Show EDITORIAL i 0 O give ghe thanks unto i- i ithe the Lord for lor he is good Jor br his mercy ne- ne dureth for ever Psalm 1071 One exchange contains a unique Thank You card published by f a defeated candidate the week eck fol fo following fol- fol lowing the primary election el The card read I have decided not to tobe tobe be county clerk But thanks any any- anyWay way One On of our exchanges from a section of the country which has h s shad had an unusual lot of of rain this real comments on the situation by saying Conditions do change chag through through the ages In Noahs Noah's time it only rained 40 days and 40 nights 0 0 0 t I wish a local reader of this paper said s id the other day da that t at society reporters would quit using the word quiet in connection with wedding write write ups I never saw any other kind of a wedding but a quiet one Tilt use of the word quiet raises the thought that there might be another kind Are we to infer when the word wordis wordis ord ordis is not used the event is noisy The The F he editor of one of our exchange exchanges es Cs makes the following sensible observation Few people become so poor that they dont don't want to keep up appearances nor so rich that they dont don't want to keep down expenses Asked if a young oung man lived at t their home a local woman w man one one of the exchanges notes in m referring to her daughters daughter's boy friend re replied re- re plied No he doesn't live here From From 3 am a.m. a. a until 7 am a.m. he is not here An exchange notes that this no uno rinse principle heralded by the soap companies as an innovation is really nothing new The editor remembers away back ba k when he was wasa a boy the common practice was to lather the face in front of the ears and then wipe it off on the towel I find myself a local man said yesterday recalling every few days the remark made by Hitler after this country teamed up with Russia to defeat Hitler said If ulf the United States knew what I know about Russia they would be helping me instead of siding in with Russia It is the only true thing I Ie er ever heard Hitler say but he knew what he was talking about The editor of one of our good exchanges makes this suggestion to his readers Dont go to the devil before you are arc dead An exchange contains the follow ing new quirk in pickle making now a popular activity of the coun try A local boy has a raccoon for fora a pet The lady of the house re reo was making some pickles and had a huge stone jar about half hall full of cucumbers soaking in brine The pickles were covered with a plate and the plate was weighted down until the brine came several inches inches' above it One evening the thc family had been away came home and heard water splashing gated to find the coon standing on its hind legs in the center of ol the pickle jar washing his face in the brine brined World planners are now discus sing a plan for rearming Germany It will be recalled that following World War II the program was to Ic not only completely demilitarize Germany but to dismantle all her hei industries The job was just abou about I completed when the Russian sit sit- situation presented the possible of replacing all the stuff that thaI has been removed and destroyed The old German war setup would I be a wonderful help as a buffer against Russia This thing of being bein able to look ahead is a rare gift I that too few people have nave Henry Wallace has parted com corn pany with the Progressive party which two years nominated him for foi President He split with his party over the Korean war He made this statement at the time of his hh withdrawal from the party I am arr I on the side of my country and the U. U N. N It sort of raises the question I as to where the he so called sive party stood in in re reo lation to this country and the U. U N. N before the tho Korean war My type of justice has at last L come into practice a local worn wom an said yesterday It seems a Kansas City Missouri man took turns beating his wife and her two small children She stood it as ai long as she could and then secured I a gun and after alter one of his beating sprees rees sot the eternal daylights out of him The judge pardoned her before the ruffians body was cold Good for that judge Now we are arc getting somewhere This from an exchange Last 7 V week w eek we put Joe Wedeman un under uner I der d er the doctors' doctors chair This week weeke under the 2 we w wd e better belter kept him back I doctors doctor's d care The mistake could have h ave been worse we might easily have h ave him under the doctors' doctors car No one brags bra brason s on the man mm who is forever f bragging on himself The Ther reason eason r ason is perhaps because no one feels eels f that he can do as well devoting devot devote ing i ng part time to a job as the fellow who w ho is giving it all of his time An exchange notes One who is disappointed d in love is fortunate compared c with the person who is disappointed d in marriage An exchange tells of a man who when approached by a solicitor to toL join j oin the county farm bureau and L l was vas told that it would tell him himo to t o farm better replied There isn't any a ny use of me belonging to an or organization I g that will vill tell me how ho to t o farm better etter I dont don't farm now no nos as a s well as I know how to An exchange notes that it re reo requires quires q a fortieth of a second to tc wink an eye which makes it the fastest f way vay known to get into trouble rouble t |