Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-09-13
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Or Perhaps It Was the Spirit Of One
of Our Correspondent Ancestors
That Had Been Allowed to Come
Back to Nanny Earth As
"Transmogrified'' Soul.
Under date of Washburn, Sept. \,
Jimmy Davies writes to the editor of
the Record. Pasted to the top Of the
lcttcr-head is an ''inseck" that Jimmy
says is a bed-bug, and further AYERS
that it crawled out of his copy OF the
Record. We don't believe it is a bed
bug at ALL 1t may he potato-bug
or mud-turtle Or, according to
the oriental belief in the transmigra-
ton OF souls, it may bc the spirit OF
some Welsh ancestor Owen Glen
dower perhaps that chose clean
aud reliable medium for making Jeems
Il visit at Washburn. But it hash the
SMELL OF bed-bug. Any way, what
ever til. lone traveller may be, he prob
ably got on" at Bismarck. Jimmy
writes an interesting and am using let
ter regarding the find. But we arise to
remark that he may not feel 50 face
tious i'm the sweet byand-bye. About
the time that he gets up at ; O'Clock
g M i'm the morning To fill up the
twins on paregoric, or steps on a tack
while cavorting over the floor with
onc of EN- under either arm, he'll be
more serious i'm his manner. Wait
until he gets to putting up the stove
pi pc or lacking down the carpet-then
he'll not be in q frame of mind 10
make merry over the misfOrtunes of a
poor, innocent buy that started out 10
see the world. Come to think about
it, we'll bet a nickel that it's a type
louise And, il Mr. Davies will 60 to
The Leader office, they will show him
others of the same breed. Jimmy
speaks of the traveller In the mascu-
line gender How canhe ditferentiate
the sen of the insect known as bed
bugibus horribulis? 1t is like a min.
strcl gag the writer heard about sew.
cnty-iNe years ago, when he was young
and innocent One of the end men
told the nterlucutOr that he could
distinguish the sex OF a canary bird at
n glance. How" he was asked
Why you just give it some bird-seed
and, If it's IA male, he'll eat il, and, II
its "A female. she'll eat it," was the
reply. At any rate, We trust that
Jimmy will mot for Il nome Mt suppose
that the pet So common to many
households was forwarded to him as
! wedding present from the Record of
flee But we are forgetting to give
the letter. which follows:
"ln this aye of hustle and hustle
many are the eXpedients in advertis
, ing To lure the public, and varied ar,
the premiums offered by newspaper
to increase their circulation. Blu
yours is the limit.
"opening up my copy OF the last is
sue of your weekly rag o. freedom,
was surprised TO find that you had in
!. closed the above bed bug.
AS active as the day 1t got Its las
square meal OIL you for you ar
always charitable. ID. r. waddle,
around as pleasantly and nonchalant
~ as an editor receiving Delinquent
subscription.
III got it acquainted with all tin
big bugs IT the town and county. t.
say nothing of the numerous humbug
over i'm the lnSurgent camp.
IA regret to say, however, that
was careless enough to allow it to pr
loose some of those 'newsy' para
graph, in the Bismarck Tribune, an,
whether some of those heavy edi
torialssoc ommonint that paper crushed
the poor little fellow, the post-morten
morlcm failed to reveal
6 His demise is TO he regretted: fol
/. unless YOU intended him asa premium
his mission was not stated. The in
>eet indicates an arrears In my sub
: sciip,icsl. and. if he was a collector
his death should lie To the rest an ex
ample Of the power Of the press.
II intended having his body ere
mated: but. upon second Thought,
have had him embalmed. and truS
> that YOU Will see that he is bure
]. With his own lie has very ikel
been 50 attached 10 you that, could h
! have spoken. his dying request woul
have been. Take me back to Linton
As a parting suggestion. migll
;, say that Il gold bug would make
more intcrcstin. premium, especial
since our friend, wv J. has returne
from Donegal. Wishing you success
in the fall campaign, ! am yours Sit
celcly.
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