The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-27
Tales of the Town

counts, but whom do you owe, anc
why?
And old Gen Huerta was game to
Z the end. He died without saluting The
; American flag.
1t seems hardly fair TO compel con-
: victs to make roads. or all people
they use roads the least
When a boy begins saving IN money
to buy something, he is pretty sure to
change his mind before he gets the re-
quired sum.
If you listen long enough, nearly
every woman will tell you how things
she once heard from a fortune teller
are coming true.
One difficulty with our system is
that it takes too much money in the
pockets of the fellows who don't need
| 1t to bring prosperity.
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"Are you getting enough to eat?"
asked one of the hostesses at the
church social. Nom" replied Little
Bill with his mouth full. 81 can't
hold that much"
A -, tho
magazines, the marvel of the Twen-
tieth century is the one-button union
suit. But an accident insurance should
90 with each garment with so much
responsibility resting upon one but
ton.
Goodness, | must hurry gasped
the doctor. "That call is from Mrs
Mosely" "What is the trouble?"
asked his wife. Anything especially
dangerous 2" 81 don't know" painted
the physician, dashing for his rig, "but
she has book, What to Do Before
the Doctor Comes and | must get
there before she does it."
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An old negro nanny went into a
drug store and asked the clerk fJr
? cents worth of insect powder at
would hardly pay US, auntie, to wrap
up 2 cents worth of insect powder"
The drug clerk told her. "Lawsey,
honey, l amt askin' you to wrap up
my cents worth of insect powder"
replied the negro nanny. "Jes drap !,
t down my back" she concluded
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A certain school girl was busily
a large, generous wad of
rum The teacher requested her to
extract the same and deposit it in
he waste basket. No response.
Will you please place your gum in
he waste basket" Cant" "Why?"
Swallered it," =
Mary and Tommy had attended =
ak by returned missionary. On
heir return home their father asked; II
Did he tell you about the poor heath i
NJ" ooh, yes" answered Mary ca y
,erly Gle said that they were often
cry hungry and when they beat on :
heir tum-tums it could be heard for :
niles" :
Maybe you have heard it before
he story about a Teller who was in
rubber boot factory when the build .
ne was burning. He put on the small
st pair of rubber boots he could get
nto, and then a bigger pair, and so 0
orth, until he had nine pairs on, and P
hen jumped out of the sixth story a
window into the street, where he
ouneed up and down until his friends D
lad to shoot him to keep him from p
tarving to death. .
A middle-aged lady was finally en- S
ragged to be married. She had false S
eeth, and hadn't. told the man about p
hem. Feeling somewhat guilty she Il
wrote to the editor of newspaper, a
skiing whether she ought to tell her b
uture husband that she had false St
eeth before or after they were mar e
led. The reply was: Get married Ct
nd keep your mouth shut" Ct
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The ocean liner was rolling like a 5,
hip, but as usual in such instances h
ne passenger was aggressively, dis Il
healthy. "Sick, Ell ?" he re- k
marked to pale green person, who b
'as leaning on the rail The pale tC
'reen person regarded the healthy
ne with all the scorn he could mus :
err "Sick nothing!' he snorted weak T
Y, "I'm just hanging over the front of a
he boat to see how the captain II
ranks itlp d
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