The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-16
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures.
HEARD AT WASHINGTON
Anecdotes Told of Prominent Representatives of
the People at the National Capital

way 10 the courtroom when he fell on
the Icy pavement. A lawyer who prac-
ticed before the Judge went to his as
sistance and asked:
Il trust your honor is not hurt?"
No. by CAD. sir. my honor is not
furt. but my head is, and don't want
any sympathy, either. SIR"
Senator Blackburn gives this good
story about "heaping Goals Of fire."
heard of fellow in my state who
was rather quarrelsome, and made his
home anything but pleasant. His
vile, II is said. was a good deal of a
vixen. and one of the church ladies'.
full OF charity and the doctrine of the
law of kindness. attempted to recon
Gle the disturbed. family.
The peace-making lady called at
the home OF the fussy family. and ad-
dressing the better half said:
Now, my dear lady. how much
pleasanter 1t would be II you and
your husband would live together with
out these family jars. Your children
would be happier. and these ugly sto-
r.es about frequent quarrels would
eN"o's IL may We TINT yOu dlt nut
altogether blameless in this matter.
Suppose you try to find out what the
law of kindness practiced toward your
husband will do in effecting a recon-
Citation. II certainly can do no harm
and you may succeed in touching the
tenoer chords of his heart. and he may
renew his old affections. You should
try II, and IL you do not succeed you
will at least heap Goals of fire on his
head
I don't know about Goals OF fire.
was the answer. but I've tried bilin'
water. and 1t didn't do bit of good"
Anything in the river and harbor
bill for me?" Representative Beidler
asked Chairman Burton.
mot dollar" Mr.. Burton answered.
you're almost as candid as two
friends of mine in Cincinnati. One OF
them went to friend and borrowed
81 1000 The next day he failed with
long list OF preferred creditors.
You're a fine friend" said the lend
err, going up to the borrower. Here
you have my $1,000 and am not even
in the list of preferred creditors
''Oh. that's all right. old man." an
swered the borrower. You know now
that you won't get anything and the
others won't know It for two years"
Superintendent Elliott Woods OF the
capitol. is trying to pull down the
scores of houses that cucumber the
site of the proposed Senate once
building. He has great difficult. In
irducing the occupants Of thtse
houses to decamp. Friday was set as
the time of departure for couple OF
colored families. and a man was sent
from Mr.. Woods office to see that the
houses were vacated as per agree
ment. The occupants in both cases
were negroes.
''Fo' de good lawd's sake was the
answer made by an old colored woman
in the first of the houses visited, go
back and ask dat obstacle (officiaD in
de state house eff he doan't know dat
dis day am Friday, and dat my old
man would never get another days
work eff we moved out afore termor.
row mawning."
Use all packed up to CO." said the
old colored man in the second house.
AN Use been holdin' rabbits foot in
my han all de mawning, but TO
Gawd / can't leave on Friday"
Mr.. Woods granted his superstit!ors
tenants little grace. but they had to
be out OF the houses before Monday
morning.
lis Representative Dove Of Rich
mond in?" asked two well dressed
women of one of the House doorkeep-
ers.
There is no Representative Dove"
answered. the door keeper. after lock-
ing over the list.
Maybe you mean Representative
Lainb?" he suggested. He is from
Richmond. Va"
That's him. said one of the WON
en-. I'VE knew 1T was some peaceful
sort OF a name"
'T'll not introduce any more bills
until have read them" remarked
Chairman Hull Of the military cora
mittee. "Since 1 introduced that hill
to encourage rifle practice. which con-
tanned not only a bill. but an arru-
ment in favor of it. / have been get
ting too many returns. l heard Speak
er Cannon and Chairman Payne of the
ways and means committee say they
were fooled the same way some years
ago. / always introduce bills prepar-
ed in the War department Just as they