The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-03


Rith a grin fun Of flannel shirts and
1acon-rind bait bite himself 70 some
deal spot in the pastoral wildwood.
where he can listen in rapt enthu-
Iiasm to Munchausen tales OF how the
/ ish bit just before be arrived and
low they will surely bite before he
goes away The farmer sits on the
geranda and between whiffs OF an old
iudeen tells how pure the air is and
low it knocks the city bacilli out Of
man. His good wife. in her alpaca
'unabout, ladies out great gobs Of Joy
as she dwells upon the comfort you
will take sans coat, sans vest, sans
iollar, sans everything except a few
minor nnderclothes, a negligee shirt
md a pair Of paiamas. Having
lrayed the menu, consisting Of soda
crackers. dry Clipped beef, store cook
es with white frosting. and a few
)ther delicacies Of a like character
sou take on appreciation Of the purity
Of the air From 81 to s. per day
for pure air naturally calls for a high
y clarified atmosphere. and you be-
gin to feel lightheaded When you
are SO fun Of air and soda crackers
you can remain anchored no longer,
you suddenly get a telegram ca to
come home and bury your office 10y.
With highly inflated lungs you return
70 the city, having sunburn that
ike the smile, won't come off,
In your sadder and more commun-
istic moments you recall that your
dream Of bacon and eggs, fresh vege.
tables, wooded nooks, big fish catches
and a quart or two Of just rest was
nightmare. You firmly resolve TO in
troduce a bill in the legislature com
peling all country resort Keepers.
farmers especially, TO furnish photo
graphs Of surroundings, map OF lake,
certificate Of fish catches. together
with sample menu by mail, to all pros
pectlye boarders who. upon arrival.
viii demand as a further protection,
good and sufficient bond binding the
resort liar to ten the truth. ths
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, during the entire season.
But you get busy bulling the market
or keeping the market from bulling
yon-and forget your resolves. Next
year you go out and work OF your
enthusiasm in the same way. Pure
air comes high. but we must have It.
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Curious how some men make hits
in this world, isn't lt2 Sad. too. how
many times the placard. He was
good boy, but" has been attached
TO the tail Of young mans coat.
When at school this second miniature
genus homo was a favorite with the
teacher because he always knew his
lessons, was neat and tractable. never
devilish and always reliable Along
side Of little Johnny Green. whose face
was ever suggestive Of night In the
slough, whose hair was tangled and
had cow-lick in it, who never missed
an opportunity to "can" a dogs tail
or stick pins where they would do the
most good for the greatest number,
the good boy. but" was para
gon of promise. In later life, he de-
veloped into an honest milkman with
occasional dabbles in working round"
A good boy but he became a
good man but" He BELONGED 20
that great aggregation known as The
Non-Combustible League, the fellows
that never set the world on FIRE"
Little Johnny Green. to the contrary
Notwithstanding, took a firm hold on
the seat OF his trousers and lifted
himself past the canned" dogs into
the realm Of success, where he is now
busily engaged counting his money
and wondering where he will build his
next summers box" by the lapping
lakeside. The box usually turns
out 70 be a 100000 cottage" at Rub
bernecks' Roost, or some other fash
ionable neck on the coast The woods
are fun Of just such examples. It
never pays a teacher to scoff at her
dullest scholar He may some day
clean up her preserves with a mort
gage. OF come to lecture in her town
and be met By a committee Of ten. Of
which she will not be one because she
was not sufficiently urged When a
boy we often failed to get our algebra
lesson because OF the interior work
ings Of genius. Look at us nowl A
living example Of our argument. You
cant tell by the looks OF a frog how
far he can jump for ny. The teacher
who looked disdainfully at us is moth
Ing but an old maid to this very day,
while We are married and haven't
learned an algebra lesson in thirteen
years Moral-Be good and you win
be happy.
1T is better to be low and humble.
10 eat pie with a knife and say them
people. than TO be ruler OF a revolu-
I'M kingdom and have a cold. glitter
Ing steel clandestinely introduced
INTO yer anatomy Be thankful fer
small things Uncle BY.
New Jersey preacher has organ
sed choir Of thirty whistlers. It is
ime for the old hard-shell deacons 10
urn ever in their graves again.
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A modest Boston girl made a Quilt
If her old Stockings. but she used
lnly that part Of them ordinarily Wis