Show cottings jottings Jot tings from a prodigal son dear bish last week I 1 quoted a lot of my weekly ef fusions they may prove tiresome to you and your good readers K so let me hear from you and my diatribes will cease for a time at least you know how they feel I 1 do not I 1 am only a straggler by the wayside 1 just try to do my best to give you a few lines not that they are enjoyable to all your readers because that would be an impossible task for one like myself to do all readers are not alike some are pleased others god himself could not write to please now bash I 1 am again quoting for you and those who may read this note A subscriber once received a dun through the and it made him mad he went to see the editor about it and the editor showed him a few duns of his own one for paper one for type one for fuel and several others now said the editor 1 I get mad when these came because I 1 knew all I 1 had to do was to ask several reliable gentlemen like you to help me out and then I 1 could settle all of ahm when the subscriber saw how it was he relented paid up and subscribed tor another year will a merchant who Is wise ever cease to advertise yes when the trees grow upside down when the beggar wears a crown when ice forms on the sun when the sparrow weighs a ton when gold dollars get too cheap when women secrets keep when a fish forgets to swim when satan sings a hymn when girls go back on gum when the small boy hates a drum when no politician schemes when mince pies make pleasant dreams when its fun to break a tooth when all lawyers tell the truth when cold water makes you drunk when you love to smell a skunk when the drummer has no brass when things all come to pass then the man wise will cease to advertise I 1 am not charging you one thing bash for all this information I 1 might ask that it apply on my subscription but I 1 know think I 1 had a lot of gall to ask such a thing at this time of the year so please be patient until I 1 see you again I 1 YOU KNOW ME |