Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-10

TAes Hay Be.
(BY GUY BILsLAND

Thae Hay Be.
(BY GUY BIIsI4AND.
There may b m easier. surer way
Than to set out and walk It, or crank up your
Or Jump In boat and keep rowing
There may be q handler, quicker way.
To harvest the corn and the clover,
Than to climb on Q mower, and binder and
sweat,
And work-till you've put the thing over.
There may be an excellent theory way
To think up q sale and compel him
TO take on your goods-but you mustn't forget
You've got to get to him to sell him.
There may be some clever. softer way
To win. than by working and paying
The price Of real effort OF Drawn or OF brain,
But it's not yet discovered-Im saying.
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A Difference.
Stephen, reading for the first time, before
the new superintendent: Here is q warm
doughnut. Step on 1t"
Superintendent: Read that again. son."
Stephen: "Oh here is worm. Do
not step on It."
Speaking Of exercise we believe snow show
cling is said to be good for the digestion. the
complexion the muscles-in fact most every
thing except the disposition.
Hi links says one Of his pet irritations is
shoveling snow. Funny we didn't know Hi
was so finicky.
Howeer it be.
It seems to me.
That H. c. L. goes up each day
No matter how much more you pay.
Won't someone send out an 8. o. s., or kind
ly submit tried remedy?
To our contribs-B " O., Sionilli, Esmer-
aida, Celestia and all would-bes or has beens:
Please sign your real name, to your articles
"po'ms," etc. Well hold 1t strictly conhdsH-
tial," don't you know, and print any nom de
plume you prefer, but we like to know to whom
we are indebted for the interesting manuscripts
that are pilng up each day. Extreme modesty
has no doubt led some to withhold their real
name, and for this we wish to express our COM
mendation as well as our sincere appreciation!
In Our Own Hands.
Meath heavy costs why fret and whine?
The common sense advice Is:
To bring about a price decline
Decline to pay the prices.
Boston Transcript
Point of View.
Wife: tom, don't you think the worst part
Of the snowstorm is over?'
Hub: mo; the worst part is shoveling 1t
of the walk."-Boston Transcript.
Consider the Old ~Mississipp.'
1t is 1900 miles long.
| 1t draws its water supply from % states.
| 1t carries water from "a rivers navigable
by steamboats,
All this and more-yet 1t is "the crookedest
river in the world"
All Merchants Not Mercenary.'
THAT garment, madam, has been marked
down one-half; it is now only $126.
And 1t was-$250?" gasped madam.
Eyes, $780, This fall you will pay $500 for
the very same garment madam"
| And may have it today for S125?"
THAT is the sacrifice we are making, mad
am We are losing money on it."
well, its mighty sweet Of you to be 50 un-
selfish, and really ought not to allow you to
make such a sacrifice, but like the garment
SO well-yes, I'll take it, and thank you so
much"
| Dry Reading.
Served him right"
"What?"
| "He talked lot of high brow stuff"
| "A bluff Of course on his part, but what
| served him rightr"
His girl gave him book Of ponderous
essays for q Christmas present" -Louisville
Courier Journal.
Oliver Herford says that anthologist is de-
rived from the name Of the ant, the most in
dustrious and acquisitive of creatures.
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Did you get Deere Mable" calendar for
Christmas?
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