The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-11-09

The other day | CHANGED to be in
the Clerks office at the Court House
when a couple appeared wanting a
marriage license.
And was the boy fiustered!
Miss Nethkin, who always attends
to these matters, told the young man
to take off his hat and hold up his
right hand and be sworn. And what
did the boy do? He held up his hat
and tried to take off his right hand
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We received letter the other day.
We won't attempt to spell it the way
it was, but it was addressed to the
parents of Sabotage children of
Garrett county and read, as nearly as
we could make out:
eff a child of nine years old don't
know what 5x9 is, and then the teach
err don't know what 9x5 is, it's time
to think things over"
think so, too.
The following was sent me by
gentleman of the cloth and was a clip
ping he had found in a very old book
he had. But no matter, it still might
apply today. 1t read:
Lives of poor men oft remind us
Honest toll won't stand a chance;
The more we work there grow behind
US
Bigger patches on our pants.
On our pants once new and glossy,
Now of stripes of different hue,
All because subscribers linger
And won't pay up what is due.
Then let US all be up and doing,
Send your mite, however small,
Or when snow of winter strikes US
We shall have no pants at all.
x
Don't you feel silly to be talking
about someone, not necessarily in a
discourteous or disrespectful man
ner, but rather jokingly, and then
have him come out Of room nearby
and you wonder if he heard you.
x
And I wonder if Shorty Gortner has
had any orders for snipes.
Rev. Homer Turney, of Columbus,
Indiana, now has one on me. In let
ter the other day he writes: 81 note
in the forty years ago column in The
Republican that G. w. Merrill was
thrown by some ancient hold in
wrestling, presume. Those who are
up on the modern hold in wrestling,
as am, would like to know just what
kind of hold was used on him. Who
was the fellow who threw him? Must
have been SOME MAN to 'bruise and
otherwise hurt Just why did they
pick the railroad crossing, especially
just as a train was going by?"
The original article, written correct
ly, was manhandled by an intelligent
compositor" in the office who left
out line-horse he was attempting
to"-which might make the paragraph
sound better and convey its meaning.
G. w. Merrill was bruised and 9TH
erwise hurt when he was thrown by a
"horse he was attempting to-"
hold at the Mt. Lake Park railroad
crossing as train was going by.
Mr.. Turney also enclosed with his
letter clipping from the Indianapolis
News which concerned a wedding and
the performing of the ceremony: CDR.
William B. Freeland, Muncie, read
the COWS at a candlelight SERVICE"
the clipping reads.
81 should like to have seen DR.. Free
land reading the cows at the service"
writes Mr.. Turney. "Were they Jer-
sey, shorthorn or just common cows?"
No, Mr.. Turney; they must have
been above the common herd.
The other day three professors of
Chicago University were discussing
"infation" at round table confer
ence. They covered the field all
right, but when they got through we
didn't know any more about initiation
than my hound Hank, and we doubt
if they did, either.