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Show A TALE OF MUD. Kerpllnk: A shriek: !! A lioarsB, unirallant launh;, A surL'lau mass ctht inches clt-op Ami thou a hootlens "calf." A rush! ! I A piuiiKu! A huiidri'il hands to save; And wrested from the hissing (loop HIui'h ilrlppltiK n the lave. KerswiNh! A splash! ! ! A wild, Inhuman whoop: lie's in Ihe stuff above his knees And damns the sticky "soup." Kerplunk! ! ! A knell! A hungry, faml-ihml wall; Denied a prayer .i partlnx word-He word-He Alls a ll.Uldtisrent crave. To tho street supervisor Is this Intend of won Krai tfully dodleated without comment, Without criticism -without malice Afon --thought. -The Grave. The street supervisor is not tho only luminary in the present constellation who is responsible for the heart rending fate of the skirts and trousers that has fired the muse. He has been taxing his faculties to find some remedy for the evil, ami while the average man has one to thrust at him. the trouble is to find one that is practical. One says put on the hose and llush out the thorough fares. Another sa s put on the scoop shovel and a six horse team and drag it away. A third philcsopher plows through the Mediterranean of mud and suggests the propriety of an elevated scow to work from the electric wires. Against this the railway company levels a remonstrance and says, bluntly, uo. With all these prescriptions fired at him with a rapidity that would make a juggler resign re-sign his job, it is not to be wondered that there should be some demoralization demoraliza-tion in tho company's camp. The supervisor himself is taxing his wits, and if let alono the weather clerk may report to his rescue. This, at least, looks like the only assuring expedient. The divine creature with suowy raiment rai-ment and a microscopic foot simply asks for a dry trail, while the pedestrian who has struck out for the bank with his day's receipts is less exacting, and says give him a route where the tops of his rubber boots will protect him. The weather clerk will eventually do this, but his process is too "unearthly" "un-earthly" slow. The only alternative is for the departments to pool issues. Marshal Young will furnish the bono and sinew through the police department depart-ment and the ancient order of bums, if the supervisor will furnish tho broom and superintend tho work. City Scavenger Showell may also be induced to lake a hand in tho campaign, cam-paign, although his time is pretty well taken up in the performance of other duties. Showell is probably the only living inhabitant of Zion who fcas not lodged complaint against tho sloppy sidewalk aud slushy street. Perhaps his fancy is so lively and elastic as to enable him to put a pink domino and flesh colored tights on tho spectacle, but that's a wealth of imagination that prodigeo nature has not lavished lav-ished on tho averago woman not to mention prosaic man Then again Mr. Showell has means of riding but the average pedestrian does nut bask in the gilded sunshine sinecure. Mr. Showell should throw off his mantle and go into romance. Rut the crossings if not tho streets must be kept clean. |