The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-02-17
Clint or because of his defeat in his
ambitions below.

c.. C. Heacock, of the Brighton
Enterprise, seemed to be searching
after something which heaven did
not afford Finally he asked a
patriarch of glory where the jail
was. Jail" was the reply, there
is no need of Jail in this peaceful
city, For season Heacock ram
bled around with a cloudy mind
wondering what they would do with
him when he libelled somebody. In
a few days, as we measure time, this
mystery was revealed and his desire
to libel was removed from him.
After considerable discussion at
the gate one of the Needhams was
admitted and started bouyantly up
the Causeway of Perpetual Happi-
ting on the balustrade grooming his
like Old Abe, the war eagle, but
Needham knew this could not be the
case. While he stood admiring his
plumage the form took a flask of
golfax water from a recess of his
tunic and bathed his insides, DELHI
erately placing the flask back in it's
receptacle and then opened his
trumpet and spoke in words, which
sounded like the June zephyrs blow
ing through live oak boughs: Eel
low Pilgrim of the Upper Realms, a
heavenly greeting. While on earth |
was. afflicted with rheumatism and
several kindred ills to which human
kind is heir to and it seems that |,
being the elder of the family, was
entailed with each heirs part, so |
came up here that they might come
into eir,inheritance. During all my
terrestrial years, and they have been
many, l worshipped at the shrine
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
John F. Lacey, Peter H. and Jocan
non, but the joke now seems to be
on mel have lost my way, and l
seek other congenial spirits with
which to spend my eternity. Could
you direct ME to the abiding place of
Methusleh? Then Needham knew
him. 1t was Ham Robinson, of the
Colfax Clipper, and the two moved
TRANQUILITY down the avenue and soon
passed from view beyond the Arch Of
Fadeless Light
Charles F. Chase, of Atlantic, was
seen walking down the avenue in
company with Esau. In explaining
this to Sam Sherman he said that he
had to hunt Esau up to identify him
as he changed politics SO often that
it was hard to tell him by his coat
and he concluded it would save him
much trouble and st. Peter annoy
ance by submitting the matter to
Esau without further preliminary
as Esau had had considerable exper-
fence in that direction himself.
But" turning to Sherman, Chase
said, Sam, am surprised to see you
here. How did you work it, any
Way?" We'll, / was a little surprised
myself" explained Sam, but you
see l reformed-that is ! reformed
again, and as luck would have it
political antagonist waylaid me in
the dark before | had time to get
back to my former condition, SO l
came in on my temporary merits. It's
about the best thing l ever got out of
politics" and then the three sat
down on a bed of everlasting for
get-me-nots and laughed eloquently.
Arm in arm Paul Junkin, OF the
Creston Advertiser, Billy Jameson,
Of the Shenandoah World, Editor
Marvin, w. H. Robb, Bro. Water
man, of Sidney, Bro. Workman, of
Malvern, Harry Keller, of the Rus
sell Union, John Sterling, of Cory
don, and a few others from along the
line of the H. G. S. were ushered in
in buncn and wound around each
other, like dozen asparagus, tied
with a golden cord, stood up before
the review stand and branded, JOB
lot of good fellows" waiting for
their wings.
A committee of editors, consisting
of ]. M. Gass, Horace Barnes and A.
l.. Anderson, of Abba, and Horace
Greeley and Elijah Lovejoy, was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions of sym
pathy for Alex Miller and John Dali
ton, in their worldly dispositions,
and letter was written to o. E.
Hull, of Leon, and sent by winged
messenger to the effect that he had
better commence to mend his ways
also to Sam Greene, of Charlton,
and R. G. Weisell, of Corning. They
are not yet deemed beyond redemp-
|. ton.
During wild thunder storm be-
low big angel came up from Knox
vile and handed in his card which
bore these words in gilt letters on an
alabaster background, IN. l.. Curtis,
Editor of the Journal" and immedi-
ately began to talk politics, just as
the revolving street sweeper came
along over the golden way and gath
cred him up as, rubbish and cast
him out. Later, however, he was
sent for, cleaned up, instructed in
the way of righteousness and at pres
ent enjoys tolerable-like place in
heaven.
For some time the fountains had
been sending crystal streams into
the upper domes, which fell as bless
tngs on the inhabitants of the
realms, rejecting holy light in all
the shades and colors of the rainbow
so often beheld on the terrestrial
sphere, yet not in that understanding
of the upper world. Pleasure had
| not been unruf1ed, for the brethren
were coming to drink of tho iOvs in