The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-07
NYHA WKER JOTS

| Mr.. Dreamy, q business man at La
Crosse, also proves Mr.. Shakespeare
theory that there is nothing in a name.
Joke from Winfield: TWO boys were
at the station waiting for the train to
| come in. There she is one said.
THAT amt 'she,''' the other replied
Its a mail train"
There may be some doubt as to
whether Wichita's former citizen, Mr..
| Oliver, has landed the Panama canal
contact, but Wichita doesn't care SO
much since it landed Henry Allen.
! Another offense by Charlie Biakes-
| ley: 1t develops that too many MEM
bers of the legislature live in glass
| houses to make it prudent for them
to throw the Stone bill at the railroads.
Chicken story from the Pratt Union
A. Petefish paid a dollar for a hen and
| twelve chickens the first week in July.
| He raised the chickens and sold one
| of them for a dollar, the amount of
| his investment. They have potted sew
eral and still have the hen and the re-
mainder of the chickens. some of
which are laying eggs. The hen has
| laid eighty-four eggs since she weaned
her brood. This only serves to illus
trate the profit there is in the chicken
business. Do you believe it pays?
Wichita Eagle: A Butler county
farmers wife wanted to send a lot of
butter to market last Saturday, but
she did not have the churniny done
was done. but she was equal to the &C.
casion- She poured the ripened cream
into milk can with close fitting top,
and set it in her buggy, and drove in;
the rough and rigid roads did the rest.
Upon arriving she took the lid off the
can, and with the 1adle and butter tray
she had provided dipped up the butter
and had 1t ready for delivery in a jiffy.
Even the rough roads can be turned to
utility by the gumption of a Kansas
woman.
Lawrence World About a dozen
people, mostly children, heard old Jack
Laysee make his first attempt at
preaching at Briarcreek school house
yesterday morning. Those who heard
him said they didn't know whether he
was trying to preach a sermon or
make a political speech, but that it
sounded more like the latter. He
floundered around a good deal and
butchered the English language ter
ribly, but Jack seemed to enjoy it. He
says he will preach again in the near
future when he hopes to have a bet
ter crowd out to hear him. Mrs Lay
zee says that if Jack doesn't quit loaf.
ing around the stove so much and get
out and do, the chores nights and
mornings. she'll take a broom-stick to
him and he won't be able to make
fool of himself a~ain soon trying to
preac CHI.
Deacon Walker: If the assessor and
ST Peter ever get to comparing their
DOCKS at the entrance to the pearly
gates, there will be. a blockade on the
line of march that won't clear away
until Gabriel blows his trumpet
! know man who Is going to call on
Mr.. Sears and Mr. FIoebuck when he
goes to Chicago. He thinks they will
invite him out to supper. II
still contend that the man who pays
his debts and lives worthy and de-
cent life is going to stand about as
much show as the CRATER who thinks
he Is going to creep through because
he wears the label of certain creed.
Some mems idea of smooth
ness is to borrow five dollars of a good
friend and then manage to avoid pay
ing it back - When one of
the neighbor women goes away for a
visit we can always tell when she gets
back whether she has been to a coun-
try town or to the city. If she calls
dinner" lunch and SUPPER dinner.
1T was the city. While have
never been able to get underwear that
is wide enough and long enough
at the same time, / forget those trou-
hles when see woman going down
street who has succeeded in getting a
number five foot into number three
shoe. s= zs=ee