The record-union., 1896-09-27
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After the late storm we have again
settled down into something like fair
weather, for which, personally, l am
extremely thankful
The melancholy days have come,
Inc saddest of the year,
without doubt, and somehow a feeling
OIL lneXpressible sadness comes over me
as the dead leaves come flutering down
ana the walks are carpeted with their
yellow masses, which nestle beneath our
1eet as we pass along. Good-by sum-
mer; winter may be welcome guest to
some of US, but for me it is only a pc
riod of unwelcome waiting for summers
return.
Rain in the valley they say means
Snow on the mountains, and travellers
from the north say that Mount Shasta
presents a wonderfully beautiful sight
since the late storm, being entirely COW
cred with snow, which glows with var
led and delicate tints in the light of the
setting sun.
The general tearing up of wooden
sidewalks, supplanted by cement al
though making q temporary amount of
dirt and disorder, will be cause for re
joicing in the minds of those who have
suffered various accidents, painful in
some cases, only ridiculous in Others
through the medium of projecting nails.
There is no doubt that a certain young
lady Will rejoice and give thanks in her
own mind at least. You see she has
just come of an age when it is perlnissi-
bic and proper to don the adorable long
skirt, badge and herald Of the happy
state of young ladyhood, and being of
an exceedingly proud and rather
naughty disposition, on her advent into
the ranks of grown-up and recognized
young ladies wished naturally to make
an impression favorable to herself upon
the public at large and certain fascin-
ating drug clerk in particular by her
dignified carriage and ladylike bearing
You must admit the motive to be an ex-
cellent one, but alas! for her good inten-
tions that hateful and misunderstanding
nail was the cause of the downfall of all
her plans. The drug store in question
was rather behind the times in modern
improvements, and wooden sidewalk
still lay before the door, pitfall to the
unwary pedestrian, as further develop
selle had an errand to the apothecary
for mamma, which must be attended to
straightway, and thither, after donning
her new garments, she bent her steps,
carrying herself with commendable dig
nifty and the air of one who had all her
life been used to long petticoats. Trip
ping lightly up to the door, with heart
all a-iutter, she prepared to enter with
grand flourish of trumpetS Cigurative
you understand, as one who comes to
conquer. Unfortunately, however, Just
at the critical moment when conquest
hung in the balance, that miserable
skulking nail caught the hem of the
long young-ladyish petticoat, and she
measured her length on the floor of the
pharmacy before the blushing clerk OF
course he fastened to her assistance,
inquired if she were at all hurt and
put divers polite queries as to the
extent of her injuries, which only made
matters a thouSandfold worse for the
now confused mad mortified debutante,
who wished herself miles and miles
away by this time, and forgetting her
commission for mamma, hurried in a
most undignified and little grish fit of
petulance from the place, tears of anger
and modification filling her eyes the
while.
The cement walk is rather hard and
unyielding in disposition, if one should
by accident come into sudden and un-
premedtated contact with it, as did
another young miss of my acquaint-
ance the other day, when huge mas
tiff suddenly jumped upon her, play
fully and with good Intentions but dis
astrous in result throwing her immedi-
ately upon her knees, much to the dan
ger of those useful members, without,
however, doing any permanent injury.
But at least there are no rails nor
projecting splinters TO fret one with
rents and tears in ones garments, nor
cracks TO swallow up ones loose
change, and as for a tumble now and
again, why we all know that accidents
Will occur in the very best regulated
families.
Miss Mabel Coffman. who has been
recuperating her health for n month
past at the Bay city, has returned dur
ing the past week, much improved by
her trip.
You should have seen ''Taffy, the
Laird and Litre Billee' as / saw them
the other day, standing in front of the
Postoffice building, engaged. in a
mighty confab You thought they
were out of date? Not a bit of it; they
never will be, / predict. BY the ex-
preston depicted on the several coun-
tenances something was brewing / am
morally certain. Taffy. which, by the
way. is a most excellent and appropri-
ate nom" for him. looked vastly
amused-even his eyes We're laughing.
The Laird was serious and was laying
down the question under discussion in
a most emphatic fashion. 'Litre Bill
lee," dear Litre Billee, looked thought
full and was evidently weighing the
subject well in all its bearings.
/ suppose it will come out, sooner OF
later, as everything is bound to do
you know, wisdom teeth and murder
included; whatever it was that the inn
mortal and inseparable trio were con-
cocting.
Walter c. Gilmore, formerly of Sac
ro,poptn lataly oF Los Angeles DaSSpC