Show about abat our national bird T AS S VEGAS NEV those thosa A folks back east whore agitating I 1 to make the turkey our national bird are late laic benja min franklin had the same notion years ago old ben pointed out that vic the eagle was a robber and a tyrant and was the emblem of var i 0 u s european monarchies whereas the turkey was not only our largest and gamest camest wild bird but a native of america to be sure young turkeys arent so smart they love to pt get their feet wet so aey they may die from it in dry sections icv irvin ia S cobb young turkeys have been known to jump down an artesian well 90 feet deep in order to get their feet wet but the adult turkey is wise and wily a noble spectacle in the woods and popular in a cooked state owing to his magnificent ent bust development develops ent and his capacity for holding stuffing or insertion ser tion and his superiority when worked worked over into turkey hash but if we are going to make a change in emblems why not choose the worm the humble dumb unresisting worm as typical of most of the present populace it could be a one sided worm too which would save costs in modeling because so many of us are the kinds of worms that never turn n the ne e sucker crop parliament next month will pass statutes to curb stock market tricksters trick fly by night brokers and bucket shop operators who its estimated are fleecing fleeming flee cing the british public to the tune of annually weve tried it and it work As barnum stated a sucker is born every minute and sometimes twins but the crooks who prey on the sucker crop like the dionne quintuplets quintuple ts come along in batches that breed spawn close to shore and the young all survive thus is the rule of supply and demand balanced in good times there are just enough suckers to go around in hard tim times es the suckers grow scarce but when one comes along the crooks raffle him off and t the he winner takes all anyhow legislation wont save a sucker from himself at least not in this country hell break through the law in order to prove hes a sucker in good standing in the suckers lodge by the way brother member how many degrees have you taken restrained strained ne statements A WAYFARER in oklahoma who A claimed to have starved himself for forty one days on being asked how he felt replied that he felt sort of hungry investigation showed the stranger had been cheating now and then to the extent of a clandestine beef stew or a surreptitious stack of cheats but it a magnificently restrained statement for under emphasis I 1 can think of but a sin single ie instance to match it in my youth we had a policeman in our town with a nervous mannerism sm of killing folks orie one night I 1 was passing uncle tom emerys saloon and snack stand for colored only A group of subdued looking customers fetched out the limp remains of a dark person who had been bored thrice through the heart uncle tom I 1 inquired of the P proprietor that monkey john sho is sul suh how did it happen I 1 asked well suh said Uncle Tom it seem eem s like he antagonized mr buck evitts smoked glasses for snakes 0 ON N THE way here I 1 attended this years snake dance the sn snake ake dance has become indeed a strange sight for the snakes I 1 if the tourists dont modify their wardrobes by next year I 1 expect to see the snakes wearing smoked glasses veteran snakes that have taken part during past seasons are showing ing signs of the strain the but bull sl snakes ikes still hiss as who could blame them but the rattlers no longer rattle freely evidently fearing it might be mistaken for applause the commissioner of indian affairs wants the Nava joes to grow fewer goats the Nava joes are balking goat hair is a profitable crop goat meat makes good eating for an aborigine stomach anyhow and goat I 1 smell is agreeable tor for navajo noses it seems to neutralize some of the other perfumes n noticed during shopping hour in a r reservation eser trading post IRVIN S COBB J service |