The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-09

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the discovery of that stone, and re-
turned with handfuls of diamonds.
Then followed the rush to the dla-
mond fields.
IuANIMATE THINGS
The total depravity of inanimate
things has been very ably discoursed
upon by many a learned thinker
but we do not remember ever to
have read a treatise on the jolly
humor of these inert, inorganic
things. That they have their hu-
morous moods has been sufficiently
demonstrated and exemplified to US
and we no longer doubt either their
playful disposition or their ability
to jest pleasantly and successfully.
We could, were it not for the hml'
tations of space under which we
write-we could emphasize and
punctuate this belief of ours with a
catalogue so complete as to include
eyery known thing of an azotic ma
ture, but it will probably be suth-
cient for present needs if we make
clear a few representative attesta-
tons that have come within the
pale and purview of our common
daily life. For example, there is
the humorous paragraph-not the
paragraph whose spirit is humor-
Gus, but whose physical, material
body is bent on having fun. 1t
matters not what idea may be pic
tured forth in this humorous para
graph, whether it be a touching
tribute to the memory of some dear
departed friend or a coarse joke
about somebody's wife's mother, it
the paragraph be bent on having a
frolic it will have it, and all the
powers that be cannot let or hinder
lit. We sometimes create one OF
these humorous paragraphs. We
now recall to mind one that we
brought into being early last sum-
mer when the weather was so warm
that perspiration started from
blocks of ice and ran down their
sides. There was nothing funny in
the idea within that paragraph. II
was a serious idea intended to pro-
woke grave reflection, but the para
graph would not be serious. De-
termined to be humorous in spite
of our stern purpose, it hid itself
away among the rubbish of the com
posing room and bided its time
One day this fall-the coolest day
} we have had since navigation last
opened-that paragraph appeared
with droll humor at the head OF oul
column, the funniest thing in thai
davis paper. More than once, too
we have had our risibles assaulted
|. ! by a paragraph written in one fran.
Of mind and appearing in print af
, ter we have radically changed ou
mind. We don't believe in tn
thing commonly called consistency
We like to change our opinions &C
cording to our degrees of enlight
t eminent. Every now and then w
4 learn that the thing which we hav'
always regarded as white is really
black. At such times it is almos
r exasperating to have one of ou
: ante-awakening paragraphs pok
: fun at US by sprawling itself acros
:: the most prominent part Of our col
i umn and make US say precisel..
e what we have learned not to believe
f Our inkstand and our mucilag
: bottle, too, have their humorou
n moods. We have known them slyl.
r to change places in such a name
;, that we were constrained to dip ou
: pen into the gumstickem or on
# brush into the ink; and at sue
= times we have fancied that thes
e miserable practical jokers wer
n laughing little gurgling laughs ava
: down within themselves, no matte
n how demure their surfaces might bt
w nat HAS UcCA uCAAASN e'O
y total depravity of the banana-ski
,, on the side walk, the spool on tn
i stairs, the gust of wind whic
d springs up in calm day to bio
', out your last match, the promissor
IT note which always manages to ia
r due on the particular day when yo
l. are so poor you feel the injustit
, of taking breath, is, we believe, fr
y quently only their humor; for v
re have found on close Observable
IS during a long period of associatio
8, with inanimate things that they a.
ne generally good-natured and tn
4 whatever depravity there is in tn
ir world is monopolized by livir
n creatures, especially by mankind
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