The times., 1901-03-10
As Near Perfection Frontier
Town Can Wen Be.
(From the New York sun-)


It has been for years a source Of eX-
treme Qualifications matter of continu-
Gus OugratulatiOn-that we nave
been permitted to spend the greater Iart
Of our life in a town that is never coarse,
vulgar or siomicky. In early days II was
not unfashionable TO SNUFF the candle, at
bed time, with q revolver, but the reEOl-
yer was always silVer-mOunted, ana IL
was not considered impOlite for one TO
ride into a saloon and take one drinks
on horseback, for when people were IN a
big hurry, they didn't have time 10 dis
mount and hitch-between drinks. Nhen
So looms were going, while other towns
had half a dozen, Ell Dorado had but one
or two. 1t has from the first absorbed
its stimulants, but it always did 1t quietly
and i'm moderation. and II always gets lhe
very best to be had. If II is wine 1T Is
the native product or the purest OF Bur
gundy.
The town has always played poker. but
it does it on carpeted floors, with genuine
ivory chips while the high art pictures on
/ the walls are sufficiently draped so as not
to offend the eye Of the stranger. The
town was never a fOur-husher.
Another cOmmendable characteristic OF
the place is that ii is clean. 1t never neg
/ lects to regularly wash and scrub itself
! and change it's lingerie or its linen While
it seeks first the kingdom of heaven. it
! gets itself ready to be . successful seeker
! by a vigorous application of soap and
] water. DTummeTS say the town buys
more high-priced soap than any other
/ dresses well but il feeds artiStically as
! well as scientifically. In fact II IS a
place where truffies. caviar, tabasco,
/ Roquefort and chafing dishes are the reg
ular thing.
/ No Gulf products are ever sold here;
black bass shad bluetish, and blue points
/ from the North 90 readily. Helo|iShr
reddish stringy beef is never hung in the
! butchers stalls; spring pullets sans pedi-
! gree remain uncalled for and the FL Do
rado skillet is never creased when the
| charcoal broiler can be substituted, and
/ when it Is creased 1t is with the home
! product tested. Inspected and O. I'd by
/ the Oldest and most experienced judges OF
/ the art Of sensible and polite feeding. IN
| church. club and society life the piCty
/ briiliancy and refinement on parade Is
| phenomenal.
Eliminate a few people-a very few
! ueOpIe-and q pocketbOOk fun Of bills
! dropped anywhere on the street would be
! returned TO it's owner in an hour. Elimi-
| nate a very few people and the banks
| would need no time locks. public and prl-
! yate buildings no locks or keys
! Eliminate "A few people-a precious few
! and the 1900 remaining would not only
/ daily and hourly live up to a strict con
! StIuctiOn Of the golden rule, but would
| at the same time acknowledge the faih-
/ erhoOd of God and the brotherhood OF
| man And peradventure there be few
/ remaining who cannot or VIII not live uT
/ to the high ideals daily set by their fel
| lOw-c citizens and will not be good, should
! we be called hence no sooner do we cross
the river Styx than we shall make it our
/ p!casurable duty 10 call the attention oi
tho saint At the gate with the keys to the
| unblcssed town from which we so re-
! luctaHtlv took passage. dwelling enthu-
! siastically and at length upon the fact
/ that il was born, nurtured and matured
| IN ciTcumsCribed millennium, where the
! devil was never unclaimed or ever per
mittCd 20 roam around seeking whom he
/ might deyour; where. in fact, he can
/ never put NJ claim that he was ever
/ accorded even standing
| or course il is to us n nevcr-euding JOY
| 10 be permitted 10 live I'm such a lovely
! town. We have no ambition to go else
/ whore. no desire for life In big city. w
! do, however. have an ever-pUeseut wish
/ that the town shall go to 5000 or 5000
/ that is. provided they are Of the same
! character and standing of those who art
already here.