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    Grandpa's Musings
    Grandpa's Musings
    Grandpa's Musings
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    Grandpa's Musings

    By Floyd E. Whitcomb

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    A collection of poems by my Grandfather, Floyd E. Whitcomb from 1927 to 1947. The poems run from funny to pious and everything in between.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 30, 2017
    ISBN9781543907001
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      Grandpa's Musings - Floyd E. Whitcomb

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      ISBN: 9781543907001

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      I Forgot

      To My Wife

      To My Daughter

      Our Silver Wedding

      For Kenneth

      Mrs. Cady

      Grand Daughter

      Gone

      Picnicing

      Mothers Day

      A Welcome to Rev. Anderson (From the Sunday School)

      The Radio Bug

      Patches

      A Missionary Meeting

      To Ted Robinson

      Christmas 1923

      Uncle Josh

      In Memory Of Sallie Pierce

      Pleasant Valley

      Untitled

      Allegany Hills

      Answer To Allegany Hills

      To My Brother

      To The Mountaineer

      Prairie Land

      Service

      Not Discouraged

      State Fright

      Untitled

      Groundhog Day

      Enough

      My Boyhood Friend

      (some) Women's Clothes

      My Faith

      Lizzie

      Untitled

      What Jesus Means To Me

      Untitled

      Jake

      The Birds

      Lonesome

      A Fisherman

      Getting Aquainted

      Untitled

      Untitled (Limericks)

      Chestnuts

      The Village Smithy

      Hymnals

      God's Smile

      The Weather Breeder

      Arbutus

      A True Sportsman

      Jonah

      The Firemen's Pig

      Thanksgiving Dinner

      A Tribute

      Robin

      What Is It?

      The Philathea Class

      The Way We Celebrate Independence Day

      Evolution

      Tuxedo

      Autumn

      Rest

      For Sale

      School Days

      My Grandfather, Floyd Whitcomb born in 1882, was a man who was gifted with more talents than any one person I have ever known or heard of.  In addition to being a gifted poet, he was a consummate artist in oils and water-colors. 

      He was one of the first professional photographers, communicating with Mathew Brady and others, making a business out of water-coloring photos. (some of his pictures from a pile of old negatives appear in this book)

      He was known to be the best shot in the County, and an avid hunter and lover of nature. 

      He was an early member of the Audubon Society and contributed drawings of birds to the books.

      He was also an expert horticulturist, and worked directly with Luther Burbank in developing new strains of vegetables. 

      He ran three oil wells on his property in Richburg New York at the height of the oil rush there in 1881-1882.  When he was in the hospital for a week, his crew dropped two bits into the wells, and they could not be recovered in those days.  Rather than declaring bankruptcy, Grampa worked for several years and paid off all his creditors.  In his later years he ran rod lines for Empire Gas and Fuel Company (see the two pumper poems)

      Gusher on Richburg Hill

      Here is a great article on the Richburg Oil Boom:

      http://crookedlakereview.com/articles/136_167/142springsummer2007/142palmer1.html

      (The picture on the website was taken by Floyd)

      I Forgot

      When I was a little lad

      I often disobeyed my dad.

      You can imagine what I’d get

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