Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-23
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| Rev. Reg. B. Swift, P. E., Spokane
district, East Columbia Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will hold his fourth quarterly confer
ence for Lewiston circuit, at Upper
Tammany next Saturday and Sunday,
July Is and 20. They are working on
the foundation Of the new church there
this week and expect to be ready for
the presiding elder to lay the corner
stone ut that time.
! Three hObos were arrested last Thurs
day by Marshal Leland for the disfig-
uring Of each others face by the Sui
livan-strike. from.the- shoulder process
A hearing was had Friday morning
and Judge McConkey gave them Ave
days each on the streets. After work.
Ing about day, and while commits.
sioner Richards %as busy showing ore
OF them some work on the sidewalks to
be done, two of them made good their
escape and crossed the Snake river
ferry over into Washington.
One of the exchanges describes the
latest swindle as follows: "If a gray
haired woman of fifty in moderately
respectable attire is put off the cars in
your town because she cant pay fare
further, if she almost Immediately gets
telegram urging her to come home on
the next train because her husband IL
dying and she is going to walk about
hundred miles, you let her walk.
She and her confederate who sends the
telegram have worked sthe dying hus-
band racket in half a dozen different
towns at a net profit, it is figured, of
SIS per day."
A husband rather grim and gray.
scolded his buxom wife one day, be-
cause some things that babies wear
were swinging in the front-yard air. He
said he thought the better place was in
the shady backyard space, since gar
ments of that make and kind had best
always be kept behind. She onlv
smiled to be thus blamed, and asked
him why he was ashamed to zee the
patriots loving sign hang gracefully
from their own clothes line. "How
patriots, madam" said the man; III do
not fully understand?" "Ha, hap
laughed the wife, her face free fro II
care, that's the flag of our union way.
ing there" P. S.-Then they kissed
and made up, and the man said: "Lonp
may she wave"
OF course you have heard of the man
with a grievance. Poor fellow: we
nave all seen him. He lives here and
he lives In most all other towns. In
fact he lisa very ubiquitous kind of a
mortal. He is always dissatisfied with
everything and everybody. Indeed.
he Is not in love with himself. hut
seems to have vague idea that If he
was at the throttle he could run the
universe, when in reality he hasn't
the ability to stock up nest for se.
dentary chicken. His life is a Sahara
without an Oasis of pleasure because
other people don't consult him in re.
gard to all their private affairs, and
woe to the unfortunate man that lis
tens not to his tale of woe. The man
with grievance, you must bear in
mind, has a more deep and abiding
interest in the affairs Of his neighbors
than he has In his own, and you must
not be ruffled If he criticises your ac-
tions, tor we are sure he means well.
and he Is a kind of Liberty Enlight-
ming tie World" He is always fearfully
perturbed IT you slight his suggestions.
and Is likely to sIop oyer ii you act as
though you doubted that he il the EN-.
bodment Of wisdom. Yes, It is your
Christian duty to sympathise with the
man with . grievance.-Ex.