The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-12-22

. ish, wicked excuse to o6er, he teacl
or said. Jaw, WELL ID Lift
| Bill, at hain't no worse tklA the or
Jonah told about being swallowed b
| . whalep
| An Emmett mother had her 4-yeal
old daughter to the Ideal the othe
day. When they threw = picture O
the screen showing an heme-mad
brewery bottling bser the daughter i
. loud voice said: Mother, wha
| are they doing7" Mother, in lov
tone, said: making bser.' "Dadd.
doesn't make It that way" replied tn
little girl.
Joseph and Isaac went to hear Billy
Sunday preach and altar the service
~ they were going home, Joseph said
well, Isaac, vat you t'ink Of him7'
II don't like him." said Isaac. "TQo
much hell. It was hell, hell. hell ell
the time. And don't believe there
II any hell, Joseph" mo hall" an
swered his friend. "Vell, then Isaac"
said Joseph. III there il no hell,
where IL business gomez"
We see by the papers where St.
Louh man has sued . tailor for 3113,
because . pair of trousers delivered
did not ft, necessitatinG the post
pOnement Of the customers wedding.
Which recalls q cab in Emmett
number Of years ago, where . we'd
ling was delayed because the BRIDE
groom, while using . pressing iron
The morning of the wedding, was
allied to the. telephone and the iron
burned the seat out Of his troussear,
Sambo tried to keep out Of war by
,etting married. He was forced in
after being overseas while he wrote
lis bride interesting letters. He told
er there were different kinds Of hos
'ltals-hospitals for the eye, arm,
eg, etc. Meeting = friend one day |
;ambo's wife was asked about how
. was getting along. "Well." she
eplied, "Sambo has top me bout eye
ospitals, leg and arm hospitals, but
KANT make out what has happened
], him, 'cahse he done write home dat
e is in de base hospital"
It is said the native Australians are
sry expect At counting sheep, and
IN take = glance at q flock contain
Y thousands Of the animals and
,eak the exact number. It prob
bly, is u matter Of cold mathematics
'ther than an art, ~ was the case
the Yale man who went to work
II an Idaho flockmaster, and observ-
| that there were 1920 sheep in that
md over there in the field" Exact
: right" said the sheepman, "but
wv did you guess the number SO
iickly!" Didn't guess" said the
ale man. II counted the legs and
vided by four"
A traveller down in Georgia passed
rough = small town where every
'dy seemed to be resting. There
ere q lot Of loafers sitting out in
ont Of the only store in the town
ID near by was = houn' dog sitting
his hunkers and every few seconds
hitting = prolonged howl ~ il in
eat pain. Whats the matter with
1t dog I" asked the traveller of one
the loafers. THAT houn' has the
Ok worm, sah," answered the loaf
us the hook worm very pain
disease?" asked the traveller.
%, sab, l CANT say that it 10 .
scially painful disease, sab" "Well
It dog seems to be in pain" said
, traveller. eyes, sab, that houn'
suferin' = right smart sight Of
in, sab" well, how do you ex-
in IT." well, sab, the fact is that
pa sIVIIu ON = SAnQ Durr, san, 7
he just natch'lly hasn't energy
ugh to get up and go away"
q 9 4
A couple Of colored men went out
or pecans," remarked Old Bill Mis-
ems while reminiscing about events
I happened in Texas when he lived
re. They threshed the pecan trees
day and toward night had gunny
k full. On their way home they
to pass = Cemetery which was
rounded by . rock wall four or
fest high. When they reached
cemetery they were to separate
each went in different direction.
they decided to climb the wall and
Re division Of the nuts. As they
1bed over the wall three nuts
cd out Of the sack onto the ground.
bier min dem,' said one, we kin
EN- when we start home The
: way one could be satisfied by the