Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-23

ZION. tnere to Wfther and fade away
until they became but a memory. 1t
the realms below the sea. to fly in the
ar even as the condor Of the Andes, to
invent the monograph, the wireless
telegraph. the divine right Of coal
barons and all other things that go
with civilization.
Whosoever strikes a blow at the
buckwheat cakes strikes a blow at the
very Keynote of U national strength,
and the efforts of the dairy and food
department in its behalf are to be COM
mended
THE CAT.
once upon a midnight dreary, as I
pondered. weak and weary,
over many a quaint and curious VOL
m of forgotten lore,
While a short snoOZe / was snatch
ing,
Suddenly there came a scratch and
Twas on my chamber door.
lis no visitor" 1 muttered, Scratch
ing at my chamber door,
Just the cat and nothing more"
knew what the cat expected. and 1
SO l grabbed the noisy feline to per-
form my nightly chore.
Down h cold stairway hurried.
while the chilly breezelets sour
Round my hin and then I let him
safely out the kitchen door.
L a put him out so often that 1T
really made me sore,
Simply that and nothing more.
Back to my hall room 1 ambled and
into the bed l scrambled.
When | heard a fearful wailing that
Id Often hnor6 1hof0ro
twas the same old caterwauling and
the same old feline calling
AS he vainly tried to get in al the
self-same kitchen door.
Then FASTENED down the stairway
and was chilled through to the
Just to let him in once more.
POOR OLD CHRISTOPHER COLUM-
OF course Columbus had a lot of
trouble in his lifetime and is having
trouble yet. for there are a few critics
who will not believe that he discoy-
cred America at all. They have been
lambasting Chris terribly since DR..
Cook didn't discover the north pole.
There is no particular reason for this
excepting tina everybody who ever
claimed to have discovered anything
has been carefully scrutinized. Co
lumbus travelled the thorny path and
his brow was furrowed with care.
He had to combat prejudice. narrow
lnli1dedless. jealous rivalry and a wild
ana Wa0'y ocean and 10 doubt his
features did grow to ave a careworn
Took along toward the ond of the ca
rcer. bat it is very doubtful if Column
BUS or an. ether man ever looked
anything like the picture of him that
is always displayed on Columbus day.
If Yc- fItFtyarrtt az G,-% ---.- ~
whether it.Was meant for Aaron Burr.
Judas jscaYfat or lydia Pinkham and
no enc would even l5now if it did not
hear q Teassuring sign spelled Column
bus anae
Columbus ray have made his mis-
takes like everybody else. but there
is no use rubbing it in. 1t may be
one of the penalties Ct greatness, but
good cid G. Columbus is deserving Of
a much Eettor fate.
PHYLLIS.
Phyllis. the erudit queen of the
She's perfectly tame. and she stands
without hitchin'.
She's we'll up in novels by Laura Jean
Lib:ey.
And says what she thinks and she's
not at all fibby
Concerning NJ household affairs.
She turns up her nose at the clothes
that We're wearing.
And If we don't like it she says she's
not caring,
And when in the eve she's through
with her !abors.
She trades all the gossip With girls
from the ~ncighbors.
She's boss of the house from garnet
to cellar.
/ ~ M. - - n. =.
we can to-! her.
She gives us to cat what she thinks
We are needing.
And pays no attention to our views of
feeding.
And never serves things by The book.
But still with her faults, Phyllis is
sure = treasure
To keep house without her would be a
hard measure
She's there with the smile that she
brought from Killarney.
And draws on q fund of good old Irish
Blalney-
And then she's a mighty good cook.
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LIFE INSURANCE A LA MODE.
Endowment Life Insurance company
New York:
Gentlemen: In reply to about 10 pei
cent Of your questions as to our fitness
to become q late deceased under you
auspices. we would say.
Our great grandfather did NOT di'
of the whooping cough. We are unde
the impression that 1t was the croup.
We have a full set of teeth. They
don't fit, but the mail order house from
which we purchased them promises t
rectify the mistake.
f We do not drive a buzz wagon
work in a powder magazine or monke!
y around where there is any poison ivy
r we have never received an inferno