Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-11
LETTER RON HAMILTON.
HAMILTON, Dec. I,

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EDITORS SENTINEL: At the request
of members, their names will be omit
ted in these biographical sketches.
They admit that such al expression of
modest humility is unsual. and agree
to the necessity of inventing some
scheme whereby the public, as we'll as
themselves, may be able to identify.
Without Identification they might be
LETT, like the market woman whose pet
icoats during her sleep had been sadly
rent, to exciaitn, "Lauk a mercy, j.
this me. or somebody elSe?' In this
| dilemma my two associates suggested
the use OF numbers. Blu: even then
there remained a moity of incertitude
or difficulty to recognize, not TO he
thought of. Happily We hit upon an
arrangement leaving nothing 40 con
tjecture, which seems perfectly salts
factory to the members II the public.
The plan 10 accomplish this is t. adopt
the manner OF numbering Woods old
fashioned plows. that Is: running up
from the small No. l one-hOrse plow
10 No. Z, or the hugs prairie breaker.
1t is. therefore, that we now enter upon
No. > o: the series. just in the nick OF
time we received from No. = some
family notes, otherwise the history OF
this worthy membe OF the l-egi>Ia-
ture would have been as briet as the
old historians chapter treating oi the
snakes Of Iceland. However the
notes enable us to relate that As an in
fan; in his mothers lap, she often eN-
pressed 4 of confidence in his
behaviour. Even when circumstances,
for u moment, reinspired, she fire.
quen.iy found 1t only a case of mis-
placed confidence" lie now atirib-
utes this ha bit 10 the free trade ten.
dency of his family. The ole also
reier to "a remarkable phenomenon.
When three years old. u dingy mass OF
hair clothed his chin, which he has
ever since seduiouSlv cultivated. No
one had sver observed So early an "
idence OF manhood, and ii puzzled the
wisest heads t con for it. His
mother only remarked that No. > IA
always a strange child i'll habits, and
she believed nature designed him to
be a law-maker. She even attempted
to p~hIlosophize upon the early growth
of hair on the chin. She con-
nected this growth of beard with
an invetera:e habit of eruc;atiOn, and
declared her belief that certain mystic
rious Bakewellian currents OF electrici-
ty connected the IN o poles of the child,
AS if the positive, orseructating soul.
had aught &c do witll n negatiye,o or even
an intellectual chin. This simple rea-
soning may suggest an explanation.
but we can not enter into IA discussion
SO foreign to this biography. Al! We
can say is that the child waxed and 50
did his hair. The facial angler when
recently measured, was found too ac.
cute TO indicate mathematical prpci>ion;
but this defect is more than coinpen-
stated by his beautifully ambiguous
eyes. He is long in the arms and long
in the legs, which his mother a>cribes
to rubbing up hill. Though loyal and
republican he is ruf1led with Mr..
Sharon; says Sharon had to he packed
like dead weight. He is persuaded
that railroads are injurious to fish cul-
ture. to which be desires to urn the at
tention of all Eastern Nevadans. How
ever, upon this subject he will not be
captiOu> and may become r%econciled to
Stanford by a statesmanlike compro-
mise. He is a miner, and stands 10
years old, and i'll request to determine
the strike of sleepy veins. Thus we
have closely followed the notes, and
we will add that No. 2 is one OF those
men who will be more fully .appreeiat-
ed during the last days of the session.
However ruflled with Sharon, No. .
must remember that through Mr..
Sharon and my Two associates he was
nominated and elected. The people.
however, are not owe sensitive about
any detection in this respect. The
people do not expect big things OF No.
=. Ii he will overcome any little often
sive habits, such as his mother alluded
to. and conform to those of the Assem-
bly, for the sake OF harmony and COM
mon decency, It's all they will require.
Ell RAKAB.