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This article presents poems by readers of the periodical "The Saturday Evening Post," and a reader's response regarding a Civil War book. One of the readers says that everytime he thinks that people run out of material for another Civil War book, someone finds a pocketful of letters that General Ulysses Simpson Grant forgot to mail, and the presses roll again. Well, this time he had uncovered a find which he offers to any Civil War buff who thinks he can make something of it, the diary of a great-great uncle.

The article presents cartoons, comments of various people, and a short story titled "The Forgetful Elephant," by Jack Brownell, published in the January 2, 1960 issue of the periodical "The Saturday Evening Post." Cartoons are related to detouring, dieting and married life. Apart from freedom of speech, emphasis is given on the right to keep quiet.