The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11
WHAT NEIGHBORS DO
Letters Full Of Interesting News Note.
From Many Country Points.
PAMPA

The holidays are past, aud the stu.
dents from the different colleges. who
were home to spend their vacation with
relatives and friends, have returned to
their studies
Christmas proceedings in Pampa were
as usual, a perfect success. The school
house and Christmas tree we're decorated
to perfection and the tree almost
groaned with it's load of presents-not
cheap toys, of those there we're few-but
presents that cost dollars, useful as we'll
as ornamental. What a contrast be
tween Cleveland and Mckinley holidays.
New Years eve about 20 young peonle
OF Pampa and vicinity met at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Plowman and
amused themselves with games and
charades until the clock chimed the de-
parture of the nineteenth century and
the beginning OF the twentieth. Then
all took refreshments. Afterward. a few
more games were played; all babe alden
to host and hostess, with thanks for
their hospitality and with happy New
lear TO all. They expressed themselves
as well pleased with the entertainment
New Years day it commenced showing
ana by evening there had, perhaps, three
fhprp
was an entertainment at the Rock
school house, and as the people of that
locality are noted for their hospitality
and good entertainment, three couples
OF Pampa's most prominent young geo
pie concluded they would have a nice
sleigh ride and hitched team to a two
horse sleigh. They started for the Rock
school house, ten miles away; but Oh,
the disappointment; the snow was light
and not settled. The sleigh Rugged the
ground. The poor horses, dragged
along, by the sympathetic young Deo-
pie walking up the bills and resting
themselves going down, got there. bnt
too late for the good warm supper But
there is always enough for one more st
the Rocks entertainments and the
young people partOOk of a plentiful re
past, and after enjoying themselves for
short time, started on their return
home, but came to grief. About four
miles from Pampa the sleigh broke
down, and there they sat. The cold
wintry blasts howled around them
They knew not what to do for some
time. Finally one young gallant came
to the rescue by saying, 81 will take the
team, go some place, get some kind of a
rig and get back as soon as the Lord
will let me. Stay here and do the best
you can until | return" Mr.. H. was
awakened from his slumbers by a hideOus
noise. He arose and went to the door
and was accOsted with: "Mr. II we
have broken down and want rig to
get home in" Mr.. H. pointed to an old
twO-wheeled cart which he bitches to
when hunting coyotes. The young man
hltched up and started back, but struck
the trail before reaching the wreck, but
turned and followed in hot pursuit, over
taking his fellow sufferers about one
mile from the wreck and three miles from
Pampa. Then they all got in the cart,
the three young ladies in the seat, and
the three young men in front, with their
1eet hanging over. they reached their
homes and thus ended the first sleighine
in Pampa in 1901.
We are having nice winter weather
here the snow is about four inches deep
and everybody comes to town in sleghs.
MIR. and Mrs. J. NJ Camp were in
Pampa OD business last Friday.
Frank Young and Arthur Logsdon of
La Crosse were doing Pampa last week
There has been an epidemic of bad
colds in this place. 1t is going the
rounds, but does not appear to be
serious
Mrs. Mary Taylor, whose residence is
one mile east of Pampa, who went to
spend the holidays with her relatives
near Spokane, took sick Christmas
night, and the last heard from her was
still in bed,