Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-31

MIR. Ide, while no champion of the
bull fight. hates to hear the Spaniards
abused for cruelty on this heal.
He tells an anecdOte of a Spalliard
travelling from San Sebastian to Biar-
ritz in a first class compartment with
an American.
"'You Spaniards are a great nation
the American said, but I amt under
stand how a nation that produced VAL
asluez and Valdez can stomach the
sAvag cruelty Of III bull fight
The Spaniard rolled his black eyes
at this, emitted a great cloud of Gig
aret smoke, II said:
"'You have In America a number OF
societies for the prevention of cruelty
TO children. I believe"
Yes
AND they do good work."
"'Oh. splendid work.
Now the Spaniard showed his white
teeth in a smile.
"'Well. senior. such societies would
be useless in my country he said.
The man who would lft his hand
against a little child has not been born
in SPAIN"
A man, driving along a country road,
saw the roof OF a farmhouse ablaxe.
he g%esticulatcd and called to the farm
wife. who was standing calmly in
the doorway:
Hey. your roof is afire!."
What"
Il say your house is afre!"
What did y say? I'm a leetle deaf"
Your house Is atire.." he yelled at
the top of his lungs.
lis that all?"
It's all [ can think Of lust now"
John W. Hutchinson. IT.. who had
charge Of the eastern branch OF the
Taft bureau in New York city, used
to be a reporter. That is, he put In
II of his college vacations in study
ing to be a Journalist.
He was one of the Tribune city
staff. Displayed on tho walls OF the
city editors room in those days We're
ards on which We're printed in big
type h word accuracy AT that
time there was a line OF type on the
effect that h paper was founded by
Horace Greeley. The line isn't to he
found there any more.
Hutch" az ne WAS known in the
office, was put on a job In which Mr..
tireeley's name had to be written, not
way the item was sent up without
being read and the proofreader didn't
catch Hutchinson's spelling. When
Hutch" came In the next day the
city editor was laying" for him.
Taking him by the arm he led him
hIOuAlA SIlS 0AAA O1A4SS0 "a
zach card containing h warning.
accuracy"
ibid you ever read these cards?"
he inquired.
Hutch thought he had.
The city editor then opened a file
Ut the paper and pointed to the line
containing h name of Horace Gree
ley.
Did you ever see this line in the
Tribune?" asked the city editor.
Hutch thought he had.
Then why III the name OF Jonah
n the whale. did you leave out the.
nnal 'e' in Greeley's na1ne?" The city
editor didn't use just those words, but
that wax what he meant.
;ou uWslII sin! aMr. ' ePes,ey the Mro aa0 sscs a
poor hand that l doubt il anybody
ever knew whether or not there was
n tinal 70 in his name"
The city editor looked at him crit
ically FOR Il and said:
YOU'RE not a reporter. you're a
funny man. You'd better apply for Il
job on Life.
But Hutch" went back to college
and when he had finished he studied
law. Now when he isn't practicing law
he Is in politics for the fun of 1t.
A Scotch ~gamekeeper who had been
LET, in charge Of an estate was being
questioned by an English visitor.
Are there many deer on the place."
Hundreds. sir Man Many hares?'
there many gorillas?" asked the Eng
the galnekeeper hesitated, then he re-
piled: 'Weel. sir. they-they come like
yerself, just moo and then"
A novelist whose sales do not CORE
spond with the lofty nature Of the re-
yiayrs hiS hooks usually get WAS walk
ing on Broadway when here glided
past the motor car of q publisher who
had brought out, at a heavy loss. one
of the authors books: Stopping his
lar, the publisher said: There's a
big manuscript nearly falling out OF
your o%varcoat. You might have had
Jour pocket picked-if you were not
so we'll Known
When the a Senator Taylor. of
Tennessee. was governor of that state
IN was interrupted just as he sat down
to luncheon at home one day by q mes
page from the capital to h effect that
two men from an outside town wanted
to see the governor at once.
The governor said to Sam. his negro
butler, who brought in the message:
Sam, tell them III be right down."
Yes, sir" said Sam.
SAM" broke in Mrs. Taylor, "you
tell them the governor will be down in
half an h~our-after he has finished his
luncheon.
sam" said the governor, say I'll
he right down."
In half an hour. Sam said Mrs.
Taylor.
.sam, - said the governor. "do YOU
know who is the governor Of Tsnne
see?"
YES, SIR" replied Sam; .rll tell 'em
You'll be down in half an hour"