The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-20


comes home so tired he works month
befo Z he is rested again."
Next year he resolves he will take
a different sort ofJxacation; he will
go to some quiet lake and fish tenn
perately. lT- t.n.l.-,. b. F
Another cycle rolls around and he
leaves his Office again for sylvan re-
treat where tapping waves sing lul-
labies and drowsy winds blow hash
eesh to the tired brain. He finds the
place fully equal to his expectation
and plans on a campaign of idleness.
Alack! he is fisherman and great
strings of fins coming from the lake
on the chains of ardent boarders, set
his alarm clock for three next morn
ing. He must fish early, for when it
is hot the fish are dilatory. The be
fore breakfast catch" is excellent and
a big bite" is SO promising that he
puts in the entire day, burning his
skin in the sun. At night there is a
quiet little hop in the dining room or
on the piazza. and he INDUCES with
the others. There is the whist party,
the concert, the trip to town, the cat
fishing expedition at highland thus
it 'goes, one gala round of pleasure.
The mail brings him worry, the baby
takes sick, and The deuce knows what.
When he gets home he is tired again.
Verify the average mans vacation is
the hardest month of the entire year.
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Afraid.
stubbie and Fatty and Billy and ME
We were discoursing on Ghosts yister-
dee!
was not Scared, not tall, at thee
later. however. them ghosts made me
klimei
when got home and thee darkness came
down
pa sent me over see Mr.. Brown
there is a place on the path that is
DARK
yew know thee spot-It is south of thee
Park!
run like time and my heart thumped,
mi!
tell you what cum hoam on thee fly!
then mother sed they wsz no wood a
tail:
Bring in load-and be careful. don't
fall"
mi, # wuz dark and a thing went "Pfst!
90. Pfizt"'aa Va act 3tFar s....f
4 threw a stick at thee noise but missed.
then backed up lin the night 2 that pile
loading myself in very short while,
ma sed: 20. shaw! such load will not
git seyrul stisks--what's the matter of
your"
1 bellered then and mi mother she said:
You needn't go-but it's time fer your
bed.
50 skipped off an gist jumped in2 bed
pulling thee comforters over my head!
all of thee night Lnot ghost found me
but in the dark they was rats in mi
Hair!
ma found them there in the morning. She
sed:
MERCY: the rats nests they is in your
head!'
then sed "ouchi"-but Unite we shall
Tabby, our cat. will be sleeping with me!
@ O @
He Needs Her.
No young man may be confidently
expected to use ordinary precaution
about matrimonial entanglements
when, with girl handy, his big toe
is crying out for a female who can
darn socks!
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Rag Time.
The man who overrates himself
runs out of wind trying to keep up
with his personal estimate.
81 4 q
No wise man will forget to mention
his wedding anniversary the day It
wobbles round. No wife ever does.
rss 'T0i & Il q
During the August days when exces-
siye heat forbids activity. choose a
quiet corner and make list of those
Christmas presents.
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Raw potato is good for cleaning old
oil paintings. A chunk Of 1t win also
keep the baby quiet while ma runs
across lots TO borrow two eggs and a
cup OF sugar from the neighbor's,
Willie sometimes finds 1t fine business
for soaking the cat, and rubbed on
wart. II will not hurt the wart the
least bit
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