The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-23
S u N B EA M S.

! - - the exuberance oil
sP H. do some things as The
following story shows. When a boy
remember two of OUR friends who
were neighbors had fallin' out
about middle fence and became
bitter enemies. They hadn't spoken
to each other for years. One day a
preacher (out of job) came along
and las in those days. pulpit
FOUNDER was novelty the folks
prevailed on him to hold meetin'
in the school house. :. 1t was a big
meetin' and considerable good was
done. tSome of it had to be worked
over later) Anyway, one of these
men was .(or- at least seemed to be)
converted Feelin' that he had been
snatched as brand from the burn
ing he was some joyful. He rushed
back into the crowd. grabbed his
enemy by the hand and said, Il am
SO happy tonight that | feel like
shakin hands with dog"-and the
meetin' closed down. The man was
honestly sincere, but he was also too
sudden. :
Bogus Heroes" Under this
headline appears very interesting
story from STARS and Stripes"
France. 1t says in part: There
have been lots of bogus heroes in
America since the army began dis
patching men back to the. states for
sickness, training and other reasons,
etc" Of course there were many
heroes over there and opine most
of them are still there. ~ln~these
days Of hero worship it is very
easy to be Cor to appear as) hero. |
The real hero amt exploiting him
self. He is too modest It's the fell
low who didn't see any action who
talks the loudest. In other words,
it's the soldier who fought and bled
Gin his mind) who would play the
role of hero, who is goin' to feel
pretty small when the real hero ar
rives.
At the end of the fight
They hove into sight,
And told how the smoke made 'em
blind.
How they took brave part
Until shot through the heart;
Those heros (who fought in their !
mind.)
From Charleston, Mo-, comes the
report that in one family there are
IS Count 'cm) IS people in bed sick
with the flu. The article don't say
aught of the rest of the family but
suppose they are able to be up and
are doin as we'll as could be expect
ed.
Always at this season (wfen eggs
Iva a. 49,
enticing egg food producing adver-
tisements, but take it from me, there
amt any thing that will induce her
to lay until she gets ready. have
tried every food suggested. l have
tried lotions and ointments. | have
warmed their feet and pared their
corns. | have treated 'em for roup,
black leg and the flu, also for lazi-
ness. Have even talked nice to EN-
| have gone hungry that they might
be fed and still they refuse to lay. |
have decided that they are Con
scientious DIRECTORS" and further
have arrived at this conclusion:
You may feed. you may pamper
A hen-if you will;
But the eggs that she lays you
Won't pay the feed bill
Asked if had ever met any self
made men replied, yes. quite few
of 'em. At least they claimed to be
self made and didn't find it very
difficult to agree with EN- Why
not? was asked. Because, says |, .
God never made the mistake of
maxim such insects and dignifyins
his handiwork by calm EN- men"
Use Soap for Money
Now, while ! feel sure that every
thing has its purpose and should be
used accordingly. am also persuad.
ed that soap was intended to be
used as legal tender and further |
may say that if soap had been used +
for the purpose for which it was in r
tended there would have been fewer
people afflicted with the flu, uncer- {
tain compilations and toe itch, etc.
According to the Sheldon Enter 6
prise man and woman were mar
ried 30 years ago. Evidently they p
were not suited Cor so they thought {
to each other and soon separated a
1t seems however, that lin their f
case) absence made the heart grow r
fonder. Anyway, after all these h
years they trecently) decided to Il
risk their happiness and again b
launched their little boat on the
treacherous waves of the sea OF
of which reminds
me that the old adage holds good, a
viz. There is no fool like two old d
fools. Il
A party asked me this. Said he. q
Jim, if it takes a man Counting d
$4,000 per hour, or $4,000 per day. Ii,
one hundred and two years to count
billion. how long would it take h
you to spend it?' well, now" il
says l, lat the present price of chuck
steak, if / would allow myself meat d
(say three times a week. and didn't III
spend any for anything else might
possibly make it last for a year. Id
Yes" &,
And now another cabinet member
resigns for pecuniary reasons. ItlA
would seem to man up a tree that 10
! member of the cabinet hasn't much =