The Coconino sun., 1922-02-10

The following advertisement re' gently appeared in California paper
 "For Sale: One large, red-and' white COW, three-eighths mule and five eighths wildcat. She usually goes on a visit every summer, but is at pres ent attached to her home by means of log-chain. To any person wish ing to buy her I will throw in the chain and a sledge-hammer. Would be delighted to sell this COW to some citizen of San Diego who thinks he can whip Mexico single-handed."
 If Peter Lynch of Flagstaff had that COW he would annex Mexico to the United States.
 Only one or two people here know that Peter once invaded Mexico sin gle-handed and for a week kept three or four companies of Mexican soldiers busy; then, after his return to this side of the border, for several weeks kept them half crazy with the de- sire to get him.
 From captain E. M. Robison and another we got the story. Peter did- mt want to talk about it at all, and wouldn't beyond saying, "Aw, shucks!" and a few similar illuminat- ing and explanatory things.
 Peter went with Co. I, national guard, to the border on May 9, 1916. He was sergeant. The company was horsed around the border, "rarin" to get across, but were held on this side and Pershing took the regulars from Columbia, N. M.
 Peter got madder all the time. Fi- nally he asked for his discharge. He got it. Then he went to Calexico and over to Mexical. Here he put several chips on each shoulder, which so ex- cited the ire of a native that he said several uncomplimentary things about "gringoes." Whereat Peter soaked him in the map with an un- breakable teacup.
 For week Peter hid out, while the soldiery hunted him. Some of them found him. Peter would simply han dle them a bit, then send them back and change his bush lodge. A sen- orita who didn't share her country mems dislike for Peter kept him sup piled with grub.
 One day, just as he was sitting down to eat a nice snack his immor- ata had fetched, a Mexican colonel rode almost on to him. Peter showed the woman out of sight and leveled his .45 at the officer He started for the border right then with the un- willing officer as guard. He had tried to get over once before and after playing hide and seek with hundred bullets had postponed the event. This time he proposed going over in style. Just as they got in sight of the ima- ginary line something went wrong. A lot of soldiers got the tip that all was not right and rushed Peter. But he got across. Then, for several weeks, he stayed just across the line and tormented them.
 Philosophizes professor O. H. Rich ardson, former superintendent of Flagstaff city schools, in a communi- cation to Dr. B. s. Miller:
 There's many slip 'twixt the still and the hip."
 is the one in England prohibiting a man from marrying his mother-in- law"
 Douglas Roome says one may be- come addicted to drinking it, but rag tea is distinct improvement over the usual variety. Doug crawled around with teakettleful of hot water and a rag thawing out frozen water pipes. He left the rag in the kettle, where it was forgotten. It stayed in there and helped enrich the water used for the tea for the family dinner. It had d flavor all its own.
 Walter Conley says the meanest man he ever knew got his boy to saw all the wood on the promise that | he could have the sawdust to play with.
 One of our lady readers wants to | know how to avoid pounding her fin- l ger when driving nails. Suggest she | take hold of the hammer with both | hands,,
 Ed Clark says the worst scrap he ever saw started in a club room one night during the discussion over the menu for proposed banquet. A man