The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-24
-1rEWf1THEiRl PROPHET e.
OLD ABE (gRRY'S PREDICTIONS
VERIFIED IN THE BIG STOl.M
TINE SEASON. HIS AUAL-
ITY OF LOOMING INTO
THE FUTURE EvIN('ED
~ OTHER TESTS.
The Queer Stage Race ia the Early
DAys OF Carson. ..,-r.-t

Ill. energy. and POSSESSED Of some recI1-
liar notions which ne does rot give HIM
Il the trouble &c explain, especially ii
h. suspects anything like incrt,'ulity.
the least sign OF wh:cl, Is apt to start his
ire. WIS one Of the earliest settlers OF this
valley, and We may say that he Is The
builder of Carson. We're it not ior hts
sacrifices and inlomitshlc perseverance
in early times, Carson wonld inevitably
have llaen Geno:l and Genoa Carson.
That part Of the book Of nature which is
unf lied il the valiey OF the C.uson is AS
f,uently read by Oh Curry rs tn p''ef
.r,:.t,t' by 9. Roinisn priest. His e1tr'io,-
binary shrrwdi,.s, :,:.d power of second
sight Is not confined to business enter
prises, by any means. He isan inf.;liible
weather prophet. Hardly Il E:ar but is
weather wise in his own couccit: ye! no
NAN i, abb. to iorettll Storm such is
the M: kim. Abe Curry however has
never failed i'll his weather predictions;
and Ii. his often ,poi;,n of mr,nd.,r5
storms when their coming had i'trn Ior,-
soil OILY i'll liz, own land. Last week
VIM tho weather Wis 1lril and Deaailtui-
~ vlt:,r, Ii. requested rs 10 lu1li. !. -
which We did-;hat i: would iall b"
nI3ntIall on the coming Mon,:;ty, ai:,; ~
advertised fpr bets against hlin on that
irupn>,iJIur. It WAS y ,,in,'s lay l..or.i.:Ig
III, /. he Ila,ic IN, prediction. We COLI
eui;,.,t tl,- aio1nctcts OF til state 'l:nef-
.:lo3let md they gave no inti:n''ii"ii
whatever ot the stoi:.l !i!irt Wi" brewing.
TN sunday might shortly alter "3EA, The
RAIN he;;.,ii In pom down IL torrents, ;sii.'
cyrrywnc;v WAS 10 bc i.virl the cNc:tEit-
toll. Curry his Won In bet. He must
..' III MI.n tn" devil. Il lat Oily
,,.li,d, uut bcforc morning the mos.
vIu.,nt stor:-. OF tl,. ;, >;pn H.! !;'it marks
OF ,!cvast.!:lun III N;r.oC, quarters Of oar
town. Ia one place Il l.stse strongly
built housc w.iicI. had just been finished
b; ;.lc carpenters. and " INCH stood even
partially ,..o.ectc,! by low structure, lii
lis nul..cdi;,tu neig:.Durl.ood WIS over
thrown by III" vioivncc of The storm and
came shattered and crunIJied 10 The
ground, al unsiS!,t!y pill Of discounted
,ini.s.s and scattered shingles. Ine
s,o;ln Is still raging. Ii is showing vio-
lentiy upon til" mountains, AID tx.
stIcsis, are cleared OF paa:'trs by who are
husglns their chime! places aud stoves /
IN com! uIt:.blc self cons Civilizations wilic !
the ATMOSPHERIC outside, as We so To !
press, Is huwiiag and blttc" with "hlrl- !
winds OF mingled sleet and SHOW. Ign. /
We DO not believe i'll spirltaa!lsni. We do |
Rot believe i'll the devil III fact, IL these |
,!ay, when heaven and EARTH are SO COZ
iounded, It Is sometimes haid 10 credit
the facts of Il plaln st'.t"Iuent. tut that .
Things are As above We AZ ready to test
~ III Il Justice > Court OF anywhere else;
ana ". can moreover likewise subatantl-
.lta all that We rclate hereinafter 10y
the mouth Of an eye witness.
In those famous odd times of Car
sons history-in the Summer of lS60-
there were Two competing stage lines be-
tween Carson and ir1ilIi.. owned re.spec-
.ivcly by Old Abe ami liiily wilson.
fhs natter did not last long III the sta..e
business, however, and had 70 throw up
he sponge to his successful competi Ok,
Nno has continued boss i'll the bust
less till now. Stag" racing, III those
lays fun nislied standing items of broken
nnb.' and Lecks, for the pioneer Dcwspa-
)trs. The racing OF Mississippi steanitrS
With red lot boilers WAS pictured htrs in
,iuwlnS miniature. Sta.,,'S crowded Id
,itic and out, dare devil drivers, mustangs
Nth foaming nostrlls and stlttened tails
used to make very lively scenes On these
Dads i'll early times. Many an unluclly
ravelcr had to undergo the .s,..fc which
,oor old Horace Greeley s'uiil req, and
hat too without even asking for a livelier
ait
John Sharpe, the we'll known and reck-
ess Old California stage driver USED to
send UNI for old Garry. H.. Was not
ecoud, even to Monk, either in ski OF
arin-. He was prc-emincnt IL son Of
gun with reins, We do hot know who .
as driving for Billy Wilson. At the
me OF the race, We are about to picture,
here WAS no fencing south Of the Capitol
'laZa. There We're two roads then, run
ny parallel out of town 10 the Warm
prlngs. These two stage proilietors
al had 50 much OF talk as well AS Of &C i.
We competition, that they determined to
i've way to the popular ciamor, thereby, !
t the same time 10 case their own cx-
tied spirits Il lite, i'll II mile heat with
,aded stages, each drawn 10y four horses.
Billy's team consisted of four big sleek
ays which would have inspired any
ldge of horses with admiration for their 4
pint and muscl.. Curry'i team on the
Tier hand was decidedly weak affair
t the wheel wer. two passabie plugs
ne n roam and the other q bay; in the