The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-19
THE STRAY STAR
DIDN'T BUMP Us
Celestial Plot Against
Our Earth Did Not
Take Form
A CALDER TESTER

The great event is over and the
world still travels in it's orbit, or ap-
pears to. The big lineup Of planets
on the seventeenth did very little
damage, If reports are true. Special
dispatches from the sun indicate all
quiet along the Potomac, and every
thing operating on high gear again.
Predictions that the world would
come to an end. and that several
other heavenly bodies would smash
their radiators or have their lights
jammed, have not materialized. 1t
is reported that one planet in the
lineup had trouble with its carbure-
tor and another jammed it's mud
guard. Windshields came thru in
tact, no unusual amount of smoke
lay in their wake, and everybody
kept out Of the ruts.
Coming down to the condition of
the individuals here on earth and
in Blackfoot, we knew of one lady
who was much worried about the
expected upheaval and did not buy
any Christmas presents until after
the seventeenth, and on the evening
of the sixteenth she posted her books
and got all things ready to balance
accounts. When the fatal hour Of
the seventeenth came and passed,
she suffered partial collapse, wit
messed the successful continuation of
time, and on the morning of the
eighteenth was 80 per cent recov-
cred. Merchants are assured that
Christmas shopping will go on apace
and money will freely flow.
A man came to town on Tuesday
tO>pay a promissory note, and when
he was about to turn the money over,
he remembered the seventeenth and
said, We'll, if the world is to come
to an end why should I pay this
note?" So he left it till the eight
eenth. When he returned to pay it,
somebody said to him, "Aha, you
showed your colors didn't you? How
would you have felt if the big crash
had come, and you had that money
in your pocket and it was no good
to you and you still owed this note.
If you had been an alright man you
would have been anxious to square
up everything SO you could take to
your wings with a clear conscience"
A woman who works for living
was worrying about the things that
might happen on the seventeenth,
g and she went about spending what
money she had before the seven
teenth, so she would be sure to get
the good of it. She took consider
able leisure before the seventeenth,
but on the eighteenth she was broke
and had lost out on some of her
business engagements, and was dis
appointed that the world had not
busted up, for she had to go out
looking for new jobs.
A man who was going to sink a
we'll, decided to wait, for he was not
sure he would need we'll and water
His wife told him he had better
hurry up the we'll and get the pump
installed, as he might need cold
water worse than ever-he might
want to take cool drink along with
him-she wasn't concerned herself.
A woman who had neglected to
patch her husbands pants did not
explain why she was neglecting the
Job, but on the eighteenth she
patched the pants, and seemed both
glad and sorry.
The children as a rule are glad the
scare came. The parents bought
them more candy than usual before
the seventeenth, and now they are
glad they are alive, glad they had
the candy and still have prospects
of a good Christmas
The picture shows had good run
of business before the event, and
some of the customers conceived the
idea that if there was big, crash,
perhaps the movie men would get
snapshots of it and have it on the
screens somewhere in space, and 1t
would be interesting to review as
San Franciscans review the events of
the quake. Those folks are all more
or less disappointed now.
Attendance at the churches and
Sunday schools showed slight in
crease, but that is not unusual at
this time Of the year, and no partlcu-
lar Importance is attached to that.
Photographers had very good
run of business before the seven
teenth, but II is not known where
people expected to keep the photos
during the heated period.
The demand for safety boxes In
the bank was good, but it is always
good the middle of December, due to
the arrival Of 80 much beet money.