The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-16
ONE OF THE BOYS"

He Is a staggering fellow COM
monty arraved in costly clothes, but
remarkably outre in style, color or
texture. His boots are rather too
small, and they pinch his feet so
that he walks with cramped gait.
Should he die with them on-and
the presentiment occasionally OBJ
trudes itself they will likely be
found brilliantly polished. His hat
tits over his nose, owing to a protu-
berant bump OF self-esteem, and
though his countenance Is repulslve
and his physique insignificant, he
plumes himself on his shape, and
he manages to smirk and wriggle
himself into the grace of some shall
low pated bona roba on whom to
sponge. Whether he loafs on the
corner or saunters around the block,
his busy eyes scrutinize each pass
ing face as though he We're in quest
of prey. His time is spent between
the card room, bar-room, brothel,
and street corner: these four cardl-
nal points furnish all his topics.
Disdaining to he hampered by any
rules. and totally ignoring gramma-
teal propriety. he is fluent in slang,
and garnishes each sentence with an
oath. In his opinions, which are
never original. lie is dogmatical. .
clamorous. and stubborn, clinching
his argument with I'll bet you.
He is narrow minded and ignorant,
but persevering. self-reliant, cum
ming and cheeky, and pushing ahead
rough-shod. lie not seldom eX-
changes his brass for gold. When
- flat broke" he will whine and
cringe to wheedle some out Of a triti-
ing favor: but when luck renders
him tinancially ' easy. he fails 10 no.
tice his impecunious acquMntances.
and. like all blind men, holds his
head high. He of course has SYM
pathy With those Of procliyities like
his own, and readily fraternizes with
them. but as his friendship is bound
ed by the lines OF self-lnterest, he Is
true or recreant as convenience re-
quires. Yet. as in union there Is
strength. he is seldom to be found
without his hackers. He is in need
of them. for he is rancorOUs and trea-
cherOus: prone to take advantage:
and when prompted by avarice, lust
or malice, to take life. Then these
hackers of his might spirit him
away or swear him through the
meshes of the law. Should he kill
his man and ''get away with it, he
at once assumes an air of superior
itv. and though his department con-
tinue demure and yielding toward
the ''fellOw that is on it, his bent is
to hector the submissive and non
combatant-tO strut, fume and rant,
splitting omino1rs hints, of desperate
deeds, and giving pungency and
force to his SAY by intermittent
allusion to the knife and pistol. All
this she considers entities him to the
privilege cf a little ''black mail, "
and therefore he exacts it on every
favorable occasion. He is more de-
voted to Mammon than to Venus or
Bacchus; vet, when flushed with sue
cess. he spends his money-lf with
poor discrimination. with an open
hand; and then in turn makes avarlce
succumb to lust, vanity or other
passion active at the time. Rich to-
dav and poor tomorrow. it is always
a feast or famine with him. He is
simply a medium for circulating
other mems money, for no more
than one in hundred of this class
retains of the cash he manipulaGes
enough to bury him when dead. A
non-producer- parasite on society,
dependent on the passion and vices
of mankind-like the fly, changed
from a crawling maggot in the
putrid mass to fatten ON fecal fare
and buzz and poster while the sun
shine lasts-his life, whether useless
or not, is daring, intrusive, and
decidedly an annoying one. His