The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

81 SunDeamS. "A dis
~ - H. 5-s---- eussion Of politics
often leads to trouble and as for re
ligion--well, there are SO many diff
ferent brands Gall more or less good)
that ] won't advise you further than
to say that if you should decide tn
espouse any certain brand you will
wish you had tried the other. But, I
may-say that I'm for woman suffrage
strong. believe woman can. vote
far more intclligcntly than most
men. | also believe she is just as eff
fective with pitch fork or hoe and
when it comes to an intellectual dis
cussion of ways and means she is "au
fait' She has certain rights which
the law allows her and she will pos
sibly usurp some rights other than
these. But withal she is just as in
dispensiblc as tobacco or any other
article on the farm and while I'm no
politician say let the women vote
Gas well as make the livin.)
Great knowledge, if it be without
vanity, is the most severe bride of
the tongue. For so have | heard that
all the noises of the pool. the croak-
ing of the frogs and toads, is hushed
and appeased upon the instant of
bringing upon them the light of a
candle or torch Every beam OF
reason, or ray of knowledge, checks
the dissolutions of the tongue
Jeremy Taylor.
Now how do you like that? Don'r
it prove what I've been trying for
so long to have you understand, viz:
that the gossiper and scandalmonger
is the direct result or product of dense
ignorance. But don't worry-should
any of the breed assail you or attempt
to sully your good name just remem-
Der that the gossiper like the king Of
shadows. loves a shining mark and
comfort yourself with this thought.
that you stand on an intellectual
rlAHe so far above them that their vile
mouthings, epithets and evil vitupera-
tons can not reach you and will only
fit H degenerate
casses to more utterly confound and
entangle them in the morass of slime
and degeneracy in which they revel,
live. move, and have +heir being.
While operating on man recently,
the doctor discovered that the man
had two appendices instead of one
Yes, very. But what was
going to say was this-if you ever
have to submit to an operation be
very sure that the operator picks up
all OF his tools when he is DONE l
read this story t'other day-A man in
a hospital was operated on for ap-
rendictis When he came from un-
der the anesthetic he exclaimed, !.
thank goodness that job IS over" A
patient on the next cot said to him
Don't be too sure. They had to
open me up to recover sponge the
doctor left inside" Then another one
spoke up and said "Yes, and they left
some instruments in my innards ami
had to open me up This was not
to the victim and to add
to hrs terror just then the doctor who
lad worked on him stuck his head in
,idr the room and yelled, "Where is !
ny hate'
We are told we should seize our
Yes--but seizin' amt
al there is to it, We should also
,old 'em. And opportunities are
about as hard to hold as CREASED
zig at 4thl of July picnic. Me? q,
dunno. | never tried hcldin' oppor-
unities.
What are you knitting, my pretty
maid?'
She purlcd. then dropped a stitch.
"A sock or sweater, sir" she said.
And darned il I know which,"
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And who will wear it, my pretty
maid?"
She smiled-while she knitted on
Twill be worn by my Bill, who is
fightin' to kill
The gol-darned, onery, Hun n
The Kaiser says he is in cahoots
nit Gott. He also claims to have 4
divine right" Maybe he has-I
iunno. But l happen to know that
Uncle Sam has ''derned good left.
and I'm lookin' for him to land, it to
The point Of the jaw Of said Kaiser
purity soon..
How to make hens lay. Here's
now. Listen! saw this in paper.
You've got to scare 'em. Get card
board, Paint on it in big letters-"An
sgg a day keeps the hatchet away"
win It work! Well, 1 should tip-tos-
to-cackle. Oh. yes, III admit it may
be rough ON the hens, but we are sure
gettin' the eggs. Try It.
Do l believe in prayer? You can
bet do. That is when the situation
don't demand a more heroic treat
ment. But take il from me bullets
and not prayers Is what is going ID
win this war for us. A good shootin'
iron is more effective in tight place
and brings quicker results.
The only valid claim for exemption