The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-11-30


e fork or spoon to use at exactly u
= right time?
r Two members of sewing club nj
v the other day. Said one girl to tn
: other: as Bill Jenkins still payin
r attention to that red-headed Smit
t girl 2" mot very much. They'r
' married now
My turkey, tbs of thee,
Sweet bird of cranberry,
OF thee | sing.
| love thy legs and wings,
, Thy breast and other things;
; My heart with rapture clings
To thee, Oh, bird
Regarding the Chicago man,
scheme to lower the cost of living b,
slow chewing Old Bill Miseivens be
lieves it is a fallacy. Unless one
chews very rapidly, says Old Bill, the
price of whatever he is eating is like
ly to become absolutely prohibitive
before he can get it swallowed.
4 4 4
| A small boy got on train, carry
ing basket, which he put on a rack
above one Of the chairs. Finally a
travelling man felt water dripping on
his head BOY" he yelled, "your pic
kles are leaking" "Them amt pic
kles," replied the boy. Them is pup
pies"
Wall of an unsuccessful candidate:
"The women are the cause of my de-
feat. There are so many widows here
who hated to see me leave town. |
am now in the collection business,
and if you have any accounts against
the Republicans who voted for Wilson,
turn them over to me and | will make
them sweat"
The family was going on an outing
in the woods and mother was packing
the lunch btsket. "Let me see," she
murmured. Give got lettuce sand
witches, olive sandwiches, peanut
butter sandwiches, macaroons, pic
kles, ginger snaps and chowchow. II
wonder if I've forgotten anything"
How about putting in something to
eat?" said father, sarcastically.
A grocer told a woman customer of |
his how she could cheat back" the high |
cost of keeping family. One pound
Of rice, he says, costs cents. Rice
absorbs three times it's weight in
water. One pound of rice mixed with
.hree pounds of water makes twenty
pounds of food and will afford sus-
enance to one person for a week, as
he average human being eats little
ess than three pounds of food daily.
But the customer was not impressed.
Maybe you can live on rice at a cost
# b cents week, as you say" she
commented, "but I'm not raising my
'oys to live like Cinnamon"
ut itiioWS WIZ WtIJ ueeT nunI- |
ng this fall are blowing considerable
bout their fine shooting" remarked
I'D Bill Misgivens. "They make me
iugh. Let me give a little of nv
wn experience when | was a young
elbow. One feat l remember quite
ell is, | believe, the worlds record
l the way of hunting. l brought
,wn two deer and one black bear at
ne shot l believe in presentiments.
hen | started on that hunt some
ing told me to put two balls in my
uzzle loader rifle. With this double
ad in the gun | started for the woods
I'd hadn't got more than 40 rods into
e timber when | saw two deer, an
d buck and his mate. In order to
t shot at them | stepped behind a
& oak tree. l heard a noise over
ad, looked up, and great Saint
atrick in the morning! There was
e largest black bear | ever set my
es on watching me and the deer,
'ndering which would make the bet
r meal. | slipped back about 80 feet
d brought my rifle to my eye just
the two deer got in line with the
ghts and pulled the trigger Then,
ECKER than creased lightning, ele-
ted the muzzle just as the first load
{ the gun, aimed at the bear and
OF him dead while the first bullet
led both deer. What | believe was
remarkable feat was guessing at
; exact time it took the first ball
get out of the gun and the speed
played in elevating the gun before
; second ball got out so that it hit
; bear. have been watching hunt
!, records ever since then, and have
yer seen any that l think comes
to this.