Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-25


imprecation and invective which We
take pleasure in noting, in a letter writ
ten bv Miss. or Mrs. G. II. Churchill
whose epistle is dated here and published
in the Grass Valley Union of June p.
Mrs. Churchill is, We believe, q book
pedlar; and we heard Of her being here
. few days ago, but did not see her. She
opens her letter in this clever fashion:
The descendants Of England have 50
entirely renowned the mother country
as to seldom refer to her fine old names.
Carson City should have been christened
either Windham or Winchester. There
woui,. have been a shadow of appro-
priateness in such names: as it is. Car
son means nothing, suggests nothing,
unless it may he the hero of one of Ned
Buntline's western stories. Winchester,
or Wiudham carry their meaning with
them and are suggestive OF ocean gales
and mountain breezes.
With so fresh and breezy start as
this We are prepared for the following
peppery comments upon our too. too
palpable, frequent and objectionable
local nuisances Says this peart and
outspoken female:
Carson City. like most towns of its
age, has many structures In all stages
Of responsibility. and some III all stages
of decay. Upon visiting its back streets,
where the residences are located, one Is
doomed to continual chasrin and disap-
fresh. attractive appearance, the yard
hourishing with every green thing. and
the walks for that lot may be passably
kept Upon the adjoining premises
will be found pig styes, cattle eorfals
and chicken ''hxeps. These creatures
are accommodated with real old fash
toned mud baths, kept for their convent
ence, either where the sidewalk should
be or in the street, frequently In the
passage nearest the front gate.
The streets and cutters abound In
every article of cast of abominatlon to
be fond in "A well stocked junk shop;
and to make matters worse they are III
all stages of decomposition. If the City
Fathers do not remedy this street NUS
ance, according to the Darwinian theory
the next generation will be born with
turned up noses, as he in his philosophy
declares that everything originates from
some necessity. 1t is well recognized
fact that the above mentioned pro-
bocis is most commonly seen among
the denizens of filthy back streets and
wretched tenements. So much for the
Darwinian theory.
OF course woman who could and
would talk like that about our town and
its imaginary Fathers, wouldn't hesitate
to deal familiarly with individuals; and
it is natural that this unterriied Amazon
should thus presume to make free with
one of the real Fathers of the place.
Says she
Old Abe Curry is the first man I ad-
dressed after arriving at Carson. He Is
the hero of some of Mark Twain's pio-
neer stories. instinctively felt that he
was and old acquaintance, and wonld
single him out from company OF iitty
men in quest of general information.
Curry is large. well developed, well
preserved, man of sixty. with fewer
white hairs than most men have ut forty. |
with rather luminous face, but genial
rs harvest moon; and in his pioneer |
life has made himself so useful to the |
territory and yonng state that he de- |
serves the title G. G.. B. which being |
interpretated means the Great Grand |
Benefactor, of the territory and infant
State.
Amen! But now it becomes our
mournful duty as concientious journal
list of Yankee extraction to make two
cuesses and final extract from this
letter by way of sustaining them. We
will guess, first. that this critical and
acidulated female found Carson an I'M
place for her peddlIngs
and, second, that she is a sort Of an
amateur. perapatetic sub agent. or small
salaried solicitor for the sale of tickets
in the Bowers Mansion scheme here
with alluded to. Says Sister Churchill,
says she:
1t is said that business would be dull
in Carson if it were not for the sales
made of the Bowers lottery tickets.
The grammar and geography class Of
Miss Ellis will be examined this morn
;no at the Puhlic School. The examin-