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laugh Deciding to
take a day off from his important job, a young hot-shot
broker went back to visit some of his professors at his
old school. Entering the school, he saw a dog attacking a
small child. He quickly jumped on the dog and strangled
it. The next day, the local paper reported the story with
the headline "Valiant Student Saves Boy From
Fearsome Dog."
The broker called the editor of the
paper and strongly suggested that a correction be issued,
pointing out that he was no longer a student, but a
successful Wall Street broker.
The following day, the paper issued a
correction, with a headline that read, "Pompous
Stock Broker Kills School Mascot."
From a California bar
association’s newsletter: Correction -- the
following typo appeared in our last bulletin: "Lunch
will be gin at 12:15 p.m." Please correct to read
"12 noon."
If your parents never had children,
chances are you won’t either.
1909
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
A Telephone Wire Makes Trouble.
Saturday evening an abandoned telephone
wire broke at the southwest corner of the square and fell
upon the span wires which support the trolley wire of the
electric road. The span wires are not supposed to be
charged with a current as they are fitted with strain
insulators, but some of them are leaky as was soon
demonstrated.
Willis Harbin caught hold of the wire
which was dangling down, his intention being to remove
it. When his fingers touched the wire his grip
involuntarily tightened and he began dancing about in a
wild effort to break loose. He finally succeeded and will
probably not try anything of the kind again. The
telephone wire was afterwards pulled down by Motorman
Douglas.
Harbin is the man who had part of his
foot cut off last fall while trying to board a Frisco
freight train on the grade near Carter’s springs.
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Today's Feature Polling Places
Announced for
Jasper County
Extension Council Elections .
The 2010 public election of ten
new members for the Jasper County University of
Missouri Extension County Council is taking place
January 11 - 25. The county election will be held
in accordance with state law (Chapter
262.550-262.620 R.S. Mo. 1969).
Every county in Missouri has an
extension council made up of elected and
appointed members who represent the broad
educational needs and backgrounds of people in
that county.
Citizens over the age of 18 who
reside in Jasper County can vote at one of four
locations within the county. Carthage locations
include: the University of Missouri Extension
office in the basement of the Courthouse; Midwest
Ag Supply, Central & Grant; Ag Service Center
of Carthage, 9721 County Rd. 80; and the SWCD
office, 416 E. Airport Drive. Registered voters
may also print a ballot from the Jasper County
University of Missouri Extension website to
either mail or deliver to University of Missouri
Extension, Courthouse Basement, Carthage, MO
64836.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I can’t remember who
showed me how to make a weapon out of a two
by four and a slice of tire inner tube. I do
know we spent a lota hours slicin’ up
old tire innards and chasin’ each other
around.
We didn’t make
anything fancy. Tack a strip of tube on one
end of the board and there ya go.
‘Course the longer the board the farther
you could shoot, but that all depended on
your ability to stretch the huge rubber band.
We could be seen sneakin’ through the
neighborhood with those bands looped over our
belt in large numbers. The handy thing was if
someone shot at ya and missed, you could
always recover their ammunition and fire it
back. Lackin’ the proper printin’
equipment, we seldom attached suitable
warnin’ labels.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin.
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ART
NOTES from Hyde House
by Sally Armstrong,
Director of artCentral
What is the biggest
misconception about artists? You serious artists
out there will be able to answer this question
without hesitation. The misconception the general
public has concerning artists is hardly ever
stated directly but is revealed subtly through
questions asked of us. A question asked of our
spouses . . . "What is "the
artist" doing today?" Translation:
Being an artist allows us to do whatever we want,
when we want--- to work or not work. It’s
like being retired. "What do you do when
you’re not "inspired" to do your
art?" Translation: Artists operate totally
on feelings/emotion. If not in the
"mood", you do other stuff. Basically,
artists lack discipline—it’s all about
inspiration. "It must be nice being an
artist." Translation: You don’t have a
boss, go to work each day, no one tells you what
to do. You’re free of worry and
responsibility. "How long did it take you to
"paint" that?" Translation:
That’s way too much money for the time you
spent on that piece. My, you really "rake in
the dough!" Why should you make so much
money when it is fun and comes so easy for you?
Those are just a few questions often heard by
artists, and you can probably think of more if
you are the artist. So what IS the biggest
misconception about artists? "It’s all
fun, easy,--- never difficult. It comes so
naturally and basically artists are just
"free spirits." Ha! Ask an artist.
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