The Butler weekly times., 1917-01-25
SUNBEAMS
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They wrote me that they at once
recognized me in Sunny
JIM" Naturally | felt compli-
mented and wrote them and asked
them to tell me by what process Of
reasoning they had arrived at the
conclusion that was 1T" They
all said that had always acted
plumb foolish and had never
r said or did sensible thing and
so forth. That they had no
trouble at all in locating me.
Now what do you think of that ?
Anyway they admit that it "lis-
tens good so far from home
and reminds them Of other and
brighter days.
notice that man who once
played piano SO hours without
stopping is dead and | Just can't
help wondering how many folks
died before that-if they were i'll
his ncighborhood-I wonder
"Bchold Il sowrr went forth to
sow some of the seed fell among
the rocks and briarS and didn t
amount to much; still other seed
fell on thin soil (underlaid with
hard pam and done no good ga
tall'; but some fell on good dirt,
and yielded a big crop-and such
is life Kind words and good
deeds may in SO eases i'll 100 seem
TO be (and arc( wasted-but in
the Tooth instance ii good results
accrue from any thing you have
said or done What a harvest y
what reward it will be for you.
The ignorance OF some people
is Stupcndous-even SO simple
thing as the "Telcphone' is
mystery to thcm--to illustrate
IA fellow came into my place and
asked if he might use the phone
i said 90 to it and he went.
I proceeded with my work-hc
rang the bell several times and
then said to me: your phone is
out of order, cant hear thing
told him to try agaln--and this
is what he did-turned the crank
backwards, left the receiver on
the hook, placed his "ear' to the
transmittcr and yelled Hello
and he couldn't hear thing
Don't brag about what you will
do tomorrow. nor Of what YOU did
ycstcrday-show the world what.
Won can do "to-day --Tomorrow
NAV not come to you-yrStcrday
is forever gone To-day is yours
and time is so precious that it is
given to us "onr minute at a
time. Did you ever think OF
that
Never permit yourself to argu"
with il fellow who has less sense
than t+Al have YOU gain nothing,
and simply place yourself on the
same level. Come to think OF 1t
there is nothing gained in any
sort of an augmentation t do 1t.
When your hair is falling out
what is the best thing to keep it
in Well now. most any old box
or IA paper bag is a good thing to
keep it in-Som' folks use a
"rhuln.
Once | met a man and he intro
duccd himself to me by saying,
''I'm Slain.' and ! just said to
him (mr brin' some nervouSl IT
YOU are slain you must be
dead. How did it happen? Who
shot YOU? Where is your sub
tcrranian abode and who collected
your life insurance? Also and
moreover. if you are "slain' why
are you roaming around promls-
cuous and lonesome like. frightcn-
ing the life out of honest folks?
20, was some cXcited). At last
he sauawkcd out, for heaven s
sake man what has took you.
| am not a dead one, my name is
Shame do you get me? Not
S-l-a-i-n, and then the roof fell in.
y. l.. Waldron is loading out a
ear of stock and implements for
Grecnvicw, Illinois. Don is a
good neighbor and man we re-
grct to lose. Sure We wish him
mck in his new home.
I have met people who could
talk for hours and never say any
thing interesting and I have met
few who could be silent 10
different ways in a minute and
their silence was far more clo-
quent than the nonsensical chatter
of the gossiper.
notice that certain eastern
nnfcntafa' who has been giving