The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-02-03
Editorial DeIirium Tremens

A member of the firm of kalIison |
4 Krocker kiote Killing kompany
of Kendrlck had most thrilling
recently. He doen't
know that we know that the lncid-
ent took place; ID fact, he himself,
even, doesn't know that the occur
ance happened, but We will give
the particulars just the same, as
nearly as our Imagination will
allow.
Last week while following the
hounds over the PotIatch hills our
hero jumped rabbit, which had
been feeding on some last years
squirrel poison, the brand that Bob
Newton sells at the Red Cross
Pharmacy. As the rabbit was fully
80 feet away, our friend made a
mad dash to get WITHIN shooting
distance. and in so doing attempted
to jump barb wire fence. The toe
of his shoe caught on the top wire
and left him suspended IN thin air.
The leather IN the shoe being ex-
tremely tough. it having been pur-
chased from N. B. Long & Sons, he
knew that his most prodigious
efforts would avail HIM not. Taking
handkerchief from his stag shirt,
which he had recently bought on
sale at the Kendrlck Store Co. he
mopped the cold sweat from his
brow" first removing his stocking
cap, the kind Stanton Bros. sell
tor less.
Casting his eyes upward, or down
ward, whichever it migt be termed.
he spled a folded slip of paper, which
had evidently fallen from his coat
pocket. He knew at glance that
1t was an insurance policy from one
of q. +. Walkers companies. Tins,
together with the fortitude gained
at the weekly prayer meetings, held
every Thursday night at the Meth
odist church, gave him courage to
die.
While rejecting upon his past
life, the thought occurred to him
that his chances for seeing the
opening show IN the new theater
next spring had gone glImmering
He telt so downccast over this pros
pect that he dropped his life, bo,
from the Farmers Hardware Co
The conclusion of the falling wea
pom discharged the cartridge. sole
to him that day by Walter Thomas
The steel jacketed bullet cut the
barb wire, which was rotten, it hav
Ing come from mail order house
and allowed our gallant hero t,
drop, head down in the snow. Hi
money, which he had failed to de
posit in one of our local banks, fel
from his pockets and was irrepar
ably lost. He was as completei,
strapped as the KenGrlck Harness
, Shop.
After taking stock OF himself AM
finding that he had fallen from tn
, frying pan into the fire., as it were
. the suggestive idea of the frylni
pan reminded MIN that he had il
his coat pocket one OF those usefu
little pancake turner's. kindly give
to HIM that morning by the Keno
rick Furniture Co. With renewe
vigor he, by the aid of this usefu
, little household article, began dig
, ging hlmelf out eventually gaIr
$ ed the light of day and an uprigt
position. Upon invoicing hi
s physical condition he learned that !
t his anguish ne had cracked one c
n his gold crowns, but knowing ths
u our new dentist could soon fix /
he felt relieved and reached IN h
overall pocket for his trusty plus
bought for hickle from Erickso
{ and Taylor. They were Sears. Re-
tuck overalls so he found hole !
the pocket and the plug missing
# However, he still had hli jimn
pipe. which had been given to hi