The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-12-05
STRAY STREAKS
(By Fluke McFluke.)

in order to dodge the Grand Jury.
II my friend Bob Owens thinks
the Good Lord made this old world
which we call earth. for his own spec
ial benefit, there's a lot of us who
ought to be arrested as poachers and
squatters for operating without Ii
cense or special permits. The most Ui
us enjoy the fruits of his labor and
neglect or forget to pay him rent, or
to even thank him for the job.
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Me and my wife make it a rule TO
go and stay two or three days with
our new neighbors who move into
our community, so | told Mont John
son 'tother day that we were ready to
make the usual call on him, but Mont
said as how they were not quite rea-
/ dy to receive overnight visitors yet.
/ l have since axed him two or three
times about the matter, but somehow
( they don't git ready. Mont and his
folks must have lot of stuff to
straighten up.
People can. and do go from here
to Greensboro on the cars. mean
railroad cars. but that deaf man who
let the train run over him the other
day, about six miles above town,
was brought here, his wounds dress
ed, and was taken through in an au-
tomobile SOS as to save lot of time
fooling along with our train. The train
ensboro, but the broken bone would
likely have given a lot of trouble, had
he waited along for the train to take
him over there.
Clint Carpenter and Sol Barnett
started tearing down the old build
ings they bought, each adjoining the
other, and after Carpenter worked
couple of days he gave it up, stopped
further work until sol got his part
OF the buildings and lumber down
and away. Clint said while he could
make good Roadway in tearing down.
somehow or 'tOther he didn't have
much luck with the loose stuff after
he got it off and the nails out Of it,
as his lumber piles didn't pear to
ornu- OK thay ought IN
James Carlisle. the 1 year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Gillespie, of
this place had for some time been
trying to induce his Dad to get him
a parrot. Finally Will told the little
fellow that he would get the parrot,
but that he would have to be very
careful as the parrot would tell on
him every time he teased or hurt his
baby brother. James Carlisle dropped
into a meditative mood for some time
and finally announced that If it
made no difference he believed he
didn't want no parrot. and if he did
get one he thought it might be better
to get a wooden one--which goes to
prove that all wisdom lieth not with
older heads.
This Railroad of ours. known in
financial and commercial centers
such as Pittsburg, Chicago, New York
and London, as the NJ. II. * H., which |
being interpreted sands for'Madison' !
Vile, Hartford & Eastern, ran its !
train, No. 115, and just why 1t should |
be numbered lis, We don't nave the
least idea, because /. is the only one |
operated during the "a hours, over |
a deaf mute the other day 1t is : !
notable fact that they had 10 select /,
a man who was "deafer than an ar |
tillery mule" because The on,y othe.
fellow heretofore caught by - train
on this road was said to De, you know |
how, cause he hli pint Of IL still |
left in his pocket.
Some guy. either in or out OF this /
shop, did me a mean trick. caught ,
il in the proof, marked it out, but
for some strange reason it went in
again.
e, A well-meaning and conscientious !
fellow can't go off in broad-open day
light for a few days recreation in the
bosom of mother nature in her wild
state without being talked about and
roundly criticised by some one who
\ -ouldn't know the difference between :
a squirrel tail and a donkey's ear II
John Henry don't fetch or send me
some of these days ] am
going to call some names sometime,
out-loud.
If some of these streaks smell bit
stale blame il on the devil and the
makeup man. left last week Just
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