The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-31
OBSERVATIONS
By Stub

II
He came home from his work one day
A-coughin';
And all that night in bed he lay
A-coughin';
He thought it fun, and with grin
He said, "IIl soon be out ag'in,"
He was, but when he came twas In
A coffin.
Happy is the man who can adapt
himself to tie existing order of things.
Why does G. s. resemble mirror?
Because he casts a great many rehec-
lions.
Most people think gossip has
wheels because she has a Vaughn
tongue.
A tourist i'm California was robbed
while praying. That person will prob
ably leave his valuables in safety de-
post vault hereafter when attending
to his devotions
The politicians these days are very
busy making candidates for the presi-
dency. The district attorney at St..
Louis is also busy selecting legislators
for the penitentiary.
When man ceases to voice others
opinions, and gets himself out of the
prevailing rut, and thinks for himself,
and has opinions of his own, he is re-
garded as eccentric.
The Wabasha Herald says: "Cellu-
loid roses were responsible for the lat
est theatre fire in Chicago. This is an
other argument against the ceIluleid
collar" That ought to set the rubber
neck to Illuminating.
I wonder what has become of the,
mirrors Devil?" Perhaps he is de-
bonair, and this being leap year, he has
taken to the woods for fear the fair
ones will make him admit that he is a.
rather singular young man.
Minnesota has made great strides in
the way of Development in the last half
century. 1t is but AZ years since the
first railroad was finished in the state,
and that railroad was only ten miles in
length. 1t is indeed true that a man
lives more in year at this period than
his ancestors lived in ten a hundred
years ago.
All their lives some men strive to
say or do something amusing while
others just naturally can't help being
funny. The former always remind
me of person who has acquired a
somewhat uncomfortable jag and is
always butting in and trying to mo-
nopolize the conversation of those
around him to their great disgust.
The latter have drollery that is in
imitable and are continual source of
diversion to their many friends.
| believe it is customary at an initiaI
performance of any kind to indulge in
few explanatory remarks. AS this is
practically my debut in the intricacies
of pencil pushing, will ask the other
members of the push to tolerate my
inanities until get onto the hang of
the thing. In the course of few
years 1 hope to dish up something
readable if not digestible. So if am
not "trun on de floor an de sawdust
kicked outen my 'natomy" will en-
deavor to repeat this first appearance
in the literary ring.
Mob law in the United States ought
to be stopped. It is shame and dis
grace to the country. The people who
participate in such demonstrations are
rank towards. They do in numbers
what they fear to do as individuals.
Like wolves, they are fierce and blood
thirsty only when they congregate in
packs, but when alone they stink away
and hide themselves, like the ours they
are. The only way to effectively end
the cowardly performances is for the
authorities to hunt down every man
jack of mob and send him to prison.
This only will have salutary effect
on those who are so blood-thirsty that
they take delight in committing MUIR