The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-21

.on wHh grape juice cocktail-prohibtion
you knoW-and hearty rendition Of Good Morn
ing, Mr.. zip-zip-zip, with your hair cut just as
short as nine"
Along about the oyster course somebody, will
pipe up "Over There"
AS the soup is brought on some artillervnoen
may decide to give. them the artillery "Caisson
Song. Then for the fish course NAV come
keep your head down, Allemand" which is one
of the real favorites in the camps in this country
at least. BY the time for the meat course thew
should be ready to Pack up their troubles' and
by salad time, they will be singing Beautiful
Katy" For the coffee and cigars course there
Is ling list Of favorites, such as: "Oh, how
1 hate to get up in the morning" sung with
great feeling; THERE'S long long Trail" "They
were all out OF step but JIM" I'VE don't want
the bacon" THE Democratic Army" "All we
do is sign the payroll" or ooh, Mr.. Baker"
A few there are, which won't be sung on ladies'
nights. but this list go virtually unexpurgat-
ed. a.E J.
While on the subject Of these soldiers re-
unions of the future consider the toastmatser
and what an easy time he will have. The negroes
have furnished enough good anecdotes during
this war to keep an ordinary POSTMASTER going
for fifty years.
Just one or two samples:
He could use the story Of the seasick negro,
who was called by an excited conrade to come
on deck and see sail.
Don't you call me for no sailboat niger"
came back the answer. Don't you call me a-tall
unless you tree" Il 4
There is another good one going the rounds
of the camps about a captain who was instruct
ing his company on how to meet a charge. "What
would you boys do If the Boches should make
a direct charge in great force at the point you
were holding?" he asked.
Captain" said one of the 'Buffaloes," 1--WE sho
would spread the news over France"
Or he could. take the one about the negro who
woke up at sea, and looking out for the first
time failed to see land. 'Iawdy de Ievee am
bust" was his comment
Or here is the one about the negro trooper who
showed up in the trenches one morning with a
new pair Of shoes.
Where you get dem shoes nigger?"
Il gotten desc shoes from a Boche."
The questioner disappeared and returned four
hours later with pair of shoes also.
What KEEP you SO long, nigger?"
'T had to kill twenty of dem Boches before
I got pair to fit me-"
No. the "old boys" from the Grand Army of
Democracy won't suffer from lack of songs or
anecdotes.
The New York Globe and Commercial Adver-
tser has just celebrated its 125th anniversary It
holds clear title to be the oldest daily newspaper
in America, for others which were started before
it. have long since been discontinued.
Mr.. Jason Rogers it's publisher sends to The
Forum a copy Of the anniversary number, which
is rich in interest, The Globe probably never had
to hear sighting remarks about the quality OF
newspaper English" for it's first editor was Noah
Webster. Other famous editors were Thurlow
Weed, William l. Stone, Robert C. Sands and
Hugh Hastin Hastings,
A reproduction of the first page Of the first
issue is contained in the anniversary number, and
this shows an advertisement Of pamphlet ex-
posing slavery. This was in 1898. and slavery
evidently was even then an issue. The files OF
such q newspaper ought to offer g lively his
tory Of the United States from Revolutionary
days.