The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-02-04
the land you are now selling t
take life easy forever and aye.

Y the land you are now selling t
E take life easy forever and aye.
: That it has leaked out that there
5 will be "stork'' party take place
e at a certain home in Nezperce, one
4 day of next week If this is to be-
a come the custom in all eligible homes
, here, we may look for Teddy's
household goods to arrive most any
day.
That Judging from the amount Of
) water that is mixed in some of the
, gasoline, nova days, we would be
, led to believe it would not furnish
power enough for an automobile to
set brake when running down hill.
No wonder Piggy Rockefeller can do
nate to what he calls charity a mil
lion or two in the twinkling of an eye.
That lady in San Francisco en-
gagged Chinese cook. When the
! Celestial came, among other things
she asked him his name. "My
Nance" said the Chinaman, smiling,
"is Wang Hang Ho." 80, I can't
remember all that said the lady.
81 will call you john John smiled
all over, and asked, "What your
namee?" "My name is Mrs. Mel
Vile Landon." "Me no memble all
that said John. "Chinaman he
no savoy Mrs. Membul London.
call you Tommy"
That those fellows who spend their
winters in California can crow all
they want to about climate; but
dollars to doughnuts, when the Their
mometer registers about 95 IN the
shade they would give half of their
r possessions to have someone plug
them in the neck with a slushy snow
ball, which is but an ordinary hap
penstance in this land of plenty, and
good climate.
That Father Cummings, once SUI
perintendent of the Wanderers
Home, attended watch night SER
vice, and closed his testimony by
saying, at may be but month
longer that I shall be here, perhaps
a week, or even before the close of
another day I shall be gone. He
had hardly seated himself when a
young man in the vestry started the
I'D song, 80, why do you wait, dear
brother; 0, why do you tarry SO
ong?" Z
That a bright six year old grille
eturned the other day from a visit 4
It a home where the family had
Ionned mourning for distant rela- q
i've.
"Mamma, said she, "when peo- <
re in mourning do they wear black :
ightgowns ?" 6
"Why, no, of course not" was )
lie startled answer. 6
"Well, don't they feel just as bad $
night as they do in the daytime ~ q
as the little misses pertinent query. \
That an old lady in her last ILL q
sss promised the priest to leave :
m a sum of money for parish pur- a
Uses. When she was dying, she
ked the priest to come nearer to e.
e bedside and gasped out: "Fa- :
er-Tve- given-you- "Stop," al
id the priest, anxious to have as
any witnesses as possible, 81 will a
IL the family and, opening the :
or, he beckoned them all in. Ell
we given you,' painted out the dy- \
Z woman, ga great deal of trou- Ell
:" :
That it was little Edna's first year "a
school, and, like all beginners, Z
, was very enthusiastic about her az
sons. She was learning to read IS
the phonetic system and took de- @
hit in practicing at home. Not =
e after someone stepped on the az
IS tail and the poor beast gave oS
srance to an agonized wall follow ~
by prolonged hiss. 80 moth q
. Edna eagerly exclaimed, "did IS
hear kitty give the 9Th sound2 az
oppose she learned it from me-" Sg
That Billy Sunday is responsible lS
this, "The average young man q