The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-08-17

Because he always plays it fair;
An win or lose, it's just the same.
| There's no regret, if you play
square.
You know, I'd hate to have dad fee
He couldn't trust me every day.
My dads good scout, true and real;
! And Pm agoing to find his way,
And follow it. A dad like that
Is worth youngsters tying to.
| No boys life's ever stale and flat,
With such dad to see him through
A tree toad loved. she toad
That lived in a tree;
She was a 3-toed tree toad.
But 2-toed tree toad was he.
The 2-toed tree toad tried to win
The she toad's friendly, nod;
For the 2-toed tree toad loved the
ground
That the 3-toed tree toad trod;
But vainly the 2-toed tree toad tried
He couldn't please her whim;
In her tree toad bower, with the V-toe
power,
The she toad vetoed him.
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Sing song of scratching when the
season rolls around,
OF grumbling and groaning, and exc
growing sound,
Now the grass with dew's a-glitter,
and mosquito time is here,
There's scarce leg in Idaho that
isn't scratched this year.
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The cost of living is the same-all
you make.
People who really think kisses have
germs usually look the part,
"A skin you love to touch" is one
that doesn't get slippery in this kind
of weather.
every girl can be beautiful" says
an advertisement. Yes, but suppose
she is broke?
Marriages may be made in heaven
but a comfortable porch swing Of
ten delivers the goods.
This weather is vast relief
20 those who cannot afford to go to |
he mountains to get an initiation of |
it.
Another sad thing about motoring
$ that when a man has tire trouble
he sometimes has religious break
Town.
Catalogues are jest like women
We kin thump 'em, an lift 'em, an
queeze 'em, but we can't tell blam-
d thing about 'em till it's too late.
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If any housewife was to receive
me and one-half for overtime she
ould build the Butte block with her ,
ack pay md then have 'nough left 1
Or new flivver!
"What do you think of tariff re-
ision," one farmer asked another. +
Well" answered the other far {
".A s4.=.l-=.=A..>s> 4kat 4he tariff is
good deal like the weather. No
after what kind you get, it's sure
be bad for somebody's business"
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A soldier was being buried with +
Ill military rites. Just after v
e body had been lowered into the 2
-ound. the officer in charge gave t
e usual command and the custom p
y volley of shots rang out. A lit u
Q girl, standing with her brother T.
ID father was very much interested \
lie turned to her father and said: a
daddy. why did they do that?"
"Oh. gee, Sis, don't you know?"
severed the brother, without a mo-
ent's hesitation. "they did that to :.
axe God so He'd let that poor fell T
W in" i,
An artless young woman stepped ri
to bank the other day and W
nded check to the cashier with n,
e request that he should cash it. In
his check, madam" said the CASH 81
:, "isn't filled in" %
Isn't what" said the young wo- -
an. =,
1T has your husbands name sign n,
to it,, explained the cashier, "but
es not state how much money you
mt"
"Oh, is that all?" was the reply. ha
Veil, I'll take all there is, please" yo
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One afternoon last week an EN- =. :.
TT woman took couple of pack :,
es into her husbands office and m
ked him to take them home that All
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