Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-10

Col. BOB. TAYLOR and Hon. Jonas
Seely dropped in upon Us yesterday
We give the Colonel the precedence be-
cause he is a full Colonel and an old
timer. Manys the blessed day Bob's
been down on these tablets Of ours. Old
Wing of the silver grey sort, rather, is,
or rather was, Robert Saw him, ANA
teurly. play Claude Melnotte, much as
twenty years ago. Think on t. And
he's a young man yet. albeit a trihe
grizzled. He used to recite very quaint
Scriptural allegory-repeated it once in
Sacramento, We remember. Way back to
the old Marysv.lle Herald Bob dates.
Swung mighty graceful pen in those
days of fairy land Better n a green
hand, yet, TO be sure. Jonas amt as old
timer as Bob; but he's been thar. Del
lvered the sweetest little gem Of sky
rocket Grafton on Decoration Day, two
years ago at Virginia that VS. know Of
Beautiful thing. well sustained and ad-
mirably conceived. Jonas was an old
fashioned free soiler under John Browns
illustrations at Ossawattomie, in Kan
sas. III the bleeding days. Not exactly
under the Old Chief, maybe, but still
hearty free State man and ready to take
his part in repelling violence from the
} other side of the question, if need be-
They came down to attend to some
bankruptcy business but Will Camp
bell. who should also have come down
failed to connect, so the thing went over
GoD FORBID that We Of Carson should
wax old and vegstabular before our time,
and dessicate and wither and be blown
about. like Mr.. Carlyle's Exploded
Past" upon the waste winds of heaven
forever and forever. Also may Heaven
avert the calamity of meager provincial |
ism and narrow sequestration in our
small midst: aud to the end of our pre-
servation against these ills let us bid |
God speed to the Arions and their must
cal intentions, capacities and enterprises |
We need their excellent and exalting in
fuences. They meet on Monday night, |
as usual As Mr.. Laughton induced us
to say on previous occasion, full at
tendance of the members is desired
AS they all must know. They are
to prepare themselves for their concert
The sooner we are favored with these
songs the better, they are needed, to
drive dull care away. It's that same
dull care we are afraid of in connection
with the notion first limited at of vege-
tating and becoming messy and back
village-hke. Meantime if we could
only have good theater show or even
panorama or moral wax works exhibi-
tion-anything to brush the dust off our
heads and hearts and backs, it would be
q comfort. But at any rate and what
ever comes or goes let's be prepared to
give the Arions hearty welcome and a
rousing, substantial benefit.
THOSE enterprising young gentlemen,
the members of the Carson Olympic
Club, are to have ball at Corbett Hall
on Tuesday evening. We may be certain
it will Be an enjoyable affair So much
Of life and heartfulness and capacity for
as there il in that Club
cannot fail. And they, and their sweet
hearts and their sweethearts sweet.
hearts, ad infnitum, will be there; and ,
music will glut the air; and all that is ,
best of dark and bright will meet in their .
aspect and their mirthfulness. It is to
be their Grand Anniversary Ball; and
those who are fortunate enough to OBJ
tain An invitation-or permit, as it were =.
can obtain tickets for the mere baga-
tslls of two dollars. Attention is d.
rected to their advertisement in another
column.