The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-01-05
STONE WALK TRAILS.
CITY PEDESTRIANS MAKE FOOT
PATHS ALONG arpEwALKs.
Their Peculiar Habit Is % Follow
IA the Footsteps of one AZ
other Ia Thsif Daily
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kf"k" AMM tt& hA k1H Ht~tM 80 AAt 8AMNN
ca each side IL the gidEc sha stone waa
wofu down % a depth 1f Two Inches
The mlilions ~ fest that haa passed
oyfr thar valk IN the ,iSl lsN years had
All apparently fullowed lu aas track
going eouih and tbs oihef Ia Rolne
north The number u people who had
walked il ibe exact center uore Is gsw
that Near GA fhe stone ihege vas hearde.
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The eornef policeman ~hohad plenty
of time and Mas Eifiad wlgh great po~
eFe IL 0bsartatlon. bad Aisn noticed x.
SAYS ihe Chleaxe Tribune
sure thlne. said BE- sYouu und
ths same eundition On every Walk In
the city whore there are such laree
crowda passing each day as thrre arr
here The stnne viii b. Wefn ii title
cutters near The buildings and near the
street. but few of them viii shou ~
eyen wear all OYER the surfaoe. way
il az i'u tell sou. People afe Just iike
ahcep The3 d0u know "a. but The same
is tfae. nevertheless They follow ia
each uthers steps They DO for a fact.
TIA = year aEo that ! noticed hos she
stone there was warn. I wondered ~hy
Il ~aa and began 10 make observations.
4 waa a. loss 10 end the reason for
some time Then 0ne day / noticed q
fellow come around the eurner and
swing out near the edge ul the walk.
Pretty noon another man camc and foi-
lowed square ir bis tracka The nsxi
man and the uext do likewise. Then
It dawnsd nron me that dMy after cav,
week after week. and year aiier year the
people going south along lhls street
have followed. vithpat knowing L. Ia
the exact tracks somebody slse made
Look ~ that groove that's nofn dovn
there u isn't over q foot In Width. %
course the natural thing foF anybody 80
d. ls % keep turning uut 70 the right
when walking but II people we're oniy
Euidea hy that thsy wouldn't step 10
ths steps ot the man who went before
thor = ths extent q wearing a line Ia
TIE ~ emcnt onls i2 inches hroaa
~ ! tsil You the fact IS mar tasre
4 - ssihlns primitive instinct. you
aay if ~ seil cont know 70 mueh
about pri-about what yoa said-but
90 khow = what see from here that
even ma wnman oF child who comes
sione that waik follows the bsaien track
Except the farmcfa- Yoa can tell
man aho b unused 10 the sity b ghe
way Ia uhirh he wandefs iato the mld-
De at thc xaEh rhay mat cut < ges
two lines u people passine one way
and the other. and they frailf lool lone.
some in the eeulef = the Nolt there
b. themselves
Noe. watch cauliuusd he police
man There Is no sxouse for a man
- woman foalowlne that wafu streah
becaase of ths crowd - enything slss
There ls pienit u npm fef ans Haay
% take up the whole uslk 81 oaee.
But ID they "a ftf Watch
A nan came around the eufusf Il
Food pare Hs promptly found his feet
IN ihe uorn place aud wenl down ne
street fulioeins ftp same sith q dlfsfe-
enee = mover more than lae inches
So sega al hs bad Hssssa uag ~ anht
another came ffUm aeross TIE street
TURNED Infn TIE walk aud whiie lhe
policeman taarlicd sslently aith joy.
falloas8 the exact course 81 fhs man
Nho BAD iusI disappeared This sas
fepcalea elfh too great Frequency tn
leave any question Is - ihs fact
Nos eams here said he oflesf
AMI hs ted the aaf % another strsei
Here the Nblk sas new aua entirely
smoath and unvnfn h sny pIaae
Watch tm here uas the order
There Is nafhing faf thsm g follow
hers as there Is 10 Slate street But he
iack of d sell defines line ii she stone
CD uof prevent the nassersbY from fol.
lowing ln The trail u the one who sent
before And always this ifan vas lald
- vas thr nns n State sifeei
lleN absai il noN1 demanded toe
man la hine Amt fiEhf Altar he
peopls 4 this city 81 isasi - manY q
them e zones dowulesn lasi like lot
- """NH NHHAHANNN+ #AHANH#4H " NH#A~
ever Z may hs. and ali aint fhey lIks
sheep r. ihis fssprctEs
fht spgns mAn steua convinced ana
feady g admit that il waA true phen
mar came around ths corner A casual
inspection nl The mar from disisnes
revealed The tact fhet hls hecttle saa
under sae ear one frrusef leE uas
fgilrd bait aas NJ - the knee. ana
eaai was once undoubtedly : reputable
epsra ~ uhs now : spnpisle wfeek.
Ths man sans Ioyoesif and sent dovn
tie street
iiah SAID she foahe man aFxn-
maniaHssiy 9heFes = feiloN hat don't
sep Il fhf trail u lhe othsf people.
There s one man ag least thaf l.nt lils
: sheep
lhe aHifcf mu1diiy naitesa toe man
eend "a fesleas va ffuu eFe tdss *
az eals ip tas other luf sume time
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