Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-28
sANrERANgIsoo LETTER.
[rson oun z1auLAR coRREsfoNDENT.l
pRx6oNHLO- CMINRsE MANI.
3 THsro-TMK NEW MINT
SAN FRANCISCO, May q, 1870,

lQS6TLcu Ill uuNCAtLcCAlSiiI Al Tx iSl-
sonal" column of a newspaper. l
never did. And yet who is 1t that
calls so frantically on all the letters Of
the alphabet to do this thing and that
thing, to meet him here and be In
waiting there, to forgive, to forget, to
return home, to write, and to do all
kinds of pathetic, absurd, loving and
criminal deeds, Are they manufac-
tured OH the premises by u local
reporter? Are or. and X. N. merely
the facetious offspring Of that gentle
mans mind; emanations from a world
of spirits imbibed during the evenings
peregrinations In search Of items, and
given to a clamorous devil bawling for
copy? or are they really what they
pretend - appeals from-heart-broken
mothers, appointments from signing
lovers, dcnunciations from sighted
SWANS, and mysterious cautions from
repentant burglars?
These personals are a comparatively
recent feature In our local papers.
Formerly the advertisement columns
contained nothing but the most prosaic
announcements-dry goods selling at
an enormous sacrifice, reduction in the
price Of butter, unpleasant notices Of
delinquent assessments, and all kinds
Of dry, sleepy and uninteresting mat
ter; but now, after we have read the
regular runaways, fights and robberies.
glanced at the daily leader on the
Chinese question, and the usual affida-
Wit about sour circulation" we nj
turn to the outside page and find q
romance embodied In a sentence
amusement and novelty In Il paid adj
yertisement-and II Of Q speculative
turn of mind, foundation for many
air-bullt castles, and food for much
reflection.
There must be something in the
theatrical atmosphere peculiarly COLI
| duciye to the tender passion. for nu-
merous instances Of love ut first sight
have occurred within the past month.
w. D., probably sitting amongst the
gods, saw O nice looking girl In the
parquet, aud just before the green cur
tain fell hurried down to the entrance,
met her in the lobby, trod Of her toes,
and advertised next morning rs fol-
lows: co
c.uo,rr,. rh..,,r I,.t Evening youpy
lady who recognized a young gentleman In the
lobby while the r audience ssc wSFe S s%%i rsa out scsr snH q
s sSS T Sesir Sof can n comm IdSats with Nj By ad.
dressing, eic. """'''~
The california 'Theater Is II danger
ora n,oca for ~snscentibie bachelors.
Two nichts after II. d. had been
,vonndaT NV the how of arrows, Cupid
can't a shoft stroiobt To the heart of III.
T &c tb;s not,ca nroves
r.e.,s- w.,,o.,.v p,or,,, Tho
,,S Sal y : ,hn nortS Ado Of he house, with black
saequc and blue gloves, Will confer a fGvor by
sending her address TO the gentleman VINO sc'
In iroAt OF her' Auan
On the very same evening" Da'e H.
who went to Maguire's ior tne Purpose
OF enjoying a Pieasiie ,H ~ Io'n
with no more iuea OF ialiihe III 'oxe
than tumbling into the bottomlesS PIT,
/ O0I GllIVIlL DH uIlOLlCl W LllODO ANs's
9IoroI;s ,vbof he sovs. Isl
iie'o WIZ" go u.,. ,,,, .,N,
HISeh Hsann. unrs. an Wedncsday evening,
fhe Young man sitting on the side, that ysu
partly recognized, fyou desire yoa can commu.
49, - .ha tS.ote. tho c,rs ore tl,a
Next 70 enc tIS"ses, Sao o"ii , a.t
most promo neiu lor tic ueIci1glhen
Of sudden affection. Augustus hehry,
| riding down town to business, sits next
to a young Miss bent OH n shopping
excursion. The lady wishes the win
dow up, but finds that like all a Will
dows It has q will of its own, and pre-
fers not to come up. Augustus gal
lantly seizes the obstinate pane and
Jerks 1t into position, wins a "thank
you" and loses his peace Of mind. In
vain he attempts to transact h daily
routine of office work. Accounts won't
balance, pens will get mislaid, BOOKS
misplaced, everything goes wrong, uilt
til In despair he gets a Diank piece Oh
paper, anu, win careIui stuuy, con'
poses b following touchlhg appeal:
Bush Street Cars. yesterday at s:S.-The lady
In blue silk dress and blaek slE paLsoi, please Sc
mess inc pSt TSyo Tn Il. t@ysricns VIII have a
J rose In his hand.
Sometimes the "Personals" con-
.o;n oSyartisop,ents Of n decidedly
Uiln EMBELLISHMENTS vS.y
Ia"rod In tho TI,onicie two weeks
app
% .,,,s, .,,.,ro aud
gnond viii y JIscrnci
means aGsi5Ss- W -, o,,rectSnns yrItbon, cmhsr.
,. syuS eonnsctions'
60, ,n r.u,,;ro,
such an obvious . hln ar9 lo S,o,,iJ
no explanation, put tle Ma ar tiS n m
nave peen tne oese ape iGa .ae oTiV'
10 Judge from inc two o ,i'o hiGS, rca =;
a. n y. u. r. Tere on ~ sh hed I hssnn ,o oN.
2 masr,n Un..ts r,ode and nossibiv
thu ESodme do1 aWed when from
tno odrn,S ~ no az other n ounr-
soi 1n nrosa ,vhj"5 sroSuailv erlminated
q, rei , " rOSe ,nd tars,;nated in breaking
n af !" ~ o anu aSemnnt' P%ortraits and
vi sne ens"std hut tbe gentle.
presents werS ven ! I;',nerinD offsct3on In
men nau SUI. INA n,n9{ed Same memento
ms 10 UUsS JILL, "n.u swoathsa rt az he bribcs
ol Nv iolt 4n rat M, hocI tbo nicture
some ~ s, Uhe u, ~ 81; !. and instead IF being
tIe elli n.os ~ ""'
pleased uuVerClSeS. ON