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Show I visits wmffl . :fm -WLEM M Our Fire Company. ''uBa It Is written of Noro that ho fiddle BJ whlloTtom mjp Mym nouscs our hay' vIbS N vblDr staclH anJ Ur '1B If kir And tho home ?Db I AsBjT Ire depnrtfRent, 'iiJm JSoBk evory member of 'vSM vygfe' which receives, , jmBJ fifty cents, each vIlBj tlmo ho hot-foots to a Are and gets wVJ sopping wet, Is our prldo and our MBh bouBU When tho flro department fffJBJ wants monoy with which to purchase iH more hose or a newer hoso cart, wo lUil put our heads together.' and sottlo on a iVfl dramn by homo tnlont or a hop where HbI tho cjlto nnd tho plebeian rovol frcoly WbI with no thought of caste or society re -J?b1 strlctlon. N 'FbI When it comes to fighting tho fig Wm demon fire, we nro thero with out' "ft id sprinkling cans on common ground! BjBJ Wo pride ourselves on our lightness , ';UK of sleep nnd our vigilance of cnr. The 'jflK post ofllco may bo robbed and our mSB - daughters elopo in 'tho- stillness of pin- jBf' tonlun night. Unmindful wo slumber 'iflp on, but nt the first sibilant clang ot ' WjMt Iho flrobcll or the primal discordant' B' note ot tho calliope whistle, Morpheua Hk Is shaken off as chaff before tho wind , . for tho first man in the traces el ''"CBm the hoso cart is a hero and ho who '.JB sleeps on unmindful of the raging -:r j IB demon of conflagration, la the laugh- ' SVJ Ing stock of the town! iBfl And .wb rally as quickly and m Vmm bravoly to extinguish a hay Black aa ' ifH wo do to fight doggedly on against XjBh billows ot flamo in our town hall or JBB our local schoolhousel Wherover the 3 hydra-headed elumont'of .fire dares te B show Its forked hoad, we nro thore JmBI with tho. swiftness of tho wind and - - JHH tho Buroncss ot the rising sun! We . jrjEHH look up to the flro chief of thp vlllago! ' rilBl Wo call him by his first name -whoa -' 'v wo buy our groceries and our .meat . ,,'l1JBB nt his Main street emporium. We ' ij flatter him and compare him to No- : MM polcon nnd Alexander and Hannibal ., 9H for It may be our chlcken-houBo next! iflj And our girls! Why, they can no ""rMmWi moro resist our bachelors when, garbed ' klK in tho regalia of tho fireman's glad 1 IB! rags, than can tho water resist run- nBl ning down hill after a spring frfc'dhot! IbI Wo mny havo our nifty mioses with Ml their ideas of dukes nnd titles and II castles In Spain but nnturo and lovo jAmm ro-nssort themselves when tho local f aBj Deau Urummel dashes boldly forth In his ilro-flghting clothos. Lovo laughs . . '? 'J lLw at peerago when Cupid wears the fire- . f'H .man's cap, and lbidly mansions palo - ijIBI Into tho dim mirage of fsdlng dreams jBi whon Dan Is, holding tho snorting 'flfl Thus it Is with us nnd our tiro com- jfll pany. Wo may bo select and stuck- - t up at receptions and balls, and coun- 1 1 try clubs, but besldo the burning build- - - lj Ing, In tho flickering light of 'tho dart- ing flames, wo aro ns allko aH pcaa lir"4 ' K f I a pod, birds of a fbather that flock In v ' our undershirts nnd our wrappers, ono iy shoo off and the other shoo on broth- I'Jfl era 'nnd sisters in a common cause 'Ijjfl agulnst a common enemy! 1 m M -a Boo stings aro suro euro for rliou- .flffl matlsm. If you havo no bees tnko a if jB roll of barbcd-wlro to bed with you! ff AH r it a I im A Kansas City young man was left 4bB $100,000,000 a year ago-and ho do- SlfB clnres ho hasn't snent n cont fool- $ jvfl lshly since ho got io monoy. Aw, lifl there's something wrong with that outfl O 00 Hll Wanted His Money First. Wp During a revival meotlns a man who -.Vfj wus Importuned by thv cvanKellnt to ,f Wm come forward to Ui altar. Bnldj "Ther ''f'fS Is a Woman In your choir who Is slnelng 'Jf 'Conio ta Jcaus,1 tltruugh u doublo tsvl of ' "Sailm falHa teeth that I Hindu her sovenU years "MwlMi ago, and sho has never paid, me a cant 91 Ml for them. 'When she pay? that bill, then SrarJj I'll talk to you about rtllgton," HlncUley wMtl" (Midi.) Gazette, - - JMLmf |