The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-24

) that God hears spesytAine yna do.'
( f~Well,~ answered The small accused,
! ~aAk God about Il thea
II . = .
ii At the grave q the departed the
old darkey pastoT stood hat in hard.
b I,ooking into the abyss he delivered
. himself 81 the funeral orat;on:
Samuel" be said sorrwfully. ~ycu
is gone An We hope you u gone
where We specs you amt
Two brothers were ahipWrecked
One Of them. fceiing they were doom
ed. began to pray. Dear Lord he
said ~Tve been hard drinker all my
i life, bat II yon--r ~Wait minute,
Jack said his brother Don't com
nit yourself Il think I zee = sail"
] "A snAppy comeback. Dear Sir.
received your letter about what
! owes you Now Be pacent | amt
/ forget you and as soon as folks pay
me I'll pay you. II this was Judge
ment day and yen no more PREPARED
/ to meet your God than / am to meet
your account, you sho going to hell
.
Taking about dry towns, have /
you ever been in Leavensworth, Kan /
sass asked the commercial Traveller I
in the hotel. mo, We'll, that's a
dry town for you, all right "They
can't sell liquor at all there7" sony +
if you have been bitten by = snake,
said the traveller. "They have only
one snake in the town, and when | got
to it the other day, after standing in
line for nearly half the day. it was
toe tired to bite"
Aunt Liza's former mistress was
talking to her one morning, when :
suddenly she discover = little picka- I
ninpy standing shyly behind his moth
er's skirts. is this your little boy. s
Aunt Liza ~ she asked. Eyes, miss, !
dat's Prescription" Goodness, what
\ funny name, auBtie, for Q child
How in the world did you. happen to !
call him that - "Ah simply calls ]
him dat becuz All has sech hahd wuk /
gettin' him filed"
"a minister was moved by the grief 4
If husband whose wife was to be {
ouried, and sought to commiserate S
aim in The following manner: My z
brother, | know that this is a great '
grief which has overtaken you, and t
.hough you are compelled to mourn s
he loss of this partner of life, ] v
would console you with the assurance C
hat there is another who sympathiz- C
- with you and seeks to embrace you h
n the arms of unfailing love-" To
his the bereaved man replied by ask
ng, as he gazed through his tears v
INTO the minister's face: Whats her t.
,ame ~
"A business man relates the follow =
ng story: II visited the old farm r
q Scotland. as was my custom each is
ear, and when talking with the old Fl
who had been part of the I
arm organization since my boyhood -
avs, l noted that be was not wear
ng the big fur cap with the heavy {
ar flaps which he had always worn
a winter time Where is your cap, II
andy. / asked ME cap, mon, ~
Thy ! ha ma wore it since the acci-
emit Accident ! said | had not T,
card Of any accident. "Ah, yes, it =
as when McGreggor came over an =
e were DOT tagither, an he asked
'e to have a drink--an' ! dinna hear
I'M
9 W
Isaaeson and Moses were rival
others who kept little stores situat-
! in the same street and opposite
he another. It was their frequent Te
raetice to stand at their store doors q,
I'd solicit the custom of passers-by.
or oftener, they would Al
ritate each other by persona. re-
arks. One morning Moses shouted VI
Isaacson: go in, you great BOBBY, Al
Id take that ugly face wild you!
on might as weel stick donkey at
e door" Isaacson replied:
d dat one day last week, Mr.. Moses,
Il de people passing by only smiled
I'd said TO it, Good day, Mr. Moses;
.od day; see you haf moved from
oder side"
q b
A business man, who recently re-
raed from y trip to the East, was
Chicago. Across the
sic from him sat roughly dressed
an, apparently a farmer. Just in
ont Of the farmer sat fashionably