The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-01-21
Tales of the Town

Despite the fact that it is the pro
: fession they expect to follow, few
n girls are trained for marriage.
q A Philadelphia inventor has de-
: vised a machine for beating carpets,
and we look forward to spring more
: hopefully.
: A rule to which there are no ex-
ceptions is that no system of gov
eminent will make an idle, worthless
man prosperous.
II some men went to heaven, ten
minutes after their arrival they'd be
shopping around in the corners look
ing for spittoon.
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The most you can ask of the man
who has an AK to grind is not to
drop it on your foot after you have
helped him sharpen it.
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1t costs $4,000 to kill a man in
battle and there is some doubt, even
among the women, as to whether the
end justifes the expense.
When man tries to be as atten-
tive to his wife as he was before they
were married she says: 81 wonder
what that old fool is trying to do
now"
When Adam in bliss asked Eve for
a kiss, she puckered her lips with
COO, gave look so ecstatic and an :
swered emphatic, 81 don't care Adam =
if you dol" :
sit seems to me-" remarked wom- .
IN to the boss, "that editing country =, =,
PAPER isn't such an awful big job. :,
over in Boise, Guy Flenner gets out :, :,
paper every day and it is larger y
han your little old weekly sheet" -
A young fellow who was one of a u
ay rack party was much Inundated W
'hen he reached home after the ride
0 learn that the hand he held during III
light miles of the journey was that ~ y.
his sister. ~
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Now and then candor breaks out Cd
'om the most unexpected sources 1t II
told that a newspaper man went
} church Sunday night and after the w
,rvice he was asked if there was
iything in the service he could use.
except the proceeds of the
Election" answered the scribe. tia
4 = = pa
Old Bill Misgivens thinks city store mi
or walkers are possessed of inteli-
nee which has never been appreci- Orc
ed. In Boise store few weeks era
o Old Bill approached the floor bun
llker and asked where he could find Sta
present for his wife. elbow fro
lg have you been married." asked out
, well dressed guide book. "Twen- OF
year." answered Old Bill. "Bar- the
in counter to the left, clear back" "
ected the floor walker. hea
= just
\ thousand miles up the mighty The
Lawrence, thousand miles along sure
Great Lakes, a thousand miles bad
oss the open prairie, a thousand Yves
es over a sea of mountains four Doll
usand miles where nation meets 81
ion and sovereignty meets sover- eros
nty, but never gun, never SEN was
j on guard Four thousand miles year
civilized and Christianized interna- ly,
is North Americas had,
atest achievement.-James Mac over
AID held
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Scotch o;rl who bad ao.;don+au,, whei
the point of her index fnoar with l see
hopper was coming from church ileal
her finger bandaged. "What's on
matter wi, ver ham, Mice p.r repti
2" queried an admirer who ac-
panied her home oOb (, renl;ed sleep
young lady, 81 chopped a wee bit 'ne
ny forefnger." The young man whinl
ed sentimental and blurted out: some
how | wish | had that wee Bit" scare
which the young lady naively re- sac
ded: would we no rather haze the ana p
hats left ?" ing.
seen
e janitor of a school threw up
OBJ the other day. When asked 49,
rouble he said: "Pm honest, and $500
At stand being slurred. If l find IT,
neil or handkerchief about the .o :,
lhouse when I'm sweeping l hang 49,
1t it up. Every little while the 60,
er, or someone who is too cow
to face me, will give me slur. go
tie while ago seen wrote on 800,
'oard, Find the least common "a -
ple." Well, l looked from cell ~ !.
} garnet for that thing, and