The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-02-09

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heaven,
For the whispering woman her talt
must tell
Though it sends the soul Of youth te
hell.
The more they let Us vote the
higher taxes seem to 60.
1t doesn't look like hard times when
man comes up and pays . two dol
lar tax on . 25-cent dog.
Their maxim maple syrup out O
corn cobs that you can't tell from tn
adulterated.- Abe Martin.
A lot Of fellows who don't believe
in Santa Claus believe in the ground
hog.
Try this on your cash register:
early to bed and early to rise, work
like the dickens and advertise"
q q =
A drainage district might be de-
scribed as = small body Of land en-
tirely filed with conflicting opinions.
"See any change in me?" asked
Moses>of Ike. "No. Why?" responds
ed Ike. "vell, I've just swallowed
penny" said Nose.
People don't need as large houses
as they think they do. During the cold
weather many families have been just
about living in the kitchen.
what is polygon?" was one of
the questions given the class'in geom-
etry. One Of the members Of the class
"a polygon is dead par
rot"
A burglar entered home in New
York with the intention Of robbing it |
and wound up by marrying the widow
who ran it. He thus drew a life
sentence.
The authorities on mems. fashions
decree that "the sartorial motif will
be conservative, but with beautiful
lines, all frills being omitted" We
have been. more fashionable than we
knew, since there hasn't been a frill,
'lounce, ruffle or tuck in our apparel
'or many years.
: "My husband il 80 good to his en-
,loyes," said the young wife proudly.
He came home late last night, all
ired out, poor boy, and l heard him
nurmur In his sleep, Jim, I'll raise
'ou ten And business is so dull,
oo.n
"Csh anyone" asked the teacher,
give me = sentence using the word
The first three pupils ,
alksd. Finally her eye lighted on
tile Angelo. angelo, can you give ,
lie = sentence ?" Sure" said An 4
elo. my poppa he getta up disa 8
TORN and he lghta da stove. She /
noke. He say, 'Damma disa range" +
The teacher was endeavoring to ex- U
lain to Tommy the meaning Of the g
ord cosmetic. "Now, just suppose q
'r minute, Tommy, that l would !
Ut something on my face and it made 8
e beautiful. What would you call "
'atf" Tommy studied her rather 5
ain face carefully. "Come, Tommy, d
hat would it be-" Then he ex- d
aimed triumphantly, "a miraclew p
Another thing that convinces US
at wives are pretty much alike, is
e rejoinder of neighbor lady when N
r husband recently mildly wondered
ny the biscuits were so hard and dry.
you had to dress and battle and
Ike care of these two kids and make
scuit At the same time you would z
ow why they are so hard and dry q
. informed him. Well, that should ii
sufficient reason to satisfy most q
y reasonable man. -
OF
A man in this town, who hasn't an n,
nee Of mechanical ability. complains r
It every contraption he has refuses n
work. His typewriter won't feed "
J ribbon properly, his stove won't "y
ID the fre, his clock constantly runs ki,
hind time. his Ford, (which is Lord e,
gh Chamberlain to the devil any M
y, is always bucking in its joints y
! inhards and refuses to run. his an
'hlight won't cash, the back door ba
Mt stay shut, the handle is on the Ar,
j bucket, the clothes line is down, fol
pocket knife is dull. And he has ~, ~
the patience or the knowledge to