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Abner is constantly having to shuffle his poppa between home, and the store, to minimize the wearing Lizabeth and Lum to a frazzle. Today, we find grandpap reading facts from the almanac to Abner. He pauses long enough to ask about Lizabeth. The sample business letters he reads serve to keep Abner confused.
Here comes Phinus, and grandpap is ready to entertain the old gent. As the absent minded Phinus chats up old times from the Civil War, Abner takes a phone order. It turns out to be aunt Charity, and grandpap is called home. Since he laid it aside, Phinus has taken over reading from the almanac.
Before he goes, grandpap warns Abner about the way the old gent reads the almanac out loud, spouting off useless facts. If Abner doesn’t put a stop to it, Phinus is liable to drive off customers. Another phone call switches the gents up, and Phinus has to talk to Lizabeth, while grandpap resumes his station at reading facts from the almanac. All that out loud reading gets to Phinus, and he’s glad to be heading home again.
