The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-17
HE WASN'T U RPRISED
COUSIN JARED HAD BEEN TO
GRIGGSVILLE.


SAolmit wished Cousin Jared good
night, although it was good hour into
the morning, ana then tiptoed to his
own room To find Mrs Sac NIT await
ing him in dressing gown and slippers.
u thought | would sit up for you,
dear, she said Il was so anxious to
hear all about it, Did you give him a
good time? | suppose this one day
will supply him with something to
talk about for the rest OF his life,
lust Wish could have been with you"
Shemit grinned, rather ruefully. Il
wish you could have been" he said.
Just think" exclaimed Mrs. Shell
nit. After living 30 years away out
in that little corner Of the world D.
to all the whirl and wonders of the
city, | can just imagine how he look.
ed
You cant, said Sholmt.
Indeed | can. | know now h. felt
too. can remember my first visit to
town when | was little child. | was
crazy with the excitement of it"
Jared wasn't said her husabnd.
NO, he doesn't look oxcitable, but
he must have been impressed"
Not particle" said Shelmit. Il
had an idea that he would be myself,
but you see Jared has been to Griggs-
vile four times. Once he stayed there
a week, He's blase, Is jared
Shelmit~ having united his shoes
and taken off his coat, threw himself
into willow rocker and sighed.
Where in the world is Griggsvile?"
asked Mrs. Shclmit. And what has
Griggsylle got 10 do with it,"
"Griggsyille," said Shelmit, lis just
about the liyeliest little burg in the 7
United States. It's the county seat OF
Hopkins and Hopkins logical center,
Where did you take him.
Showed him around downtown
State street reminded him OF Griggs
vile ON Saturday afternoon. 'lou
take it when all the farmers are in
TO do their trading on Saturday and
things hum. We've got normal pop
ulation OF clost on IT, 5000 anyway.
Did you take him up the elevator /
in the Masonic temple? You know
asked you to"
Certainly, but they've got an ele.
yator that runs by city water power
in the Jones house in GriggsvilIe
There's a sIap-up hotel, the Jones
house"
The ideal"
9TH FaJoraI I,,fIj;rf, 1lri.a, sra,1 4
deal like the courthouse in Grigga
Vile. It's got coopilow on 1t a good
deal the same, only the Griggsyille
structure is composed OF brick-red
brick. Cost a little more than stone
would have, but when Griggsyille
starts to do a thing it does it up
brown, regardless of expense "
How perfectly ridiculous you are!
RE didn't say all that
He said a good deal more, but
can't recollect it all | got him on the
LaSalle street tunnel though. The
best he could do was to tell ME about
the Limestone ridge and he had to
admit that there wasn't a river on top
)f that. We went through the tunnel
On the way to Lincoln park. He
bought we ought to be getting around ,
10 electric cars. They have electric
,ars in Griggsville-fou of them
rhey run from Higgins dairy farm to
he normal school. He thought the
library might be all right
when they got the back part built on
o it,
Did he like the park?
why. yes, it was right pretty
There's quite a park in the city hall
quare in Griggsville. Fountain right
n the middle OF it and grand stand
md flower beds. The city pays 1--WE
men who do nothing else but chore \
round in that park. Evenings it's .
.reat place for the boys and girls t.
walk around in. When the band boys
LAY most everybody turns out. Il G
ooks gay, tell YOU The animals t
we're sort of interestin. You ought .
0 have seen the menagerie Dingalings {
,rought to GriggsVlle. There wa! ]
most every animal you could think OF &
The seals were trained-thcse seals
int, are they? Mrs. Levi Gaines. the
ankers wife in Griggsville has got
ne of these conseryatories-hc ar !.
y steam in the winter.
Was there u Lake Michigan in y
Wen no-not what you might call =
lake, but Bob Tracy has got fish Il
ond that's no SLOUGH. I tell you
tocked it up with German carp. too
wanted to take him out to the stock
ards. but when he told me about 81 .
Warmers abattnir and cold-storagc :
liant out By the cattle pens on the =
;. d. d W. side track ! thought il =
-ould be an old story to him. They !,
van had strike at Griggsville. Al :,
he hands in the sugar-beet factory :,
,ent out and two OF EN- damned the
own marshal IN = rumpus that they