The Meeker herald., 1898-05-21

vlGGAEns OOAN)ss 0hl
Pioneers I Remember.
Undsr the above caption . wrisef
In . recent number Of ths GlsAwoA
Poss Rives the following. which, owing
to this section being . part Of Gax6sad
county at the tims, wfll prove intsrsaf-
ing reading to oor old-timers, - veil q
to those who came here latsr. Aldo
from . few trihins inaccuracies the tals
is IN the main pretty correct and . mat
ter Of history. Tho prelude to the facts
Is rather long-winded, in which the
writer makes frse uss Of quotations.
but u must be dissstsd With its sequel:
some one has nd that 1t takes al
hnds of people To- make world. and be
ntsht have sddsd, . great many Of them.
and nowhesS u 4 moro notioeahla, tpn
30 the fSnasi Ii he s,ttknsat. d. =
nsv,ooaatr5 ii lsast = q va.sety. md
q easu6 gisnes Il the motley heser-
osenpds crowd in tho Wild sampeas
usually attending the opening up u
settlement Of new territory, is the only
argument required to establish tbat
fact beyond question age, color, sex or
condition cut but little figure. the halt,
the lamsand the blind join in with the
wise and the otherwise, in wild goose
chase" after that "ignus fatus" that has
decyoed mankind and womankind ~
well along life's pathway in pursuit Of
that goal. "slmost in sight," and only
''just little farther down. the, road"
and like 'Cleveland's and McKipIsy's
good times coming" is about A ''illu'
sive as the riddle Of the sphipxSs and
like the return Of the "Azt4ecI In aiEE aOd b
something constantly promised, d,s ppt -
constantly postponed" and y sslifa,tcslt sla,tc =
locate, as the 'milk sicknsaAY and -
the race xrows apaoe. distance lspds
enchantment to the view, and - the
years increase the migration continues,
history and experience cut no asure.
and arc lost In the scramble. y -.
Youth disappears, strength ,waaes, ~
ago and dscEsp.tuds supsrvsnsP and ~
race for shs tins being ends somsas..
The ..'suryisal of ths nttsstp t,sd, apsaas
Heal dsllous1t:;s soa "a taeps. htsda q
psssses - disspSS3s7.r : : - : :
The material however ID not exhausted
and . similar occasion renews . like
contest With new crop Of adventures
~ much like the old ono ~ one black
pea is like another, and % the world
iogs alosa from ono generation to an
other. .f -'.'' - ':-gv =
The great mass Of humanity are much
alike. There arc, however, exceptions,
and aside from the multitude, We note
conspiououslY two classes, or, Eather
specific grades, that somsti9es for .
season assimilabe and apparsatlx work
together harmoniously in tho. eharsc-
teristic attitude Of tho lion and the
lamb 1t the termination Of .the usual
historical banquet; the process OF dexlu-
tition, however, to the party Of the
second part in the course Of time b.
comes nauseating, and digestion. an
utter impossibility q paradox insues
and the rear Is at the front, In other
words the tail waggles the dog. and ip
little while longer both disappear. Two
classes. the first for the want Of . better
name might be called the ''schemers."'
who do the headwork for the dear peo-
pie and corral tho proceeds, whose dur
stion a6,tenure and habitataou u, % sx-
istaut with their measure of success,
whose hass Of operations is ~ change
abis . sNesther cock, and for about
The same reason, ".ships that pass 10 .
nishtY aaA whose only commsndation
II the passing. The other IL that plsss
Of the gsAgs homo known - '''chsreo-
eers" whA infsst the frontier with that
sxaggsR somstimes mistaken for char
acter, and With . wealth Of jawbone and
N abnormal plausibility, that sometimes
puts brains stA discount, and wins out
for the S4npsonian acrobat.
The ''ehAracter" usually has con-
tempt fox hooks, but is educated" In
''other thin9s," he 10 specialist, usually