The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-25
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Cash E#Ae J. ) Has = Scheme That
Really Appeals,
Passssa Amsnsl,srrt hlsttlas birth.
,s6ay1, he Sa}R and The Rect ID
r, q Simple Matter.

see I lot Of dope In the papers
lately about people Twin: to ripe Old
aga" observed Cash Miller OF the
chain cigar store ~ he submitted q
handful of tempting Havanas for the
approval Of tile Old Customer, says
Thrift -" G*.. -. .
yes, I believe the tendency Of the
dmss@fs toward 4 longer span Of fu-
HslR alne," replied the Old Customer
Efately: = =
"Ssems surprisin'," continued Cash,
':how many people there are in this
country today that knowed Washing
ton. ~ was realin' bout one guy
young blade out In, Kentucky who says
he's fery6t whether he's 120 on the
sOth Sr $50 on the Goth, but anyhow.
he says, feel jest Is young as I
ever did, If not more SO, and my only
physical defect, he says, Is dandrVff.
"An' there's another one in Missouri
that started his present remarkable
output Of whisksrs when the kerosene
lamp was considered more or less Of a
doubtful. experiment, an he says he
ain't lost nights sleep since the cleo
ton Of Andy jackson, exceptin' when
he was teethin'7 fer the third time.
An up in New. England there's an
other one Of these here boy wonders
Jest: roundin' into the full glory Of his
l24th year, Expects to begin Shawn
an sit into long pants before long
now Says he's smoked all his life an
saved ths, coupons, and from the way
he's fsslln' now he's plannin' to turn
END ii FER i yeelosypede. An there's
. fdy down South some'ers that see
cla1hy-hsE f4yorlte outdoor sport IS
raIfIn' century plsnts an the, nrst
hI6red years .he says IS tho hardest.
al she Amt seen 4 sick day Aince she
wlSsia her Arst teens. 800.
xhsy,rs lot more see. referred
t. F1nItfissd accents BY the papers,
wtR&clyfes md q complete confes-
si68ssf how they done It,. But the big
bsrS sof .'sn al. the guy that makes
the: oldest inhabitalt today. look like
asbabe In arms eryin' fer papa's mus
taeks. was -the late Mr.. Methuselah,
author ~ darling am CROWN old.
""Accordin' t. my. lima Of dope the
MaiA, thinS, most of the people in, the
T0Eld 4 tryin. 10 DO today, il beat the
r51agari hunki N b. hin.". f., r ',g.st-r,
sn; ItAik ther4a an element Of
tra.t ssis .so1 - !. admitted 9TH the l.
sEhlsas WsT. H. ;t 81 = lat az
thu III III. Eane.g Why are s. many.
w0lasn hivlnn., their .hair. amputatel
at THE : second Joint, and -shpwscssln,,
themselves IN dresses that's, goin' to
ankle the: next generation resort to
the. use Of stills fer to hold, onto NAM
mas, yskirtsa., An why do we see 80
nl1py msslbers. OF the sterner sex sud-
denly, hreak, out in Aigh-school scenery
an almost natural hair. dye7- Yes,
sXsgybody xaats to be Methusaleh the
sseond. an they's only one way to do
IT,. --.------.-..-
.Mew's thatZ, 49, , f.~tt.3:4.... 49,.
'Have them birds in congress pass
a aMendmept pfohobitln'l III birth
daysaftsr tho: Arst., Now, If I, amt
set, NO WY q ,ktiowIn' how old am,
Ilsjsst a. young A. kid myself an
tHSyworld into balievln'' I am, An I'm
tsph. YOU. Psratyal, that I'm yoin.' to
ksSR right ,6R beln,' az much like, 4.
wkeSpin.. infant a, I kin git away with
ttlIsat lat my turn comes to git fiat
tepSd ont bly, motor truck. Cut out