The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-09-11
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONs
The Recent Rains and how they
Caught q Pilgrim.

DlVlN DtdJcl IhN ulICICu inc SICfNO
typed phrase "inscrutl bic are th
! ways of providence" and, | SUI
pose, he had it copyrighted an,
entered in the postoflico at Jeru
salem rs second class matter :,
that the postage would be no NOR,
than two cents per pound.
The phrase sounds well, but i
don't crawl into a man with the
clearnesS OF perception on his part
that's uttered by n jack full, against
Il bobtailed flush and seven dollar
bIntf. II providence had anything
to do with the late rains, it has
heard from my humble self by d
unanimous majority. No doubt
water is a most valuable article for
ablutionary purposes and occasion
ally as a beverage but | incline
against the bolief that it was in
tended to work its trckling way
through roofs and disturb the
peaceful and gentle slumbers of the
innocent.
When rain water sneaks through
a ceiling and runs in small rivulets
into fellows ear as ne lies enfold
ed in the oblifious embrace of
morpheus, it is liable to make him
jump lG feet in two directions. and
thon cuss. This thing of polling
around your own room all night
on Il center table and clothed in a
brief epistlo OF robe de mutt and
holding ali umbrella over yourself
may be fun, but | require a micro
scope to accurately deter mine the
dimensions OF the hlloyity. | have
roasted oil the back of chair and
amused myself throwing matches
for bic preserves to chinches, flies
md cockioaches during several
nights lately and life is becoming d
burden. don't mind the spice of
the novelty, for my disposition to
acquire "a knowledge Of circumstan
ces Is most patient, but man is
not prosupposed to wade around
his room all night and be decke d
only in the limited confidence of /
nocturnal circular The opposite
alternative, to ne, was to retire at
night, clothed in a slicker and pair
OF rubber boots; but the circum-
stances OF my birth did not impose
the necessity OF such an extrone
hence my foolish inclination to dis
robe before retiring ior the night. |
There is no one more pervlous than
myself to the enjoyment Of the
sweets Of life and appreciation Of the |
quiuine taste OF the cad Of adver-
sity; but / must draw the line
somewhere. When a fellow has /
to hump himself ont OF bed at 3, .
IL. W. (high wator) and raft him
self into dry corner and there
roost Ike a ckickon on the back OF |
a chair and arnuso himself by sing
ing "a lie on the ocean wave" or |
the "starboard watch, he wearies
OF life and wishes tor death or NOR
ming. Ii he wants anything he
must wade, swim or run a good |
average Chance Of breaking his
neck to get it. AS | recently was
seated on the sharp edge Of the
back battlements of Il chair, about
the be-cussed hour of 4, b. b
before breakfast, | ospied in the
tarthest corner from me my trou-
sers. Having perched like ca
nary for about IN hour, the chill
permeated my emaciated form and
| shook until my teeth chattered
like shaking dice Knowing the
wide distance between the afore-
said trousers and their owner,
fully, and for the first time, nppre-
.iated the words, "Thou art so
near and yet so far" But it WAS
necessary that / should be warmer
clad, so | began my migration.