The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-06-22
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
THE FAT MANS CORNER,

OF what good roads are, and sincere
desire TO have good roads in their
town, then they will have EN-, and it
won't take but one town meeting to
settle the matter either.
They do say that Tom Bates has
returned to Payette and informed the
natives that he has succeeded in or
ganizing a company Of Dutchmen to
assist him in cracking the railroad
chestnut. Some are inclined to doubt
the possibility of the railroad ever
reaching as far as the Indian valley
mica mine, and claim that there is
lots of blow and but little jingle. 1t
is not the Indian valley people, how
ever, who do not give credit to Mr.
Bates-those people have given cred
it to him for several years.
There is no use talking, Idaho is
making a mighty stir at the fair. 1t
is peculiarly gratifying to note that
the greatest people in the civilized
world, who haven't time to notice
much, are noticing her while they pass
other states by. For instance, the
lnfanta Eulalie looked at some Idaho
pears that weighed seven pounds
each and insisted that they were arti-
fetal and that no place but land of
magic could grow real ones like that
Our pears were the only ones in the
whole fair that she noticed. DR..
Briggs thought the Idaho exhibit was
the finest at the fair Gladstone is as
enthusiastic over it as il it was q
home rule bill. Lizzie Borden actu.
ally went into OBSTACLES and half ex-
pressed an intention of coming here
to live-when circumstances would
permit. Count de Lesseps said he
longed to be at peace in Idaho. Jim
Corbet said the Idaho exhibit com
pletely knocked him out. Cleveland
was so struck that he will visit Idaho
and begin firing the Chinese from
this point. Col. Ainsworth said that
all other exhibits tumbled and went
down with a smash before ours. Mrs.
FRANK Leslie said she would like to
i've here, but that she had heard we
had good many Wilde mountains
which she could not bear. When
such great people as these have Idaho
In their mouths all the time, it shows
that we have accomplished wonders.
Dropping into DR.. Numbers office
yesterday, he was found with each
and every hair standing like quilts
upon the fretful porcupine as he gazed
through a microscope. He invited
us to take look. We innocently
put our eye to the glass, lodged, ut
tered one wild yell and started for
the door. An animal something like
m.X sMN $ these had made
NY >&8W grab at our eye
NJ ~h Doc detained us
"a and assured us that it was
only drop Of street water we were
looking at. SO we inspected little
closer the horrors it held. 1t is no
wonder folks hold their nose when
going along the streets. Just i'm
agine a few dozen of these beauties
flying up from under foot and crawl
ing up your nostrilsl No wonder
ones olfactory nerves are disagreeably
agitated, and one is compelled to
hold ones nose to keep the little
demons out. We also saw bacteria,
collins, microbes, bacillus, and
typhoid germs holding high revelry
all in that little drop of water.
The other day lady was going to
Silver city, Idaho, ON the stage. She
was going to join her brother, and for
some reason had donned man suit,
probably imagining that she could
travel among strangers with greater
safety On the way from DeLamar
to Silver city the driver and other pas
sengers, who we're all men, having not
the remotest idea that she was other
than a young man, an eastern tender
foot, proceeded to regale her with
choice western tales and anecdotes.
Now those who are familiar with the
pith and choiceness of the many short
little stories that are frequently told
in company of jolly western fellows,
will not wonder that the tenderfoot
did not exhibit any great appreciation
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