The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-28
ITEMS FROM FOREST REGISTER.

ITEMS FROM FOREST REGISTER.
A Kansas editor has figured it out
that If all the dogs raised in Kansas
during the past year could be rolled
into hog, it couud dig the Panama
canal in two roots and a half.
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Tennessee have all
mounted the water wagon, while Tex
as is making serious effort to get
aboard and Arkansas and Louis
lana are talking about it.
Every man, says an exchange,
should read his Bible, his ballot and
his home paper without assistance.
| There is another thing a fellow
should read too, and that is the fine
print in note or an agents con-
tract
A curious inquirer wants to know
what are the sister states and we
should Judge that they are: Miss
| Ouri, the Misses ,Sippi, Ida Ho, Mary
Land, Callie Fornia, Allie Bama,
Louisa Anna, Della Ware and Min
ME Sofa.
| The new trial service which was in
augurated on the Illinois Central last
a. M, which makes the arrival of the
Daily Picayune and Times-Democrat
in Forest at 1913 a. M, five hours
earlier than formerly.
Appendicitis is no longer the fash
ionable disease. If you want to asso-
ciate with the swell-elegant, you must
have neuresthenia. You may not
know what it is, but that makes no
| difference; it is up to you to have it.
| An exchange says that politics
makes a fool of man. Well, some
times it does but nine times out of
ten nature got into her work before
| the man ever heard Of such a
thing as politics.
A Forest lad was parsing a SEN
| tence the other day: "A sdhoolma'
am is a verb. because she denotes
action when you throw paper wads
| at the girls. Switch is conjunction,
and is used to connect the verb
schoolma an to the noun boy. This
| is compound sentence of which boy
is the subject and switch is the OBJ
| ject, first person, singular number
and awful case. 1t takes two school
ma ans day to cook o dinner"
! An agent, worked Forest last week
with a proposition whereby person
subscribing to pictorial magazine
was entitled to furniture premium
| a Morris chair, chinacloset, side
boards. bookcase, etc. The price of
the journal, with premium of your ow
selection, was $3.50 per year. The
poor fellow, of course, is travelling
around the country losing money on
the deal, but several people here
seemed to have no sympathy for him.
! There isn't paper in any locality
that gets all the news. Persons Of
| ten come and go that the reporter
does not see. 1t often happens that
a family is missed several times
They get the impression that the
paper does not care to mention them.
1t is a mistake The paper has no i'll
feeling, nor spite, nor enmity
against anyone. Don't be afraid to
give us items of interest. Perhaps
you sometimes think we show
partially, but see if it doesn't treat
you right if given a chance. II you
don't see us to tell US Of any hap
penings or news items at your home
send it anyway or drop it in the post
office. but don't fail to give your
name so we will know there is no
mistake about it.
/ The Newton Record last week con-
tanned a very timely editorial about
criticisms the newspapers get. Every
newspaper. in the nature of things,
makes enemies. TO tell the. truth
lit must make enemies. But its en-
emies often are the best as
sets. They are its chief SURGE of
strength in town. Sometimes enc
man to enter town and flock to him
with stories and tell him what a
snap it will be to do up the other
editor They exaggerate the other
kman's mistakes. They make the new
man believe that the town Is just