.

That proves that I ain’t got no sense,

an’ my brains I’m sittin’ on,

That proves that I ain’t got no sense,

an’ my brains I’m sittin’ on,

‘cause hangin’ out with cowboys

shoulda taught me I was wrong.

You’d think a feller’d learn

with his backside sore an’ hurtin’,

but liniment an’ whiskey

left me feelin’ naught for certain

Now, I don’t believe in dyin’

just to do the reckless thing,

or landin’ me in traction

with a nurse I’d have to ring.

I only joined up anyways

to have a little fun,

but ever’time I drew a horse—

he’d be the orn’ry one.

Guess I’ll grab my saddlebags,

an’ go back to the ranch,

get married to that neighbor girl,

I think her name was Blanche.

’ll settle down an’ have some kids,

an’ if they’re on the fence,

I’ll tell ‘em how it come to be—

I acquired this horse sense.

Buckin Broncos Cowboy Poetry

by Tamara Hillman



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Getting tired of trying to think of another way to prepare fish during Lent?

Southern Fried Catfish and Hush Puppies!

Southern Fried Catfish

2lbs. catfish fillets

2 cups cornmeal (might need more,

if the meal mixture becomes wet just

add a cup more into the bag)

buttermilk

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper

1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning

1 tsp. Cajun seasoning

dash of Tabasco sauce

oil for frying

Place the catfish fillets in a mixing bowl and cover with buttermilk. Put several dashes of Tabasco

sauce in this and mix around. This is optional and the heat cooks out. It just gives it a good flavor,

but not heat. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour. This catfish has no fishy flavor really at all but

even if it did, the buttermilk neutralizes it completely.

In a Ziplock bag or a bowl with a tight fitting lid, mix 2 cups cornmeal with 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. black

pepper, 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning, and 1 tsp. Cajun seasoning (I use Tony Chachere's). Shake it up to

mix all of it good. While mixing this, start heating your oil. If you are using a deep fryer with a

temperature control, heat to 375 degrees. Be sure the oil is good and hot. If it is not at the right

temperature, the fish will absorb the oil too much and be greasy, if it is too hot, it will brown on the

outside too fast and not cook on the inside.

Place 5 or 6 of the fish pieces in the bowl or bag and seal. Shake around to coat well on all

sides. Drop carefully in the oil.

Turn the fish over about once to be sure to brown on both sides. When it's brown on both sides,

remove to paper towel lined platter to drain. Repeat until all of the fish is fried.



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Hush Puppies

No southern fish fry is complete without Hush Puppies. This is a simple, but

really good recipe for hush puppies.

1/2 cup self rising flour

1 1/2 cup self rising corn meal

1 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt dash of Old Bay seasoning (optional)

1 Tbs. grated sweet onion

1 egg

Mix all together and drop by teaspoon full into the same oil you cooked fish

in. When they are brown on one side, carefully roll them over and brown

on the other side. Remove to the paper towel lined platter around the fish.



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There are so many we simply

cannot put all of the images

here. If you want to see them

simply click on the link below:

Postcards From The Edge

Back In The Saddle Again! Group Request

Page

Postcard updates’

The kids are back in school and the postcard project is still going on. If

you haven’t already sent Johnathan a card and your state or country isn’t

on the list, please try to get a card to him. Your help in this project is

deeply appreciated by Johnathan and his mom, fellow member Elizabeth

Dlugolecka Moriarty.

Elizabeth has made a document that is in our group files listing all the

states and countries that are represented so far. Click the following link

to see the doc and if you don’t see your state or country please try to end

a card. The children love all the post cards so if you haven't sent one yet

(even if your location is represented, they still want to see where you live!

List of Countries and States

Write some info about your state or country

on a post card, just a few lines, and send it

to: JOHNATHAN MORIARTY

MRS. WELLS CLASS

TROY HOFER ELEMENTARY

910 VERTIN BLVD.

SHOREWOOD, IL 60404 USA

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3743190905546.135713.1449435839&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/groups/353950061378730/doc/366025230171213/



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Somewhere along the way the ways and rights

of my people were taken from them. We are The

American Indian. We are of the Ojibwa People.

You may know us as the Chippewa.

We have gone through many peace treaties.

(Only to have the treaties broken time and time

again.) They (The White Man also deemed The

White Eye’s) have now started to take our land

where we hunt buffalo, elk and deer.

The White Eye’s want us to speak their

language, dress like them, to farm like them

they try to make us like them in all ways..

They have put us in camps and taken our

teepees, made us live in wooden shacks. And

now have taken several children from the place

they put us it is called a reservation. They said

they will teach our children the talk the

language of the White Man.

One of these children was my Great

Grandmother Rose. She was very little when the

Whites took her away to learn their ways,

religion and language. The Boarding Schools

were initially run primarily by or affiliated with

Christian missionaries.

The experience often proved traumatic to

Kitty’s Corner By: Kitty's Place

The experience often proved traumatic to

Native American children, who in numerous

other ways forced to abandon their Native

American identities and adopt European-

American culture. Since the 20th century,

investigations documented cases of sexual,

physical and mental abuse occurring at such

schools.

This was the story My Great Grandmother told

me before she died.

When they came to take the children there was

mourning and crying from our people. Our

parents mourned as though we children had

gone to be with the creator but too soon. There

was nothing anyone could do.

They took me, an only child, a girl child, they

gave me a new name it was Rose. I was 11 years

old. We were lined up and striped of our clothes.

Then they scrubbed us with lye soap as if we

were animals that had fleas. They cut my long

hair (it was to my waist) they cut it up to my ears.

I cried. They took the buckskin dress that kept

me warm in the winter and cool in the summer

only to give me a cotton dress. It would be fine

for summer but not for the cold days of winter. It

was in tatters before too long.



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We children were told to never speak our

language again.

The punishment would be no food and if it

happened again that we would be beaten. And

then it would be Solitary confinement. We tried

to learn the new ways but it was hard. Never

hearing a bird sing or see the deer play. There

was no running hunting or games to play. We

were kept in the confines of four walls even

when outside. (Learning these new ways against

our wills).

They had beds lined up in rows for us to sleep on.

It was cold in this long room. We ate at a wood

table for our meals there.

We were taught the religion of the White Eyes.

They put us to work in the fields that they had us

plant. In the winter we had to put on a play for

the people who gave us food and clothing. I kept

to myself for the most as I didn’t want anyone to

know I secretly kept the language of my people

in my mind! I knew if the school found out I

would be beaten again. I had been beaten

several times. I went without food for many days

because I spoke the language of my people. I did

that to prove myself to the other children. I know

it was stupid. But I tried.

It would be four or five long years before I could

go home. I wonder how I will ever get through it

all. I promised myself to Never Forget my

It would be four or five long years before I could

go home. I wonder how I will ever get through it

all. I promised myself to Never Forget my

people. My language, hunting, medicine, songs,

dancing or the things I had learned as a child. I

was not a White Eye. And never would be. I

would return to my people someday… It seemed

like a lifetime that I was there and it was. I was a

strange mix of people when I left that place…



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Wanted :

5 dedicated daily players for 2 weeks

5 players with more than 4 pages of missions

for 2 weeks

Please answer this ad if you are willing to be a

good neighbor and help a specific neighbor

that you are paired with for 2 weeks by clicking

on their wall posts. The rules are as follows:

Helpers : You will help your partner by

clearing their posts after you have used your

precious clicks for yourself. Collecting to help

partners to get their animals done is a bonus if

you are able too.

Players : You will benefit from this to help you

get through older missions, it is not required

that you help your helper if you cannot.

This game is about helping one another also

and sometimes we forget that, Please, I

absolutely need you to PM me and state if you

can be a helper or need a helper, I need to do

this so I can keep a log going and I can contact

you if any problems arise. I will do my best to

pair you up according to your needs. Contact

PM Info is Denyse ORorke.

“The Texans are…absolutely fearless riders and understand well the habits of the half-wild

cattle, being unequaled in those most trying times when, for instance the cattle are

stampeded by a thunderstorm at night.” – Theodore Roosevelt, part of a longer quote

adorning the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth

This game is about helping one another also

and sometimes we forget that, Please, I

absolutely need you to PM me and state if you

can be a helper or need a helper, I need to do

this so I can keep a log going and I can contact

you if any problems arise. I will do my best to

pair you up according to your needs. Contact

PM Info is Denyse ORorke.

I want to thank all of our Volunteers for your

constant support of our program, without you

the success of our program would not be

possible. Since the start of this program 252

members have been helped :)



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“Saddle Up and Pardner” is a huge success so far.

We are so pleased and excited to offer this service to members of our Back In

The Saddle Again group.

This extension to our group has been added to accommodate all your needs in

acquiring those pesky partnership tasks that Zynga has given us.

Our new group has over 300 new members. Many members have been able to

finish their partnering tasks already. 137 partnering tasks to date have been

accomplished within a 2 months of opening. We have a volunteer file that

shows who has enough feed to do your animal quickly, please start requesting

other members as friends to get help faster. It would also be great if our

members can start putting out dummy animals and posting for feed to help

others.

Please post for animal or decoration feeds and come to our group and simply

state that you have, so others can collect.

This group is only for requesting items that pertain to any of the partnering

mission’s ex. animals, pumpkins, trees, houses etc., not to clear your wall of

other mission stuff.

Now let’s kick some butt and get these done. Please read all directions in our

file info at :

Saddle Up and Pardner

https://www.facebook.com/groups/461671663890585/



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Welcome to Ali’s Saddle Up Swap Shop updates. I’m thrilled to announce that the Swap

Shop has been a huge success. The group has really grown; if you haven't joined yet what

are you waiting for? Head on over there TODAY!! If you would like to sign up for the group

please follow the link below and start trading! The admins are currently transferring

everyone from the old Fed Up group to the new Saddle Up so the old group will be closed

when the transfer is complete. Please make sure you are friends with all the admins to

make the move go smoother!

Ali's Saddle Up Swap Shop

Thanks to Jeff Wood and John Stevenson, a new spin-off

group has been set up to help with upgrading your bank to

get more of the valuable items that give up great bonuses

daily (grass, thorns, poker cards, etc.) This group was

created for easy communication between each other and to

also keep from flooding the Back in the Saddle Again group

wall (the main group) with posts pertaining to the bank

upgrades, and to make it easier for us to just click on your

profile pic to hit your wall when you post for items for the

bank. Thanks for deciding to join The Bank Building

Brigade. Here is a link to the group.

The Bank Upgrade

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FedUpSwapNShop/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/480634398645752/



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Daylight Savings Time Origin

Daylight saving time (DST) has been a subject of recurring debate in the United States, the United

Kingdom, and many other countries around the world for about a hundred years. Ancient

civilizations were known to practice a similar process of the concept of DST where they would adjust

their daily schedules in accordance to the sun, such as the Roman water clocks that used different

scales for different months of the year.

The idea of daylight saving time was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 during his stay in

Paris. He published an essay titled “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” that

proposed to economize the use of candles by rising earlier to make use of the morning sunlight.

DST was first adopted to replace artificial lighting so they could save fuel for the war effort in

Germany during World War I at 11:00pm (23:00) on April 30, 1916. It was quickly followed by

Britain and many countries from both sides, including the United States. Many countries reverted

back to standard time post-World War I, and it wasn’t until the next World War that DST would

make its return to many countries in order to save vital energy resources for the war.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted year-round DST in the United States, called “War Time”

during World War II from February 9, 1942 to September 30, 1945. The law was enforced 40 days

after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and during this time, time zones were called “Eastern War Time”,

“Central War Time”, and “Pacific War Time”. After the surrender of Japan in mid-August 1945, the

time zones were relabeled “Peace Time”.



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Daylight Savings Time Origin (Continued)

Daylight saving was first recognized as an energy saving aspect during World War II when Double

Summer Time was applied in Britain which moved the clocks two hours ahead of GMT during the

summer and one hour ahead of GMT during the winter.

DST caused widespread confusion from 1945 to 1966 for trains, buses and the broadcasting industry

in the US because many states and localities were free to choose when and if they would observe

DST. Congress decided to end the confusion and establish the Uniform Time Act of 1966 that stated

DST would begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October. However, states

still had the ability to be exempt from DST by passing a local ordinance.

The US Congress extended DST to a period of ten months in 1974 and eight months in 1975, in

hopes to save energy following the 1973 oil embargo. The trial period showed that DST saved the

equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day, but DST still proved to be controversial.

The DST schedule in the US was revised several times throughout the years, in which the DST

schedule period lasted for about seven months from 1987 to 2006. The current schedule began in

2007 and follows the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended the period by about one month

where DST starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.



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Kitty’s Place – Roving Reporter (Kittys Litter Box)

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