The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-12-30
Tales of the Town

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r worse than the grip.
Praying for thing is great COM
, fort, for while at least, to those who
are too lazy to work for it.
The man who keeps getting poorer
and still stays honest and good tenn
pered is some man.
The man who crows might amount
to something if he got up as early in
the morning to do it as the rooster
does.
whats your cats name, little
boy?" asked the editor at used to
be Tom, but | changed it to Susie so
he'd have Kittens" was the reply.
Says Little Bill: 81 reckon Santa
Claus hides after Christmas to keep
from hearing the things said about
him by folks that didn't get what they
wanted"
1t is curious fact, that when eggs
are ten cents a dozen a man prefers
diet of raw carrots to eggs; but |
when eggs get up to thirty-five
cents a man would rather eat eggs
than spareribs.
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"My son." said the father impress
sively, Suppose | should be taken
away suddenly, what would become of
your" why said the son, irrever-
emily, "T'd stay here. The question
is, What would become of your"
"There's tramp at the door, paw,
and he says he amt had nothin' to
eat for six days." said Little Bill.
Bring him in" Dad replied. eff
we can find out how he does it, we
can run the paper for another week"
81 believe" said the impatient man,
as he put aside the telephone, chat
I'll go fishing" Didn't know You
cared for fishing" II don't ordinari-
ly. But its the only chance | have
of finding myself at the end of a line
that isn't busy"
A negro nanny had family of
boys so well -behaved that one day her
mistress asked: "Sally, how did you
raise your boys SO well ?" "Ah'll tell
yo, missus," answered Salley. "Ah
rails dem boys with a barrel stave, {
an All raise 'em frequent" i
Little Marion, seven years old, was
saying her prayers. "And, God" she ,
petitioned at the close, "please make
New York the capital of Boston, {
"Why, Marion, what made you say
that?" asked her mother. "Cause ,
that's the way wrote it in my
Examination at school and want it ,
to be right"
Sandy had an eye for beauty, but
he married Tina purely because he
knew she would make him good
wife. His cousin, who had never seen
the bride, met him in Glasgow not
long after the marriage. 81 suppose
Tina is a handsome lass 2" he said. 81
ken we've guide taste, Sandy"
'Aweel" said the bridegroom, eau
tiously, "shes the Lords handiwork, .
rammas; Pm no. prepared to say she
IS His masterpiece" !
jim had looked in at the country g
livery stable in search of job. He |
seemed promising and was set to S
work greasing the axles of carriage, b
In a remarkably short space of time c
ne reported the task finished. Look d
lere," said his new boss, "dys mean
% say you've creased all four of them a
wheels already?" "Well," rejoined |,
he new hand, "Aa've creased the :
.wo front ones,' "And why haven't 4
you creased the two hind ones?" v
WELL" exclaimed Jim calmly, "se
ang as the two front yens gans all h
,eet, the two hind yens hey to follow d
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Young man, life is before you. Two D
1oices are calling you--one coming j.
from the swamps of selfishness and b
force, where success means death, and ST
The other from the hilltops of justice "
and progress, where even failure t.
brings glory. Two lights are seen in D
your horizon-one the fast fading in