Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-01-06
HEARD on A SUNDAY.
"Times" Listener Gathers 4 Few Bits
Of Conversation and Hereby Puts
Them In Cold Type.

Of Conversation and Hereby Puts
Them In Cold Type.
Being unable through lack Of any
mails for the past few days and the
blockaded condition of the whole
country, to gather news Of any kind,
the TINES reporter yesterday took off
his ear-mutllers and strolled through
the city as listener. He heard so
much and on so many different sub.
jects that he concluded to reproduce
some OF them in print for the ediG.
cation Of the reading public.
The uppermost subject of course
was about the train and the mail.
"When do yon s'pose we'll get any
mail:" asked ono of another on the
sidewalk
ooh, | think as soon as the sun
heats the lava rock down near
Tikura enough SO that it will melt the
snow out OF the cuts we will get some
mail. No doubt Of it," and he spit
about a pint Of tobacco juice on the
nose of setter dog passing, and
moved on.
"The train? Oh, that'll get here
all right. l hear the Company have
scheme for heating the rails the
whole length Of the Branch. As
soon as that is done there will he no
trouble to keep the road OPEN" the
reporter heard, further on up the
street.
"What do you think about that
gold nugget found in a Silver creek
ducks gizzard?'
81 guess it's all right, for ! hear
that Andy Graham, the printer.
rancher down there, has several dozen
good sized ducks that he is going to
bring to town and have as
sayed. II they pan out all right he
will at once stake out his whole ranch
and commence washing for gold.
However, this may be only ruse to
draw attention from the Memnon, or
Carbonate Hill'
"Do you felle,s know how many
car loads Of eggs Shoebuckle uses i'll
a year to glaze his coffee with?"
asked one Of trio toas,ing their
shins around stove.
"No."
"Wcll, sir, | can tell you. lie uses
Just 1870 car -loads."
"That settles it," said one, a. he
absently took piece OF macaroni
from his pocket and tried to light it,
thinking it q cigarette.
odd you ever notice." said posi-,
Office lounger, shat those people who
get the least mail are the ones who
make the biggest howl when the train
is late or fails to come altogether"
Then, reaching across the counter,
he took handful Of gum drops, and
settled down in chair by the stove
as though he intended to remain there
until the mail should come.
allow fast do you suppose a man
comes down mountain on snow
shoes?" spoke up man with long
hair in the barber shop.
Several estimates were made by
those present, varying from a race.
horse to an express train.
"You're all off," said he OF the
hi1sute growth. "Why, an express
train is nothing to it. was on
Rigmarole mountain the other day
and when started down my hair was
as curly as any mans you ever saw.
But when ! reached the bottom on
my snow. shoes, blamed ii it wasn',
spur out straight, as you see it now
Next" shouted tho third chair,
and the crowd dispersed.
"While you're talking about snow
slides, boys" said a prospector to a
crowd in the Ruby Palace, 'let me
relate my experience with one the
other day. l was out on the hills neal
Bullion New Years night to re locate
the Jack of the Hills and had just go'
ready to drive stake in the snow
Just as I raised my maui to strike
heard q rumbling noise and, Ill b.