Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-02
Crabs crawlings
The lightning bug is brilliant thing
But that insect is so blind!
1t goes on stumbling thru the world
With its tail light on behind

But that insect is so pima!
It goes on stumbling thru the world
With its tail light on behind
,uar, The Herald Angels Sing" when applied To-
cally should be changed to "Hark, the Herald
angel sobs'
The taxpayers have to know that Wash
ingon is the cop-it-all of the United States
Ford makes fiyver of reduction in coal rates.
After making them of everything else why
shouldn't he?
What is mother upset about"
Father is refusing to pay twelve dollars Tor mat
humdor she gave him for Christmas
THAT'S WHAT RUDE GOLDBERG SAID.
Sir No matter how the world may change, prunes
will never lose their wrinkles.-PEG-TOP,
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PROVING THAT IT ALL DEPENDS.
| learned in the journalistic class
That il a canine bites man,
The news ed. will not turn a hair,
And he'll ditch it if he can
But reverse the thing and find
Who bites a poor kioodle--
The ed. thinks that that's great stuff
And fair goes off his noodle!
DIVING EXHIBITION TO FEATURE NEW YEAR
PROGRAM AT Y. NJ. c. A.
ooh, Jerusalem, look about thee.'-The Ire
ducible Herald,
Wen risk one eye.
We are deeply indebted to the friend who anony-
mously sent can Of crab meat for Christmas
When Crabb meets crab, he has a salad.
MURRAH.
THE way to get rid of rum in this country is to
drink ia Congressman.
San Miguel woman is shot through window
Journal Headline.
And probably wounded in the sitting room
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The reformers at least taking away from us
one excuse for failure.
ORR OWN BOOK REVIEW.
COOK BOOK-Indspensible to young wives and
could be referred TO with profit by some of the old
ones
BIBLE-widely spoken of as very good book
but less widely read. Made famous by the Society
MERCHANT OF vENICE-By VIM. Shakespeare
An interesting story by a little read author, who,
CHECK BooK-A handy little volume. Every
home should have one.
NEW YEARS EvE--AN' LONESOME.
Gan Pome)
The hour hand pointed to nine p. NJ,
And the minute hand did as well.
When the invalid jerked out his quid
And threw 1t clean to hell.
1t was New Years Eve In the highlands,
And the was Ill at ease;
He was chasing the cure, and he couldn't endure
To be overlooked, II you please.
But the Doctors orders were orders,
And the nurse with eagle eye.
Was milling about all ready to rout
Any plans to go bye-bye.
The sick man crawled In his ice cold bed
As he cursed at unkind fate,
That tucked him in when he should begin
To think about staying out late
But soon his brea thing was heavy,
And his troubles pro tenn. were Ger,
And swell moonbeam, kept time, II seemed
To his gentle rythmcal snore.
The hour crept round to a quarter of
And the sick man stirred himself
| For he fain would hear the New Year cheer.
Even tho he was on the shelf.
| So he cooked one ear to the westward,
As he watched the time drag by.
In hope forlorn when the year born,
That some noises would be nigh.
(Tremolo and with gestures)
| The clock struck the hour Of midnight
He'd heard that clock before!
When engine shrill, way down the hill.
Went T-o-o-T There was nothing more.
local gentleman Of scholarly attainments who
has mind knows It and speaks It unafraid, says
that only fools write poetry, and that only idiots
read 1t.
That being the case. we will ADMIT the idocy. but
no one accuse US Of being fool and prove it on
that charge.
II begins to look II the state dimmycrats will
at least have something to harp about during the
campaign next fall.
what's the old saying' change of pasture is
good for the COW?
Without in any way calling our glorious state a
bovine creature we can still say that 1t seems to
have been pretty well MIXED
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We got a laff out of the picture Of IAN Albuquer.
que" the first page of the last number of the
Well Country Journal, and 1t is
/ Respectfully referred to Mr.. Roslington.