The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-01-14
Tales of the Town

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10 That new song entitled Beautiful
to Cloth of Gold" ought to be prett.
20 classy rag.
The time to go after business il
! when it is bad. Anyone can get i
when business is good.
vi While we scorn superstition, it il
It hard luck to have 10 to dinner with
o present prices of grub.
n q 4 &
: Inasmuch as Secretary Bryan has
f not resigned, it seems to devolve
n upon the public to become so.
II If man has enough gray matter
e to grease gimlet he will not let a
: political job give him the big head.
, New Years resolutions remind one
of beautiful pieces of cut glass-look
perfectly lovely and are broken per-
fectly easy.
The Germans are said to have Sc
lected Prince Otto of Windischgraetz
to be King of Belgium. If there is
one nation in Europe that does not
need new king it's Belgium.
q & &
"My memory isn't what it used to
be-" complained Old Bill Misgivens,
as he gazed perplexedly into the mir
ror. "My name seems familiar, but
to save my life l can't recall what
my face Isl"
A Chicago woman, while dressing
turkey found diamond in it's giz-
card and was offered $3.50 for the
stone There is nothing surprising
about that if the turkey was grown
in Emmett.
| shall pass through this world but
once. Any good thing that | can do,
therefore, or any kindness l can show
to any human being, let me do it
now Let me not defer nor neglect it,
for | shall not pass this way again. !
Stephen Grellet.
When baby is little they stop up ,
its mouth with an India rubber nip
pie called pacifier When it grows
up, it still has to have pacifier; it's
either a cud of tobacco, the we'll ;
chewed end of cigar, or, if it's
woman, chunk of chewing gum.
81 guess there amt no favorites in
this world!" one boy remarked to his !.
chum. "Oh, no, not at ALL Why, if | | !.
bite my finger nails catch it over the I
but that darned baby can |,
bite his whole foot and they think it's !;
:.
A man sent his little boy to the :,
oostoffice to mail an important letter, =
md gave him two pennies with which :,
% buy stamp and put on it. When :,
he boy returned home he said proud !.
y: ~ seen lot of men poking letters |;
n little place and when no one -
vas looking ! slipped yours in with :.
ut paying"
Soon after Price Bane's election as
ounty commissioner was assured, :,
e was besieged by applicants for ~ u,
obs. An Emmett man was modest, be
owever, and simply requested that if so
DR.. Bane had any snaps to give out ey
0 remember him. The next day he y. 70
eceived through the mail "snap" Ga
sed on harness. ae
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What does Observation-Disclosures
pell Do you give up? 1t spells
otato-that it, according to the fol-
wing: Oh stands for p, as you will OK
nd from the last letter in hiccough; "a
Ugh for o, as in dough; phth stands 81, 81,
" I, as phythisis; eigh stands for a, 20
in neighbor; tie stands for t, as in ha
rissette, and eau stands for o, as in
'au. Thus you have potato.
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Here's a Nickel said a thrifty fer
to tramp at the door. not
Now what are you going to do with gia
:" well, num-" replied the hun yot
" man, "if buy touring car farc
ant have enough left to pay my it
auffeur; if purchaes steam yacht yer
ere won't be enough left to defray = aie[
e cost Of manning her; so | guess, cen
lm, I'll just get a schooner and ~
ndle her myself" swc
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