Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-19
WISE AND
Our Pueblo Correspondents Touches
up Many Subjects in His
Inimitable Style.

To the Editor of the Optic.
PUEBLO, Colorado, August 10TH
Colorado is q woman's rights state.
Here lovely woman has the right to
vote, hold Office, and talk politics, at
her own sweet will, and she can,-in
most cases,-bring US Lords Of Crea-
ton to time, or knock our vote galley
west, by casting her vote for the other
fellow, but here is n thing u woman
cannot do without proving herself a
seven. story failure, and that is, to act
the part Of executIoner, when an old
hen is to be prepared for the family
dinner pot.
We saw a case in point last evening.
A lady was standing at the wood pile,
axe In hand; at her side stood the
hired girl, grasping a chickens legs,
whose head lay on a small log, ready
for the fatal blow; the lady firmly
grasped the K with both hands, then
with arm extended and rigid as the
expression or her handsome face, she
raised the x high over head, and
shutting both eyes, to insure a deadly
aim, she brought that axe down with q
thud,-but 1t missed the hen by afoot.
rhe hired girl got "histerricky," and
let 60 Of the chicken, and the chicken
promptly made a break for liberty.
Of course the lady got mad and blamed
the hired girl, and the hired girl
promptly retorted by telling her mist
ress that she couldn't hit the ground
with that axe, no matter how hard she
tried. The hen left without express
ing her opinion, but the lady as she
flung the axe away said, the next time
she kills a chicken, she will hire q
to do it. The Lord Of that manor
will fare sump' uously at to-day's din
ner on warmed. oyer hash.
Yesterday at about 1885 p. M, the
second section of the west bound CALI
fornia express of the Denver & Rio
Grande was wrecked about seven miles
west of the city. The engine and every
coach except the rear one, jumped the
track. The engine and several of the
coaches were overturned. The engl.
neer and fireman were buried under
The engine, and no doubt were Instant
ly killed. Twenty Of the passengers
also more or less injured, but
seriously. The accident was
caused by spreading rails, due to the
heat. During periods of in
tense heat, the rails creep, closing the
expansion between the ends of rails so
that the points either stick up.
ward, or are forced outward. so as to
form an elbow, and any train running
the usual rate of speed, is sure to be
wrecked when it strikes the elbow. 10
prevent such accidents, if possible, the
company has a track Waterman who
patrols his section during the day, yet
the heated period the utmost vigil
ance cannot guard against the sudden
spreading Of tracks, especially on sharp
where the danger is always
greatest. In this case the company
cannot be held responsible.
About 800 women are employed in
his city as typewriters, stenographers,
,ookkeepers, clerks, saleswomen, pri-
rate secretaries, nurses, etc. The new
woman seems to be crowding the poor
men out of the most desirable places,
md it is 10 doubt this fact that makes
hem feel that life Is beginning to have
more charms than aforetime. when the
'verage man firinly believed that wo-
mans high and holy mission consisted
n washing, cooking and scrubbing
nd 10 spanking a numerous progeny
nto obedience and submission.
Work has begun on the new post
building, which Uncle Sam will
rect here. The building will, cost
1877, 900, and Is to be ready, for soccu,
'ancy by January, 1898. A Chicago
extractor was the successful bidder
Republicans all over The state are
petitions requesting Senator
Volcott to resign his Office, so that an
american a be elected In his stead.
.Joloradosns are such frm believers in
roe silver tibet they have 20 Use forl