The acme magazine . ed the farmer to call up his wife asa little surprise. Following instructions, the farmer putthe receiver to his ear, and, after theusual preliminaries, he shouted: Hullo, Jane! Just then a flash of lightning struckthe wire, and he fell to the floor, underthe force of the shock. Rising to his feet, and shaking hishead wisely, he said: Its wonderful; that was was Jane,right enough. WHY THEY GOT NO MAIL An official of the postoffice departmentat Washington tells of a new postofficethat was establish-ed in a small townin the south. The proprietor ofa grocery store wasinstalled
The acme magazine . ed the farmer to call up his wife asa little surprise. Following instructions, the farmer putthe receiver to his ear, and, after theusual preliminaries, he shouted: Hullo, Jane! Just then a flash of lightning struckthe wire, and he fell to the floor, underthe force of the shock. Rising to his feet, and shaking hishead wisely, he said: Its wonderful; that was was Jane,right enough. WHY THEY GOT NO MAIL An official of the postoffice departmentat Washington tells of a new postofficethat was establish-ed in a small townin the south. The proprietor ofa grocery store wasinstalled as post-master. It was notvery long beforecomplaints werefiled with the de-partment that nomail was being forwarded from thenew office, so an inspector was detailedto investigate the matter. When he called upon the postmaster andasked why no mail had been sent outthe former pointed to a large mailbaghanging up in a corner and said: The mails in that bag; I aint sent itout yet because the bag aint nowheresnigh FABRICS AND COLORS IN FAVOR
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