The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-22

phere in some Of the country school
4 districts that requires the teachers to
wear gas masks.
| With baseball players selling at
800 900 each it will be easier for
many boy to convince himself that
he oughtn't to waste very much time
studying grammar and things.
| Mother is amused when pa tells
their young daughter what terrible
things he will do il she ever dsres
use paint on her face, and then adds;
"Your mother there has never used
1t and you will do well to initiate her"
A San Francisco man, while at
tempting to kiss his wife. jabbed her
hatpin into his ear Served him
right. There is no sense In = fellow
trying to be so dsrned affectionate.
Mother" said 8-year-old Dorothy,
sitting in the church during preaching
services Sunday morning, "are you
Christian?" The preacher had been
talking about Christians. eyes" re-
piled mother. "Am II" Eyes" IL
thought you said we were Republi-
cans"
One Of the worst things about pro-
hibition is getting up in the morning
feeling like you had been on an awful
party the night before, and then the
swindled sensation you have when you I
remember it was only bridge party
with the widest item Of refreshment
being cup Of hot chocolate with
floating marshmallow.
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An Englishman applied to = breeder
Of dogs: ali wants kind of dog
about so high and so long. Hits q
Siind of gr'yound, because it's lyle is
shorter nor any of these ere gr'
younds an hits nose is shorter an e
lint so slim around the wyst But
IT'LL 'e's kind Of gr'yound. Do you :
,eep such dogs? eve do not" said :
he breeder. eve drown EN-" 1
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A man came rushing into the office
he other day and excitedly exclaim-
d: "My fortune is made. Accident
lily have discovered how to make
ems lay. Yesterday | took down our
.reen Christmas tree, and threw it in
0 the hen yard. As soon as the hens
aw the green tree, they concluded
hat spring had arrived, and now they
re fighting each other in their eff
orts to get on the nests and lay"
Talking about hard times" re-
larked Old Bill Misgivens, Gins the
anic of 1898, we lived in Seattle and
idn't have anything to eat but clans.
ur streets were paved with clans.
Te had buckets of clans sitting
,und the house. 1t was all we had
eat. Bankers, ministers of the Cos
Il, lawyers-everybody ate clans.
e so many clans myself that my
omach rose and fell with the tide"
After patient research we find that
seball was a popular game in bibli
| times. Eve stole first and Adam
ole second. When Isaac met Rebec-
at the we'll she was walking with a
tcher. Sampson struck out a good
any men when he beat the Philis-
les. Cain made base hit when he
w Abel The prodigal son made
me run. David was long distance
rover Moses shut out the Egyp- =
ms at the Red sea. When the flood
,urred. the game was called on ac- -
ant Of wet grounds. -,
The newcomer was very proud of NV
watch, which for nearly thirty PEI
hrs had never gone wrong. Early wa
} morning he reused visitor who 'ul
$ staying with him and together "
" set out to see the sun rise. The pA'
It kept consulting his watch and ne
n a calendar which gave the times ao'
the suns rising and setting. There the
5 a long wait in the pale, vague ASH
vn. Presently, tapping his watch
h his forefinger, the man said:
the sun amt over that hill in
iute and half he'll be late" an'
a in
he judge made jokes, the witnesses H. H.,
ked weary, the counsel acclaimed
cross examined, the twelve good -
4 and true twiddled their thumbs,
the usher 'ushed whenever neces- =
y. Altogether it was model Eng IN
court of law. "Now, ma'am,"
the cross examining X c., twas
defendants air when, as you allege
promised to marry you. perfectly