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From: Beth Harrison <>
Subject: Re: The Farmers Son
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:34:49 -0400 (EDT)

Joanne! WOW! What a story! Thanks!

At 06:44 PM 8/19/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hello to all
>
>I am new to this list and residing in sunny Queensland, OZ. Being a half
breed (1 part Scot / 1 part 5th generation Irish Australian - work that one
out!) I have a keen interest in these parts of the world and your list
sounds interesting.
>
>So I'll pass on this little gem about the Farmers Son (and hope you haven't
already had it - please excuse if you have).
>
>Emails most welcome: :-))
>
>Regards
>Joanne Marsh
>Toowoomba, Qld
>Australia
>
>THE FARMER'S SON
>His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while
trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from
a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
>
>There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and
struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could
have been a slow and terrifying death.
>
>The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse
surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced
himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
>
>"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
>
>"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied,
waving off the offer.
>
>At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.
>
>"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
>
>"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
>
>"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If
the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."
>
>And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St.Mary's
Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout
the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
>
>Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia.
>
>What saved him? Penicillin.
>
>The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
>
>His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
>
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