MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jack Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years-Some less.

That Was The Drink That Got Him

In Old Mexico they have many words and idioms that the American visitor stumbles over at times.

For instance, one of the commonest words you hear in drinking places in Mexico, is "Lamesma," pronounced with the long "e."

It means 'fthe same," or words to that effecL If a crowd of men are drinking together, and one asks for a certain drink that appeals to anothei, he simply tells the waiter "Lamesma," and gets the same drink

An American had been in Mexico for a month on business and pleasure, and had done considerable social drink-

JOHN R. BOOTH DIES, 98

John R. Booth, 98 year old pioneer Canadian lumber magnate died at Ottawa, December 8.

Beginning with a capital of $6 Mr. Booth accumulated a fortune through his activities and was rated a multi-millionaire. Lumber king and railroad builder his history is one of the most outstanding in the American'cohtinent.

ing on the trip. When he got back home he was talking to some friends about his Mexican trip, and especially about the drinking parties he had beeen on. They named over several well-known Mexican liquors, and one of his friends asked him which was the strongest of the Mexican drinks, according to his judgment.

"That's east," he replied. "I can drink their whiskey, and their mescal, and their Tequila, and all those other drinks, and get away with them in good shape, but when they begin drinking that .Lamesma' it knocks me over every time."

Man Killed By Flying Piece Of Bandsaw

DTr Stanley, night_ yard foremah for the Algoma Lumber Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon, was the-victim of a peculiar accident December 15, wfien the band saw in the lumber mill broke and he was hit in the groin bv a iasded piece of the saw. He died next day from-loss of-bloldind shock.

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