TALENT NEWS.
December 15th,
1892.
THE LITERARY SOC1L1Y.
bee. 2nd-- Meeting Opened with k lively dis-
cibiiun <>t a motion to a
each im mbvr ten
cents to raise a sum Mitlirivut to drlruv certain
nvevs-ary ex¡ h ii .- vs . Several n.emt<r~ vigor-
fuidy opposed a measure inxolvo g such reck*
less vxttavazanee.
1 iines Mvie i.ard; dimes
uerv scarcer than hen’.- teeth and societies, as
Mell as in<h\himil •, should practice i opulistic
nxmomy.
then, again, it might U« opposed
lruin iiior.il <*on"idcr:itiom<. J*uch anen rmous
uss»**siiHnt would result in anovvrt.oM ing treas­
ury ami tue so- iety uo. ld 1st jo.ng a great
wrong ill ¡»lacing i-0 \a-t an amount of money
in the hands of the young man m ! jo ucts hh
treasurer. The temptation might Le too great.
Ik might develop a sudden notion that Can­
ada was a better country than Wegner creek,
resulting in much weeping and Mail.ng and
gi.ashing ot teeth on the part o: his l-undsrnen.
it Mould never do. '1 he mo:.On prevailed
however. but it Mas under.-tood H at the presi­
dent Mould uppuint a commit tee of expert de­
tectives to keep dost* Match of the treasurer's
movements.
The recitations and readings that followed
were excellent. None (ell short of good, hut the
folloMing were esifcially interesting:
"An Ol«i Maid's Pecision,’’— Waldo Klum.
"A Family l»isj»ute,’*—Jury Stvxens.
"The Preacher s Vacation/’—E. Robison.
"The Pistrict »Schoolmaster,*’—John Beeson,
“llow A Married Woman Goes to bleep,"
— S. 8. Stevens.
"Only A Tramp,"—Gertie Pur,ve«.
“¿■die Mudc a Mistake,"—Geo. Stevens.
“Only A Little (»rave,"—Florence Byer.
“I hik I v Pulling,'*- Arthur Stevens.
“Why Can’t Girls Whistle?"—Jay Terrill.
"Hugging in the Public Park,"
—Lizzie N'etherhind.
(Thia Mas a vurv logical defense of a very
pleasant custom—I'<1.)
“An Ohl Maid's Prayer for a Man,"
—Clara Terrill.
This recitation mum rendered to perfection
and took down the house. And old mui<I pours
forth a most earnest apjfal to the Jxird to send
tier a man. She is not particular a- to looks
age, health, character or <1 i > r >o-i t ioit—“only a
man." She shudders to think of the sorry ap-
ptarancc she would make perambulating the
golden street«« of the New Jeru-aluin
a for­
lorn and lonelv old maid.
Her prayer is answer» <1; she op. n- her (yen
nn»l lo, a most repulsive oi»jc' t, stands l»v(«»re
her. Giving her imagination full ¡»lay, the hor­
rid thing is made out to lw a dud* . si.»* r.p nts
herrurth prayer and ¡»leads mo l obl-m;*idfully
for the I ord to take the thing a wav—that it He
will “relieve her of this," "She will forever re­
main a miss."
A •oug "Singing with th.* Angel«-,” by Arthur,
Lizzie and Emma Abl»ott was well rrmlrrrd.
The entertainment concluded with a ¡.laven­
title«!, “Sav»d at 1-irtt," which wa- highly ap­
preciated. On lust Friday evening th» .¡u» -ti»»n
"Resolve»! that wealth I iq «« caused mor»* crime
than poverty,” mum »lisciis-ed in a "¡»irit I man­
ner and decide«! in the aflirniativ»-. The pro­
gram for one Mi» k from to-morrow evening
cal!»« f»»r a mock trial If fore Justice >h«*riuan.
A lively fimo in expected.
Mrs. Frank Towne, of Phoenix, has
been very ill for several days with erysip-
ela?.
Ilobt. I’m ves left last Sunday for Ap­
plegate, in the employ of L. 0. Kellogg,
to take charge of a farm leased by th».*
latter. He will be absent several mouths.
J. C. Wilson, a new comer in the val­
ley, has tented Al. Helm’s farm for one
vear.
Mr. Editor—
You can have no idea how over­
joyed I Mas to rel ieve those two answers to my
advertisement for a wile. So far I have read
them over aliout a dozen times a day. I take
the paper with me to my work and read the li t­
ters over and over again while resting. But
for the life of me I can’t decide which one of
those dear young ladies I could like the best.
Rosie Lee’s "uraw ing and painting", would
take my eye sure, and then, again, Iso much
w uiit to see “ R. Z. L’s." blue eyes that “spark­
le like a Negro’s heel," and sample roast ele­
phant ’s t ruiik a prepared by her fair hands.
I’ll study over it two Weeks more and then
aiiHMer huke .
X.
Our esteemed friend I. M. Wagner
writes us an interesting letter from -Salem,
stating that he recently contributed to a
church entertainment at that place by
reading selections from a copy of the
L ai . ent N ews , including “X’ b ”advertise­
ment for a wife; that he thus secured one
new subscriber and a promise of several
more. Thanks, Such letters cheer the
heart of an editor,
~
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make to any one than a year's subscrip­
tion to some good magazine or paper?
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It seems that a good many years ago, owe
Biela turned loose a comet that’ was not thor­
oughly halter broke ami that it has been envoi
ting nl»out the skies ever since, following a svs-
triu of its own. It is not a pvt with the astron-
omvrs hm it ofti n fails to keep its engagements
m ith them. They call it the "devil of the skies,"
the “drunkard among the stnrrt" etc, from its
eccentric movements. This ¡ n the comet that
was headed for the earth a few davs ago, caus­
ing so much anxiety lest it hit our* little planet
a punch in tin* back of the neck. But the dan­
ger is over and we breathe easier.
Lieutenant Peary will nbikc another
trip to the north, for which he has been
granted three year’s leave of absence.
The objects are to truce the northern
coast line of Greenland, to ascertain if
anv land exists north of that Hand and
to reach the north ¡»ole.
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