THE LISTENING POST:
PERILS AND PITFALLS OF CIVILIAN- LIFE IN A LARGE CITY: Alford Mo ok, formerly
Sergeant in ”E:! Co<*,who was liecharged the lOthpiot with a painful acci«»
dent in the city yesterday* Bujr.g unf;^liar with the modern inconvenien
ces of city lif e, AT f orl L*. attez noted to open a win low in the manner to
which he had become accustomed Oui inr, his three years at Chilkoot- Barracks#
The result was a serious and nruniui accident, eight b one a being broken in
his hands* Hard luck, Hook, old boyl!>
CONTRIBUTED;
"Now I lay me down to freeze;
Twelve o’clock I start to sneeze;
Four A#I£. I freeze my knees;
Fire--uo, Fireman,-won’t you please!!!”
lie COY WON the asbestos lined f ountain pen this ws o k * Set a box of matches
afire,and held it in one hand while he shook the other*
NOT YET,BUT 300N:
"Where’8 ’E1 company’s men for duty!
He7 e gone f ishiif**”
PEDRO: "They never need to worry about highwaymen in Haines.
IGNATZ: H on- c ome!
PEDRO: All they would get would be a pocketful of singles,’’
THE FLY T HAT FLEW in the grocery store had nothing on 3gt«,Andy’s cate Andy
can prove that the aforementioned oat holds an unbeatable record,
THE PRESENT WEATHER is designed to nako some of the boys who just got out,and
those wh3 are about to be discharged,wonder what they lid with ail the money
they had last Summer*
SINCE DEVLIN LEFT the absence of an aide-do-camp h.vi seriously interfered with
our efficiency. However, that defect has now been remedied*
NEXT Corp*Whipple and Pfc.Page are the aesu members of Coi5,E” to brave
the rigors of the cold, cruel world* Pney will be discharged before ovr next
issue. Our best wishes go with them,and a] ao with Car.tr <*11 an cld sidexiok
of ours in the late lamented Headquarters Cca,novr departing from Co.’rf°«
IHE TRAINING TELLS: The sylvan quietude and peaceful repots of the city of
Haines was rudely shattered one day ncr long since >> bho raucous and dis
cordant cry of ’’Fire4*, 'Ihe bless was located hi the c cmbinat lor etorc and
residence of Mr ^Hoskins* Iha'G the Amy trains men tc be of value in civil
ian life was amply proved by the heroic work or five ex-soldi or.3 who ral
lied to the rescue as the efficient crew ox Ch.nrloal Sled Ko>fj .H .F.D, With
Walter Watts in command, th:i e quintette,Ray f-oomb 3. A1 Mook, Harry Pierce and
wTinyM* Maxwn.H pulled a wished rope. Only ti e e't.sense of a ahero trapped
on the fourth story by a cruel f l ime*, and the fact that there wasn’t any
fourth story to tho i n \i:K-2 ated property kept the audscj cue five from be
coming the heroes of our neighboring community* Cheer up-maybe she’ll be
there at the next fire*