The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-30
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<N@ sphere which cause
~ me to form B a
| opin ON tina
preachers were onl,
a little lower than the angels and tina
they thought no evil; could do n,
wrong Later in life | found tina
they (some of emf were capable Q
dom both and, Con occasions the,
would do their friends as welD.
was disillusioned in another direction
too. found that good strone
swear word was often more effective
ehan a beautiful Invocation. This
story will prove what say. Some
years ago Twas out in the country
M drying q car. There was a preacher
&with me. We had trouble plenty
Engiil stuck, wouldn't 60, sun was
hot, l was hotter. Finally blew up,
iorgettin' the preacher | said Damn
the thing, anyhow" To my surprise
the preacher said amen" my broth
err. That should help some. l have
been wantin to say that for the last
half hour We had good laugh;
cranked the car and drove on.
Life would not be near the strug-
gle it is if we didn't eat SO much. -
Ohio State Journal. 1t goes further
and says "eat just enough and no
more The Journal must have need
ed space filler to have used SO
sense less all article in times like
these. 1t further states 1T don't re-
quire very much toll to procure, food
enough to keep body and soul to-.
gether.' That depends on the size
OF the body and the soul it con-
tains. For the Journal it would pos
sibly be easy but for real men of
body and soul-no. To be brief the
article is superfluous as we'll as
senseless. Hoover has put the XII
bosh on our inclinations to overeat
and the "wah' sch, has made it in
cumbent OH us to hustle quite some in
order to keep body and soul togeth-
er, and as. mustard greens and wild
onions are still some distance away,
| feel sure that my comment will not |
seem harsh to anyone who is famil.
lar with the depleted condition of the
larder at our bungalow. =
The time has arrived (and now is)
when it's almost worth dyin' for just
70 have SO many nice things said of
lis and to be the recipient of the gor-,
geous "bookays' which Our friends
were SO kind as to Withhold from us
in life (for fear of hurtin' our feelin 81
amt it?
Now, what | want to know. what
me most is when are we 60
ng TO have peace? With the head Of
our nation together with about hall
If the natives) at the big doin's it
ooks to ME like something ought to
De stirrin. I'm hopin' it won't he
necessary for me to quit my work
md go over there and tell EN- what ;
o do. No. But, by golly, | don't
eel like waitin' much longer. AS K
Kings are now ] don't know wheth- ,
r to plant war garden or plant one
or my own use: L
K. Bill is reported to be very
lowncast lately. Now, l just wonder
+ he has heard of the plan of punish
nent | suggested or has he been
eadin' some of my poetry? Either
+ EN- would be sufficient. don't you
hink so: V
A man who thinks | don't know
uch Che has head like a jug) said c
, me, Jim. if should say that you II
re sick with the flu or sick of the
II. which would be correct" n
Neither one nor t'other," saiys !. II r,
int got it, \
According to Geo. A. Reid Gin For +
ard Americas first bath tub was
uilt in 1872. There was great .
rejudice against it by doctors and
and by golly, | think \
ome of the descendants OF the said m
octors and politicians are still on Nh
arth. for ! meet people frequently II
ho q feel sure) have never became II
econciled to bath tub (nor bath
ther. for that matter).
The word or term Schooner" as
nolied to sailin' ships was derived /
ON the word "schoon' which means Il
} skip along the surface OF the Il
alter. I'm tellin' you this because
ome of you are not so familiar with III
he schooner which sailed the foam NJ
g seas as you are Tor were) with N
lie more modern schooner that rest II
/ on a bar" and held a sea OF NJ
'amv suds.
Few Heroes Namesakes Now. Old
ustom Virtually Ended With Cleve-
nd's Administration. - Americans
e abandoning the old custom OF
aiming their children after the hero n
the hour. At the time of the Civil
'ar and Immediately thereafter
ousands of children were named
braham Lincoln-From the New
ork Sun. Perhaps it's just as well
at this custom has been abandoned,
rom my observations l deduce the
ct that it reflects no great credit
the shades departed and often
is as a handicap on the infant
named.
1t is said that Adam made and
ore the first pair of suspenders.
lis may or may not be true. Bu.
may say that if it be true it very
[ectually explodes the old adaRe
at necessity is the mother of in
ntion." How so? do you ask, and
because there was no ne