Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-04-11
EMINENT MEN I HAVE SAW"
Under This Head Bill Nye Says Some Good
Things About DR.. Mary Walker and
Joseph Cook.


The lie of a barnst Ormer is filled
with change in one sense. He is con-
stantly meeting with different people.
Almost all of them are that way.
They are different from each other.
This is a wise provision Of nature, by
means OF which we are enabled to
dist inguish individuals one from the
other. The transformer moving about
the country, therefore, has an Oppor-
tunity for the study OF human nature
which is really wonderfully. He sees
large numbers OF people everywhere,
excepting in his audiences. of course.
This is really the only place where he
can he by himself--where he can be
alone and commune with himself.
Strolling about over the Union, as l
have for the past four months, ] have
had the pleasure OF seeing and COM
muning with IL number of men, all
prominent in some line, and thinking
that their personal appearance as it
reader, have reluct antiy consented to
write some impressions OF a few under
he general title of Eminent Men
Whom Have Saw
Joseph Cook, az the greatest man
we have on the face OF the earth to-
day, according to calculations made
by himself, would naturally come first.
lie is a grand man, engaged in think
~ .t 4. h..
is the theme. He occasionally takes
Il day of, during which he curses the
newspapers in an earnest way and
then he goes back to hover over his
porcelain nest egg of thought.
Joseph Cook might have a good deal
OF fun ii lie would just oversee the
universe daytimes and let some one
else do it at night, but the slightest
irregularity in the habits of a planet
will bring Joe out of bed in an instant.
lie worries all the time for fear that a
new laid planet will wander away into
the brush and get lost.
lie breads to die, not SO much on
his own account, but because he wants
to he spared to those who are so
poorly prepared to get along without
hIm.
When he is cOlcky and fretful it is
not that he cares cent about IT per-
sonally, but because ne is all the time
afraid to die and leave the universe IN
the hands OF the Creator. He has
been accust omed for so long to 60
around with a long-nosed oil can
searching for n hot journal IN he solar
system that he actually believes him.
sell to he largely responsible for at
mospheric conditions and astrOnOm-
ical Phenomena.
In direct contrast with the firm and
seli-reiant Cook let me briefly men,
ton the name OF the shy and reticent
DIR. Mary Walker, of WashingtO on, ID. c.
Shrinking at all times from the gaze OF
the world, ing at times her sunny
little head like a dewey daffOdil with a
pen-wiper overcoat, and then again
shutting up like a jacknife, she is seen
no more ior quite n while.
DIR. Mary Walker dresses plainly at
all times. end at eventide irons out
her own trousers so that the crease
down the leg or limb is the envy and
admiration OF all the other men in
Washington. She says. however, that
in ease you are not where you can
obtain hot Hat IRON, you may fold
the trousers straight down from the
first suspender button in front, bring
ing these two buttons together, and
with II told down the centre of the
back YOU have them in good shape to
again fold directly across the knee
Then by putting them under the mat
trcss you will find in the morning a
very desirable crease down the front
of each leg or limb OF the pants,
pauties or trousers.
Dr. Mary Walker is n seli-made man,
weighing in health u little over eighty
three pounds. She wears Il Derby hat.
II .aIu tf.sytfs--
er> of elephant : breath cheviOt held
in place by means of broad knit blue
yarn suspenders with red morocco
ends. Formerly she wore a more frail
but more attractive suspender, but
experience has taught Doc that we
should not allow our love for the
beautiful to overcome our reverence
ior the imperishable.
Her practice prevents her IN a great
degree from mixing up in society, even
ii it were not for her shrinking nature.
When she does 60 out, however, the
matter of decoilete dress does not
worry her. She never wore a low
cut dress in her life, and yet people
may b- found everywhere who will
tell YOU that she has done very little
for the good OF society. She wears a
swallow-tail coat on dress occasions,
and in Winter. to prevent taking cold,
wears the vest OF her business suit
next to her i'll order to protect the
chest. She steps blithely along the
street, trying TO he a perfect gentle
man, but meeting with insurmount able
obstacles at every step.
Dr. Mary Walker may he seen fire.
quently at the various departments
in Washingto on, modestly asking % be
appointed to something or later on
esca ping from the door of the Depart
ment hurriedly, in response to an
appeal by the doorkeeper
ON muddy day she may be seen
frequently standing on one foot, and
! with the other resting on a dry-goOds
box. cheerily rolling up the leg of her
trousers SO as to look like chappie.
| She is "A good physician, but an indif-
ferent surgeon, am told. She hates
to cut peoples legs off, but makes a
| speciality al diseases of horses and
children. do not know this. I lust
give II as q rumor. She would accept
IA portfolio ii it We're thrust upon her,
but she would rather die than ask for
it. II she could he appointed min
lister to some place, and the appoint
meni came in "A way that she could
not honorably refuse it, she would
accept it. She could turn her patient
over to some one else, or knock him in
the head and go at any time.
In her old home at Oswego, y. V,
! one time, Dr. Walker, i'll passing by a
boy on the street who was mOodily
squirting with a garden hose, said
something to the boy which he could
not brook. so he turned loose on
Dr. Walker by means OF the hose
! until she was "A sight to behold. Look