The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-03-27
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threshhuld would seem y loot high
and there would be- kinks ~ the
fingers, IL an unk,ud tate had only
taught me that lust a flash Oi
thought would have put me out on
thu street with head up aud tai "A
Hving like "A quarter horse, As the
wheel went round and the case was
lett behind and the hours length
encd, it vas a positive calamity
way long in the evening. when |
locked up and hobhl,d off home,
every nerve IN nv body standing
in opposite directions, every muscle
SO tired that IL hurt, with the brain
lecling like a mess oi scrambled
sgVs, and a sense OF exhaustion
thrown ovcr all OF IL that soaked
into the cracks like a layer OF
cement, making the icet drag and
the shoulders Stoor, that had no
knowledge OF the sensible way OF
treating this tired feeling, II !
could have thought awaN my tired
ness, walked off home, tell into a
drcamlcss sleep and hiked out in
the morning feeling Ike | could
whip my weight in wild cats. Alas,
such 'ynoranceS as have been mine.
The tact that there are about sew
entren million other old coois IN
this country who are lust a. dumb
as am, is no consolation at all.
The Only thing that prevents the
doctors idea bc,ig a wonderful
blessing to the toliiug masses, and
that is that be- is either an ass OF a
fool. 10 spring such a game Is an
unprec, denied ard unexpected
proof that while higher education
MAY he all right, it teaches some
things that are foolish. Any man
that would daddy such gulf, never
chased a douhl,d shovel through a
stumpy cornheld, or pulled a cross
Gu, saw, or shod a horse process.
sion, or swung a sledgc, OF daliicd
with the cordial embrace OF a hoe
handle, o. held his station through
a long SUMMED dav in a wheat field,
OF h. would know better. II he
didn't and had ever noticed the
average woman. not the poodle dog
class hut the kind that helps most
in making this nation great. he
would be ashamed OF himself, and
il h. could follow her gaits getting
three meals, sweeping, cooking,
baking, engineering a hig washing,
and. wrangling a cross baby, he
would forget all about his darned
old theory and realize that iatlgu,
is not \ matter OF mental process,
but the impoverishmrnt OF the It's
sues by ,x,rtiOn. Ih,reris no re-
liri tor it except sleep, and there /!
4. such a thing rs being too badly tir
ed To sleep. The doctor nevc'
knew anything about such iatlgu,
as that, and he never will. II /
almost a pity that he cant, though
it would be inhuman To s.ntenc'
anv nan to "A long term at hare
labor. II would he almost wortl
while though, so that we might So,
the distinguished gentleman reniI
to see his tired muscles squirm AM
to behold him nursing the soreness
that comes after protracted ant
severe work, no matter how inure,
the subject may he to the oheyanc
laid down when Eden was broke.
up. There need he no misunder
standing the i~allacy OF the doctor
~position and by him first OF all
All he needs to do is to go toNyork
II seems to me that the territor
ial Legislature is missing a het /
regard To a senatorial visitation
especially in view OF the tact tina
S,nator B,vcridge threatens TO re-
peat his historic iunk,t, which "
have strong reason to believe wi
be conducted along the same lines
whereby he saw all the things tina
are not indicative OF the real Ne
Mexico, and none oil item that were
lie passed through the Pecos Va
lev, Tor example, like a thief in Ii
night, and other parts OF the terr
tory were treated IN much the san
way. 1t would he a paying inves.
ment il the Legislature would MAX
an appropriation, invite the sena,
to name a special committee, an
take them over the territory on
real tour OF investigation as to Il
ness, paving all OF the expense
II is wholly foolish to expect an,
thing like a Just look-in when Be
eridpc arrange the itinerary, ar
and the territory should beat hi
at MS W game.