The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-16

= uGtA4J III huGtp, Just WA8t - ~ JVt
seem to have foreotten?e
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When The laughing eyes and plead
ing air Of winsome Eve bsGuiled 9
wiling Adam to take ! bite Of what
! ~ knew - - night good apple,
Ish1 aIss knew that when - @fsip'
for what she urged, the bite he took
lwps more than ncqniescenee; It was
. rite; It was : waking recognition
Iof the fact that nature lacked some
thing that labor could supply; It was
| ! pledge that henceforth be was there
\ 70 do hh BIT. Thereafter she made
pies and he made cider.
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In the days before the stats went
dry an Emmett woman took . bath
one winter evening and then a. she
felt chilled she swallowed . spoonful
Of whiskey Afterwards she prepar-
ed her little daughter for bed. She
vas bending over the youngStsr, un-
buttoning her frock. when the child
gave two or three snifys and said
sharply: why. mother. you've been
using daddy's perfumsryi'
Just because Burns, Ora, has a
woman mayor the local high school,
which has - many boys - girls. has
chosen = gin ~ manager Of the base
ball club and another girl ~ editor
Of the school paper. It was another
Burns, , stranger TO fsnlinism, who
said: ~ man's ran for = that
The modern Burns version appears
to b : frse reading cf Kipling: "A
woman i always = woman, but man
u sometimes joke"
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A local Croesus who AAS . good rat
ing IN the financial directories re
GENTLY visited his bank and requested
! loan Of $40. "But you have a de-
post Of about $4O,0ooi~ exclaimed
The president Of the hank. "Why
'hould you wish TO borrow trife like
HAITI" Croesus persisted IN his de-
nand and the bank president smiling
y gave him check for the desired
what collateral are you
'fering7s inquired the president
One hundred thousand dollars in Lib
rty bonds" replied Croesus, drawing
n envelope from his pocket. 'Here
hey are. Good morning" But the
resident halted him. "Now that the
pan has been made in the usual man
err" he said. "would you mind tell
~ me your object in putting up
100000 As collateral?" "Just this" =
Explained Croesus. think how much :
would cost me to keep those bonds
, safe deposit vault
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Talking about the fertility Of SOIL"
smarked Old Bill Misgivens in rem
liscent vein, "the most remarkable
vidence | ever saw was the case Of
b Wilkins. Alb had lost leg when
. was young fellow and had a
OGDEN leg to take the place Of the
10 he had lost. Alb wasn't what you
ould call an energetic cuss. The
ct ID he never worked if he could
lip 1t and he was lucky enough to
I've IN energetic wife who kept him.
used TO wonder how she could be so
ltient with Alb, bat he would work
her sympathy by telling her that
. stump Of his leg panied him to
at the band whenever he undertook
walk around. She believed that
d let Alb sit out there in the shsds
the house in the rocking chair they
d and slsep and talk to anybody
10 would ait and listen to him. The
ne he eat the laxier and fAtter he
| till about all the moving he did
y 70 his meals and shifting his seal
EN- It was necessary to do 50 to ret
Of the sun. Well, when that rainy
nmer came on, Alb was sitting out
the yard after = bully good rain,
h the point Of his wooden leg rest
on ths damp ground. He fell
Yep and didn't wake up for several
IN, not till his wife called him to
per. 70 that 1t was dark when shs
I'd Al. He got up out of tho chair
started 70 walk when he diScover-
lAaA ~ wa fast. He gave yank
tAs fastsnings that bound his
'dsn lag 70 tks stump broke, Ab
and when he turned ovsf and
ted y - what was the Mattsr.
. vAs Ais wooden leg standing up
pcsk II scared Alb and ~ yell-
'or Ms wife 70 come out ard hslp
when sAs came a-running she
ID that while Alb was asleep hi
beg had settled . little into ths
p. rich ground and taken root.
: Of the roots were already down
y ground nearly foot and green
- were appearing all the way up
wooden leg It was such Curl
J that she wouldn't hear to having
wooden leg either pulled ont Of
Rruuud or cut down 2ha - =