Volume 2 — Our Rural Mail Box
Reading edition
Belle—We can’t use your story, but you win the diamond studded stomach pump.
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Sweet Marie—The bridegroom should not see the bride on the day of the wedding until he meets her in the church or in front of Court Commissioner Bates. However, if you have any apprehensions, you might ask your big brother to keep an eye on him. Men are so fickle, you know.
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Dolly—It is not, generally speaking, correct to send invitations for the wedding and christening simultaneously. Circumstances quite often alter cases, however.
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Will E. Crowder—You should not doubt. Did you not say you met her walking home after an automobile ride?
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Grace—Congratulations. A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, and clothes shabbier. I know, for I’ve brought up five of them.
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Deep Stuff
A young man who hailed from Thief River, Made love to his girl in a fliver, The car hit a tree, She cried, “Oh, dear me, I fear I have fractured my liver.”
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Cannibalism
A handsome young flyer named Slater Loved madly a girl in Decatur; One night in the rain, They eloped in his plane. They claim now that young aviator.
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Sing This Merrily
Roses are red, Violets are blue, You chase me, And I’ll chase you.
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Treat ’em Rough
She gazed into his angry eyes, And he gazed back at her, With brow as dark as stormy skies, He told her what she “were.” His fingers circled round her neck, He kicked her in the slats, Then as he searched for broom and mop, He cried, “Gol darn those cats!”