The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-24
SNAP SHOTS ATHoME NEWS

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Wen begin with a box and the plural IS
But the plural of OK should be oxen. not
Then one fowl is goose. but two are cali
Yet the plural of mouse should never be
You may fine a lone mouse. or a whole
But the plural of house is houses. moi
If the plural of man is always called
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called
The COW in the plural may be COWS CT
And the plural Of vow is VOWS. never
If / speak of foot and you show me
And / give you boot. would a pair be
If one is tooth and whole set ara
Why SHOULDN'T the plural of both be called
If The singuiar's this. and the plural's-
should the plural of kiss be nicknamed
Then one may be that and three would be
Yet hat in the plural would never be
And the plural of cat is cats. not
We speak of q brother and also of
But though We say mother. we never say
Then masculine pronouns are he, his and
Bur imagine the feminine-she. shis
So the English. I think you all win
Is the s-dod rottest" language you ever
Cheyenne Sun Leader
Nat Black was in Kansas City yes
terday attending meeting of pas
senger men.
The chunks of ice look larger than
they did when the ice men delivered
them in July
Bruce Kincaid is recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. He is at
Stormont hospital
Mr. and Mrs. C. H A. Schwarz. of
z22 Western avenue, are the parents of
a son. born Tuesca--
The asphalt paving repair gang has
now finished Kansas avenue as far
south as Seventh street.
The jury in the district court no soon
er gets through with one case than an
other is ready for their consideration
Next Monday the Office of the county
treasurer viii be closed for ten days
while the annual settlement takes place.
J G. Johnson the present Democratic
national committeeman for Kansas. de-
MES the report that he intends TO leave
Kansas.
The EIks' club viii give a social ses-
sion in honor of Messrs. Joe Morgan and
Dick Alden on Friday evening, Sep
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Mrs. W. ". Crittenden will entertain
the ladies of the First Christian church
at her home. 1907 Tyler street, Friday
afternoon
The Blue Jays of Sloan lodge will
hold their annual picnic at the home Of
W. C F. Reichenbach on Western ave
nue. this evening.
The programmes for the twenty-first
semi-annual reunion of the Masonic
bodies in the Valley of Topeka on Octo-
Der % 10 % are cut
4 shower of those big. disagreeable
electric beetles appeared last night, and
the Si6ewal ks are strewn with their
remains this morning. -
Cart Harry Nichols and his L. c. T.
ball players viii go out and practice
game with the kansas City drummers-
Car No loI on the Oakland line. in
charge of Motornser Gornniy and Con-
ductor Baker. broke an axle at Green
street this morning while making the
first 4riD-
4 marriage license was granted at
Kansas City Wednesday to Geo. W
Nuthall Of To3eka- Their ages are II
and "A. respectively.
George Burghart's horse Glory Quayle
won the 3-yeaT-old trot at Leavenworth
Wednesday and defeated Watson. the
horse that beat her at the Topeka races.
The time was 2:2e for the fastest heat
\ new dry goods store is coming to
North Topeka An Abilene paper says
a b. Rose & Co viii open q dry goods
store in Topeka in a few days. The