Gunnison news-champion., 1918-12-20
Twenty Years Ago

Gunnison. December 20. 1888.
Dear Mary
l suppose you have written and the
letter is now on the way, but ! want
y>u 10 sct my Christmas wishes on
tin g ard thought would writs tosla-.
Land sakes! It's cold here. Been
out Ill day hunting interesting items
Of news for the New Years edition Of
the Tribune. Never again will I at
tempt TO wander out into the business
field. No sir-eel It's home and the
eeok stove for me hereafter. Really,
! am nearly dead from tramping thru
|the snow. II - -ealy had -aomo rood
sidewalks, or II / had . horse that /
could drive. Jack wont let me have
one. He b always telling me Of some
one who Tot hurt Ia . runaway. Nrs.
Hartshorn is the latest % Ree hurt in
one. Had her collar bone 6loketl yes
terday. - a99 Atsl'iioz s1, ~
Wish you could have gone shopping
with me. The stores are Just lovely.
T. J. Thompson has Just moved into
his new store and has Il decorated up
in fine style.
E. N. Collins partner. I. w. Jen-
nings, went to Denver last week to
get q fine stock Of holiday goods.
You remember Mr.. Jennings was
the deputy in the county treasurer's
office but resigned, and Smith Whip,
our county treasurer, has appointed
his brother, John Whip1 to filf the Va
cAncy in the Office. @ 9t
Wish could 60 back home again for
Christmas. Miss Edith Small, one Of
our teachers, has gone to her home In
Nebraska to spend Xmas.
Several Of my friends here are en-
|tertaining company for the holidays.
Mrs. J. d. Miller is enjoying q visit
from her brother-in-law, A. A. Eber-
sole, Of Denver. He Is the deputy
sheriff Of Arapahoe county.
c. T. Rawalt and wife came home
from Denver this morning. sup
pose they bought their little boy lots
Of Christmas things.
We are going to have z musical at
the Presbyterian church on December
80. It is to be given by Urias VIII
liams, who has just returned from .
long stay in Chicago.
Jack and had scrap this morn
ing. He makes fun Of my trying to
be an editor, and Of course, It makes
me mad. Well, l happened to say to
him that the lady next door was q
Fwell-preserved woman, and he said:
"She hasn't got anything on Lots
wife," A short time afterwards,
asked him to get some coal, and he re-
fused. Said he felt like an old fence.
/ replied the trouble with old fences
was that they needed to get q
gate on them and he was the same.
He got mad.
wish you could see the lovely pic
ture Of pink roses painted by Mrs.
Duncan Macintosh. It is lovely and
she was offered $75 dollars for it, but
refused.
Some Of our young folks here took
the teachers examination this week.
They were: Misses Beulah Pendleton,
Ruby Price, Florence Goade,, and the
Messrs. Fred Hagen and Charley
Stewart.
There was q sad accident at the ].
J. Carpenter place in Cebolla. A man
named F. 7. Cochrane accidently killed
himself with gun. He had gone
down to close q mining deal.
Jack was telling me that j. A. Pres
ton was in from Pitkin this week. He
sold an interest in his mine, the Chlor-
ide, for $1,700, and is going to the
Klondike to get rich in . hurry.
Helen says she saw Fred Mckee
and his sister, Edna today. They are
home from college.
/ Well, l will have to close now.
want to call on Mrs. E. D. Stephenson
and her little girl, Bessie Gibbons
They have just moved to town from
Doyleville.
il With best Christmas wishes,
\ AGNES.
Take the book you have enjoyed Il
OLeary's drug store. The Norma
Library will send it to q soldier in /
hospital, 20 he can enjoy it too.
bay W. .. So
Isn't II Awful :