Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1918 — FIVE WAR TOASTS. [ARTICLE]

FIVE WAR TOASTS.

There were five sea captains who chanced to meet; a Russian, a Turk, a Frenchman, an Englishman and an American. One of them proposed a supper at which each one w-as to give a toast. This was agreed to and the toasts w'ere as follows; The Russian: “Here’s to the stars and bars of Russia that w r ere never pulled down.” The Turk: “Here’s to the Moons of Turkey w'hose wrings were never clipped.’’ The Frenchman: “Here’s to the Cock of France, whose feathers never were plucked.’’ The American: “Here’s to the Stars and? Sftripes of the United States that never trailed in defeat.” The Englishman: “Here’s to the rampant, roaring Lion of Great Britain that tore down the stars and bars of Russia, that clipped The wrings of Turkey, that plucked the feathers off the Cock of France and ran like h—l from the Stars and Stripes of the United States.” Nearly 20,000 British South African natives have been recruited for service behind the lines in France and Flanders. In Iceland codfish are dried and ground into flour for making bread.