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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

The city will occupy the lot re-
cently bought Of G. 5. Fassct,. by
TIE middle Of the month aud will
overhaul the old b'il,iing and fix II
up for the Ore engine which Is OK.
psct~l here by the first Of Sep.
tamber.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

A party OF Monte Vista people
spent Sunday very pleasantly on
Dry creek.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

While driving Sunday l. W.
clark and Miss Grace Wa9gener
met with an accident and we're
compelled to walk two or three
miles,
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

w. A. Magills crops were
damaged some by hail last Friday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
Hano Tunlnx.

Leave word with the under.
signed for piano tuning and ! will
give prompt attention and guar.
antee satisfaction.
It JOHN s. WooDs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
~ ~ 10y q Vls1.

NJ. Jehs Aathias . veil ksowr
saeek dsalse q Pslaskl H.. ssys:
"Aftse ssossisg los evse . vesh
With aax, I'D ~ pA1sisiaa hav.
sng falIsd 70 se,ssvs -. I vas a.
vtssd - ~ Cbsabsslala's Ceais.
CAeesss - DiAsslsea 1sasdv.
ead hese - Dlsaaase q slaaieG
~ thA1o)( 8 - boel1s ssss1
- stlllp NJ ~. 1sss ~
Ween lo oeueoA
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
A jersey CW

giving good rich milk is wanted by
T. A. Brashcar. Call at c. &.
Kerr's real estate Office.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Col. Corlett was in Alamosa
Wednesday night on legal business
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Mrs. Manson aud daughter made
. business trip to Del Norte Fri.
day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

DR.. Chapman will be home fron
the East today (6sturday.)
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

The officers of the Farmers
Union and Prairie ditchcs went
before the county commissioners
Tuesday and succeeded in showing
up the shortcomings of Water
Commissioner Lon Mitchell and
Superintendent Goad, and then
presented a resolution asking the
governor to remove them and ap-
point suitable men in their places.
The board adopted the resolution
with one amendment, and that was
to leave the Office Of superiutend.
ent vacant as being useless.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

The regular examination Of sp-
plicants Tor teachers esrt,6cstes in
Rio 0raads county will b held st
Dol Norte. Friday and Saturday,
August Is and 10. Sessions will
oommsace at 9 O'Clock = N. and
l:l5 p. =. each day.
While in Denver last winter
lobbying for tho removal of the
Soldiers Home, MAJOR French
complained of its sanitary condl-
ton. And yet as soon as he was
relieved as commander no bought
u housc in town as near tho Home
as he could get.
Mexican Pete lost the fight in
Denver last Friday night in the
seventh round when he got ratified
and grabbed his antagonist by the
neck and threw him over his shoul.
ders. Az this il against the rules
the other fellow was declared the
winner on a foul. Pete proved TO
be q good fighter and really tho
better man until he lost his head.
Hon. Cass Carpenter. Of Der.
vcr, was sent to visit the Homo
Wednesday by the q. A. X. and to
report back the awful condition of
things which IN their imagination
existed here. OF course Mr.. Car
pcnter was surprised TO find Monte
Vista a beautiful anil growing
little city and tho Home pleasantly
located in the suburbs, leading to
which is q hard, smooth road for
bicycles and carriages. If there
was anything unpleasant surround
ing tho state institution it was not
noticed by tho keen eyes Of Mr..
Carpenter.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

The bail game at Del Norts
Tuesday between the hone team
and Creeds resulted IN . score of
10 to IL in favor Of Dol Norte.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
Cash Paid.

Cash Paid.
l will pay the highest market
price for wheat, oats and potatoes.
and will furnish sacks. Of6ce
with B. F. Ayen.
JAMES CANPBRLI.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Nm. Baker finished packing
hss goods Wednesday. She will
move 70 Fairfield, Mo-. where her
beotAsr is sagassd 10 business.
AsA Baker will 20 Fast 10 the
sousss q two weeks, or as s,,on -
- 90 straightea up hor lH,sinsss
-.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Atty. Veerkamp has moved his
ofics to the Derbyshire building
on First avenue.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

". d. d. BIoon and wife, Of
0asnst4 wsrs u tpwa MostlAy o.
easlnaA NJ. Dlesa was 90 II
~ eaeU se11lsgs h ~ greet
- - - ~ ~ vAo hsjpsd
- 1G11gs UnIeo -
~ - - snGh
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R. B. Wallace vsnt to Crssds

Senator Bowen was . passenger
ON the up train Friday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Nrs. H. C. Bakers mother left
for Missouri Thursday night.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Atty. Veerkamp has moved bic
Office to the Derbyshire building
on First avenue.
The bail game at Del Norts
Tuesday between the home team
aud Creeds resulted IN . score of
10 70 IL in favor Of Del Norts.
While driving Sunday L. W.
CLARK and Miss Grace Wsegener
met with an accident and we're
compelled to walk two or three
miles,
Representatives OF the Shotwell,
Heckler and johnson families
started out Wednesday ON q few
days berrying expedition in the
foot hills.
Bart Beckwith came homo from
Creede Sunday night. He says
the Creedmore restaurant where
he has been working has been
closed by the sheriff.
Mrs. Monroe delightfully."- enter
tanned number of young people
Tuesday evening, the event being
in honor of Miss Mabel Clay of
Denver. Miss Clay left Wedncs-
day for a visit with friends in
Creole.
One of our farmers north of tho
river informs us that one source Of
the introduction of the Russian
thistle into the valley is in alfalfa
He says he cannot convince his
stock that the thistle is proper
article for fodder.
Surveyor W. H. Cochran in
tends to open a mining brokerage
Office at Del Norte in connection
with his surveying. lie will ham
die mining stocks in connection
with the Pueblo and Colorado
Spr n % stock exchanges,
Friends of J. NJ. Brashcar ten
dcrcd him birthday surprise
party ut the johnson residence
Wednesday evening. A large
number of beautiful presents were
received, but our space will not
permit Of their enumeration.
At the meeting of the school
board Thursday night Miss Mcrtic
Porter was elected principal Of the
high school to fill u vacancy and
Miss Florence Fitzpatrick was
chosen to fill Miss Porter's place.
J. W. Whitehead was employed to
calsomine the ceiling and to do all
necessary repairs on the school
building. The trees 10 the school
yard are to be properly trimmed
and the grounds put into present
able appearance. c. e. Andes has
been elected janitor.
The business men Of Monte
Vista met Wednesday to consider
the needs Of the inmates Of
the Home and to provide ways
and means for keeping the vet.
Grams comfortable until tho
State can come to their rescue.
Of the counties IN the State
have reported favorabIy on the
proposition TO look after the vel.
fare Of tho men from their own
territory and the indications being
favorable for an extra session Of
the legislature to provide for all
the third class institutions. our
business men, without q dissenting
voice, voted TO each do his part,
with the assistance Of the counties,
to take care Of tho boys until the
State shall do its duty ny them.
So that thcrc is no danger Of any
OF the inmates being turned out, ~
the Post fears, to starvc or become
dependent upon their friendA
Neither will any of them be showed
into a pOOrhousc ut Dcnvcr-''the
center Of population and civiIiza-
tion."
One of the leading social events
OF the season was . musicale q The
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Representatives Of the Shotwell,
Heckler and johnson families
started out Wednesday ON q few
days berrying expedition in the
foot hills,
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Tho Rev. w. B. Costley, Of
Stockbridge, Ga, while attending
70 his pastoral duties at Ellenwood,
that state, vas attacked BY cholera
morbua He says: "By chance /
happened 10 get bold d . bottle
Of Chamberlain's Coils, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and l
think It was the means Of saving
my life. It relieved mo at once.' u
For sale BY I. W. Rice and The
Weiss Chapman Drug Co
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Bart Beckwith came homo from
Creede Sunday night. He says
the Creedmore restaurant whore
he has been working has been
closed by the sheriff.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

DysPspsia oaa b 0assd b Using Aaksr's
Dyspspsss Tablets. One little Tsl,3ss
will give inosdists rslise oe money 70
fuedsd. 6old In handsons Tin hoxss at
Is ots. !. w. Rics, druersG.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
ITEMS a. INTEREST.
nsle Dusosas.

1slAons q III sisas and styles
aade 70 osdse isoa phoAogrepha
q prices y eaie ~ Nnsa ba3p.
~ can b seea q Troateettsr's.
3psfu WfHFRsHurx.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Mrs. Monroe delightfully."- enter
tanned number of young people
Tuesday evening, the event being
in honor Of Miss Mabel Clay Of
Denver. Miss Clay left Wedncs-
day for a visit with friends in
Creole
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
Dr.. Fulton. Homeopath.

1hs Ladies Library has received
Z nav lit Of choice books
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12
Pastsrase.

Good pasture for 100 head oi
cattle or horses.
Ct 8. ". g WooDs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

One of our farmers north of tho
river informs us that one source Of
the introduction of the Russian
thistle into the valley is in alfalfa
He says he cannot convince his
stock that the thistle is a proper
article for fodder.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

One of the leading social events
Of the season was . musicale q The
home OF Dr.. and Mrs. W. h
Vaudeville Saturday evening
given in honor Of W. s Late ol
Denver. The aoral dscosatsoes
we're proluss aud tastseui. and sach
number wss well rendered and
heartily enjoyed. NJ. and Nm.
Vaudeville ars thoroughly vsssssl
10 entertaining snd posssss ths
happy fsculty of making svsryoas
feel at home. Below ~ give the
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-12

Hsssg y Lsaa
:. o. ssss-s'as 'sssA psopessy - . ssa
" ~ cat o. L. Pssaos.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

u II RS. GRUNDY has been book
UWW browsing. or rather Mrs.
4 W y Grundy has been lolling in
q ~ y libraries. Mrs. Grundy has
not even cast half an eye on the book
shelves, reserving both her orbs for
the Lady of the Library.
Mrs. Grundy does not approve of the
Lady of the Library. Mrs. Grundy be-
lieves in giving her thoughts voice, and
Society. plural number, common gen
der, believes in lending an ear to Mrs.
Grundy. FastidiOus Mrs. Grundyl
Fortunate Society! Foolish Lady of
the Library
Mrs. Grundy disdains Sugar-coatiDg.
Her criticisms must leave bitter
taste in the mouth of the Lady of the
Library. Not that Mrs. Grundy has
spoken directly to that yOun6 person.
That would be against the ethics of her
art of covert criticism. She has
breathed the whisper and womens
clubs and congresses and mothers
meetings and sewing circles are ring
ing loud with the subject.
Mrs. Grundy has taken library eX-
cursions before. She fumigated them
with the antiseptic of Indignation. AS
a result the shelves We're pruned of the
fruits Of the pen that Mrs. Grundy de-
Clared not fit. Then Mrs. Grundy took
to fields fresh, and the libraries
thought they were struck off her call
ing list.
The supply of material for tongue
wagging has been we'll up to the de-
mand, so it cannot be for want of a
better target that Mrs. Grundy has
again opened fire on the Libraries.
Mrs. Grundy has given notice to the
Lady of the Library. She will either
have to obey Mrs. Grundy's p's and as
or suffer Mrs Grundy's gossip.
Mrs. Grundy says libraries are sup
posed to be places to read in or to OBJ
tain reading matter from.
Granted, Mrs. Grundy, But who
under the heavens ever thought they
were designed for anything else?
To which Interrogation Mrs. Grundy
shrugs her shoulders and elevates her
eyebrows. Done into Queens English
this sign language means that libraries
are more than places to read in or from
which to obtain reading matter
You can see for yourselves" says
Mrs. Grundy.
You can. On any day except the Sab
bath, at any library excepting none. At
any hour, but more especially near the
hours when the human family plies the
knife and fork.
You'll be able to fill up Mrs. Grundy's
blank.
You'll discover that libraries are
places to read, to obtain reading mat
ter from and to keep appointments
with friends. And you'll likewise
learn that the friend of the Lady of
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THE LADY OR THE TIGER.

One would scarcely go to the noun
tairs of West Virginia to find even so
much as semblance to the story of
"The Lady or the Tiger" but | came
very nearly doing it on one occasion. [
had been invited, largely as recogni-
tion of my position as the representative
of the biggest timber firm in the section,
to attend a mountain dance, and | was
there having as good a time as man
can have who doesn't dance, even the
old-fashioned quadrilles and that kind
At the moment in question / was sit
ting out a dance" with the prettiest
mountain girl of the whole neighborhood,
and l was mildly jollying her about not
being married She was "a, which is old
maidhood in the mountains, except in the
case of very pretty girls, of whom there
are very few among the mountaineers.
II could marry eff | wanted to, l reck-
on she said, with a shake of her head.
''Yes, there's Jim Mullins. He wants
you. Why don't you marry him? 1
asked with little more directness than
might have characterized my utterances
in a more conventional atmosphere.
HUH she shifted. "Jim's red headed
and freckliern a turkey aig.
John Horgan isn't. What's the matter
with John? I'm sure he would have you
quick enough If he could get you; 80
blushing a little. Anyhow, 1 don't want
John. He walks bias-like, ez eff he was
cross-eyed In the feet
well there's Sam Hodgkin. Sans a
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brary by the gilt-lettered sign. The
artist and this incredulous scribe were
there to verify Mrs. Grundy.
A gray-haired gentleman with the
manners of a Chesterfield and the brow
of a Macaulay sat down at the maga-
Uttered table. His eyes frequently
deserted the printed page for the clock,
A girl with beautiful golden hair at 90
cents a bottle IS for large one. en-
tered. She apclogetically took in the
clock and the gentleman and in
stage whisper informed him that she
couldn't make it any sooner" They
left the library, followed by every eye
in the room. a girl TO the left of me
whispered to a neighbOr:
Don't you know who he is? Oh, yes,
he is, / know all the family. He's a
dreadful tiirt if he is a graybeard.
We settled back to our books, but
with the alert air of ready for the next.
We did not have to wait long, At the
end of the table sat a girl in a brown
tailor made, her neck sWathed closely
in white, her head held high with the
air to the manner born. \ dapper youth
sauntered in. He bowed with feigned
surprise to the tailor made goddess.
Are you going my way" she quer-
led, as she Immediately rose and gath
cred her parcels.
Why. yes" said the youth wise be
yOnd his years.
For by the hearing of my auricular
appendages l swear that she did not
mention in which direction her path
lay. Can il be that he was previously
informed and that their meeting was
not as accidental as they would have
had US believe?
For a time it looked as though the
library was settling down to the bust
ness for which its founders intended it.
Girls with lunch baskets entered and
took the stairs to the lunchrOOm which
the directors have thOughtfully pre-
Vided. People came and went with
their books. None of the human fix
lures had the eXpectant air of await
ing any particular arrival
My glance wandered toward the
artist fuZzy-headed girl with an
open volume of the Duchess" before
her was regarding him with a simpeI
worthy of her faVOTite heroine. What
might have been the budding of ro-
nance in their young lives was rudely
spoiled by the entrance of masculine
sprig in a high-higher-ch EN- col
lar. the starchy height of which won
sweet siXteen's fancy from our artist
friend.
We left the library to return again
at 4 o'clock. A girl in a black taffeta
gown, ruffled to the waist, rustled in
just ahead of US.
Hello, Amelia" said a friend to the
be-ruffled sylph.
From where I sat Amelia's profile
was good to look upon. Hair, blacker
than "Carter's jet black" and aquiline
nose and a cheek of creamy whiteness.
AT twenty minutes past four he came.
Just on time, Louis" said Amelia to
the young man, who impatiently
twirled the black down on his upper
lin while she replaced the book which
she had been industriously reading up
side down.
They're engaged" announced the
friend" in a voice intended for the
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good fellow and would make good hus-
band.
'iP'raps he would-fer some other lady.
but not fer me. Sans ugly. enough to
make mule bray. I've seed him do IL
by jist lookin' over the fence
"How's the school teacher? He isn't
so bad looking, is he?"
What: that long. ganglin'', whopper-
jawed thing? Why, l wouldn't marry
him if he was the last man on earth.
Finding it rather difficult to satisfy this
fastidious mountain maid from the selec-
tions ! was making, l became trifle
more personal.
We'll" 1 said with some effusion,
"since none of these will suit you, how
do you think l would answer"
Goodness sakes, colonel! she eX-
claimed with the naivete of nature, "ef
I married as nice a lookin man ez you
air. leavin' all them others livin round
here handy. I'd be a wilder afore three
months. shore"
1t was a compliment that ] could not 90
otherwise than recognize. and at the same
time 1t was very embarrassing. and I
don't know what would have happened if
1t had not been for the opportune arrival
of her partner for the next dance.-Wash-
ingtOn Star.
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LUCK OF EDEN-HALL.

The original poem entitled ''The Luck
of Eden-Hall," writes Arthur Guiterman
in the New York Times, is the work or
neither INLAND nor Longfellow, but is
composition of ]. H. Wiffen of London,
member of the Society of Friends, whose
first work was published In 1872. The
poem is spirited ballad of f1fty-two
stanzas, and describes the rape of the
talismanic goblet from a fairy banquet
by the good Lord Musgrave. Toward its
conclusion the ballad runs:
Joy to thy banner. bold Sir Knight!
But If your goblet break and fall.
Farewell thy vantage in the fight.
Farewell the luck Of Eden-Hal!,
Good fortunes still the Musgrave's thrall.
Hail to his vantage In the fight!
All hail the luck Of Eden-Hall!
moralzng which is the ruin of much good
poetry. took the unwarrantable liberty OF
breaking the-lucky goblet. which 1s: In
fact, still whole, and annihilating the MUS
graves. who still flourish. A poet has no
more right TO pervert an established po-e
etical legend than historian mas 70 raj
sify history and Uhland's poem had bet-
ter never have been written or at least
should have been allowed by Longfellow.
to remain in German literature alone
where il could not be confronted and con-
tradicted by the true legend. ! am sorry
TO hear that the translation is constd-
cred zone of Longfellow's most exquisite
and popular poems" l have always con.
adhered it very weaks
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opposite. A girl whose claim to beauty
lies in a wisp of chestnut hair and
pair of frank blue eyes that meet you
squarely. 'Howdy-do," said fresh
young voice. and the frank blue eyes
smiled welcome. Come on home with
me and I'll let you pay car fare"
Sorry, Ethel, but 1 can't. I'm wait
ing for mamma" So the owner of the
fresh young voice departed, and the
blue eyes bent over the books on the
stand facing the outer window.
Some one passed by The girl with
the frank blue eyes looked up with
nod of recognition and hastily went
out.
Mamma" was more than divinely
tall, at least six feet in socks. Nam
ma. wore q gray suit with trousers
freshly creased, derby, and carried
cane.
O, frank blue eyes,
1 went to the Mercantile Library with
Polly Pry. Polly lives around the cor
ner and is a juvenile edition of Town
Topics" for the square block. Her Wis
its. to the neighbors usually cause
squan in the tea caddy She has the
brutal candor of precoCiOus fourteen,
short skirts, and a pigtail. She spends
not a few of her afternoons at the
library. I knew that nothing there had
escaped the greed of her graygreen
eyes.
I felt dig from her sharp elbow.
See that girl over there, the one with
the dinky KnOX?"
I happened to know the girl but
held my peace.
Every time she comes" continued
this past grand mistress of the argot of
the hour. she meets a fellow and he
walks home with her-Ive followed
them. He's dead swell, and I've got an
awful crush on him myself"
The dead swell" arrived. He proved
to be the brother of the girl with the
"dinky Knox Polly Pry looked
triAe disconnected when 1 informed her.
Wouldn't that make you sick?" said
Polly Pry a little later. pointing to a
giggIing group at the farthest end of
the library. Three young girls were
ogling over the tops of their books
powerless youth who blushed with
maidenly cOyness. The boy finally beat
retreat a few minutes later two Of
his sex holdeT than he exchanged their.
books and then made for the three
graces. The quintet departed for the
nearest soda fountain, for the word
'icecream'' StTayed in our direction.
An unusually sharp prod from Polly
Pry's crazy-bone made me look up with
an 'Ow," | had seen the act before in
another setting with slight variations.
Enter young man +. d., and ap-
proaches girl table c. Girl looks up and
they snake Hands.
Young man: Am l very late?"
(takes out his watch).
Girl (piclIing up gloves from chair)
Il thought you weren't coming"
NJ Gakes her coat from chair r and
helps her on with iD: You knew 1
would come!"
G. (viciously Strengthening out books
on table c.): I've been waiting ages
and ages
NJ (handing her purse from chair |.
and handkerchief from chair |. back):
Never mind; we'll have good din
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home. $50 many of the girls and boys
from the High School go on Saturday
afternoon to hunt up the history alb
stracts. It's lots Of fun flirting with
each other"
/ wandered into the reference room of
the Free Library at the City Hall. A
young man. bristling with energy and a
football bang, looked familiar. We
were mutually delighted, etc, etc. He
informed me that he was digging up
material for thesis on the isns of
some ology or other. Working for my
degree at college-M. A, you know"
Quoth he.
l informed him that l was digging UP
material on the Lady of the Library.
He forgot his thesis and gave me the
benefit of his observations.
IT'S funnier than the college min
strels," he said. Not in this room, you
know. They're all old buffers in here
who like solid reading or else they're
the victims of parental ambition like
myself But cross the way the girly-
girlies read Laura Jean Libby and ex-
change glances with the small boys
who are not too deep in the Peanut
Butchers Revenge.
Young things. you know, at the silly
age We've probably all been there.
Their older sisters go them one better
in the art Of flirting if they can find
subject Not much like the coed in the
college library. Ell? The girls here who
do it are so terribly crude.
Now and then a Lady Gay happens
in. There are a lot of grottoes and
places around here, and if she thinks
her Beau Brummel may keep her wait
ing on the sidewalk she has him meet
her there.
'There was one in the other day She
came straight up to me. ] had my back
to her, and she put her hand on my
shoulder. She wasn't q thing but sur
prised when she found out twas the
wrong fellow. Nice-looking girl, too.
You should have seen the man who
met her Don't see how she could have
made the mistake. He was-well, COM
mon, to put it lightly.
" L don't see why you don't go in and
sit down there and wait for me instead
Of making me come uD here he said
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pher and several other things to boot
escorted me to the elevator. AS we
passed through one of the outer rooms
a girl whispered. II knew she was go
ing to meet somebody"
All of this would seem to prove that
libraries are places for meeting ones
friends and only incidentally to read
in or to obtain reading matter from.
Which is not the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. For
be it understood, at Mrs. Grundy's sug-
gestion. we searched for certain spe-
cies of the Lady of the Library, and to
give Mrs. Grundy her due we found the
species in large numbers.