T HE LISTENING POST.
FORT WILLIAM H. SEWARD is dead. Long live CHILKOOT BARRACKS!
TAKE WARNING! DOUGHBOYS! Latest wireless reports confirm the runor
that all thefish in Lynn Canal are lined up just be3 ow Eldridge Rock,
awaiting the arrival of the USHB ,,70RNANCE“ in those waters. Knowing
the usual generosity of the Chilkoot soldiers, they confidently
expect a banquet to be served, and we believe their expectations will
be fully realized.
Commander Parr, CHJEF of the Irregular Forces Operating Beyond the
Chilkat, rejoined his troop this week, after spending mo3t of the
holidays with the Chilkoot Army.
10 A LITTLE haid.
Last night I held a little hand,
So dainty and so neat,
X thot ray heart would burst v/ith joy
So wildly did it beat.
No other hand unto ray soul
Could greater solace bring
Than that I held last night,which was
Four aces and a king. - A laslcan Legionaire.
DITTO.
Last night I held a little hand
That caused all care to leave rae.
*Twas the fairest in the land,
Altho you raightn1t believe ue.
Ifve held handsin many ways,
Likewise lots of places.
-Hie nicest for a litcle raise
- The Joker and four aces.
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V/E WERE UNDER the impression that Sgt. Andy's name was pretty fa:.r,
but in looking over the papers in the hospital we found
PARADIwIE!HYLAMIDOBENZAIDEHYUE, also PHE J03ULPH0NSPHTALEIN. We dunno
what they are, but we bet they pack an awful whallop^
WANTED, - Holidays. Anycne having any unused holidays please call
at Co."E" barracks. Snecial price made on quauti
"Do it yourself" may be good dope, but there isn't a crve of U3 who
who would not pay someone else to do it if we had the price.
Captain Edwards says that three million doliars a* e sprat every year
for printing silent letters. He also claims i.t '.he Scotch knew
that, they would pronounce every darn one of them.
IAANY of the men soon to be discharged are going in search of valuable
minerals, fur-bearing animals, etc. Personally we are going after
a .load of lead-wool. itexsaxaii*. We have abs^lu’e’.y accurate
information that the Iron fountains are the home of a band of wild
lead sheep, which line their nests with lead-v/ool in the merry,
merry springtine.