The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
Observation-Disclosures
HEARD AT WASHINGTON
Anecdotes Told Of Prominent Representatives of
the People at the National Capital


business, was one day vending his
way to 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?"
mo, by CAD. sir. my honor is not
turt, but my head is. and don't want
any sympathy, either. SIR"
Senator Blackburn gives this good
story about "heaping Goals of fire."
II heard OF Il fellow In my state who
was rather quarrelsome. and made his
home anything but pleasant. His
wife, 1t Is said, was q good deal OF .
vixen, and one of the church ladies'.
full OF charity and the doctrine Of the
law Of kindness. attempted to recon
cile 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
tout these family Jars. Your children
would be happier. and these ugly sto-
RES about frequent quarrels would
cease. It may be that you are not
altogether blameless In this matter.
Suppose you try to md out what the
law OF kindness practiced toward your
husband will do In effecting 4 recon-
Citation. It certainly can do no harm
and you may succeed in touching the
tender chords Of his heart, and he may
renew his old affections. You should
try it. and II you do not succeed you
will at least heap Goals OF IRE ON his
head
az don't know about Goals OF fire.
was the answer. but I've tried bilin'
water, and It didn't do bit of good. T"
Anything in the river and harbor
bill for me?" Representative Beidler
asked Chairman Burton.
Not dollar" Mr. Burton answered.
You're almost as candid as two
friends Of mine in Cincinnati. One of
them went to a friend and borrowed
$1,000. The next day he failed with
4 long list of preferred creditors.
You're n fine FRIEND" said the lend
er, going up to the borrower. Here
you have my II 900 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 1t 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 dinicult: in
inducing the occupants Of th4se
houses to decAmp. Friday was set as
the time OF departure for = couple Of
c0lored families. and man was sent
from Mr.. Woods once to see that the
houses were vacated a. per agree
ment. The occupants in both cases
were negroes.
20 de good lawd's sake" was the
in the first of the houses visited, go
back and ask dat obstacle (ohicial) in
de state house ef he doan't know dat
dis day am Friday. and dat my old
man would never get another days
wock eff we moved out afore termor-
row mawning."
Use all packed up to CO." said the
IAN Use been holdin' rabbits foot In
my ham all de mawning. but TO
Gawd can't leave on Friday"
Mr.. Woods granted his superstitious
tenants little grace. but they had to
be out Of the houses before Monday
morning.
"Is 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 look
ing over the list.
Maybe you mean Representative
lamb" he suggested. HE Is from
Richmond. Va"
That's him." said one of the wom-
sort Of q name"
"I'll not introduce any more bills
until have read them" remarked
Chairman Hull Of the military corr
mittee. Since introduced that bill
to encourage rife practice. which con
tanned not only a bill. but an areu-
ment in favor Of it. have been get
ting too many returns. heard Speak
er Cannon and Chairman Payne of the
ways and means committee say they
were fooled the same way some years
ago. I always introduce bills prepar-
ed in the War department Just as they
are received. but Ill look at the next
one. An advocate Of the bill had the
nerve to come around and ask me to