The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-10
Mongsf Pleasant Persons


WHAT TO SAY TODAY.
Table Talk fer nremiaes Daring the
Three Meals.
Breakfast.--Didn't i tell you It was
going to rain? I can tell every time.
The Tn =, street ears are going TO- move their
great driveway some day. Yes three
frosts and rain Is the weather rule
for this section. Perry win be just
ike Pea, Psaehtree 10 Atlanta ! hate to
system, You could see that everything
was cut and dried In the committee
meeting.
magnificent, but l didn't care SO much
about he rest OF the play. The horses
were sc Intelligent: almost human.
Well. they buried that king. They say
no use for me To- 70 try to keep an UNI
brella- Why don't you run for an Of
fee? All the others Of my friends are
candidates. What gets me is why they
Prince. / know it Couldn't stay clear
much longer. People are getting ac-
customed to the Q o'clock law.
Dinner.-.-I supported Bryan the very
first time he run and am going to do
Il Just as long as he runs. Yes, very.
methodical: one OF these kind of fell
lows that never loses his umbrella.
Politics ics, are certainly booming. Either
whether we ought to have a police
commission. never saw anything
pretty blue since the . o'clock law.
Montgomery il the best lighted town of
her size in the country. These tall
buildings certainly make the place look
don't care whether they nave prohi-
bition or not: it's Just the principle Of
the thing. 1 have gotten used to rain.
This is real grip weather. the wealth
er Is as tickle a. q woman, and that's
fickle some.
Alderman Jones Returns.
Mr.. John y. Jones has come back to
the city for two weeks or more. Mr..
Jones went rather for the transaction
of business than on pleasure bent.
as wbare he o.
NAMED during most of the two weeks.
he said yesterday that he had been
too busy to add pleasure to his out
the bad weather. that he met in abund-
ance.
Mr.. Jones. who Is an Alderman from
Ward Z, was occupied incidentally yes
terday with reviewing the political
field in which he is expected to ask
for reelection to the Council. v
Fire Horses ana How TO Make Them'
Most persons think of fire horses as
they do Of poets; that they are born
and not made. A tender Juveniles
fancy. melted by the thought OF
horse to drag one OF the smoke wag-
ons. always reverts to gray. It 10
only when one talks with Capt. J. B.
Cook, who has practically created the
equine department OF the MONTGOMERY
Fire Department. that one realizes that
fire horses are as much made as Pres
idential candidates--with the provision.
of course, that the press agent be elim-
mated.
fire horses. goes away with New York
Exchange which Is regarded as
readily negotiable bit of commercial
paper. He travels through the MIDDLE
West in a perfectly informal manner,
he seems TO have NO reany oIwsys aets
the horses. He can tell many comic
stories of the people he meets, ana
while script was abhorred 0y some n
gift COMPARED with New York ex-
change in the more remote districts OF
the Middle West. Farmers Win teie-
phonic connection with large cities,
Captain Cook said the other day, more
that is supposed to be as good as
gold.
invented. but true. not only larry
from whom he was purchasing horses
compelled Captain Cook to drive into
town twenty miles away and exchange
the exchange for cash. The point OF
the alleged Jest is that all that hap
pened in Missouri
Most of the fire horses in Montgom-
cry cost about $500 to $500; they are
worth twice as much. They are just
about as good as can be gotten. The
most of them are bred from Percher-
/ on and English Coach stock, ana weigh
1900 pounds and more. Some OF them
when they were bought were hauling
farm wagons with farmers and wheat
as the load. Captain Cook. with a
ready eye for a good horse, picked out
many of them on the highway.
J The horses are fond Of their work
/ When the bell tolls and the .jangies
break the atmosphere into delicious lit
tie ripples of sound and the barriers
fall, they are under the harness IN
attention of the firemen. Like the 9TH
err members Of the department, the
horses like cap'n Jack.
Back, Back to Baldwin.
Mr.. S. C. Jenkins, Representative
Of Baldwin County in the Legislature,
has returned to his home In Bay Mi
nette. He came to Montsomery 20 S.. DC
Executive Committee and stayed
Through the weeks end to see the nu-
mel Gus friends he bas in the Capitol:
Of the rapid development OF Baldwin
County. which within the past few
years has doubtless shown greater
per centage of improvement in mate
rial wealth and of increase in popula-
tion than any other county in MT the
have "syndicated" larges tracts of land
brought. to the State Of Baldwin hun
come citizens of substance. All Of
them. Mr.. Jenkins said yesterday.
homes and are doing their part TO-
wards the upbuildine of the county
Mr.. Jenkins. frequently named as
probable candidate for the office Of
Congress from this district, is expected
not to enter the race.
Among the pleasant persons who
were in Montgomery Sunday was Mr..
Smith Robbins, of Selma, who was res
ident in Montgomery for several years.
Mr.. Robbins, when his uncle, Mr.. ].
Craig Smith, was Treasurer of the
State was employed in the office of the
Treasurer He made use of the oppor-
tunity of winning friends not only
among the people from over State who
came into the Capitol, but gained the
/ faI.I ts~4,,