The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-15
JAYHAWKER JOTS

We'll" remarks the Horton Head
light, you had a chance to save the
country, what are you kicking about ?''
1t occurs to the Leona correspond emf
of the Troy Chief that "a boil on the
nose is a very funny thing to the other
fellow
The Alton Empire does not see how
the foreign countries can supply
enough hair to fill all the big hats of
this country.
1t is pretty hard for us to love a
brother, says Verd Napier, who shakes
hands with us in church and fails to
recognize us on the street.
One of the rural correspondents of
the Downs Times writes under the pen
name of Thirty Cents" and another
calls himself Gent and One Half"
The boys in the Florence high school
haven't much to brag about. In each
of it's four classes girls hold the three
highest averages for school work. Not
single boy stands first, second or
third in any of the classes.
An item in the Concordia Press from
New Hope: Roy Noe has auto-fever
so high he bought a beautiful auto-box
buggy with shaft drive one horse pow
er, solid tire, return Wolf creek tread,
bold front, with extension collar, left
arm coil, using a very pleasant lady
for a spark and of course 1t is needless
" report ROY Is very HAPPY.
The Meriden Ledger reports that
George Somers caught the biggest
'possum the other day that has ever
been found in Crow Hollow. It weighed
SO pounds when dressed. Unless some
body comes to the front within the
next six weeks with a bigger beast of
this sort the Kansas 'possum medal
for 1910 will be awarded to George.
An effort at poetry by the Mt. Ayr
correspondent Of the Alton Empire:
Oh how nice it would be just to get
another rain,
About a couple of inches would be
about right.
We could smile and look pleasant with
out causing pain;
And our wheat, it would grow out of
sight
An Abilene girl who graduated from
the high school last year told friend
she intended to go to California for
the winter. Later she mentioned the
coast and the friend asked which she
California coast, which ever that may
be, I don't know" This is ignorance
profound, but a freshman did worse
when he told Prof. Kesler that, va
cuum is an empty place where the
pope lives. "-Abilene Reflector.
1t has been told recently, reports the
Moline Review, that 15-year-old
eyes and flirting with a drummer was
somewhat surprised when he asked to
walk home with her and when they
reached the young lady's home for
him to step up to the door and knock.
The young lady's mother answered,
and he told her the best thing she
could do for her daughter was to keep
her at home. He said that he had
a daughter about her age and tried to
keep her off the street.
In figuring why one of the candidates
for township office managed to get
such a large vote our reporter has 1t
sized up this way, says the Wamego
Reporter: HE kissed the baby and
rubbed the heads of Sam and Sue; he
swore the twins were beautiful, and
wished that he had two-but that
doesn't count He asked about the
corn bread, which he vainly tried to
chaw, and forthwith asked for the
recipe; of course that tickled ma-but
that coesn't count. But just before ne
left he stopped and dropped a wink,
slipped out behind the barn with pa
and there they took drink-that's
what counts"