The record-union., 1891-06-13

Nobody cares for this old graveyard
now. 1t was laid out SO long ago that a
great many of those who are buried there
have been totally forgotten; their names
cannot be recalled, even by the old timers
here who are yet among the living. 1t is
place given up to the boys and the
weeds, and both boys and weeds are
growing up in harmony together.
Stockton is essentially an intellectual
city. The people are all sociable sort of
folks, and they keep themselves informed
as to all that transpires in the world. To
insure knowledge they support three
daily papers, one weekly, and enjoy the
benefits Of q first-class free library.
dropped into a Stockton sanctum few
days ago and saw what / had supposed
was an
OBSOLETE FEATURE OF JOURNALISM
In California. A pailid individual, whom
l was told afterward was the Snake Edi-
tor, was hard at work grinding out copy,
with big six-shooter, a perfectly horrible
menace to indignant subscribers, with all
its chambers loaded for bear, lying on
the table in front of him.
What do you keep that Gatling ggun
there for2" / asked.
''Oh," said the Snake Editor, "that is
just an old companion of mine"
And then I thought and thought /
had sat in the editorial-chair myself for
IIldIy q 1OIS Db6n h1ChSu anu
whipped by lrate citizens and angry
toughs; had had six-shooters rubbed un-
der my nose and bowie-knives jabbed
through my whiskers, but l had never
seen the time when it was necessary to
keep a 45-caliber, self-cocking cannon
lying on my table, source Of terror to
the innocent old women who came in to
advertise for a lost reticule.
/ have my opinion of the country ed
ltOr who does not feel safe llOlnSc no hos q
gun displayed in easy-reaching distance.
The presence of big gun in a country
sanctum is pretty good evidence that the
editor has not been doing right or is an
arrant coward. But perhaps the pallid
young thing who is doing six-shooter
editorial work in the Slough City has
only recently arrived from the East, after
reading up on border romance, and has
not yet discovered that California is a civ
iliZed country.
PROSPECTIVE TOURISTS.
A great many Stocktonians are think
ing of going to the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago, and | wish to state right here that
the report that Sam Davis of the Carson
appeal, McGlashan of Truckee and me
are going to Chicago to make dOughnuts
for the Worlds Fair is base fabrication.
The truth of the matter is as follows:
Sam Davis, McGlashan and myself have
successfully negotiated for the use of six
teen Pennington air-ships; also, for the
use of large brick building at Stockton,
which will be converted into a doughnut
factory. The air-ships will ply between
San Francisco and other California cities
and Chicago, making the trip between
this coast and the Chicago depot in three
hours.
Each and every passenger who buys q
doughnut at the Stockton factory will be
entitled to one tirst-class passage on the
Pennington air line at reduced rates, with
the privilege of dropping off at interior
towns and way stations. The doughnut
will be used at the fair as a badge, and
will enable all Pacific Coast visitors
patrOnizing the Stockton doughnut syn
dicate and Pennington air line to recOg-
nize each other and compare notes. The
doughnuts will be made OF a size suitable
for the preservation of life in case any
accident should cause one of the air.
ships to flutter down into the middle of a
lake or run aground on the top OF an un-
Inhabited mountain. Passengers killed
in collisions who have one of our dough-
nuts in their possession, and with check
certifying purchase OF the same, will be
entitled to honorary mention in the NOR
tuary report Of the company.
A. V. HOFFMAN.