Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-16
THE SPIRIT MOVING.

oi artlstlcness are arousng themselves
after long and deep slumber that it
seemed would know no waking y
The town and surroundings began to
exhibit symptoms OF dwindle and de.
cay, many, many years ago, when
the placer mining industry began to
lessen and its golden glory to fade
away, and all that was dependent
thereon began to crawl down the
scale of greatness until a standstill
was reached, and almost complete
stagnation of hope, energy, spirit
and improvement was the result.
But the past year or two hope for the
future, and silver lining bordering
the dark cloud that has been hover
ing over this once famous camp, has
given the denizens Of this burg
rejuvemated feeling and an impetus
to paint the town red, and other col
ors. The growing quartz industry,
bedrock fume possibilities, ETC., have
caused hope to arise on her hind legs,
and catch the spirit OF improvement,
fguratively, by the hair of the head,
and awakIng the long dormant afore-
said spirit from its Rip Van Winkle
sleep to a realization of the demands
of the situation, commandeth that it
forthwith bend itself to the task of
beautifying the burg, so that when it
begins to rise to greatness again it
will undergo as great transforma-
ton as did the far famed Dan Nc
Ginty Just before his fall, when he
put on his best suit of clothes and
gained great renown by going down
to the bottom of the sea. We have
dwelt long and eloquently on our
theme without yet getting down to
the painted and vanished fact to be
brought out. 1t would not be thought
a theme for such eloquent disserta-
ton in the growing young towns of
our growing Seem of the Mountains"
where improvement is taken as a
matter of course, but in an I'D placer
camp town that has been slumbering
score of years in the shades Of
doom, it is something that calls loud
ly for much boasting and bombast Of
language. 1t is yet only nucleus
around which other varieties and
brands of spirits Of improvement will
rally in regiments to carry on their
work of rejuvenation on ever-widen-
ing plans. The nucleus of the work
thus far consummated was the paint
ing of J. B. Emery's iron doors ver-
nal green, but when Emery did this
the spirit of Improvement had already
aroused and was then rubbing its
drowsy eyes, and only needed little
more awakening influence to be
thoroughly aroused and on to the sx-
ecution of its mission. The result
was every iron door in town was i'm
mediately painted. This shows what
a very small beginning will end IN.
It is but another illustration of pas
sage of Scripture which we cannot
now quote word for word-it Is so
long since we read it-and having no
Bible handy cannot refer to 1t, and
if one was handy we probably couldn't
"fnd the place." the book not being
! indexed. 1t is, however, to the effect,
as near as memory serves, that SO
small a thing as cambria needle
can walk through the eye Of a came
and cause the camel TO arouse him
self and do his best, and when he l;
aroused there are no flies or straw'
on his back, which commentators tel
MS means that be is in for business
and up and doing. This is a sort o
parable, for illustration, and Elmer,
used the fgurative needle that aroused
the fgurative camel, and the WORLD
F. brick is the first to receive the re
!, suits of the arousing. 1t presents
. fresh coat so shining and glaring tina
1t is dangerous to eyes, unaocustome
to such brilliancy of paint, to steadil
e gaze at it longer than three minute
n and nine seconds by the watch.
n is now undergoing course OF str'l
y mo of white lead, and the inside an
IT annurtenances thereunto appertai'
Y. ;nc will soon receive coat of CLEAN
d ;ng white. The end is not yet, eve
A with that. Every business man
ID town is now getting his paint read
i and the battle with brushes will So
of open in all its glory, and after tn
ly there is no telling what will happ
ht in the general Improvement II.
st None but prophet of the genu'
81 stamp can forotell with any degree =, ,
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