The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-09-04

Bed is too small to rest my tiredpess,
> I'll take a hill for pillow. soft with
trees,
Now, draw the clouds up tight be-
meath my chin
God. blow the moon out, PLEASE.
! The fellow who joins church just
for the fire insurance is not much Of
help.
| Who remembers when q good lunch
cost Is cents and q dinner cost two
bits?
Men may not regret their youth,
but what they do regret is that they
didn't have more sense then.
Babies are about the only things |
that haven't changed much in the last
twenty years and even they cost more.
II any theatrical folks have right
to strike 1t is the musical comedy girls
as they make a bare living most of
the time,
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Kisses wouldn't be much if none of
them were any better than those two
sisters give each other when they are
forced to kiss and make up.
q . q
No doubt the women folks spend a
good deal of time powdering their
naaas bnf tho man ,voota 200 u,ueb
time looking for matches.
Old Bill Misgivens, who has acted
as chauffeur to churn, says 10 cents
pound is not too much for butter
that was churned by hand
When Dad was boy he was miser-
able the time he swallowed water
melon seed and his big brothers told c
him vine would grow inside of him. ?
We always did hold that the worst Re
thing about the dance called "shimmy"
was the way they spell it. A "che-
mise" dance would not look so bad in
print.
1t would be impossible to make - :,
laughter believe it, but lot of her q,
old fashioned ideas are moth Ell
ng in the world but old fashioned
sense.
The word "obey" in the marriage n
CEREMONY may not mean much, but it cf
means as much as it's COM dc
'anion phrase, with all my worldly =,
.oods thee endow." wi
in
An exchange announces the arrival
I new citizen named Burst, cir tn
we might have overlooked TIC
ut for the fact that his two children al q,
ear the names Of Dorothy May and
Irthur Will.
A girl will solemnly tell an editor
nat she doesn't know q thing and up
hen go and mail 10-page letter to Ks
sr fellow. What in the name Of sense w
pes she put into itl ].
q . ne
II was in the drawing room at the of
,hool. Sargent was a great artist" cti
lid the teacher. with one stroke he AL
,uld change a smiling face into be
'rrowful ONE "That amt nothin'." FIR
ped up Johnny. me mother does RE
iat to me lots of times" be
the
my '""s :" .ne P'i"aiy GLASS; "au sill
zen given talk on architecture. and ~
hen the teacher finished she asked. ,
5 there anyone in the class who can 20,
II me what '0uttress' isl" Where
non one lad arose and answered Gag ~
ly: "Yes, ma'am, can. A buttress ~,
an nanny-goat." pa
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Here IL a remarkable case Of crowd -"
z reported to an insurance company: ~.
Dear Sirs--This Is to advise you that =.
am just recovering from a case Of
a. Went to bed nearly three W eeks
70. Was followed by my wife and or,
ughter and then by the office girl" wh
7, Iiu, Where Is thy sung wa,
3 Q Q
A colored soldier whose hand had
en- blown off was admitted to base ~
spital. Nurse" he said. "kin All go 20
ok to de front tomorrow" Ger ~
inly not said the nurse. "You have ~
It hand Oats why All wants wa
go back, nurse. All left nah razor
dat hand. F
= . old
1t was married mems night at the ter
vivsl meeting. LET all you hus- rho
ads who have troubles on your minds -
ind up" shouted the emotional -
eacher At the height Of his spasm.
SANITY every man in the church rossl