The Nevada journal., 1854-05-12


It the head of the table: On his right was
placed tie distinguished warrior, King WemeH,
and ON his left the well.known talented lady,
Mrs. Bloomer Strappa1c. In compliment to
the taste of the guest the only vlands served up
were Porterhouse steak, rare, baked potatoes,
biscuit and coffee with lager bier and pea nuts |
for dessert. After an ample discussion of the
yiands, Mrs. Stroppedo rose to introduce the
distinguished guest which she accomplished in
the following neat speech: -
Fellow citizens In rising to bring to your
particular notice our admired guest / find my
task is less difficult. than might be expected
The bare announcement of his presence snfficed
to convene you liere, and you may read in his
face and manners o consciousness Of all the
traits | can claim for him. l thought as did
you ALL when he so skillfully this moment tossl
ed off his pint Of bccr that he had one of the
most open countcnances l had ever witnessed.
Hear, hear 1t gives me. peculiar pleasure
to speak thus in his praise for l see in him a
fine exemplifcation of the force of those priu-
ciples of woman's rights, for which | am an
humble advocate. A man who is so much
of woman, must rejoice to see women wear the
breechcs. (Orcrcome by enthusiasm at this
point in the Speech Wemeh calculated Muck,
muck ,'') Here Mrs. S. launched forth in an
eloquent discourse on the superior availability
Of breeches over skirts for her sex, and the
necessity of total change in the sphere of
strong minded women, till her eve lighting on
Mr.. Strappado in q distant corner of the hall,
whom she had left to utr e the baby, her indie !.
nation overcome her, and she left to infiict sum,
mary vengeance on her faithless spouse. Gen.
Blase was then loudly called for but it being
discovered that he was fast asleep, King We
meh volunteered the following sentiment:
Me Wemah big Indian Blasey big Indian
tambien! big as burro. me lub Blasey ! me
give him worm soup and squaw he come to
be Digger squaw do all the work he make
good Indian Indian know nothing no do
work squaw find worm and acorn Plenty
schmuch.
The liberal proposal of the chieftain was re-
ceived with much sensation, and envious glances
were cast at the unconscious Blase.
The floor was next taken by Hon. Smeller
Auldfogy, who commenced an eloquent effort in
praise of the distinguished guest, when he was
interrupted by plain-looking man near the
foot of the hall, who made his way up, and yehe-
mently declaimed to the following ill-udged
purpose
Are you fools or knaves? You raise the
town to add to the selfimportance of that
drunken ass, who has just sense enough to make
him bad newspaper scribbler, and not enough
to make him a gentleman !! He admits himself
that he has not a soul above raw beef
and Holland gin. If he had the brains of a
louise he would see you arc pack of idiots
|! if you had any you would know he is shallow
pated fellow, whose vanity is only equalled by
-" Here the speaker was interrupted by
cries of "put him out, she's q fool" &c, and
order was again restored by his being deposit ted
outside the hall in charge of Wemeh's body
guard of squaws.
The noise made had partially aroused the
Gen. and his complete restoration was effected
by the lucky accident of the bursting of a lager
bier bottle in his face. He languidly rose to
his feet, and being Supported by Wcmah ON
one side, and by Mrs. Strappado, who had
returned to her seat. on the other, he made the
following Acknowledgements
Miners and Gentlemen:-- never experienced
so great pleasure, so little pain, so much enjoy,
ment, so little annoyance, so great happiness
and SO little misery in one night, as the lager
beer has afforded me-
have q great appetite for porter-house
steaks and have eaten dozens of them at the
free lunches in San Francisco, but never found
one that required so little muscular power to
mastcate it as this one does.
Miners and Gentlemen The pleasant effect
of this nights entertainment will remain with
| me till breakfast time tomorrow morning; and
you can but remember it as the prondest period
of your miserable existence. Gen. Blase has
condescended to visit you. Let it be motive
to spur you on toward civilization.
Let the next visitor from that great city
San Francisco, of which some of you may have
heard, discover marked -.
While the Gen. .1was speaking Chinamar
unobserved had made his way into the hall ant
got behind his chair, and at this point Interrupt
ted the illustrious guest by pulling at his coat
tail and demanding "four bitti for washing two
dirti Shirt" The Gen. having marry red, tried
to put off his dun till morning, but the china
man "no shavy.' "You no good, you tell mt
washi to Shirt, you no give me four biti, me
want four bit." Finding the Gen. did not pa,
him he appealed to the crowd. counting tho
''shrti," and "biti'' on his fingers The justice
of the deman struck the magnanimous feelings
of the crowd, and each man felt sympathizna
in his pocket but could find no "biti" The
| landlord at this moment came in with his bill
when the door was instantly filled with bodies
legs and arms, in rapid retreat, and the hall wa;
soor cleared of all save US and Frisbic, he moi
dun ling us, being confidentially aware of oul
poverty. Ah Frisbie, said we, in the words O
lady Macbeth:
You've displaced the mirth. broke the good meeting
With most admired DISORDER