Show the lost art of in the united states intelligent road making in tho the country is as a general thin thing almost wholly unknown tho ridi ridiculous culous misapplication of rustic labor and foolishness known as road work I 1 las is the grA gravest eat farca an all ordinarily 11 bagda people ever took part in year after year it is too well known to need description antl the fact that it has long been tolerated suggests 9 ests a doubt as to whether as a people wa are not destitute of humor the s spectacle stacle of all tha able bodied men ot of the district turning out under that master of farce the supervisor as he is ailed allied and spending two days each year in making the roads almost impassable foe the tle rest of the year hh q eais imprisoning themselves in tho the country antry daring daring tho late autumn and early spring sprig 13 is ono one that would have delio delighted ted the heart of Cerva cervantes utts and perhaps furnished a companion volume to ahe ie adventures of tho knight lit if nf la Ua mancha rIia but tho the farce goes gravely on year after year if here and there a city begins to agitate the cause of good roada into the country in the interest of both country and city residents it is opposed with much lunch the same arguments and obi ob finacy that good roads were opposed in england a century ago the fact act f that it lias has been proved in other countr countries iea that good country roads have benefited the country on the whole far more than the cities is a tact fact country dwellers dw ellera aa as a rule are ignorant of and apparently cannot understand or appreciate railroads can cau never supply the place of good wagon roads and the development of a system of good roads in any state will demonstrate that fact so clearly that the example would soon be followed by other states chicago herald A man was on trial in a southwestern state for a very grove grave offense the jury biere were alow slow in coming to an agreement and many people were waiting about to know the verdict at this state of affairs a colored bailiff came out of the jury room and hastened down one of the corridors hold bold hold called out a man who was waiting have the jury agreed yla dey done agreed said the bailiff grinning the verdict well boa botts bo a said the bailiff ye see we dis di erway dey wag was some on em wanted sandwiches an some on lem em wanted p pie le an bum by dey done greed dayd hab s bome 0 m e crackers crac kera in n cheese an dey sen me out fer ter to W fotch lenial deml youths companion |