Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-09-05
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ultlOnS. lake the case OF
fellow we know who hired a
boat and motor and prepared
to take his family for a cruise.
This guy figured that a big
motor would be more depend
able for the job at hand and
SO contracted with the dock
master for the biggest motor
available. Man rowed the boat
out of shallow water and at
tempted to start the motor.
Many attempts failed but sud-
denly ZOOM! The motor
caught hold and with a great
surge moved out, toppling our
friend into the drink! The
mans wife and children sat
rigid with fear as the boat
circled round and round at full
speed. Every time our friend
stuck his head out of the
water, the boat bore down on
him like a demon. Finally. his
wife recovered her composure
and took the tiller. The man,
dripping with cold clear water
got back into the vessel and
away they went!
Now this might seem the
end of this little tale but more
was to come. The motor sput-
tered to stop out in the mid
die of the lake. Man found
that he couldn't remove the
gas cap ard refuel although
he had a can of gas along. Pic
ture the tired, disgusted, wet
hero, rowing the big boat with
the heavy motor plus his fam
lily all the way back, and you
have some idea of what can
happen to man when the
gods decide against him.
ETERNITY
Read a piece in a newspaper
the other day about a hermit
down in the Ozark mountains
who died when he wandered
out on the road and saw an
automobile for the first time.
He didn't see it soon enough,
the paper said. This story
brings to mind the fact that
civilization has been sharply
divided into two classes: the
quick and the dead.
JOKE
Worst joke of the week con-
Germs two microbes living in
the veins of a horse. Having
lived there for some time they
decided that a new environ
ment would do them good so
they worked their way into
the arteries where they
promptly died. The moral of
this story is Never change
streams in the middle of a
horse!"
PHONE
Local phone rates have been
increased. Pay-phone rates
have been doubled. Used to
cost a nickel to make a phone
call but new rate for same is
a dime. We presume that in
keeping with the new policy
it will now take twice as long
to get the operator.
ROADS
What with the heavy trucks
breaking up the nations roads
it can be said that America
is suffering from softening of
the arteries.
PONDER
Clarence E. Manion, Dean of
the Notre Dame College of
Law, makes the following
statement which we think just
about says all that need be
said:
"The basic and supporting
- truths which the Founding
Fathers declared TO be self
evident are now denied or for
gotten. Strict constitutional
limitations to the contrary not
withstanding, American gov
ernment, which the Founding
Fathers narrowly limited to
the purpose and object Of Sc
curing and protecting the un-
aIienabIe God-given rights Of
man, has now spread itself
into an alI-purpose, masterfuI
appliance that is no longer re-
sponsibIe to the people but as
sumes to be responsible for
them :"
BOXING
Other night while watching
the fights on TV the announcer
explained that one of the
boxers was fighting for his
mother" We presume that his
mother couldn't get there on
time so her son took her place
in the ring.
HEYWooD
Old Haywood Snugg, the
woman's home companion and
the man who invented girdles
for turtles, says that teen