Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-04-21

tFESIOS.)
My life is what I've made it, good or
i'll,
Let me always know this-and I
will.
/ would not lay to destiny or fate,
The failures that I've made, or over
rate
Those fruitless efforts made.
But looking on this life as but grade,
1 would with humble spirit strongly
strive
To let what good there is in me sur
vive.
There are some folks who are so
fond of an argument that they won't
eat anything that agrees with them.
A snapshot of President Harding
shows he wears both belt and sus-
penders, indicating that he is an eX-
tremely cautious man; and that this
country will never be caught with its
'britches" down, so to speak, while
he's Gu the Bridge.
Great men give little thought to the
future. Great occasions produce great
men, and great occasions keep we
great men so busily engaged in MAX
ing good that we haven't opportunity
to think very far beyond the mo-
ment. That's all the trouble with US.
Our lives are full of ugly curves, and
what we suffer no one knows. But,
personally, l get a superabundance of
pleasure in life from contact with the
preconceived stupidities and absurd
asseverations of my fellow citizens.
It gives my jaded soul repose-if /
don't get too much of it.
THE world will turn when we are
earth,
As though we had not come nor gone;
There was no lack before our birth,
When we are gone there viii be none"
Fitzgerald.
A paper announced on the death of
Mrs. Sim Casty, that ''she lived forty
years with her husband and died in
the hope of better life"
Let US quit the cup while quitting
is good. Let US give up drawing
our sorrow, for it is a terrible strain
on the purse; the effect doesn't last,
and when it is past we are frequently
very much worse. And, oh, the cold,
gray dawning of the morning after
the night before. How weak and
richless.
No, dear, never heard a porcupine
for its mate.
''The saddest thing that can befaH a
soul,
Is when it Loses faith in God and
woman"
The young lady who sent this in to
Salmagundi desires her name with
held; she's very sad:
Ny parents told me not to smoke;
/ don't
Nor listen to a naughty joke,
/ don't
They told me it was wrong to wink
At handsome men, or even. think
About Intoxicating drink;
I don't
To dance or ffirt was very wrong;
/ don't
Wild girls chase men and wine and
song;
l don't.
kiss no men, not even one
In fact, don't know how it's done;
You wouldn't think have much fun
don't.
''The good old days are gone for
ever" The sentiment is not original;
it is as old as the spoken word, and
has been the lament for each genera
ton since Adam was excluded from
the Garden.
Sure way to find a needle in a hay
tack-sit down on the needle.
"Say john" said Ed High, as he
entered Cothern's grocery, with a lot
Of fishing tackle in his hand: s'Give
me about three or four pounds of
mackerel to take home with me. And,
say, put sem up to look like they'd
been caught today, will you?"
Yes sir. You'd better take sal
mon, tho"
''Why, what makes you think so 20
ooh, nuthin', except your wife came
in this morning and said if you drap-
ped in with your hshin' tackle to try
to persuade you to take salmon be-
cause she liked it better"
'Men are teaching many ways to
Heaven. The New Testament teaches
one. 1t is the only source from which
truth can be learned. If man knows
the truth he viii have learned it from
that source only"
A merchant said the ether day that
he couldn't replace the goods he now
has at the price he is Offering them,
1t would be good business for the
wholesaler to buy up his stock, don't
you think
Abe Martin say: Skirts may be
longer next year but it viii be too
late"
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