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Major Major Major Major

           Totalstrangerssawfittodeprecatehim,withtheresultthathewasstrickenearlywithaguiltyfearofpeopleandanobsequiousimpulsetoapologizetosocietyforthefactthathewasnotHenryFonda.ItwasnotaneasytaskforhimtogothroughlifelookingsomethinglikeHenryFonda,butheneveroncethoughtofquitting,havinginheritedhisperseverancefromhisfather,alankymanwithagoodsenseofhumor.

           MajorMajor’sfatherwasasoberGod-fearingmanwhoseideaofagoodjokewastolieabouthisage.Hewasalong-limbedfarmer,aGod-fearing,freedom-loving,law-abidingruggedindividualistwhoheldthatfederalaidtoanyonebutfarmerswascreepingsocialism.Headvocatedthriftandhardworkanddisapprovedofloosewomenwhoturnedhimdown.Hisspecialtywasalfalfa,andhemadeagoodthingoutofnotgrowingany.Thegovernmentpaidhimwellforeverybushelofalfalfahedidnotgrow.Themorealfalfahedidnotgrow,themoremoneythegovernmentgavehim,andhespenteverypennyhedidn’tearnonnewlandtoincreasetheamountofalfalfahedidnotproduce.MajorMajor’sfatherworkedwithoutrestatnotgrowingalfalfa.Onlongwintereveningsheremainedindoorsanddidnotmendharness,andhesprangoutofbedatthecrackofnooneverydayjusttomakecertainthatthechoreswouldnotbedone.Heinvestedinlandwiselyandsoonwasnotgrowingmorealfalfathananyothermaninthecounty.Neighborssoughthimoutforadviceonallsubjects,forhehadmademuchmoneyandwasthereforewise.

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