The record-union., 1896-09-27

| Oregon express, en- route for his old
home in Iowa.
By the way, are congratulations in
order? The list of guests attending the
| Grau-Dold reception contained the
names of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich L. Cohn
| among the number How is it, Dick?
When did the happy event occur, you
sly dog.
The Rev. Charles Mel means to revo-
| lutionize matters at st. Pauls, and is
| losing no time in carrying his plans
into execution. He has planned his
campaign and the first bomb has been
fired. Already he has over forty voices
promised for his new choir, which he
means to conduct in person, and ora
torios at Easter and masses at Christ
mas and other high festival days are
| among the good things musical we
may expect him to prepare for us in the
near future, with the efficient aid of
goOd voices and the untiring ability of
his organist, Mrs. A. T. Pinkham
The girls are not the only ones who
| meet with various acclQentS WDlcn ruI-
fe the spirit somewhat.
! A stalwart lad of our town, who oc-
cupies a somewhat responsible position
| in one of our railroad offices, being a
| sort of medium in the cause of traffic be-
tween Uncle Sam and the railroad, and
who may be seen almost any evening
about G:15 flying up ] street on his
wheel en- route to his home one evening
when bent on this pleasant mission with
| visions of a well-laden supper-table in
! citing him to put on an extra head of
steam, real ScOrcher fashion, a dog GtS
always dog or a street car, you know
| crossed his path suddenly with malice
| rrepense before he had any time to
down brakes" and whistle "off the
track" and my young friend conse-
quently kept right on going, although
the wheel took a notion to stop and rest
a bit after it had gotten on the other
side of the dog, who will never be heard
frcm again in any capacity.
The young man picked himself up,
ncne the worse for his flying aerial trip,
except for a slight strain in his wrist,
and went back half a block or so after
the recreant wheel. But, although the
wheel had escaped with no broken ribs,
the poor lads Harmony had been ut
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pairs of bright eyes watching him from
a window across the way? And without
doubt the owners of them were in con-
| vulsions of laughter over his mishap by
this time.
He blushed clear up into the roots of
his hair as he thought of it, and as he
rode away he turned not to look back
| but shaking the dust of that particular
| street from his latest patent in pneu-
| matte tires, he SWore a mighty oath to
himself that henceforth he would ride
| home by different route, far removed
from the home Of the witnesses to his
| downfall.
Miss Kate Winn has returned to the
Capital, after most enjoyable stay of
six weeks at Pacific Grove.
Heard on Sixth street, by Wells, Fargo
& Co.'S office: "Oh, yes, and don't you
forget it; she's the third girl I've taken
to ride this week. See what it is to have
4 horse and buggy. They never refuse
a buggy ride, you know
Il don't care, You can't take her away
from me, nor any other fellow, either
| I amt afraid; don't you think it,
Don't want her; she amt my style"
voice was not quite so perceptible, how
ever, as at first. his ardor having been
dampened somewhat by the decided
stand taken for his rights by the friend
whose jealousy he had endeavored vain
ly to rouse
T.. s. Tombln passed through Sacra-
mento last week en- route for San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.
In a street car the other day a manly
little chap arose from his seat by the
door to make room for a one-Iegged old
gentleman with a crutch, who would
have had some difficulty in getting to
the other end Of the car where the only
vacant seat was to be had as the car
after the manner of cars, started imme-
diately upon the old gentleman's reach
ing the platform. Thank you, my lad, ;"
said he gratefully. Il think you must
| have a good mother" The best that
ever was, responded the boy smilingly
as, raising his hat, after seeing the old
gentleman seated, he betook himself to
the vacant seat at the other end.
"Of course" you will say. "he be-
longed to one of our first families and
was carefully brought up" Alas, for
some of our prejudiced ideas concerning
our first families! The little chaps
stockings were neatly darned at the
knee, and the hem had been let down on
his short knee pants, SO you see money
at least had nothing to do with his
manners, and in the vulgar mind it is
the amount of filthy lucre possessed by
cur citizens which admits them usually
to the ranks of the -four hundred" re-
sardless OF education or refinement
Cne is forced to think sometimes when
riding on street cars where one is con-
tinually thrown in with people of "all
sorts and conditions of men," that
good mothers are a sort Of rara avis
or better boys with manners that warm
the heart in beholding would be more
frequently encountered.
POLLY OLIVER