The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-02-01

were "birds."
You stuck tubes in your ears to
hear IL photograph and it cost a
dime.
There were no sane fourths nor
electric meters.
Jules Verne was the only convert
to submarine.
Publishing a country newspaper
was not u business.
Man that is born Of his parents
is of few days and full of microbes.
He goeth to school when q youngster
and gets the seat of his pants pad
died for something he didn't do until
he is sick at heart. He groweth up
like a weed in the back yard and
o reaches the nge when he is COM
posed largely Of feet, freckles and
an appetite for pie. About the time
he gets too long for short trousers
and not long enough for long ones
he goeth away to college, learneth
how to play with a three-dollar man.
dolin and play whiskey poker. He
coIneth home 4 bigger fool than ever
and marrieth a sweet young thing
whose pa is supposed to be wealthy,
| but whom he subsequently ascertain
! eth, couldn't buy the prize rooster
at a county fair. He worrieth along
from year to year. gradually acquir-
ing offsprings, until his house re-
resembles a Sunday school class Just
before Christmas. He fretteth along
the day and licth awake at nights
trying TO figure how to keep HIM
self and his dependent population
out of the poor house. Efforts are
rewarded by his daughters wro run
off and get married and bring him
home a nice son-in-law every Few
days to feast at his board. His sons
grow up and call him governor and
set him back a hve-spot every day or
two. About the time he has acquir-
ed enough lucre to make it worth
while for his heirs to quarrel over,
he contracts a cold and is hurried
away before he has time have Il talk
with his family. His sons blow in his
estate on bad whiskey and plug hats
and his wife puts the finishing touches
to his career by marrying the hired
man.
A lady of our city has found a
sure cure for broken dishes. If the
dish to be mended can be tied to-
gether with q stout string, then place
it in boiling milk and left one hour.
you q never tell the dish had been
broken and it can afterwards be put
in boiling water without the pieces
coming apart. This experiment has
been tried and proven and many are
the broken dishes which were thought
to be useless which are now as good
as new.
The following is a very truthful
remark: 1.-The man who grows
up in his native town is regard
cd as n boy BY his elders until he is
well started down the declivity of
life that ends in a hole. The strang-
err who comes into a place is more
often pushed to the front than the
young man who has grown up with
the town. This is the reason why so
many young men become dissatis-
fed with their home surroundings and
long to cast their lot in other quart
ers."
We heard on the street the other
day of a man who claimed he vas too
poor to take his home paper, but all
the same he read notice in n of our
county papers telling how to prevent
a horse from soldering, and sent
$3.50 for receipt. When the $1.5C
worth of information came, it said
"Teach your horse how to spit"
The name of our town stands fol-
a picture in the minds of all who have
:. fingered ever for a few days withir
. the charm of its wooing beauty. II
stands not alone as a pleasant pic.
ture, but as the future ideal to it:
own loyal citizens. 1t is unique
among its sisters in this county as ar
ideal city of homes, even as the coun'
ty is unique for its wealth. fertility
r and manifold attractions.
Too poor to take the home paper
: Well, that is a distressful condition
Buy "a hen, feed her crumbs ant
waste from the kitchen and she viii
lay eggs to pay for a years subscrip