The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-12-14
Nyhart SunbeamA.

Mt NOW l. We Dccn mlSLOOK LOT
preacher, lawyer, and on one
occasion for having sense enough
to vote right. But never by the
widest stretch of imagination
could anyone accuse me Of having
dissemination of knowledge and
yet? such is a fact. And if you
fail to read Sunny jim s column
you may miss something good and
be sorry.
| know things are not always
what they seem. also know that
life is one brief span. | don't 60
hunting little tricks and mean,
but try to find some good in ev-
cry man. "Gct the habit
A chorus of 800 voices is to
sing Mendclsohn Eliah.' No
doubt it will be fine. If they sing
it as earnestly and soulfully as
Sunny Jim sang "Holy Moses"
when he trod on the wrong end
of tack recently, it will be some
song and worth the price of adj
mission.
Mrs. Sunny Jim left on the ear
ly morning train Saturday for
Newton, Kansas, to spend week
visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. F.
Gardner and Mr.. Gardeners par
ents. Incidentally she will size
up her grandchild. Miss Gene
We've Gardner, who is a late ar
rival. And so, if you miss Sunny
Jim next week you will probably
locate him at 10 South Delaware
street, Butler, Mo, playing peek
a-boo with Gcnevieve as 7 think
she contemplates paying him
visit.
The pie supper at Nyhart
school was a success so | am told.
Big crowd, plenty Of money, and
q good time. Doe Patterson
blowed chs" self for two pies.
Guess he packed "cm" in his war
bag and took them to the swamps ,
on his hunting trip.
Talk about your fast trOtting
horses and your 'buckwhcat pre-
serves but if there is anything
more exhilirating than a spin ;
over the Jefferson Highway at 4 }
a. m. these bright frosty morn 6
ings don't want it. o, IN a ma !,
ture lover all right. 1t makes :.
red blood and keeps one sunny. E
Your "reputation" is what 9TH :
er folks think of you. Your :
character is what you think of E
Yourself Compel the world to
respect you by living good, -
bright, sunny life. Ct
Friends, Romans, countrymen, r
END me your ears" That's the :,
first speech l ever made and the ~
asst one, and the world lost an 9,
orator Why? do you ask9 ;s
Well, just at that point red -,
headed, freckled faced girl (that 7,
didn't like bit) giggled and a a.
ow headed son of a gun boy who >'
vas so cross eyed he could look r
It his own head said Whatcha ~ ~
mean ears and l forgot the rest II II
# it. Finally managed to bawl ~.
nut 'Somebody better come and ~
,et me- and the show was over. IT
Josh. | remember how 7 felt till
plumb yet" &c.. -.
20 Many things to be thankful for. q. ~
'cs. But I fear when adversely ~, ~,
ONES we often forget the good IL
ines of the past. Why, I once c. e.
card of a fellow who was az ~
licted with the itch" and do l..
on know he was thankful. Why? II" ~
Because he knew what a pleasure 30
was to "scratch. r. =.
Other day I read that ship "
hat was loaded with "dried cod
sh" swelled up and busted when 7
ne cargo (said fish got wet. So
just said to myself, says l no
lore cod fish balls for yours by
'uly. I might forget and take a tn
rink--of water. BE
l saw an lad" few days ago m'
Ike this eve want All your old en-
lgs." Well by golly if anybody
cts all my old rags I'll be in the Mi
ame fix as "The poor benighted LIE
.indu-he does the best he "kin" W
D. He sticks to the caste from w
rst to last and for pantsY He Ia
axes his skin do" Ra
/ notice that a governor of a ill'
ate (that shall be nameless) is
Ding to let his daughter run his rc,
Well, 1 amt a gov
nor, not none whatever, but my
aughter used to run not only my
tchen but the whole blamed Di'
0rks and me along with il. She