The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-09-20
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drink and then they overlook
mostly anything he may do. Any
omissions in his con duct are very
generously charged to the fact that
he is a victim of the drink habit, and
any offehse he may commit is
charged to this. 1t is the only argu-
ment in favor of getting full, as the
man who joys along aid dosen't
meet all his agreements has a great
deal more of explaining to do than
the man who merely ''iags'' along.
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Some OF the ''boys" have been
figuring on dramatizing the great
French court martial trial, and fill
Ing in the principal places with
local characters. Standing on the
curb stone the other day We over
heard the characters called off and
they were all "Battle Axe" people.
This was a comedy though, and it
included Dreyfus, an Esterhazy,
-Picquart, Joaust, Labouri and a Mer-
rier. The play will certainly be a
winner if it is ever produced.
11The Washbufh people who attend
ed the game of ball at Ashland Fri
day do not speak very highly of the
manner in which they were treated.
The Ashland ball tossers were all
right, but the Ashland spectators
were all over the grounds, and inter-
ferred with the players in most
disgustin manner. Washburn lost
The game principally on account OF
this interference.
Knox is getting to be a horribly
chestnutty old scape goat to palm off
as original that story about two
young girls getting their pictures
taken while looking through torn
newspaper, and then discovering
that in big letters there appeared on
the paper an advertisement for
pants. That old story is hca-y with
age, and has been going the rounds
for almost generation. The Incl
dent is said to have really happened
about the time of the landing of the
Pilgrims.
The discus sion of any proposition
usually brings out disagreement.
For instance among a party OF ladies
the opinion was advanced that
names should be furnished by the
Ghoul. The Ghoul was too consider
ate for that as he wanted to spare
the feelings of his friends among the
ladies. And undoubtedly some ones
husband was meant.
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There are few things that make
people tired and one of these is to
pick up newspaper day after day
and find it filled with re-hash of un
interesting stuff. This pertinent
paragraph is meant to apply to the
editors ard news papers of the Twin
Cities, who are wearying US just
now, with their accounts of the
Thirteenth Minnesota. Every time
that private Brown or Corporal
Smith sneeze or brush their hair
the act is duly transmitted by wire
from San Francisco and published in
the ST. Paul and Minneapolis news
papers. The Dreyfus case has be-
come insignificant in comparison
with the daily movements of Mime
sota's bloody Thirteenth.
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Nothing has rivaled this wonder
full regiment, which is said to be
composed mostly of Mamma
boys" unless it was Minnesota S
wonderful pumpkin show, and that
only had few days inning just
long enough to give ST Plunkard and
few people from Northern Wiscon-
sin chance to mix up with the
horse jockeys and the sporting peo-
pie. Minnesota is just now witness
ing gymnastic performance on the
part of it's politicians who are fgur-
ing that the returning heroes of
Manila will be important factors in
the election next year.
fff
A Yankee friend of ours indust-
riously engaged in whiting a stick,
shifted aquid of Battle Axe to the
other side of his face, and splitting