Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-27
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ihSie are iVto VI pdu ChiiuIeH VIII
would be good. If they were only hap
py.
o woe, o torture! Barefoot boys will
soon have to put on shoes and go to
school.
If you'd keep your place. neighbor
Beacon, you'd not have to be yelling
"ouch' continually. ..s
X + X
Apples are growing beyond the stage
where they are valuable in getting
business for the doctor.
X +:s
"The folders in the shock" remark
ed the farmer with the load of corn
stalks as he drove into live wire.
"Give 'em game, William This re-
fers to Mayor VIM. b. Doyle, Of Ak
ron, Ohio, at the Municipal convention.
X = X
Now that the hay, wheat and oats
have been cut, the country boy will
have time to see about having his hair
| cut.
Many the dog that shifts the crisp-
ness of the air and thinks enthusiastic
cally of the coon hunts that are to
| come.
king Cole" will be more a feature
of very real life than nursery rhyme,
If anthracite prices continue to ad-
vance.
However, there will not be better
looking Mayor at that Grand Rapids
convention than Akron's own Man Of
the Hour.
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The real worth of the nice old ladies
who sit in the corner and knit wool
socks will be appreciated in a few
bnOrI months.
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Maybe it's because "Olio" tells the
truth while speaking of Grandma Bea-
con that the old lady is so distressed
and malignant in her replies.
Long about Christmas 1t will be
found that the Panama hat which is
thrown into the attic will not last any
longer for the mice than would an Or
dinary hat.
1t is beginning to appear that the
finding Of an open saloon in Barber.
ton on Sunday morning is, after all,
not wonderful discovery.
X y
Even the most optimistic among the
local poets are beginning to think
there is more inspiration to be obtained
by the side of cheerful fire than out
in the pale moonlight, A bas the cold
night,
Spaniel" has long been a synonym
for the word contempt" There is
seldom pity and compassion for the
cur that picks fight and then tries
to pose MS martyr after being soundly
thrashed.
I. s. Myers doesn't say much when he
hears people talk of what they will
have for their Thanksgiving dinners,
but he smiles softly Mr.. Myers knows
where there are some Belgian hares
which Will be exceedingly fat by the
end Of November.
X \ X
II those book agents had invaded the
offices Of the members of the School
Board there might have been some es
cape, but in this case the agents had
the advantage. The Board was In
session and could not adjourn till tn,
agents got through talking.
A good example of the initiative and
referendum may be seen in the affairs
of the average household. The wife
suggests the rules that are to be follow.
ed. The husband straightway takes
them up, but 1t Is always the wife who
finally decides ON the enactment of q
rule into law. and unless she is will
ing, most rules fall fat.
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The time when inebriated personages
can creep into the alley to sleep when
the saloons are closed up is close to an
end, The night police win soon be sup
piled with searchlights, which will
fash into the darkest corners and make
} them light as day, and the befuddled
slumberer who prizes open his eyes tc
gaze into the g.are of the bullseye
will probably think that glaring ser
} pent is upon him. Thus passeth an
other time honored institution.
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!, Grandma Beacon has again fallen in
to her time-honored custom Of yelling
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