CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-05-09
SIDEWALK MUTTERINGS.


is good money in the business at thai
figure, in spite of strong competition
A Wyoming man has invented a
game which he calls The Road to the
| White House" This game is already
being vigorously played by Bryan
Foraker. Taft. Hearst, and others, but
the chips come too high for it ever to
become really popular.
The postponed meeting of the Ere
| mont County Teachers association
will be held Saturday, May 11th.
Practically the same program will be
given as was arranged for two weeks
ago. Professor Dick of Denver will
give talk on Manual Training"
How mean are you? If you have it
in for another man who has been
more successful than you, will you go
out of your way to turn other men
against him? Will you stretch the
truth, if necessary, to injure him? We
heard OF a man at that sort of work
today.
This comes from Fruitmere: The
stork was lowering over Jersey COW
out there and the lady of the house had
time in driving curious neighbors
boys away from the stable. Finally,
with vehemence, the lady said: Boys.
You should be ashamed; do you think
this COW is queen of Spain?"
There is man in Canon who is alb
solutely free. He has not one soul in
this world depending upon him, or
who cares where he goes, or when. He
can do exactly as he pleases. and you
may think he pleases TO do terrible
things. But he does not He lives a
very methodical life. He always looks
we'll, behaves we'll, and is respected by
every one in town,
Representatives of the big corpora
tons are trying to induce President
DO not the representatives of the big
corporations change their ideas?
Roosevelt is right That which Roose-
welt is contending for has been de-
manded BY the people many years, and
is nothing more than a Square Deal
for all concerned
! Canon girl came down town dress
ed In deep mourning. She met friend
who stopped her and said, sympatheti-
cally: Why have you lost, my DEAR
oh. no one" replied the young girl
gaily; Il think mourning is so hecom-
| ing to me that bought this outfit,
and the outfit included a mourning
veil. This is not dull day story; ii
actually happened.
| \ Canon man is known as very
stingy, and people talk about" him
| good deal. II the man makes five
thousand dollars year. he could
make several thousand dollars more
by pursuing different course. That
| is, he could give away two thousand
dollars a year and make more than
he is making now. in addition TO hav'
| ing a better reputation.
They tell of a Canon woman who
was a happy woman until her HUSBAND
gave her a diamond stick pin. 1t cos
him SIS. but she has lost thousands o
dollars worth of sleep since then II
racking her brain for new places tt
hide il from burglars. Two weeks age
she found the ideal place to hide it
and 1t was a place so unusual that sh'
has forgotten where II is. But sh'
has quit worrying about her diamond
II she can't find il then burglars can
find it either.
The years have put glamour ol
PoCahontas. The historical interest at
taChed to the jamestown exposition
has resulted in poems. pictures, etc
Inf Pocahontas. who is praised as tn
tdaintiest and most captivating of In
dian maidens. Perhaps in centurie
10 come, the John Rolfe who marries
Filipino girl will find that this mar
.iaue is his only claim to greatness
hut at present any man who marie
a Filipina girl is ostracised and con
dcmned, and if in the service, Is dis
missed from the army Still. the Fill
. p'uo girl is not more greasy or ignor
ant than Pocahontas. Time seems =
make many things right,
Texas Is again busy passing laws Z
make the railroads trouble. \ recen
one makes 1t unlawful to work an op
, orator more than eight hours out o
twenty-four. The railroads threate
= to retaliate by reducing the pay of op
+ orators, and q strike may be the re
!: suit, which will spread over the entir
, country. While eight hours is ION
enough for an operator to work, Texa
, passes many laws which are appar
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