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Descendant of Martha Washington & Gen Custer's sister. Comm Artist. Happily Married 44 years!! America, Bless God!!!

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Interesting!

The answer to a riddle, “Why does a dog wag his tail?” is answered by an English nobleman, who says it is “because the dog is stronger than his tail. If he wasn’t the tail would wag the dog.” Sharp reasoning, that.
— The Union Democrat (Manchester, NH), 12 May 1863