The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-04-22

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said about US when We had to work like
dogs all day. | was on the train com
ing over here aud had the misfortune
10 run into difficulty over there that
seemed 10 need a little attention, aud
| dropped on aud played ~cow.punchcr
In a sand storm. and so | got into this
magnificent city az twelve o'clock to.
night, or nearly that. according to our
Eastern time. The reason why ~,
your beautiful little city il because I
believe a man who il not able tO look
this splendid spread over, with its IN
spring spirit, aud see over beyond all
of that the real spirit which must make
Fucumcari, when you see II in the day.
time, the biggest city of It's kind on the
face of the earth. tApplausc). Aud
should say, when | said the biggest Of
its kind, | meant the biggest according
to the population. | heard before 1
came here that Tucumcari was on the,
map. | am not like my friend from
Amarillo, 20 whom reference was made
a moment ago. ! had heard hat ~.
cumc0ti was on the map, hut | want 10
confess to you. Mr.. Toastmaster, aud to
you citizens of Tucumcari, that ! hnd
space that Tucumcari was entitled ~
occupy on the map. applause. YOU
could hardly imagine my surprise when.
after. a. ! stated, laboring in the sand
storm all day, helping Lanigan Bros,
10 get their cattle loaded, when ! came
In here tonight worn and weary. and not
knowing anything about this spread,
you can hardly imagine my surprise
when ! was ushcred into the door and
east my eyes on this beautiful spread.
II was a very pleasant surprise. II was
not the kind of a surprise that ! heard
about q fellow who lived over IN Ten
AZ. lie had gotten kind of nervous and
that il would he very necessary ia order
that he might recupcratc his health 10
90 away. way of IN some secluded spot
and Just live along in a tent, away
from the sound Of the locomotive and
| the street ear and automobiles aud
every other kind Of noise and disturb.
IN the nerves Of a nervous man. ~ hn
went away, and he told him he must
stay ~ least ,iN months. lie stayed AMI
did ]rccupctatc his health. lie went
hunting and did all oi those things, AMI
finally felt that his health Tad been
completely restored aud he came hac'.
hyme. When he came home the old
mVotite negro servant met him ~ tho
station and he said "ilcllo, Nose, how
are you' All right .Massa. How j, cv.
cty,hing at homc' Everything is All
right MasSa. Well, how is it that nv
old fayori,c bird dog did not come dow n
with YOU to the station So meet me ~
he always does! We'll, sit, | forgot "a
tell YOU Massa, that there dog he am
dead. What, my dog dead What was
the matter with the dog Well, Massa
We had the horse doctor looking after
the dog and he said he thought h. ate
too much roasted horse meat. Roasted
horse meat where In the world did the
dog gc, roasted horse meat Why
MaSSa, that iayori,c saddle pony ot
your burned up. What, 10 YOU mean "a
tell me- that my saddle pony is dead
Hes, sir. Massa, kc shore an burned up
Well, | declared. how zane that horse
10 burn up' Why Mass, he burned up
when the harm burned down. You don 4
mean 10 tell me that my harm is burned
down, how did that catch on fire.
don Z know sir. unless IL was the sparks
from the house when the house burned
doWn n. You don Z mean 10 tell me tia,
my beautiful home is burned down! Zee
,ir, II done Lurned down, Massa. Why
how In the name Of common sense lid
that catch on Erc' | don't know sir
guess they thought one ~ the candle.
burned too low in the room where y"ai
mother was laying a corpse, oh, ny
goodness alive you don I mean to ,slI
me tina, my dear old mother is gone.
Yes. sir, MaSsn. Well, what In the
world Was the matter with mothrri
Well, sir, MaSsa, | don Z know, ,hny
said she WASH Z feeling just good since
your wife ran away with the coach.
man, I.aughtcrl. There WASH any,
thing the matter, hut he must have been
wonderfully surprised. Now, my sur
prise was not like that but | was sur
prised Just the same, because rs has ri,
ready been stated by one II the gentle.
men here who probably will give the
particulars about that, that il was up e.
Tucumcari 20 give a banquet to the
Rock Island effort to disseminate the
gospel Of dry farming and help the PEG.
pl" to produce tnr things that vi eat
and the clothes that We wear, and in
doing "a "a uphuild the country.
Now, | know there are other speakers
here and ! shall not detain YOU long
Your toastmaster warned me in advance
that ! should not. | felt at Que time
lust a little biz that | would not come
over TO Tucumeari. ! did no, know
about these good things, but the spirit,
want you to know, ! appreciate more
that the good things I had to eat, hut
started to say | came near not coming
and johnson said "Come on over here.
there is something good for you,'' aud
! knew that advice was about the cas-.