Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-18
THE LAND OF
FEDORA
4 Country That Has Long Since
Paesed Away

II btt yts bdfD TIE second, fIdl
ye're thinkin' of Fedora
Fedora" said the first, was a
South American country. but you
needn't look for 1t on the map because
II amt there"
! "And this is why" said the second.
And this is why" said the first
The ruler Of Fedora was an uneasy
eind OF a potentate. always wanting
laws to be passed. The people mustn't
do this under penalty. and they
mustn't do that under penalty, and
with one thing and another it went
from bad to worse until he had a
law passed that the people must al
ways stick to the literal truth uDdw
penalty OF imprisonment without the
option OF fine"
And that's how 1t began" said tas-
second ancient mariner
Well. sir. Bill and me landed in
Fedora the next day, filled with inno-
cence about the passage of incriminat-
Ing regulations, and we made a few
remarks, proIniscuous, about a sea
serpent or two, days run we made,
a tidal wave we saw and few odd
things like that"
Thinking no harm"
And first thing we knew we were
In jail, tight. But we hadn't been ia
long when another string of prison
ers were conducted to the dungeons
Six. What are you in for?' said we
First man said: was telling a Ger
tain senorita that she was the most
beautiful in all Fedora and they seized
me- Second man said: was telling
a friend about the wisdom OF my in
FAINT child and they seized me- Third
man said: I was relating my expert
ence on a recent fishing expedition
and they seized me- Fourth man
said: 1 was telling an old fogy that
was glad too see him and they
seized me-. Fifth man said: I was
telling the boys that my wife didn t
care how late | stayed out at night
md they seized me- Sixth man said:
| was telling a stranger how fast my
horse could trot, and here | am
Senors,' said l, as they all began
o groan, rest easy, for feel an APP
that we shall soon have
company
"A lot of company corrected the
rst.
"Muy muchendos,~ said the second
And while | was still making the OBJ
eryation about the propinquity of
ompany the doors swung open again
nd dozen more prisoners were cast
Ito the cells. Three were merchants,
lree were lawyers, one was the
Gather man, one was q huckster who
ad been crying Fresh fish, one was
real estate agent who had been
lught saying that the plumbing was
good order. one was a painless
enlist and the other two had been
aught signing business letters Yours
uly.'"
This is outragiosos.' said one.
Mallyi But some one shall suffer
r this' said another. and the rest
sgan to gnaw their nails and hiss be-
Teen their teeth.
Senors,' said |, fear not. for I'M
SIS greatly mistake the signs and
'rtents, Fedora is in for larks"
Whereupon the two ancient mari
RS made merry and were glad.
by eight O'Clock that night We
ere six in CELL said the first
by nine O'Clock we were ten in 81
H." said the second.
BY ten o'clock they were stunning
EN- INTO the courtyard" said the
ST.
And still they came. In the morn
: the court had to sign an order en-
'ging the confines of the jail to in
Idle the market place and the grand
era house and before noon the or
r was amended to include the regi.
'ntal barracks. the racetrack ana
the public parks Feeding the pris-
ers became a serious problem ana
EN- cook got tired all he had to
was to tell about a storm he had
N once where the hailstones were
big as hens eggs and Immediately
was placed under arrest, and in
ad of feeding others somebody had
feed, him.
Well, sir, the prisoners came in by
suOdiS duu uEONtS ana Tue court
to pass another order still further
zrging the limits of the Jail to
lude all that territory lying within \
boundaries of Fedora. Next morn
there was NO breakfast and you
hit TO have heard the way the pris-
rs howled. insisting on their consti-
onal rights to be fed.
: said a voice.
Then let the judges pardon them
d the prisoners.
But, senors. the Judges are in jail.
said the voice.
Then let the legislature pardon
NJ
But the legislature is also in jail
the voice.
Then we'il elect new legisls-