The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-02-11
Tales of the Town

: when woman tries to drive him.
: Women are like wine in this re-
4 spect: They either improve with age
or they turn sour.
e & &
You won't miss it far if you beware
: Of the man whose dog hikes under the
porch when he enters the gate.
r & & &
Poker, you may be interested in
knowing, is the great American game
: in which man says, "That is good
when he means it's pretty bad.
i "How did you get that black eye,
PATTI" II slipped and fell on me
back" "But your face amt on yer
back" "No, nayther was Finnegan."
(. A bachelor friend says that there is
one advantage in the way the women
edo up" their hair nowadays, in that
one cannot tell if they have just "got-
ten up" or are all ready for a party.
& & &
If the legislature passes the bill to
punish the man who overdraws his
bank account, Governor Alexander
can make friends of the newspaper
men by yetoing it.
Doctor Wiley advocates decollette
dress for men. Here is where the
Doc and the writer split apart. We
regard as pernicious any scheme
which has as its purpose the exposure
of the legs or chests of the men.
While the Idaho legislature is as
good as the average and better than
some, there are few Ford sizes run
ming around there. Notably among
them is he who introduced bill for [
a hide inspector.
Old Bill Misgivens says: "My hogs f,
had worms, so | took tobacco stems, [
crushed them and put them in the {
swill. The tobacco cured the hogs OF t
worms, but left the beasts with the {
tobacco habit, and now they spit $
around just like man who chews. 5
The latest Ford story is that the
Ford is the only car mentioned in the (
Bible. We forget the verse and chap Q
,er, but it is where it says, "And they a
went up to heaven on high" 1t is ev- q
dent that the Ford is the only car .
hat could make that hill on high. a
A colored Baptist was exhorting, '
Now, breddern and sistern, come up '
% de altar an hab yo' sins washed t
iway." All came but one man. q
why, Brudder Jones, don't yo' want o
20 sins washed away" 81 done had c
ny sins washed away" "Yo' hasl $
Where yo' had yo' sins washed a Il
vay?" sober at de Methodist o
hurch?" "Ah, Brudder Jones, yo' n
int been washed: yo' jes' ben dry b
leaned" o.
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A woman woke in the night crying. II
Ter husband could not comfort her. in
hut she finally sobbed out: 81 dreamed fo
was walking in warehouse where in
were for sale. A few were al
riced at $1,000; some very nice look Fl,
ig ones for $4,000, and there were a it,
God many good looking husbands at la
500 each, but all those that looked nj
ke you, darling walled the woman Ike
her husband, "were done up in 60
inches like asparagus and sold for ia
punch. de
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A boy outgrows his interest in be
ildish toys long before a girl be- Sc
mes weaned from her love of doll. tn
me girls are fond of dolls until co
ey are almost grown, but boy ex
A turns up his nose at the sight of ov
| horses and picture blocks, and be- pl,
rs to talk of football or baseball, a tv
n that will really shoot, bicycle or ar,
train of cars run by real steam or err,
,ctricity. The thing has got to a
We some "go' to it to appeal to him. bu
t there's one thing of childish as =
.iation to which he clings as tightly
a girl does to her doll, and that's r
irum A boy never gets over the
I'm habit until he's old enough to
for his political favorite at the L
rally.
Don't use harsh physics. The reac- 60
n .weakens the bowels, leads to -,
onic constipation. Get Doan's Reg cei
IS. They operate easily. 25c at OF