The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-05
DON'T DELAY AND
LOSE YOUR CHANCE
She Who Hestitates
Becomes an Old
Maid-Think
Fast
THE TIME IS SHORT
Procrastination is a
Thief of Marriage
Licenses

There are a number of phrases
in the bachelor question that have
been untouched in these articles
Perhaps it is just as we'll as too much
information on one subject is apt to
get tiresome. However, a recent
| perusal of the files of 1916 brought
! to light an article on Where should
a man spit?" which should not re-
main unhidden any longer lest some
of the newer and wiser generation
overlook an important item in their
| career.
Mr.. Trego, back in 1916, devoted
not little space to the burning ques-
ton Of Where Should Man Spit?"
and told of discussion some genera
ton or so back. He said there was a
lot of talk on that question between
the married men and the bachelors
and that as the married women and
the girls decided it concerned them
as much as tie men they were al
lowed in on the argument. 1t seems
that one man advanced the argu-
ment that the proper place to spit
was on stove and that if God in
tended him to spit any place else He
would have provided place. Some of
those present at that meeting said
that most men spit any place and
anywhere without consulting the
lady of the house which was en-
phatically denied by one lady who
said her son didn't spit at all, but
chewed his tobacco like gentleman
and swallowed the juice and she pro-
duced the son to prove it. 1t seems
that the son was rather small, almost
runt, so the assemblage declared
If the son had spit at least a little he
wouldn't be a runt.
1t was quite some argument that
developed oversize question and al
most stopped all marriages in the
community. Those against the spit
ting habit claimed that man would
spit all over the floor and his wife
was to mop it up and most of the
girls declared that they would never
marry. Finally some one advanced
the idea that man didn't spit all
over the house, but only on the floor
around the stove which was caused
by his missing that receptacle so the
good wife would only have to mop up
small portion of the house. Which
explanation cleared away consider
able doubt and several marriages re-
suited.
But the best part of the entire
article on the splitting question was
when some old man got up in meet
ing and declared himself. 81 like to
spit once in WHILE" said he. IF l
want to spit, do it, but am not like
some fellows. don't go out and
make a hog of myself and spit my
self to death. There's reason in all
things. Sometimes | don't take a
spit for three months and then | may
take little spree and spit all the
time for several days. But when |
am done, am done and l don't do
it any more until the notion strikes
me. But l want to tell everybody
here that when | want to spit, spit
And he sat down amid loud cheers
Next issue amid blaze Of glory,
old tin cans or whatnot, the leap
year articles will come to close. We
have but barely touched the subject
and only few of the young men OF
the vicinity have been given little
free advertising. But if the advice
given in the columns of The Republic
can has been followed, there's no rea-
son why a large number of weddings
should not result. If we have unin-
tentionally overlooked any Of your
bachelor friends, send in their name
and qualifications and we will try to
fix them up in the last article of the
series.
We still have few eligible young |