The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23

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of dreams, yes, we all have EN-. Blu
what is a dream and why. Scientific
men tell us that if a person dream!
of falling from great height am
shouldn't wake up before striking th'
side walk (in his dreamy that the
shock would prove fatal, q pre-
sumo it would be so if he wa:
awake.) This may be true. (Bot
Allen OF The Times says it ANTI
don't know. Now l had a dream
once that came near KILN my faith
er's oldest SON. Yes, indeed.
dreamed l was a millionaire. Are
you there? Do you get me? l was
givin' banquet to a lot of my
friends. Everything was moving
along fine. o, we had some time
After the banquet the waiter pre-
scented the check for the feed. |
reached for my hip pocket for the
money to pay him and say-talk not
of shocks until you reach for a pock
ets full of yellow backs and find that
there are no hip pockets in your pa
jamas. ! believe this is the cause
of so many folks bein found dead in
bed They die from "shock-o-
dreams
Cheer up, be happy and gay boys.
Remember the world is wide. The
world wasn't made in day. boys
Wait for the turn of the tide. Now
that sounds good, don't it? Yes, but
] don't advise waiting for the turn
of the tide. | tried that stunt once
and when | got away didn't look
like such-a-much for quite spell.
In my experience the tied happened
to be bull dog and when the (tied)
turned the rope broke-As | said be-
fore-I got away, else | wouldn't be
here. You might not be able to run
and Jump (as | did SO | wont say
to you, wait for the turn of the (tied).
Anybody who watches the soldiers
drill and whose heart don't swell with
pride amt got any more heart than
a toad. He's got gizzard. Me?
Why want to go to war so bad l
can taste it, All l can think of is
one, two, three, four, hup, hup, hay
foot, straw foot, January, February,
March. They are drillin' the SOL
ders in the mornin'. "Dinna ye hear
the bugle?'
Last week an aviator wrecked his
machine by colliding with cow. I
didn't know cattle had got up so
high. Must have been the old cow
who jumps over the moon or some
relative of her. Gosh, beef is gettin
high. .
If people who spend time gossip
ing about you and me would devote
the time to their own affairs they
wouldn't be SO envious of our sue
cess. That's what hurts 'em. We
have succeeded where they failed.
Folks who are successful don't have
any time to meddle with other folks
business. Avoid a gossiper as you
would skunk. They are in the same
class.
People who boast of their ances-
tors should be more thoughtful. Gen
orally speaking, it is the said ances-
tor (and not they) who are entitled
to all the credit and | dare say there
are many ancestors who aren't any
too proud of their defendants.
1t begins to look as if there isn't
men enough in the u. S. to take care
of the dependents, to say nothing of
goin' to war.
There are not more slackers now
than before. They are always with
us. The call to the colors is simply
showing 'em up.
| asked a man the other day what
Stacker was. ooh" said he, cts
the fellow who cussed Wilson for not
goin' to war and who now stands
around with a long face and tells of
the horrors of war. Who hides be-
hind a skirt and lets his wife take in
washin' to take care of the dependent
Stacker"
Have you noticed q have) how
very fast our old men are passing
away? Where are the old men of
yesteryear. Men who were in the
prime of life little while ago. Also
my friends, the years pass swiftly.
have in mind as I write one who is
old in years, one at whose side like
to sit and learn. He is a great suf-
ferer and yet he don't complain.
Ripe in years? His life is gentle
benediction to all who come into in
innate relations with him. But he Is
failing day by day and none may say
how soon he will leave the cross Of
life. As talked to him these lines
came to me:
Where are you going SO fast old
man1
Say, where are you going so fastl
There's q valley to cross and river
to ford;
There's . clasp of the hand and
parting word,
And sigh for the vanished past, old
man: