Evening journal., 1919-05-28

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therc do they get that stuff about
EgliSh having no sense OF humor?
Fir John Foster Fraser, who spent a
var of the war in the United states,
Bys when he was in an Indiana town.
" his speech making tour little boy
lid up 20 the chairman Of the meet
ng and asked:
who is this guy that's going to
TALK"
"Oh." said the chairman. hes an
English knight"
The chairman explained that a man
melt before a king the king puL his
sword on his shoulder and so the man
became a knight
Gee said the boy. that's nothing
There was an Indian chief put a bat
tleax on my grandfather's head and
made him an angel"
(snple awhiIe)
m YOU WANT TO STOP A
STREET CAR.
NEW YORK-The street cars wouldn't
fiop, 80 Samuel Welsh lay across the.
balls. "Bum service" he said az the
hospital.
(smile awhile)
THIN ONES FOR LEAN
PURPOSES.
HOLTON. kanss-A popular game in
rural circles i'm this vicinity IS the
AavOrdupois" party. The girls are
weighed, their weights written ON
slips Of paper All the slips are put
into a hat and the young man draws.
He is all0Wed 20 take the girl ne draws
10 supper, paying half cent pound
Tor their meal
(smile aUhile)
cows SHOULD Re CAREFUL WHO
THEY BITE.
DURHAM n. C.-Betsy, the pet cow
OF Robert jackson, was feeling bad
jackson was giving Betsy little dose
of oil-she bit him and died ten min
utes later. Veterinarians are puzzled
over her death-s0 is jackson,
(smilc aWhile)
ANOTHER WAY TO KILL A
LAMB.
To Miss Bertha Browni We know
very little about farm life. However.
n you are going "d0vn- on the farm
we would respectfully call your atten-
tion 20 the following lines, MARY had
a little lamb. With her it would
frolio. One day il kissed her on the
cheek, and died Of painters colic,'-
From the Arkansaw Thomas Cat,
(smile awhAel
Because Carrie Williams and Mac
Brown were good cooks, Judge r. n.
p Gordon, Of Louisville, Ky, refused 60
send them 70 Jail. Good cooks must
be kept out Of jail They are lux
ury," he said.
(smile awhile)
SUCHISLIFE N OHIO.
Seven bishops and preachers Of slo
Amish Mennonite church OF Holmes
county, Ohio, were enjoined from fur
ther "moidening," 'miting,' or boy
cotting Ell j. Ginerich, a former mem-
ber Of the church IN a decision handed
down by Judge z. 3, Nnkcad, Of
frankln county,
The suit arose out OF tho refusal
OF Ginerlch 10 countenanco the rules
Of tho Amish church requiring init
ing,n a form Of boycott because Of his
insistence on wearing rubber IN his
suspenders, which IS against the rules
Of the church.
Amish preachers say it's terribly
wrong for a man 20 wear rubber In his
galluses.
(smile awhile)
shall We Pull That Old Cad About
Truth Being Stronger Than
Ficiion?'
y ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.-Eggs took
big drop here when a crate Of them
was tossed out OF an airplane to test
a new parachute. They Travelled 200
feet and alighied without a break.
(sniile aWhile.)
The preacher selected this for his
text. "Be ye therefore, steadfast."
But the Gross Roads Herald printed
70 next day: BE ye there for break
fast"
Little things like that is what makes
tho mortality rate so hish among print
ers and editors.
(smilo awhilc)
Johnny-What was your sister angry
wnlle-she sent me 20 the dfugsiore
80 get some cold cream and 1 got ice
cream. That was The coolest I could
geL--Child's Hour.
Cbut sister didn't smile awhiIcD
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