The Delta independent., 1889-11-12
Here and There.

The salutation of the day is, How'd your
coder
Delta County has other troubles beside
dyptneritic sore throat, she has a severe, cold
poor dame.
Our young friends, II. Johnson and the
Bever boys, frightened at the frowning aspect
Of the Grand Mesa, are moving their cattle
to the south side of the river in search of
better feed. These young gentlemen are
wide awake.
jesse Brown had the misfortune to loose n
span of nice mares recently, while driving
them into the river for water, they became
pnp,anageable and backed into a deep hole
and both drowned, Nr. Brown narrowly es.
capped the same fate.
The annual influx of mountaineers has
begun, but it is as often IN etiiux for many
Of them. deaf to the Establishments of our en-
tcing little county, steer straight for that
bourne of the boomer, Grand Junction,
The attractions of that Burg must be all.
powerful to tempt any one to travel oyer the
road between here and there-it is simply
exicrable, particularly at Ingersoll Gulch,
1t may be amusing to witness the fairy
skipping of light rig from rock to rock
down the hill, but to see q staid family
wagon bobbing along ut all angle of forty-tive
degrees, oyer boulders two feet high, in un
dignifcd chase after the frantic mules, and
all to land in hopeless confusion, If not utter
wreck at the bottom, is demoralizing in the
extreme, but, what you going to do
aboVtIt? Whose business is it to see after:
Some one has II powerful score OF profanity
to answer for.
Our sister village is to be congratulated
OH a full-hedged boom. Altogether the mud
was ankle deep and the wind blew great guns
while we were there, it neither dampened
business nor took the starch out of Real
Estate. The ubiquitous Agent, with rolled
up pants and umbrella, skurried to and fro
with happy face and jinglng pockets, cap
turing the nimble sixpense here and there
with characteristic gall, at the rate of fifty
to seventy We dollars month for ten
dollar house, and yet, the Democrat denies
that there is a boom!
We noticed many Debates on the street
notably Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Chiles, Mrs. Ed
Turner and others.
Messrs, Caldwell and Greenstreet, old-tims
Deltaites, are doing land-otfice business
BY dint ofenergy, perseverance and gener'
osity they are building up trade that
would do credit to any town in the state
Occupying as they dc, one of the most com
modious stands in town, they are yet al
times, put OH their nettle to handle goods
fast enough to supply the domand. Their''
is the leading feed store in the city and we
are proud to claim these gentleman as formel
citizens.
Dyptheria is on the rampage in the Indian
School, five cases were reported during our
stay but it is thought by quarantining, it
spread may be checked.
| The story that is going the rounds to the
effect that two of Delta's matrons while re-
| turning from visit to G. J. recently, got OF
bender and broke down, and being Obliged
to pack the buggy back to town on their back
and that they discounted seasoned ole
freighters in profanity, is not true. We hav'
it on good authority that the husbands o
the ladies aided and abetted by Sylvan ant
Meddlesome Matte of former INDEPENDENT
| fame, arranged the king holt in such wa,
that it broke going down steep and rock,
hill. AS for packing the buggy On the
backs, that is II manifest absurdty, tine bug
| gy was left to its fate, the ladies' shoulders,
o bropcho apiece and nleekly tru.lged back
and instituted suit of damages against tn.
above mentioned parties. At last account.
the suit had been thrown out of court,
| MEANDER