THE LISTENING POST.
OUR LISTENER is about played out, as Monday,February <J6th,is xha date that
we have been looking for for three years* Of course,we don*t day that
we won*t re-up,BUT we are having our civies pressed today*
Ihe STERLING WORTH of Ex-Corpl.Whipple,late of "E^has at last been recog
nized* At the urgent request of tne President,Ur*Vi/hipple has accepted
the Portfolio of Secretary of the Navy,Chilkat Republic*
CPL* LEPPIE, better known as ’’TaMan'*.gets his finals today,and starts for
the Snoky City* -Ve hope to hear of his adventured there soon* We sup
pose his troupe of trained v/ild animals are anxiously waiting his re
appearance in his usual haunts*
LATEST NEWS from the seat of War* leads bv four points,and several nice
strings of extra Cows1 Husbands*
OUR PICK FOR HIGH; The Joker.
ANDY SAYS that his promising young assistant has one am, one leg, and one
lung,-to say nothing of the nose that the cat scratched*
A FOND FARE7VELL, MY FUIENUS,-a fond farewell*'. But it my be only "au revoir
( J*E,S.)
AND TEjjLL 3aST GEORGE DO XT#
AT A RECENT MINSTREL SHOW in Juneau, the following got a big hand;
End Man Rastas: "Ephrem,does you-all want to knew how to get a
nice, quick ride to de Juneau Cett.etery ?"
End Man Ephrera: "Yassa, Rastus. I craves tc know how X can get a
nice,quick ride to de Juneau Cemetery.M
E#M«R*: "Well,boy,you-all jes go down to Indian Town,
stand right in front of the Native Brotherhood Hall,
and yell out good and loud, * Three Cheers for Butler,,,f
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?'*
The words of Robert Burns’s song are only too poignantly brought to
mind this past month,as many of the "Old Gang” have Xeft us. Ihey have
been the moving factors of Company "B" for so long that they seem to be
Co* "E" itself. V/e who are left behind wish them the *>es*c of good fortune
in their future endeavors. They will remain always with us in mind and
heart,if not in person*
So — Wiipplo, Mook, Howell, Swick,Maxwell,?a£e, Jordan, and Lepple—
"Kerens a hand,’my trusty friends,
And gie’s a hand dft thine;
76*11 take a tup o* kindness vet,
vor sake o* auld lang syne".