Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-07

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From the Chronicle Of June 81
An ethnoeiapher viii find much %
inferred him In ohserying the motely
crowd which conefegAtes on thu rail-
way platform on the arrival o. the
trains. Som come fortheir mail 9th
ers 10 sec-if their grandmother Is ON
the train, others still, for what purpose
God only knows. The hotel itself Is
appropriately named, for, OH such oc-
casions there Is to be found In front Of
1t the most cosmopolitan gathering on
the face Of the earth. Right here In
Elko the tidal waves Of travel seem TO
meet-Europe and Asia, Orient and
occldent-for, busting about on the
platform or thronging the express Off
ces may be seen the predominatlng
Caucasian, the swarthy Ethiopian, the
yellow Asiatlc, while half-clad Indians
BY the hundred parade themselves on
either side Of the morning train, resort
ing to every stratagem In their efforts
to spar a meal from unsympathetic
passengers. Grasshoppers and crick-
cts for dinner-p0und, jell and fruit
cake for breakfast-what wonder II
under the influence of dreams engen-
dered by stomachs oyerfllled with such
compounds the red man Is tempted to
tomahawk his noble brother? The
most remarkable circumstance Of all Is
the fact that notwithstanding this
wonderful admixture Of nationalities,
there Is no conflict Of races. A person
might almost be excused, If under the
Influence of such surroundings, he WINS
inclined to ignore his own nationality
and proclaim himself a citizen of the
world. Of the people who travel,
those of citizens lately from tine
East insist that the ugliest looking
specimens of womankind are to be
found on the eastward bound train,
while old Californians make q like dis
paraging statement In regard to west
ward bound passengers. As far rs our
own observation goes both statements
are pretty nearly correct.
"Here I have sat for the last twenty
minutes without being able to get any
thing to eat" said a tall, round-shoul-
dered, cadaverous looking passenger
from Chicago, a morning or two since,
whose gauht, greyhound appearance
indicated that he was making his es-
cape from the western milk sickness,
or wa In trimming and hastenilg TO
take part In the Sacramento races. ~
have travelled a good deal, but never
experienced such want OF attention OH
the part OF walters before" The nj,
t%entlOn Of the steward was attracted
by his incessant oliver Twist-like calls
for "more," and rushing to one Of the
walters, he sternly demanded why he
did not attend to the wants OF the gen
tleman. "Why, sir" replied the
waiter, 81 have tried to do so. l have
given him q bountlful supply Of all
Kinds of vegetables, butter, bread, sew.
eral kinds Of side-dishes of meats, filled
his order twice for ham and eggs. given
him q large tenderloin steak, ana
George (another waiter) gave him
another by mistake, and l thought that
out to pass for high waiting on one
person where there are so many Others
to be served in so limited n space Of
time" whereupon the steward with
drew from the room, but returning
soon. and as he rapidly fastened to.
ward the still clamorous traveller, tear
Ing the paper envelope from a bottle
which he held In his hand, exclaimed
"Permit me to assist in supplying
your. wants, as 1 see the activity Of oul
walters Is not equal to the demands Of
your tape worm" at the same tint
placing a bottle before his guest IN
beled "Fanstack's Vermifuge." Th'
stranger arose with indignation prom
inent on every feature, declaring tina
In his travels he should hereafter ayoit
this house, whereupon the steward re
piled In his most bland manner, not Z
make any such deperate resolve, thougi
II carried out, the house might be th'
gamer, yet 1t might make 1t very I'm
comfortable for the worm.