The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-09-04
DELITESCENCE
Latitant Idiosyncracy Take That :
Scratching, as a Circumstance.
Lincoln, n. Nj. Aug. Is, Sc

MY DEAR M hJAh
For the benefit of many of your
readers who have asked ME, "whO
is Thursday Friday y | Will un-
timber the hose Of my reserve and
turn upon them the flood of in
formation necessary to corral that
ubiquitous individual should they
see him on the range or shopping
influence for sheep.
Thursday Friday is the original
''man with the Broken Ear who
was born $50, OCO Leagues under
the Sea-, during a "Perilous Jour
ney" From Grave to Gay" and
whose earthly peranbulations
have familiarized him with nearly
every nation, tribe, sect, creed,
custom and circumstances-and all
of which have contributed to the
conglomerate pie of life, upon
which he has toasted and proposes
to feast.
lie is not great, but he is gen
tie not beautiful, but not so tough
looking hat he can't look a clock
in the face without setting 1t back
an hour. lie is not perfect, but
is working hopefully for a halo
after he shucks the flesh of life and
rattles his bones in accompaniment
to the song OF his soul, and has a
four-round collar and-elbow tussel
with harp peddlers and cloud
brokers. lie didn't come from
the vine clad hills Of vermicelli
and Is, here just for instance. His
STYLE is rather a back number and
his patron suit is not the Marquis
of Queensberry. The orient
knows him not, save as a sub
scriber to the Heterogeneous index
of applicants tor rail road passes
and circus tickets, and an occasion
al philosophical contribution for the
enlightenment of the feeble mind
ed of earth. He is onlya. littleithree
spot in the grab game of lite who
insists upon saying what he thinks
and paying no attention TO people
who haven't sense.enough to peel
onion.
He is not dexterous, physically,
but the way he tumbles to the rack
cts Of men, and reads the very
thoughts of poor fools who carry
their brains in heads that could
filter water or sitt sand, gives him
the whip hand of men generally
and entities hlm to a front seat in
observing the panorama Of lite.
In youth he possessed a freckled
face and an appetite for pie.
to manhood he lost
several thousand treckles but re
tanned his penchant tor pie. You
may know him by his appetite for
pie. Should you meet him, he
may tell you he is the man you
have met, he is 50 truthful.
Shodld you not meet him, hell
not miss you and don't care Il
cuss who you are or what
You think, provided you let 60 Of
any thing worth knowing. He
wants ideas and opinions, bat don't
want a burro at the other end of
hem. He is Il friend of sinners
md isn't much of saint himself.
lie belongs TO the army of the
but mas been on a | long fur
ough, and, at present, is Il long
distance from headquarters. He is
particular OF the genus animal
species man, and somewhat
.arnivcrous. Ills hair wears a
lectic flush when the sun gets at it
nd the oil soaks in, and his com
'lex'on is tue color OF a politicians
after election. lie Is hap
y in bear grass, loco-weed, and
actus bulbs,as when dieting upon
.gs, olives, lines and pomegran-
ties. The silver and greenbacks
/ the occideut are equal IN his
lsion to the pearls and rubies Of the
asst. Money bothers HIM but