The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-09-09

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The evidence is that grapes ar
higher under prohibition than unde
the old saloon regime. Prohibitio
has shattered every economic conten
ton made against it in the good oil
days. And we used to believe ever.
one Of EN-.
| A boy and = girl visited on farm
this summer and were told they mus
write to their parents. The littl'
girl wrote pages about the beautifn
scenery, flowers, pet animals, etc
The boy grabbed postcard and dash.
ed OF the following: "Grandma il
a bully cook. l am having \ good
time eating. Dinner is ready now,
Goodbye"
"What Is the political outlook
here 2" asked 4 recently arrived stran-
ger. well" judicially returned Old
Bill Misgivcns, "the bunch at the ci-
gar store has already triumphantly
elected every man on the Democratic
ticket, and every afternoon At the real
estate office the gang vindicates the
League of Nations. Outside Of those
two instances everything is going
Republican like shooting fish in = bar
REL"
In spite Of the utmost vigilance Of
newspaper publishers glazing mis-
takes appear in the newspapers, and
the big papers are no more exempt
than the smallest country sheet. |
When Senator John James Ingalls, of
Kansas made his famous speech in
the senate in which he said that spoil
itics is an iridescent dream" the tele-
graph editor of a prominent Kansas
daily played up the speech big.
Across the top Of the front page in
big black-faced type he ran this ban
1er: "Ingalls says Politics is an In
iecent Dream"
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Old Bill Misgivens brings this in
eresting news item concerning the
apture Of a big snake: He says the
make in question crawled into the
hanger and swallowed a china nest
gg, and after getting it good and
wallowed, started to crawl through
he handle Of a water jug the hay
ands had left there. 1t got through
he handle as far as the egg-line, when
found another china nest egg.
This is my day to gather eggs" said
ne snake to himself, and promptly
roceeded to swallow the second one.
ut he failed to swallow it as far as
lie first one by the width of the jug
andle. The surrender was merely a
after Of form.
When we were boy, a "tomboy'
as frowned upon by the mothers of
re neighborhood and they did not like
have their daughters play with
EN-. A tomboy was girl with a
tile more pep than the average, and
e stood Al with the boys. She
joyed boy fun, she could climb tree
slide down a strawstack without
ocking herself or the boys either.
70 was first aid to any of the boys
10 got hurt and the first to console
n in trouble. She did more to put
heart in the kids than all the other
~ put together. Every one that
knew ~ boy made exceptional
YES and mothers, so they told Us
, last time we visited the old home
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Not long ago an old fellow died,
wing . barrel of money. He had
louseful Of children-ten or a doz-
It cost considerable to feed them.
, old man evolved . scheme. He
uld say to the children in the ev-
ng, snow, how many Of you will
. = dime and 60 to bed without
peri" They all took dimes and
At to bed hungry. Next morning
old man would say. "Now, chill
N, how many Of you will give me
inc for = nice, warm breakfastW
!, Of course, they would all cough
their dimes. The old man thus
ed the cost Of the ehildren's sup
This was just one of his
.mes; he had others. That's why
liad rich -