The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 26, 1912, Page EIGHT, Image 8

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I WisUnff I IV IMUIHg V) a j w j King'sti WHEN PA TOOK A CHANCE. WE been a-livln' on the farm at gran'na's house. I have to laugh ^ ^ Each time I think of pa an' how he went to feed the Holstein calf. Pa had on a white flannel coat an" what he called his "ice cream pants." That mornin'. too. he said he thought a man was takin' quite a chance To wear such things outside of town, an' gran'pa said he thought so too. Then gran'pa said: "Well. I can't stop a-talkin' here. I've work to da" Pa ast him. "Can't I help you none?" An' gran'pa answered, with a laugh. *T think I'll mix a mess of stuff an' let you feed the Holsteln calf." An' to be mixed a pail of milk an' bran an' made it kind o' hot. An' pa went trampln' off with it to take It to the pasture lot Where the calf's at An' gran'pa stood an' watched him go, an' I went too An' pa let down the middle bar an' took the pail an' scrambled through. An' here the calf came, tail straight out an' quiverin' with its delight. "* J ? ,u*'? *l"v- * fhn nail a ii armaea k uiuc, iucu. > <> p... ? bunt with all its might. Well, pa's feet caught, an' he fell back through that hole he left In the fence. An' I Just laughed until I cried, as if 1 didn't have no sense! Pa looked so funny! Milk an' bran vas on his clothes an' in his eyes. An' he just gasped an' sat there till he had .got over his surprise. An' then he looked around at me. an' then he looked up at the calf. An', say. you ought to have been there just to hear my gran'fatner laugh! At last pa grinned a little bit. an' then he said: "That was some spill! I'd make a fortune if I could do such an act in vaudeville!" An' now his "ice cream pants" is hung out in tne shed behind the door. They'll do for gran'pa's overalls, though pa says they're no good no more. Where He Quit. "I came, sir. In answer to your advertisement In last night's paper. You said you win ted to employ a man who was a total stranger to fear." "Are you a brave uian?" "I ain. sir. I have given proof of my courage in many parts of the wor'.d." "Yes?" "I have faced bullets In Mexico and acbetes In Cuba." "Good!" "I helped defend the missionaries against the Boxers, and I was present . at the siege of Port Arthur." "Fine!" "I have fought the Infuriated walrus of Baffin bay and the maddened bull elephant of central Africa, and I weut through the Armenian massacre without losing my nerve." "You seem to be the man I w?nt. Would you be willing to go out on a field In front of 20,000 fair minded, aport loving Americans and umpire a baseball game honestly, deciding against the home team when neeesaary?" "So that's the Job. Is It?" replied the man of courage as he broke into a cold perspiration and a ran for the door eunnitaneomly.?Newark Tinaec. ! Judgment. & When a man asks for his wife's X advice and then acts upon his own Judgment let him see to it x that his judgment is in accord- 4 ance with the advice be has re- ? <-eivo?i Cincinnati Tribune. LET US PRINT YOUR LE samnwmmmmmmmmnm fc, j Wishi ? ?... ^ I We So ? rr ? PjMiutwwimuwwiwuwuiii An Ideal Christm Vnn All a I WW UM HI e Desire , ree Dry A HARD JOB. Colorsd Man's Literary Efforts Brought j on Exhaustion. IN Atlanta they tell about an aged negro who asked his "boes," Colonel Yerger, to write l letter for him to his sweetheart. "All right. Sam; I'll do it* agreed the colonel "Has yer got de paper nnd de ink and de pen ready, air?" "Yes. Sam; go ahead." "Write Thompson street. New York." "All right" "Has yer got hit right?" "Yes." "All of hitr "Certainly." "What has yer got wi-.t'r Read it to me, boss." "Thompson street New York." "Daf s right. Now write May de four teenf." "Yea." "Has yer got hit down. boss, already r "Yes." "G'way. boss; yer jokia'! Read It to me." "May 14Ul" "Mah goodness. yo' has got hit down all right! Now. boss, read hit all over j from de berry beglnnlnV "Thompson street. New York. Ma.v 14th." "Dat's right Whew! Say, boss, let's I res' awhile; I's tired. My head acbe< | like hit was gwlnter split"?Atlanta Constitution. Aa Mark Twain Introduced Himaelf. "Ladles and Gentlemen?By the request of the chairman of the commit- I tee I beg leave to introduce to you the j reader of the evening, a gentleman ) whose creat learning, whose historical i accuracy, whose devotion to science i and whose veneration for the truth are only equaled by his high moral character and his majestic presence. I allude, in these vague and general terms, to myself. 1 am a little opposed to the custom of ceremoniously Introducing a reader to the audience, because It seems unnecessary where the man has been properly advertised. But, as It is the custom. 1 prefer to ( make it myself?In my own case?and theu I can rely on getting; In all the facts. 1 never bad but one Introduction that seemed to me Just the thing, and the gentleman was not acquainted with me. and there was no nonsense. He said: 'Ladies and Gentlemen?1 Kall irootfl nn Hmo In Ihla Intmdne tlon. I know of only two facts about this man: First, be never baa been In state prison, and. second. I can't Imagrine why!" " ? Kansas City Star A Serpentina Wharf. At Port l.os Angeles, Cal., there extends into the Pacific for the distance of almost a mile what is probably the longest wharf in the world and which, besides, presents a most curious feature in that it takes the form of a long serpentine curve. The reason for this construction is that it offers a better resistance to | the strong currents and butfetings I of the waves than if it were perfect- i lv straight.?New York Press. TTER OR NOTE HEADS. ' mimmmmMntmmmmmfnf ingYoi N. licit a Sh BUTLER twwwiuwwuMMWWtWM as Gift to the Al . .. % _ - - s Happy an a Portior Goods I W. C. HEMINGWAY, President Bank of I Capital Flemings Open an account wl ranlHIv It (rrnu/c CflrPf I UpiMI 7 ? VTT of our customers. Four per cent, interej Department. 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