La Junta tribune., 1909-10-09

the tale In history. When you %
back east always write your Addreaa
la Junta." In Just ~ big letters q
the hotel register will stand for.
! Oive-booze-a-sQuare-deal editorial In
an exchange: when woman com
plains In court about her husband
having been drunkard. she always
says when he came home in his
cups he cursed. abused and perhaps
struck her. She's silent about those
times when he came home mellowed
up to the sentimental point and In
sisted upon kissing her and telling
her how young she was looking. and
30 on-and she flounced off and said,
Yes. you old fool. you're drunk
again."
Tom Brown returned to La Junta
last Monday morning from Harrison.
vile, Mo-, where he has been visit.
Ing the scenes OF his childhood dur.
Ing the past six weeks. Tom missed
his annual fishing trip to the clas.
sic banks OF the Gunnison this year,
SO he wandered down to the stream.
let near his native heath, with a
can OF angle worms, and fished and
fished to his hearts content. Not
much class to that kind OF fishing,
Tom says. compared to the Gunnison
stunt. but then 1t is satisfying to
some extent, In a pinch. Missouri
has lost most Of its attractions, and
the wanderer says he never did feel
right or quite content until he got
back to Colorado once more.
There lives an editor in interior
Pennsylvania, Jim" Sweeney by
name, who has keen sense OF humor.
Seeking to increase his fortune.
Sweeney once wrote to a prospective
advertiser. setting forth in attractive
fashion the value of his paper as a
medium Of publicity. The advertiser
was captiyated by Sweeney's letter,
but. desirous OF more specific assur.
ances before he invested his money,
he wrote to Sweeney, saying that he
hadn't heard of the Trumptown Sen
tinel. where does 1t circulate?" he
asked. And. in his Illuminating way.
Sweeney wrote back, THE Trump.
town Sentinel circulates In Europe,
Asia. Africa. North and South Amer.
lea, and it's just about all can do
to keep II from going to hell
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Our Colorado fairs are succeeding
better this fall than usual because
they better deserve success. What is
the true mission OF the county fair!
Not SO much for cheap amusemen,
one would think, as for needed rec
reation. 1t affords a restful pause In
the years labors. few days for
leisurely reflection In harmony with
the benign autumnal sunshine. This
month is mature. gentle. serious. per
haps rather gay, and the mood OF the
+, fair should be In keeping with the
season. The rural community turns
from manual labor to the concerns
4, OF the intellect and social life. Who
wants to go TO circus when the
apples are ripe and the leaves fall
ing? Taft is the biggest circus We
have had this year.-Field and Farm
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Resolved. that ! wont ever gamble
again. didn't know | was gambling
l will never bother with games OF
chance again when there are SC
many sure things | can do. II am
honest and industrious can't lose
II I am earnest and kind and cheer,
full nothing can stop me-it's u cinch,
no dream. Get this under your hat
Buddy-money won on games OF
'h"hs' ish H'aius HoU'ss ~
got germs IN it-germs OF vice. dis.
sipation. extrayagence and poverty,
Nature doesn't gamble. 1t works by
rule-Goldcn Rule. too. Being good
is not n complicated affair-it Is
only the golden rule. II pays the
best because It makes you happy. and
happiness Is heaven. The only sure
thing about gambling is that II does
not pay.-Bustcr Brown.
An editor died and slowly wcndcd
his way down to where he supposed
warm reception awaited him. The
devil met him and said: For many
yenrx thou hast h0rue IN. hla mo M