The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-05-01
TALES OF TOWN
AMID GLAD CHEERING.

OF victors palmed and garlanded,
And then my mind would stray away,
Far, far afeld across the foam
Where sleep our brave in foreign soil,
Our victors who will ne'cr come
home.
God help the wearer of the star.
! The gold star on the sombre sleeve,
To stay the tear with lofty pride
That yields support to hearts that
grieve,
Your loved one gave TO human kind
What the Savior OF the World did
give,
willing sacrifice he made
That the freedom Of the world may
live.
You can't do much with a man who
will never admit he is wrong.
Seeing the newly arrived twins, lit
tie Bcss exclaimed, "Oh. mamma, was
there a sale on 'em7"
II doesn't matter how important
your ancestors were, but how import
ant an ancestor you are going to be.
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There is no such thing as idle {
gossip Gossip is always busy and S
works "a hours every day in the year d
According to a Washington report, a
there were 81 900 Smiths in the army. |
Now the question is, who won the +
war;"
War, however, is not yet over for
the soldiers who are landing in New :,
York They still have to listen to the I,
speeches g
What are we coming to, anyway
More new Fords than new colts are
seen on the streets of Emmett this !
spring. !,
"When | lose dollar on some fool
habit" remarked Old Bill Misgiyens,
Il never fret half as much about it as Ell
when ! lose dime through hole in is
my pocket" pl
Our opinion is that in the future II
he governor of North Carolina will NJ
doubtless say to the governor of South 81
Carolina: What's yours? Chocklit y. =,
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There was a young fellow named n,
spoon. who shed his near garments
90 soon. He caught bad cold. The Il
next day I'm told, Now his toes point Il
away toward the moon. n
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Married women live longer than UNI II
married women, says an exchange, and n
he Missus upon reading it slipped us n
his one. "Not necessarily SOFT only H
seemed longer to them" N
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We advise putting heavier roofs on 4
houses No telling when some care 4
ess airplane man win be dropping II
ais monkey wrench just as he goes n
over your premises, mile or two up II
IN the sky,
An inquisitive subscriber up coun- u
Try wants to know how much of the II
Its per cent beer it would take to II
ntoxieate one. We have had no OPP II
to test the matter for our II
self, and we utterly refuse to take II
he word Of any man alive about it. II
Pat Maloney had come to take a job II
1t little junction railway. The Of II
icial Interviewing him showed him II
.wo flags. a green one and red II
me "Now," said he, ''when you want II
he train to start, wave the green flag II
and whenever you want train to II
stop, wave the red one just like this. II
Here" says Pat, "keep your job. II
never could wave another flag when II
I'd have a green one handy II
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Setting the clock ahead may have n
Is advantages" said the farmer, "but II
IN our ranch it is not altogether an Il
unbiased blessing. You see, while us II
'olks respect it as government or II
Ter and obey it, more or less, the u
'ows and pigs and chickens keep going
" stomach time. They heller and I
'queal and cackle to be fed at the .
Usual intervals, no matter what the d
lock says about il, and can't be hush 4
ID by appealing to their loyalty to this II
,reat and good government"
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A man who had just bought an au- II
omoble was asked by two Irish wom- II
n to take them for ride. He refused II
Il first, as they were incessant talk
RS, and he thought their clatter II
would interfere with his driving They II
Promised, however, not to say one
word during the entire ride, and he II
onsented. just after they had pass II
d over rough. bumpy road. at a