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Show TRUTH 4 cannot doubt his sincerity. The man thoroughly lielleves in everything he advocates. He is as honeefc in his opinions as it is possible for a man to be. And, politics aside, there is no question but that he loves Ills country and believes the ideas he advances would be the best for its future. Confused murmur of voices on the 11D0, which finally ' takes on the following form and manner; Hello, hullo i that you, Quinn? Say, Quinn, l to tell you to change that date one-- want ol, say, is that the scavenger? Weli wil you have your man come down u,thl! . Alanitou ft ft right away? Our grouse is filled up and we want to And n;!n u l,iie you are about it old man you miyhi tell that daisy that the next time I send her tickets Say, Billings, my wife says Lliat last flour was no and that good you cannot do-N- ow George you knoi I was not expecting company home all and l.ere-- Yea this is Quinn, hS u it? I cannot get-A- nd send a chicken weighing about please four pound and a ham, and make it three doyen d n it, this is War- eggs and a-- Yes, rum, and say, Quinn, if they waut the meeting m the back yard is just full of rubbish aud you ought to have had would be interesting to hear the private opinion of L. S. Hills regarding It W. .T. Bryan. Air. Hills, a Democrat contributed money to defeat Mr. Uryan when he was a candidate for the presidency, aud now Mr. Hills is a candidate for the legislature on the ticket in the interest of which Mr. Bryan was speaking in Utah last Tuesday. ft ft here are horrifying rumors. That the shady female boomers, Are hustling fur Jute Moritz In their bloomers, in their bloomers. 'J ft ft ' llevi and lblrs arc so badly mixed, You scarce know whloii to take. may .sing Jor Smoot, Angelic Hut who will sing for Jake?. j lut ft ft If you vote for . lmon Bamberger, Yon probably wont lore: Hut dou t forget Joke fforltz, o-i- The man who makes 'the booze. -8-s HE HAD A PASS. It wus John Smith the Patriarch; They held him up for pelf; And the only thing they found on him, Were pusses for himself. juhn James. - . He had climbed the churchly ladder, With a lofty scorn for gold ; 'And proved his Christian spirit Uy reasons manifold' They turned his pockets wrong side out, In search of worldly (wealth; Hut they found no coin of any kind; He was travel! rg for hiB health. . money had he in his clothes; use had he for dough What v When the railroads gave him passes To the place he wished to go. JNo I1 " it o eaned out long ago and-w- hv in hell don c you send that coal as vou said you would. Tell Mason if he dues not go up to the house and tell Willie I canuot go because mamma savs he lent the hast bit nice, and she don't want Hello, Warrum, yes, this is Quinn, what was it you said; I did not understand you; oh yes, Bryan is to the theatre this evening whv I so, if papa will-cl- ean ut the front of the stove in the parlor and take down the-tr- ain will leave here at 9 o clock sharp and we have sent the coal you ordered is lump, is you it? All right, will be up on the first waon and we will put it in the same-- of course I dont want to lose your trade but I must remind you that you owe us something on account and we will be ready for him when he comes Warrum and we will give him a send-- off the shoulder and a piece of the brisket and don t forget the suet for I want all then Quinn; if you under stand, all right, if you dont I'll telegraph. And then as Warrum rings off and sits and mutters until a blue haze surrounds his classic features, the toll room rings and asks in a voice tinged with honey, taffy tulu and other sac- , I John James was especially honored by the Republican convention which nominated him by acclamation to succeed himself as county clerk of Salt Lake county. For the past two years Mr. James has conducted the office with 9uch ability and fidelity that he thoroughly deserves the reward to which it is acknowledged a faithful public official is entitled, that of second' term. He has gained the ap probation of members of both politics parties who do business with the department of which he is the head. His character is unassailable and he has abundantly demonstrated his fitness for the position. There is practically no doubt he will be re elected. to-T- , last trump calling, From the angel hosts afar; May he get aerial passes Through the pearly gates ajar. When he hears the say get them. I have them yet. will remain with me forever. them and some more. TELEPHONIC MIXTURES. 9 !!!!!!! !!!!.'! They I had 9 9 9 9 9 - &c &c &c Chairman Warrum, of the Democratic county committee, is an earnest advocate of an independent telephone system. When he moved into his present quarters, he requested the aggregation designated as the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, to put in a teleInstead, phone; a special instrument. on one him of the nuithe lineman put sances known as' a party line, and since that time results have been disastrous. The young woman who works the typewriting machine with nimble fingers has become so accustomed to the quotation, Sweet spirit, hear me swear, that when Noble utters it she closes the door and hammers her Dens more with vigor to Bhut out what in variably follows. The following is a sample of Warrum s troubles: (Time, the period when the state and county committees were arranging for the visit of W. J. Bryan. Mr. Warrum at the phone: All serene and happy. Hello, Central; give Rings the bell. me the toll room, please. Central says something which makes Warrum look pleasant, and after a minute he Hello, toll room; I want F. W. says: Toll room says Quinn at Bingham. something which makes him look pleasant again. Little bells ring and Warrum begins.) Hello, hello, is this Bingham? hats And THE WHISKEY 3S Eh? thats what happens every day. BOOKS AND AUTHORS. MERCHANTS. 'Phone 365. ? ? ? ? ? m 31 There is a kind of .farce comedy going on between the book committee of the public library and the book dealers of the city. The library board, at its last monthly meeting, passed a resolution that future lists of books required for the library should be submitted to all the local dealers. ' The fact that this resolution was passed was not made public until printed in the last issue of Truth. Clinton I. Moore, manager of the Salt Lake News company, admits having roceived a copy of the list, but Richard B. Shep- ard, of the Shepard Book company, declares he has not been so favored. Mr. Shepard says he is again getting into a rame of mind that borders on letter writing. He believes he will begin writing letters to Mayor Thompson and the finance committee of the city council. Now that those famous whis water experts lately arrived from the east, Messrs. Perry S. Ileafch, Win. N. But-e- r and Wm. Igleheart have made an expert examination of the water con- ditions in Cottonwood canyon, the armers ns well as the users of water n the city who have been that sort of thing for forty or doing fifty years may look for some valuable pointers about irrigation and water in . |