The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-12-28

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villainpus twinkle came into MS eyes
to refrain from raising any salaries ="
= When the general laugh subsided,
Hague remarked:
Though | have heard of many New
Year resolutions. / have seldomSh ca I'd Of |
one being kept, but one occurs to me
just now.g You know l was horn and
brorgIt up il Scotch settlement, and
you also know thai tie 6eo4eh eSe|
many peculiar customs. Though they no
longer have chiefs In this country ". they
have wise men who ard looked note By
all the Community and sked Tor adyice
in times OF trouble TO one OF these al
poor woman went in great Distress Her
husband was famous wrestler, the
champion of the whole settlement, but he
had a failing for strong drink, and when
the New Year came round, when Scotch
people are in the habit of making calls
and drinking to one another's health, she
feared he might start out on one OF his
terrible sprees. She took her troubles
to the wise man. and he said, Leave the
matter to me- ~ :. a, Ii.
az few days later McNab. the wrestler.
received message stating that a great
wrestler had arrived from Scotland who
had overthrown every one with whom
he had ever contended and that @McNab
could find him OF the house of the wise
man McNab accepted the challenge at
once and went to seek his opponent.
"'Whaur is the wrastlerY he inquired.
Let me get hold of him, and I'll break
his back
'rhe wise man smiled and set bottle
of Scotch whisky on the table.
"'There,' he said, lis the only wrestler
know of that can overthrow you, and,
as was afraid you might meet him
while going around at the New Year,
thought | would warn you
"At first McNab was inclined to be an
CRY; but. realizing the truth of the re-
bulle, he picked up the bottle and with
one powerful twist broke It In two.
sTherev be said. 4 have broken the
wrastler's back. and no one can say that
he can ever overthrow me ara in And
| that New Year resolution was kept.
| 81 once knew several re8oiutions that
| were kept" said FIELDING, 'sand the con-
sequences were sad. once had several
chums who were ambitious, but INDECENT,
| and II was their delight to get together
and talk about the great things they
hoped to do. One was an embryo author
| who mapped out books no man could
write, another scientist who had
dreams beyond the conceptions Of Tesla
and Edison. and yet another growing
Statesman whose schemes would have
dazzled Hanna. 1t used to be delightful
to listen. to them talk, hut one New
Years eve they foolishly resolved to try
to materialize their great IDEAS" o."
"Where are they now?" asked Has
lam.
"rhe statesman has disappeared from
sight the scientist is lineman for tel
epkone company, and the would be emf
nent author is police court reporter,
and all of them are unhappy because
they have discovered that they are fail
ures. like most other men. whereas II
they had never tried they would still BE-
convinced of their native ability and be
happy. AS you can see, New Years res
olutions are sometimes dangerous"
Just then the chimes began to ring out
the old year and to ring in the new. The
Inseparables opened their windows fol
the New Year to enter and shook hands
ON the resolution they had made, al
though none Of them knew the resolu
tons made by the Others