The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-18
MINIrRAIL

hoS'ooAhenI MOih VIII ne uOnc on
from twenty-five to twenty-five min
ing claims here this summer and
autumn, and as the law requires 500
worth of labor to be done on each
claim, this will entail an expenditure
of from 81, 200 to 50, 500 Or, as
the local law of the district requires
twenty days work to be performed
on each claim, it amounts TO nearly
the same thing If silver should
continue to 60 up to the So or 80
mark, considerable more than assess
ment work will be done.
No marriages, births or deaths to
record.
The Contrary Club met at its APP
pointed time. The president directed
the secretary to call the roll
The President: ''Mr. Creole, we
will now be pleased to hear OF that
eastern tour, but first give us an out
line of your church experience"
Creole: "Mr. President and gen
tlemen ! attended evening service
there were no mourners or candidates;
everyone seemed to pray fervently
and listen attentively. After service
was over | went to the preacher and
told him | would like to join the
church, provided he would not dip
me in Snake river until the water got
warm He grasped my hand very
kindly and said he would make that
part of it very easy. Then said |,
what shall do to become a Chris
tianY We'll, said he, keep away
from bad company and away from
that club you have over there; think
of the dear Lord all the time and
what he has done for you and 90 to
some secluded place and pray fer
vently and Jesus will come and com
fort you and you will be a happy
man. Well, | went off and found u
dark corner and prayed fervently for
two hours and said amen every little
while with emphasis, but Jesus never
came. Now this disappointment,
along with other things, causes me to
begin to be little skeptical when
contemplate for time this vast solar
system, the sun, the moon and the
millions Of other worlds that are as
likely to be inhabited as our own.
What power created all this? What
material was all this made out of /?
Who made space, or when was it
made? And when think again
that, according to science, there other
suns, other solar systems, perhaps a
million as large or larger than our
own and billions of other worlds, does
one God govern all these worlds and
systems, or is there Il God for each
world? | tell you, gentlemen, when
| get to thinking Of these things my
thinker runs wild and ! do not know
where to stop it. Again, nearly all
people point upwards to heaven and
downwards to the other place. Ac-
cording to this heaven would be very
large 1t would be every place out
side of this earth, because as we
swing around our heads, when we are
standing upright, always point from
the center, and the bad place would
be very small, as the diameter of this
earth is only little more than seven
thousand miles. | have about ar
rived at the conclusion that the place
is full.
The Gopher here requests to be
allowed two minutes.
The President. cline granted. |
had intended to call the member to
order myself, if it was not for the
happy conclusion he arrived at.
ayes, said the member from Min
nesota, "the gentleman left our last
meeting very abruptly, stating he was
going to JON the church. Now | will
ask, What kind of religion has he
got? He comes back and asks more
questions than all the theologians
that ever lived could answer My
advice to him would be to stay at
home. He has taken up our time
and we have to wait until next week
to hear our members on the financial
and other questions that will be much
more interesting.
The Puke proclaims loudly: eff
the president will sing his song we
will all 90 home.
Adjourned. MEMORABILIA.