The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-09
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA CITY.
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, J
April s, 1871. J

III d llouiidiiic anu LIN
Humboldt range are robed. ThesnoW
that fell last night III this city driftcd a
good deal, some of the drifts being
two or three feet deep, whi!ethe streets
in most places are bare OF snow.
Some one sends me the following.
which certainly gives some few of the
peculiar traits of the ''critter' de
scribed:
.'YE LoCAYLE EDYToR.
Who is he that goeth about with a
scroll and pencyl in his handle dill
gently seeking out and r~ecordynSe
such thvnCS as men would know, to
We ende that he may publyshe We
same to We worlde? 1t is We locayle
edvtor. Who is it that hath rednesSe
of eyes from his so CRETE toy!e wyth
hvs penne whilst We midnight kero-
tsvne is fast being consumed IN hyS
lampe? We locayle edytor. Nho Is
lit that most per>i>tently aude wythc
CRETE diligence refuseth at all WINE
shops to quatIe We seductive and
sparkling beverage which many %
hvs undoinwe force him 10 drinkc?
Verify. lit is We locayle edytor. IN"
* lit that smelleth blood afar off and
crvethe when II is slalne "iia! ma!
Who but We locayle edNtor? We
~I!ocavle edytor Walketh abroad hN>
words to such Is are knoWn 10 MN
-ande verify, they be le-lon>-afe
+ hon f,InIa'F hnf-
..wbat is We ueErSe?" For neW>e We
~locavIe edvtor hungreth exceedingly
land cryeth lvke We horse leeche,
give. Cive,' continually. lit hatne
been remarked by some dligent 90,
servers who have travelled i'll tropical
cIimes that although not a Nulture
should be seen III We skye, yet sA"uid
: 4 beaste fall and dye. upon We instant
, many score of saNde carflon nlF"e>
aDpear circling around in We lower
airc; now it talleth out after We same
e manner in such places as We IocaEe
f etvtor doth iuhabit. lie Is not seen
when veaffayreS OF menn Wag >iilool
: I've alonce. but let there arise a tunluii
and belloide, he cOmeth from We
= know not what place ande where Nt
, icommotion most ra@eth he l. seen
He tracketh an item lyke We s'a-3'
hounde toilOWeth after We Wohth"c'
Y deere. lie eve wiShctI to heaTe o
q sOlnewhatte. Doth he hc2re that S"'t
! a thynge hath happened he deilShtG'l
" to learne that lit is the very worst ina
= could happen in We saYd case. lie
d runnpth on wvthe lyke sayings t.
thvs: $50 We manne must have pee
uttcrlve torne to pieces mus Il
lie surgcsteth We worsC state to We enc"
j. thai he who giveth We l~niornlatlo
ir NAV allow THAI lit was really yer
- enearlv 50. Having thus gotten all ny
Vi facts properly expanded he >catel
E. hvmSclfe and 50 bloweth upp We lteI
,r a in safety he maye no to eNceede '
= hurStinua pOyute. As hattie been II
We marked bv We poete, For waves thi
- are darke and trvckes that are Ealhe
a We ~..locavle" mamie is peculiar. An
IN, further ! needle not eNplalne-"
THE THIRST FOR NEWS.
The above reminds me that it is II
alone I've local editors" who has
- thirst for news. There appears to I
:, 4 kind of chronic hungering after tn
' which is new and sensational anon
by the people ofNeyada. first que
bv tio~naiwavs >-.What'sthenews: y
nd matter what has happened or what
moin- on. they want 10 he~arsoihcthil
We more-some later SENSATION w
Its amused ON the occasion OF the last b
,w fire in this city by an acguaintail
erecting me with: ..IIelloi What's Il
y" nrw>?" ..Well." l replied, the to"
Is, i burninr down" ''les; | know
at- was his answer. but its been bur
On i'm thi,haGfhour." He wanted som
thing ''trc>h.'
\ CAT STORY.
In an article headed ''Dogsand tht
1 Doing" by Rev. f. o. Marris, pu
nshed in a late number of Harper
Weekly. there is an account OF :
lat Walter SCOTS dog. Camp" ben
itV able to understand whole stntenc
or suOken to him without the ald OF al
49, outward sign or gesture from |
lily sneaker. and in the Philadelphia lie
i'll Ger * an article headed ADO Amin;
has Think?'' commencing Wlth-'It Is
curious question whether ANIMALS Ia
notice of the events which are paSsi
ne around them, but which nevertleIe
ne are apparently outside OF the spht
Use of their instinct. NJ. Iheophl!e 'al
Ter. the Well-knOWn french .lourii
= ist and writer, has raised us 4ue>Il
lys in regard to the animals which We
q a in Paris during the siege, ana
brings forward several facts which
saws fell under his W Observable
tor to nrove that they not only took II
ost tice of passing events, but reguiat
their movements accordingly.
observes that the dogs took noti
BUS from the very first day, OF the b
lity NAL condition of Paris" Mr.. Gaut
.nla SAYS. ..Thed dogs soon begant percel
that people looked at them in stralI
manner, and under p%retence OF care
fnr them, felt their flesh, as a butci
can would. to ascertain il they were
leld good condition.
81 1.-The cats perceived this sooner Il
, =" the dogs did and became exceeding
and cautious as to whom they allowed
an- touch them; on the least quick mo
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