Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1903-10-23
ll(noskabo!ut ; letss
81. PERSONS AND THINGS ~
As Seen by Gath.

Il A fellow started howl with us
the other day. A howl is the latest
slang for the less elegant slang of
kicking. The trouble originated
over the fact that he had orderd the
Daily Inter Ocean and has failed to
get it. We don't mind those kind of
howls for we can always fix them up
and they rather make us feel good.
When the people don't care whether
they get the paper or not, it is q
pretty fair indication that they care
but little about it. But when they
howl it's like the boy who cries be-
cause he didn't get his share Of pie.
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The unmitigated gall of some peo-
pie is past finding out. The other
day as we passed along the street we
observed a carriage coming down
another street at a sweeping speed,
and ut The same time young lady
who was crossing the street had to
break into Lou Dillon trot in order
to escape being run down. The
driver passed with his noise elevated
as though he was enjoying the de-
lightful sensation of five cent drunk
and a cabbage leaf cigarette. Of
course he felt his Importance and
would not have exchanged places with
I Roosevelt.
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Gath has seen number of the
literary productions of one of Ramsey
county bright young people that de-
serve large amount Of praise. Now,
dom send in all the poetry you can
dash Oft, for we draw the line at that.
But these productions merely written
as past time, show marked literary
ability. One of the best studies of
Abraham Lincoln we have seen for a
long time is among the collections
The style is that happy, flowing one
that leads you on whether you will or
not, always expecting something to
drop. And something does oc-
casionally drop-a brilliant gem of
purest ray serene. When this future
George Elliot becomes famous just
remember that Gath discovered the
unpublished diamond, and we can say,
II told you so. = IA
We got a letter from a friend down
south the other day Here is one sen
tence from it. ST suppose you are
now wearing furs and walking
through three feet of snow That's
about the idea the average eastern an6
southern man has of this country.
They think it freezes ice up here ir
July SO that you can skate pr.viding
von can stand the cold. It is some
thing Of a mystery wele those wllG
ideas originate. 1t is the genera
opinion that when man locates il
what is termed the west, he soon &C
quires the Annanias habit so strongl.
that ne does not even believe himsel
and when he tells his eastern friend
that man can be comfortable " ith
out an overcoat in October they pas
him up. With all the booming don
by western land agents AMI wester
newspapers his idea has never bee
eradicated from the minds of tb
people.
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Gath saw one of the funniest thin
the other day that crosses the path
tired newspaper man A fellow an
his best girl We're sharing peach bit
and bite about Looked like the
were desperately in love Should the
te, and the usual silly course adopte
by people n lcve be pursued, "
would like to see that peach chewil
affair reproduced ten years aft
Things would be changed as much
they were in "Locksley Hall
Instead of the yum, yum busine
it would be UNI UNI Instead Of sa,
ing ''Give me bite, love-" it wou]
be, ''Get my dinner, you old hen
Instead OF ''Take bite, darling, =
would be 'Get bucket of water, W
lazy hulk Don't need any stra
vote on this question Experience h
and will prove 1t
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We saw bridal couple the 9th
day-just about like all bridal cospl
badly IN love. They were II
giving the world at large that d
1nonstration of their new relation tn
is SO often characteristic of new
married couples She was not t1eckil
small pieces of dirt from his lapel
faint witnesses of recling heads-n
was she wearing that heavenly smi
SO common to people in her positit
the look that SO eloquently say
'sJust look at the handsome mar
have landed While in fact