Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1919 — CIGARETTES DO THIS. [ARTICLE]

CIGARETTES DO THIS.

well growled the managing editor as I slunk into my swivel chair this morning you’ve got me in a fine fik over that pile of junk you sent out to the readers last night. Looks to me as if you would get busy and find something worth while to put in the paper instead of spending all your time writing such, stuff and trying to be funny. I’ve lost four leading church member subscribers already this morning. Well said I they don’t have to go to church and they don’t have to read the paper do they. That sort of stopped him for he didn’t have no answer ready and he found out that he had run into more than he had bargained for in the way of repartee. Pretty soon though he sort of recovered and said you’re left-handed and I suppose you don’t know no better and I said well what do you care and he didn’t have no answer ready for that wit either and got sort of red. Then pretty soon after he had collected limself from his embarrassment he said this is November Ist and I said well I know it and what difference does it make it has to be November Ist once each year and he said 'I was just thinking it would be a good time for you to turn over a new leaf and turn in some news occasionally and I said I was just thinking the same thing about you and we kidded each other like that a little bit and then he happened to remember that he was the boss and said well I will reduce your wages if you don’t do better and I said all right reduce my wages I’m only getting six megs a week now and know where I can get seven and that sort of scared him for he immediately began to get condescending and said that he was sorry if he had hurt my feelings and that if I wanted to stay I could because he didn’t think the could find nobody else foolish enough to stay and I told him I didn’t neither. Then he went out and I got remorseful and decided maybe I wasn’t doing just right and so thought maybe I had better hunt up a little live news and went over to the court house to get the real estate transfers. With apologies to nobody. See the free rubber exhibit at B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE on Saturday, November 1. A representative of the Beacon Falls Rubber Co. will be in attendance and explain all things in detail. A pair of the famous Buddy Boots will be given away on that date. Get particulars from the representative.— B. N. FfiNDIG.