The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-04-12

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tho MurmoUs. and why mot allow
th,m TO carry ont their own des-
.iu}t
she .urt er said. that it is not
t.o Man, Wifcdncss ct the Nor
u.oa 1T all, what our government
is after. hut that it is the want of
r.-ler, or the stars and siril Is by
tlc MoImons. and tie fact that
there is in Utah and ncighhor
hood an empire springing up, which
not only is not in sympathy with,
but rather against Il . and which to
suhiugate would after while I've
hard work to say the least.
But it is not thcMormou question
onlywithwhich our female Congress
is busving itself, as ! am Informed.
that another lady was discussing ut
length the great number of human
lives lost annually in the United
States with firearms which were
not, or were not thought to be
loaded.
She showed by statistics that
over 100 lives we lose in this man
ner annually; that the biggest part
of this number would be saved
if there was 4 law compelling
everybody to have his firearms
loaded. She will therefore have
4 bill brought in during the present
session to make it a felony to be
possessor of any unloaded fire.
arms.
In regard to P~olygamy. this
speaker expressed her opinion that
the intclligcn. females of the Unit
ed States are not and ought not to
be against it, as under present cir
cumstances, thousands Of females
could not be provided with hus-
bands.
She would also have a law passed
tn levy Il heavy tax on the head of
every male inhabitant over % YRS
old, and to make any bachelor in
eligible to office. For her part she
said she was by all means in favor
of Polygamy, as she would like to
see amy ty%rannical husband come
home to his six wives, and see . of
them sweeping, . rolling dough,
and 9 f them working with the
tiat-irons, and try to insult any one
of them. She thinks the wives
would be able to make their Lord
and Master take his dirty boots off
before entering the parlor.
Major, my letter is too long al
ready, but | cannot help to tell YOU
yet that on my last prospecting
tour through the White mountains.
| did actua ly discover. instead of
the silver mine | was hunting, a
splendid field of Irish potatoes. !
gathered specimens t. the amount
of about J bushel, and struck for
home. If ] was certain that |
could locate this po|tato-patch as
mineral land, with other words
that Il potato Is mineral, | would
put up my stakes immediate
~, but being in doubt, | only keep
our larder supplied with the tu-
Der.
Now Major, whatever YOU may
do, this discovery has to BE- kept a
secret. because | am Dclfectly sat
that our friend and comradc,
Mike Cronin, the deselvedly hon
cred deputy Clerk OF the county,
Secretary of the Stock Association.
Colonel t. s. Army.o off the retired
list, &c &c, would. as quick as he
would hear Of this rich strike,
throw his pen to the winds, don
his mining suit, buy a pair Of min
crs broganS, No. IS, and start out
for the II doyuao, as he would call
1t, with pick and shovel on his
shoulder.
| am told that Sheriff Pee has TO
prevent the So much talked about
hostile meeting between Chandler
and Cronin which would undoubt-
edly come off somewhere at the
headwaterS of the Bomito. appoint
ed II more deputy shcriiis. 6 to be
stationed at or near Fort Stanton,
to prevent Cronin from counngup.
and 6 to be at Nogal to arrest Chan
dIer if he should attempt to cross
the divide.
As | am advised by my doctor
to procure a drug. lie marked
down for me ''Spt> Vim gall, and
use it freely. l hall be in your
on All Fools Day, to see irit
is to be found. He says this is the
in fact the only medicine to
cure a snake bite. R~attle,nakcs
are very numerous around here.
shall bring myself nm
der the influence of the drug as n
nrpNpptIyp and law IN N e,,,,l,. Ga,