The Butler weekly times., 1918-01-24

Il | 81 1Soy OuL Wu0I
was goin' to say is this-I'm wi,lin
to allow that it is all right to camo
flage the Boche--make him think
amt when it is-but when it come
to practicin' stunts like that on hom
folks, l think it is playin' it pretty
low down. For r-instance-you 60 tt
the dinner table and 10! such spread
as greets you-a nice juicy roast, d
tureen heaped with baked potatoe!
smoking hot, and other good things
to match, and (after being duly
thankfully you try to jab your fork
into 'spud' and find that it amt that
then you go after that roast and
what is it? All camouflage, folks, all
camouflage. I've been ca,nouflaged
so much that | would not stoop to
pick UP $1,000 bill from the street.
Fact is, l don't believe anything is
because know it ain't-that's camou-
flage.
| notice that somewhere an editor
has died and that the town still moves
along as usual--all of which would
seem to indicate that an editor (more
or less) don't count and further that
if few more of 'em would quietly
slip their cable and drift to some 9TH
er haven it wouldn't Great much of
ripple on the commercial interests OF
the towns or villages in which they
hibernate.
England has Git is said) passed i.
law regulating the height of ladies
shoes. Evidently for the purpose OF
conserving leather. But, like our
own country, it says nothing about
the height of their skirts.
| saw an article like this recently:
"When you see an editor who pleases
everybody it will be through a glass
and he won't be standin' up" from
which | arrive at the very sage con-
clusion that he will be a dead one.
The same can truthfully be said OF
other folks as we'll. The man WHO
can please all the people has never
been born and his daddy is off on Il
vacation. 1t amt. any use to try-itl
can't be did and there's no sort OF
use to die tryin'. If an editor can't
please 'em, who, l ask you, who i'll
the name of Heinz 81 varieties can?
At times l wish l had neck as
long as giraffe so that when l do
get bite of good grub could taste
it long way down.
notice that in certain part of
Texas water is SO scarce that the
churches have hard time to find
enough water to submerge their con-
verts in. Now while baptism is an
or ordinance in most all
| never had much faith in
its efficacy in washing away sin as
the following story will show. a
protracted Cor distracted) meeting
was at an end. Quite bunch OF
converts to be baptised. They went
down to the old swimmin hole. II
was winter time and very cold. They
had to cut a hole in the ice so they
could dip 'em. One very wicked chap
had been converted and baptised. AS
he came out with icicles hanging to
his hair some one asked him if the
water was cold. NO" says he,
glory be, amt cold Thereupon a
wae in the crowd (who. stuttered)
yelled "di-di-dip him agi-gi-gin do :,
hel li-li-le ye-ye-yet, he wi-will." q
don't know wnat particular church,
this was-quite few of them, in-
merse their members, believe.)
T'other day fellow asked me this
question: "How big place is hell,
and | replied that never having been
nearer that resort than Kansas City,
| couldn't say, but that if he would
give me correct census of Germany
| could make very close guess as
to the size of the place mentioned.
"How is that" says he. And l. just
up and said, says |, It's just got to
be big enough to hold all OF 'em,
amt it?"
, o, I've knocked about bit of my
time,
Over this world and through,
And Ill bet dollar 'agin' dime
That McAdoo will do.
The boarding of more than 80 days
food supply will constitute viola
ton of the food law and will be
speedily prosecuted, SO it is said, and
l just said, "by golly, that won't cause
any trouble at our house. If we ever
have more than one days rations
boarded l wish some inspector would
come along and help me to locate it,
yessuh."
Many folks think October the best
month of the year. They glory in
the golden sunset of an October day.
Others revel in the month of June.
June, the month of roses. June
brides (also June bugs). Still others
who fancy that Heaven is bit near
er at Xmas time when the whole
world is filled with the benedictionl
of peace and good will on earth. And
l say each to his Cor her) way OIL
Me7-Now you know am
me the thing most su1s.I