CONSERVATISM.

Western Star, 14 October 1938, Page 3

CONSERVATISM.

Two backwoodsmen knocked at the door of a cabin at the edge of the '°'Sorry to trouble you,. Ed,' BaidJ one of them to the farmer who opene* tto door. 'We just come across the <d«w„ body of a man over there in the w»low, and we kind of thought it yn* y °*That soT asked the farmer. 'What'd lie look lika'JP 'Well, he was about'your build. 'Have on grotf flannel suit?' 'That's right.' 'Boots V 'Yes, he was wearin' boots.' ' 'Was they hip boots or knee boots i persisted the farmer. 'Let's see, which was they, Charlie f Oh, yes, they was hip boots.' 'No,' said the, farmer, at last, after thinking hard, 'it wasn't me!' TACT. 'Bobby, how old is your big Bister?' 'Twenty-five.' 'Twenty-fivo ? Sho told me she was hist twenty.' _ v 'Oh, I expect that's because she was ,ivo before she learned to count.'