Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-20


The reporter was alone in the car. It
was about half-past in the evening. and
he was waiting for something to turn up."
Something always does come to his mill on
the cars, especially on the one-horse ones.
In fact the plain, everyday, practical, get
there, bob-tail car is the richest of fields
for good stories, sharp sayings and free ex-
preston upon public affairs.
The car rolled along down K street. past
Seventh, past Sixth past Fifth and Fourth.
At Third it halted, and there came aboard
| well-known citizen-with him his wife,
his two daughters, his little son and fair
amount OF hand-luggsge.
"Going somewhere ?'
Yes; to the depot, to the $50 train, con-
| found it,, and he mopped his head and
madam famed herself, and the two nrettv
misses exclaimed, How tired p'
| Why, you live on Second street. over by
| o, don't you ?'
Yes, sir.''
| "Whatdye come up to Third for to go 10
the depot?'
| well, blast you, you fool newspaper
man. Don't you see? Dive think a man
wants to trot his family at this time o. dav.
to K ?" =
We'll, yes, see. No, it isn't exactly the
| thing"
| 81 should say not Now. we people ne
titioned to have Second, between L and K
made decent; to have its mouth and face
washed, so that mans wife or daughter
| can go through 1t from our residence sec
| ton up to X street or the depot without
| having to face the brazen huzzies who line
that street, and the pimps and opium fiends
and dance hall hangers on spewing the
| filth and sbomination OF Language into the
air, and what happened?r
| You know"
Yes, l do. The property-owners abso-
lutely had the cheek to hire an attorney To
come before the Trustees to fight our re-
quest"
! That is so, sir"
| Now look at it. If a child, or young
woman, Or a lad with his lassle, or a man
escorting his wife, wants to come from our
section OF town to any part of the city from
X to ID on Second street, the trip must be
made by climb up 10 and along Front, or
a walk to and along Third land for the
matter of that, Third street isn't owe, nice
at the crossing of L., and then turn half
back on the course TO reach Second and K
or the depot"
| "Well, but"
| Don't but me. See here, now. YOU take
your best girl and come from the depot
down to my house in early evening. How
Will you make the trip, seeing your best
| girl is modest and loveable beipg?n
| We'll, let's see-walk?'
| ''Yes, walk"
We'll, we'd come down Second to K.
| "Yes; go right along"
| NO, won't. We get there and I con-
clude it will be best to take no chances in
that atmosphere of bawdy houses and deps
you speak of, and so steer up K to Third.
II 1t isn't very late l take the chances of
the ford at Third and L and walk down to
o, then down o to Second and out Second
| to your house"
That's it. that's it, young man; 20 round
! ROBIN Hoods barn because the city per-
mits l. street to cut off residence section
OF the city from direct communication with
the lower business portion of the town.
Now, say, did you ever hear before of city
compelling goodly portion of its people
to climb over hill, because straight di-
rect street was permitted to remain too in.
decent for decent women to walk through
1t? And-helloa! here we go around the
turn-table, and there's the train. Good-by."
| There were three of them, and they were
/ downtown business men, who, having fin
ished good days work, were bound sup
perwards in a red car. OF course thew
were talking business.
Said the first merchant: II shipped one
of the largest cargoes to-day that it has
| been my pleasure to in many day.
| Where to ?" asked the second merchant.
/ n 1hnn
| the reply.
How do you pronounce that place ?"
AS though it were spelled Albukirk."
You're wrong"
How do you pronounce it?'
'Albukirky."
| You are wrong, too" put in the third.
The name is pronounced Albukirkee-
| with the accent on the last syllable"
"Humph !" said an elderly gentleman,
| who occupied seat opposite the business
| men, and who had been taking in the dis
| cussion. u lived three years in that place,
| and know how to pronounce it. You are
| TO pronounce it is Albukookoo.'
| The three business men fled.
1t was while the SUNDAY UNION street.
car invader was having the bones of him
| shaken last Wednesday by a car with flat
wheel that he overheard this converse
| ton:
tits matter of high bidding" said a
well-known politician to an officeholder.
"How's that?"
well, now, let me ask you, honest In
jun. When l was lighting you for that
| nomination four wears ago. how much did
you pay that crowd in the - ward ?"
well, gave them $75, and they prom
ised TO deliver the delegation for me from
that section"
Exactly did you get emp
well, that has always puzzled me- To
my surprise, you came into the Convention
with majority of that identical delega-
| ton. Now-honest Injun, too-how did
you do it?"
Easiest thing in the world: 1 didn't
known you had put up for the gang but
they came to me and agreed to deliver the
delegation, whole, for S1O0. I paid the
Doodle, but only got majority of the dele
gates"
'Ah, l see; mere matter of arithme-
tic"
Exactly. paid the most, and it was
fair to give me the most delegates-see?'
Assistant District Attorney A. J. Bruner
| stood on the front platform of bob-tail,
putting fragrant, and between puffs, dis
cussing everyday topics with the reporter
who, by the way (strange as it may
seem), was also putting genuine fragrant
II tell you what it is my friend" said
Mr.. Bruner, "a man don't know what life
is who doesn't live in the mountains.
How long to chase the nimble antelope
and elk once more in the mountains of
Idaho! Elk-just think oft. Hundreds of
'em. Why, sir, a man can pop 'em over
by the dozens with a good rifle, and such
delicious eating they are! Why. it's gener-
ally admitted that elk meat is the finest
eating in the world. And just imagine
them in bands of hundred. You bet,
you never saw anything so grand as that
in this part of the country"
The reporter was about to say that he
would bet that way, too, when he was
headed off by the car-driver-a hoary-
headed, weather-beaten old chap, with
| merry twinkle in his eye.
What ye givin' us?" said he to Mr..
Bruner and giving the brake-crank vigor-
Gus twist. THAT what you was sayin'
about Idaho is nuthin'. Talk about elks