hard wood for the boy. With this wood Billie carved a violin. The instrument had a sweet tone and he sold it for $24.00. He then made a second violin which is still in possession of one of his descendents. On this violin he taught himself to play and enter¬tained family and friends. Billie became acquainted with a Union Pacific official and the two became fast friends. The man was a good violinist and taught the boy all he knew about the instrument. When the man moved on with his work crew he gave his precious violin to Billie. This instrument is now in possession of Howard Wadsworth of Magna. When the Wadsworth family moved from Mountain Green to Hooper in 1879, Billie was given music lessons by Professor Hausee of Ogden, He continued to play until his hands became crippled, possibly with rheumatism. He visited Mountain Green often and took his grandchildren over the same ground where he had played as a child. Iris Sewell, Hooper THE DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSED Thought I'd let my doctor check me, 'cause I didn't feel quite right; All my aches and pains annoyed me and I couldn't sleep at night. He couldn't find no real disorder but he wouldn't let me rest, What with Medicare and Blue Cross, 'twouldn't hurt to do some tests. To the hospital he sent me, 'though I didn't feel that bad, He arranged for them to give me every test that could be had. I was fluoroscoped and systoscoped, my aging frame displayed, Stripped upon an ice-cold table while my gizzard was x-rayed. I was checked for worms and parasites, then for fungus and the crud, While they pierced me with long needles, taking samples of my blood. Doctors came to check me over, probed and pushed and poked around, And to make sure I was living they wired me for sound. They have finally concluded, (their results have filled a page,) What I have will some day kill me, I'm afflicted with old age! 131