Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-07
Copyright. 1911. by North American Press
Syndicate.)

mo rowing heroS vino SLOWLY DER
the lea,
No plowman homeward plods his
e way.
The old farms not what it used to
be.
No horny-handed sons Of toll are seen.
h 80-acre lot has not been plowed.
One does not hear the harvesting ma
chine.
And no such thing as work is now
allowed.
The old farm is called q watering
place.
What now are ''lakes'' were former
ly but swales.
The farmer has a smile upon his face.
He's raking in the dough in copious
bales.
ACCORDING TO UNCLE ABNER.
II there were more fellers workin'
and fewer fellers savin' the country,
the country would be able to save
itself. in time.
depends a good deal on whether he
Is rtdin' or walkin.'
The noun dawg seems to have dis
appeared around the corner with a
q attached to his tail.
No matter how much civilization
progresses there will always be a
lot Of old fashioned chumps who will
wear stiff bosom shirts.
And q lot Of others who will cling to
1he derby hat.
Mr.. Elias Tmmins u the proud po-
SCISSOR of a set Of false teeth which
he a worn for he last two weeks
upon all occasions. They do not fit
exactly. however, and when no one is
about he retires to a secluded place,
the teeth out and slips them into
his pocket. One day this week he alb
sentmindedly slipped them into his hip
pocket with his plug of tobacco.
Imagine his surprise to find when he
reached around for a chew an hour or
later that the teeth had chewed up all
of the tobacco. Mr.. Timmins now car
ries a small tin box in which he
places the teeth when they are not in
commission
I. Egbert Peavy can't wear carriers
because they stop his circulation. so
he sticks his socks up with library
paste.
There amt much use in trying to
git ahead of d Teller from a small
town in "a boss trade o Il political
argument.
Hcd Peters has resigned hi; Job at
the feed mill so that he kin spend all
of his time attending to the m~at!ona!
campaign.
There is hardly any Teller who has
not. at son1e time or ether. had u sort
of haliherin' to run fer the legislator.
Any gal WHO kin look good with i.er
hair in Il braid down ner back ii d
real beauty and NJ mistake.
There ain't mnch in this .ife or the
next that worries a nan who kin 20
fishin' while his Wife does dressln a 2.in'.
Any gal who kin hang onto rhc G;.s.:S
n of a motorcycle while her fciie:
is drivin' it so miles an hour is GER
tainly going to make u loyal wife.
Undertaken Amos Eutts has Tough,
q new racing %autonlbiic and is ,sar-
Ing up the ground in these parts. he
figgers that the car Will increase "a.
business ccnsid'ole if handled rlsh,.
Outside OF paintin' n picket fen. ). 4
always seems to ME hat trim t. u
Goldfish gravy with 8 for. is ~. II
the putterinest job agoin'.
Mrs. Elmer Jones has just ret r..
home from an cxtcndcl TRIP fea
health. He was se:lia' se.,aa
around the country fairs. III 70.
didn't go on The r".p exactly
health. but il practically .,..1. IN;
that.
LATE Hilliker has les. rs lgs..
position in lhe feed r...il srd
has %nothin' particular IL view i
tryin to decide Mhet,ne. 10 &c
vaMdcvill or the insurance basih; 5
Hank Tumins says there ajI'y
pertickler savin' in salokjn' a ~
cent scegar that some teller gives :
for il gen'allv takes a nick.e's W..l
of matches to keep it acoin'.
If a Teller wants to be a gre
there is something to be Rad a.oi..
the time.
Next to readin' meters for ,ae sa<
company. about the most taarSies.-
job l know OF is workin' In the t-oui Il
department of a telephone company.
1t is a medium dull day when Ea;seT.
Bill of Germany don't get on the 7rSe
page next to the pure readin' matter.
E~uoWvrhinr io diy;Iod ar1to1 ~, t1,ir
world. The poor ma has got the APP
petite and the rich man has got tin.
grub !.
Nobody in the old home town ever
expects a Teller to make good. but
when he goes to the bad everybody
knew he would all the time.
The teller whoS gets by is the
who keeps everlastingly at 1t. Even
If he hasn't got the goods he makes
people think he hts, which AMOUNT to
the same thing.
CAUGHT en- THE FLY.
A former railroad president is now
a beggar in New York. Let it be
hoped that no one. is so unkind as to
hand him q railroad sandwich.
An Albany died and left
three bellboys $50, GOO. They must have
carried a pitcher Of icewater upstairs
for her at sone time.
IL DOESN'T seem as tnOugn anything
can happen in this world without
bringing on a famine in China.
Senator Gamble has found out that
politics bears a strong resemblance
to his own name.
II there is anything in a name, Gen.
Booze of the Mexican army should be
a hard man to whip.
FROM THE HICKEYVILLE CLAIR
ION.
Doc Hanks has invented a medicine