, 1884-03-29


great convention on April 7 will be cor
daily received.
Call me pet names, darling, call me
savage, rude but one thing don't call me
don't call me a dude.
Don't hello too loudly upon your telc-
phone, but speak gently. The mild
power always subdues.
This is delightful weather for ducks,
but we sincerely trust that no one will say,
Water fowl assertion"
Hail, gentle spring." says the song,
and the gentle spring hailed day before
yesterday upon the Divide.
There was placed on record yesterday
the deed of John II. c. Reese to John
Morrison for lot 3, block 1926.
1t isn't every dude and drone who picks
his teeth in front of our hotels boards
within their hospitable walls.
Weather prophets predict a late spring
and a hot summer. The latter part of the
prophecy will doubtless prove true,
All trains are now running on time, and
the one west bound is carrying a large
number of emigrants to the Pacific coast.
Our local weather prognosticator has of
late been quite busy in changing the
tubes of his thermometer and barometer.
The probate court yesterday appointed
John A Lynch as guardian to George
Grey, and Ambrose Shelly to Jacob A.
Shelly.
Promise of a great deal of eastern cap
ital for investment in this section during
the coming summer is a cause for much
congratulation.
The Rocky Mountain Stock association
will be well represented in the excursion
which starts from Denver to Cheyenne on
the 7th of April.
1t is suggested that a swimming bath in
summer time might be a good investment
which would be duly appreciated by a
water loving public.
The 'Whims'' company, which APP
peared here last Saturday night, will re-
turn and perform with new attractions on
the It'll of next month.
Several splicing matches are on the
taps, and clergymen are correspondingly
happy over.prospective fees for services in
cinching the nuptial knot.
A good town clock would be generally
appreciated, as no two time pieces in the
city seem to mark the same hour, minute
and second of diurnal time.
The custom of sending Easter cards at
this season of the year is a very pleasant
way of remembering friends. The designs
this spring are very handsome.
When freedom from her mountain
height unfurled her standard to the
breeze, she gave the ladies perfect right to
do all things-just as they please.
John Chase contemplates putting a
fountain in his Office room, encircled by a
basin containing carp, gold fish and other
popular specimens of pisciculture.
Recently the angry clouds were draped
in deep mourning, and then they gave
vent to their pent-up grief in tears on
account of the departure of winter.
Sweet Ella Wheeler, the ETHEREAL YER
sifcationist of philosophical philology,
smiles serenely upon the pretty produc-
tons of Cheyenne's sage brush poet.
The paying of taxes and the taking of
pills are alike as necessary as they are
unpleasant, yet our citizens must period
ically observe these healthful regulations.
The young men Of Denver are hoping
that the foot and mouth disease will break
out among the girls OF that town before
the exposition and ice cream season sets
lin.
1t is misty, mostly, nasty weather, when
skies and earth exude together, when
people frown, and the world looks brown,
and a weight like lead seems to be in each
feather.
The Warren Mercantile company are.
removing their damaged goods to places of
safety. Until the losses are adjusted, by
II .| L. :
the insurance men, no sales of articles
will be effected. . W
Hand painted lavender s~uspenders are
the latest token Of regard. An old shawl
strap and a ten-penny nail will prove just
as serviceable in case you have no lavender
paint in the house.
What horrid walking, sloppy under
feet, growing more or less for everyone
you meet, skirts ~bedraggled well, if not
held half-mast; tell me, if you can, how
long this mud will last?
The streets have a muddy hue, but
what matters hat to you, as nobody now
looks blue? Now Old Winters 0 is
sung, and everyone now feels young, and
we're glad that spring has sprung.
So soon as Lent is ended, our righteous