Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-07

Appeals to him to get them out, i a
Suspicion had become so strong 49,
That John knew there was something
Z =. wrong 4 49, ,j - z. : 80.
And SO there was, as they with mirth
Explained to Kim: The pig was worth
TWo-bits a pound, and stealing it
Was not mere tlieving, but a bit, =
Of high finance, for which there is ..
No penalty. The pig was his, ~
And not the butchers, like the time
When pork was selling at a. dime
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January gets it's name from Janus
Bifrons,S a. famous Roman explorer.
Two-faced Janus, as he was. known,
claimed to having reached the. North
Pole as early as % B. c., but he could
not Copenhagen with the wisdom of
that learned city, and they put the
den mark on him. - ,'A
March was at that time the begin
ming of the year. This month was
named for the great war god of the
Romans, but .Numa said that inasmuch
as liars were first at the pole land
everywhere else, they might as well
be first in the calendar, too, and Janu-
airy was made the first month. ;, Sub
sequently Caesar increased the num-
Der Of days IN It from 20 to- 81 He
was to retire from the imperatorship
the last of the month, and wanted to
squeeze five pay days into IT,
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The water wagon will resume H. :
With Carrie Nation chanting s II l. l.:
And megapho ZONES announcing room =
For anyody loating. 2 ;: f'=sEst .'':2 =
The happy group will tool along
With prohibition potter . =. y ~, '.s,.s ID,
And now and then hit up song
/, Of loyalty to water. .,r.;-...
/ The wary. publican, about to be: re-
duced to squalor, will set a glass and:
bottle out and blow, upon his caller.
The which display and dulcet sound
will set old ballads ringing, and on
the second time around not many will
be singing. 3;s1 :$ sssl= 4: y, IS. X: *
At which the publican will send j..
r.. a wireless Tom and Jerry IT. 4, =.
With earthenWare hit end to, end s. T.
whistle on cherry. '.ss$ 'ss.'.
And when the car comes round again
Someone, the truth confding Z. ). =.
To Carrie gently, will explain b; ,S. ~
That no one else is riding. {. !. -. -. :: 5
heaSWolf Will wear groove around
the poor mans habitation. and even
prunes will go to twice. their present
valuation. The thrifty populace win
ssift the ashes for its fuel, and the
plutocrat will wear piece of bacon
for as jewel III = s s!&55sss5ls ,;.
Us The wind will smite the house with
Its refrig erated drizzle, and Boreas-
will work around the windows with
5chisel. The plumber will run in and
out at 30 cents a minute, and the NOV.
Ing van win come aroundswith seven
sbailiffs in it y. v. ]
s5It sis cheerful time of the year..
there is no doubt about it, and Win.
tiers such q hit with us we could not
do without 1T The shaggy calf backed
In the Sack with straw: around his
Iplumbing would bawl his heart out If.
he thought the gentle Spring were
coming.
He'd hate to see the grass grow
green and hear the birds Warble, OF
greet the passing tumb1e bug back
pedaling MS marble. He wouldn't
give 2 whoop outdo ors to gambol on.
the clover and dance the raz-pa.taz
until exhaustion bowls him over 81
He loves the way his ribs stick out Out
and rattle in the blizzard, and lotes
upon the piece Of Ice he's using for. a
gizzard. The tempest and the paucity
Of snstenance delight him, and he:
dearly loves to- wonder where the
Arctic next will bite him.
30 he slgns of the zod iac Cor January