The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04
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You may break, you may !
Shatter the bottle if you will. 2
But the scent of tho moonshiue
Will cling to it still.
We wonder if the operator a1 The
Paris Grand woulo mind slowing UT,
on speed long enough to give patrons
change to read the titles and sub
titles of the pictures he is running
Forty-one pairs Of twins were born
| in Akron, Ohio, in the last few
months, according to a note in a Gin
| cinnati daily. AS Akron is the rub
Der town this statement may have
been stretched little.
Some people don't believe III PRO
verbs but before long the Rerubii-
can leaders are going to be mu ~,ur-
ing TO each other: "Oh, waat
tangled web we weave wher arst
we practice to deceived"
We weep for that little KenJdcky
bride who killed herself Wien her
husband was caught in a o Of lies.
A disaster greater than the recent
war would overtake the world IL all
wives of lying husbands restored tc
such sn extremity of despair as that.
There was man IN our town
And he was wondro'ls wise
He was mental VIZ. IS you
May easily surmise
His skill was quit uncanny when
The New Year cane along:
He always knew what date it was
And never wrote wrong
There is a fasi ~ n Talk as in all
else, and il is -c-G1 The fashion to
talk hard timef yu We note that
premiums and 9a SEES continue to
be paid by tta stores and other
large institu and this we take
to be an in t5or not only of the
right spirit n prosperity.
Abe Am'f .er graphical Society
tells wh2 Va ,ne origin of, the
Christmas tree, mistletoe oDserv-
ances and mince pie. leaving to the
archaeologists discussion of the pc
riod in which the signs Fee Egg
nog" and TON and jerry were
hung up along every street in every
American city at Christmas.
The utter foolishness of the sug-
gestiOn that the coming of the glad
CT no or1x hvyr 10 0ir
a lighted candle III the window on
Christmas Eve cannot be too strongly
denounced. Too many risks are
taken as it is, and too many TRACE
dies result from this christmas
candle" sentiment to be given coun-
tenance. The tradition is respectable
and the intent pretty enough, but the
practice would be rcither more nor
less than an invitation to disaster.
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1t is characteristic of Paris (Ky.l
people that they should be CONNER
CHILLY minded We heard with no
surprise at all that they SHE'D a;
mistleto at SIS & bunch. with I
pretty ribbon thrown in. As if any
price could be high enough for ii
bunch of mist1etoe and all the Qp-
poriunities that would go with it,
In speaking of the numerous fads,
and other disturbing Gle
ments in American life, Ricardo
Martin, the great American tenor
20 &c ID :ch .,.J 10
a native of Hopkinsville, Ky..) says:
The American people have gone
stark, staring crazy on witch hunt
ing hootch diyining, evesdrop-
ping, and all sorts of unmanly isms,
with particular reference to fanati-
cism and husybodyism. To which
reform-ridden public responds.
rAmen,'5
A Paris youth ransacked all the
corners of his thinktank for motto
to inscribe on his Christmas greeting
cards, and finally selected this one:
II can't drink your health this Xmas
With either Bourbon or rye,
For I'm living the life of camel
In n town that's gene bOne-dry.
Where once we pledged the seasons
best
In seasoned ale ii Extra Dry
Ne now must toast each Christmas
guest
With chucks of cake and cuts Of pie
An acquaintance of ours can't Sc
eide whether to ge. married or buy
an automobile All we can say is that
an automobile has to be reprinted
ONLY once in two or three years,