The Coconino sun., 1923-12-14

a centennial am, only It's go mo lalgS.
Il KANT see why people who lose
hosses an dawgs allus rushes to the
newspapers to advertise fer EN-" says
Carter Joy. "Them critters KANT
read"
The man had slowed aboard good
big load of bootleg whiskey and when
he met Paul Coffin on dark corner
last Thursday night, and bumped into
him. he asked Paul what his name
was.
Paul told him.
$50 it'sh-hic- Paul, ish it ?" the man
said: then after a moment of appar-
ent thought: ''Shay, oil man, did "
ever get -hic-ansher to those long
letters Y wrote to tn Ephesians Z"
This is true:
The son of Pharoah's daughter was
the daughter of Pharoah's son.
Down here at The Sun office we
never get cold, our circulation keeps
up so.
An old lady called on Justice of the
Peace r. j. Kidd on legal business and
when it came to signing her name,
made circle.
But" asked the judge, "why didn't
you make cross, like you always do ?"
"Why, judge" she answered, did
Mt you hear / got married last week /
and changed my name?"
Jimmie Mitchell says young wo-
man cousin of his back east is taking
course in electercution-to sorter
finish her off, you know.
Asked County Attorney Frank Har- /
rison: IF you were giving man an
orange, what'd you say?"
"Well," says Frank, putting on that /
reserved manner of his'n, I'd say:
Il hereby give and convey to you,
al and singular, my estates and inter-
ests, right, title, claim and advan- +
tages of and in said orange, together /
with all its rind, juice, pulp and pips, T
and all rights and advantages therein, T
with full power to bite, cut, suck and I
otherwise to eat the same or give the +
same away with or without the rind,
skin, juice, pulp or pips, anything
hereinbefore or hereinafter or in any i
other means of whatever nature or
kind whatsoever to the contrary in
any wise Notwithstanding.
yeah" chimed in Ed Priest, who'd |
been listenin'. "Then some other fell 1
ler'd come long an take the orange
away from the feller you give it to"
A colored lady stepped into Pen
ney's the other day and asked for
black underwear. Strange to say
they didn't have any, but Jack Parsons
suggested some other color.
"No, sah!" she said, "Mah sis'er
jes' took a trip Gross de oil river
Jordan, an All gotta have black.
Cause Abs mournin', an when All
mourns, man-why, All mourns all
ovahv'
"She stepped into the bath, surren-
dered herself to the waters volup-
tuous familiarity. But the sensuous-
ness of the embrace repelled her with
its implication of luxurious security;
seemed an alien and perfidious pres
ence, in whose tontact there was
lewd."
Culled from magazine short story.
Guess the water mustabin a little
fresh.
Shorty Mutt is going to enter suit
against the Mule Creek township
board for damage to his still. He was
moving it after night and drove into
a broken culvert and broke his copper
pipe in two places, ruined his oil burn
er and lost mash just ready to run
hat would have been good for eight
yallons.-Neodesha Register.
"Say, Bro'r Fuller" said "Jedge"
Miller, Whats a orator."
Don't you know" replied Misto
Fuller in surprise. well, Ah'H tell
7ou what orator is. If you was to
walk up to a culinary niger and ask
i'm how much was two and two, he'd
iay -four but if you was to ask a