Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-10
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Urlblc Order of IIoodlums, at Austin,
0n the lth inst
Fellow IIoudlums and IIoodlumcs-
esS, COuntryincn and Countrywomcn,
AiranyerS and Grangcre>sess, FcmaIe
Crusaders and Male Perslader>.
WhangdoodleS, Sheep Thieves, and
Thrpc-I ard Monte Dealers
This is the proudc>t mo'nent of my
cven,ful life. When l east my g gle
eye over the sea of upturned faces
which surrounds me, and behcld the
familiar countenances of so niaEv of
INV former comrades in arms, who
participated with me in that glorious
struggle for Liberty-at the last States
Prison break at Car>On.-the emotions
of nv heart are too powerful for utter
ance. and can only offer upa silent
thanksgiving to Governor Bradley and
the Pardoniny Board Of Nevada for
their bencficence in tempering the
wind to the Shorn ram, i'll thus cna-
bling him to cast his lines among the
ewes and wcthcrs of this beautifully
heterogeneous and cosmopolitan me-
tropolis of Manhattanvil.c.
NV Fellow llOOdlumS : When our
Pilgrim Fathers, leaving their mo. H.
prs-in-law and other cherished house
hold gods behind them in the Old
World for>aking everything they had
no use for. and which they couldn't
bring along with them, so that they
might be enabled to worship God and
burn witches and Quakers according %
the dictates of their own conscience
landed in the midst of Il siberian Win
ter upon the inho>pitable shores of
New England there wasn'ta di>tillcry
in the country, and Plymouth Rock
al. Ill
by the dry process wi II the Ste eieldt
improvemcn;. and Curtis wouldn't
have advanced them Il sack of flour OH
forty cart loads fit-Stocks We're down.
hash WAS scarce, and the lnjunS had
got up 4 corner on pinenut> and dried
gr.,>>hoEpcrs times were rough and
the puritanic goose WAS pendant III Il
depressed altitude.
But did the lion hears Of the aiore-
said Pilgrims quail before this accunIu
h;cd load of ad>cr>iiy? Not much
perseverance, and religious ardor will
accomplish wonders, and. like the
youth who left Mud Springs in the
Win cr of 40 for the summit of the 81
ezra \cNadas, hearing Il banner upon
whose silkcn DDS MAS cmblazoned the
legend ENccl>ior," their course WAS
still onward and upward-and behold
New England school nlarnIS and New
England rum is felt and auprcca cd
wherever the arts and sciences are
cherished. and w!lcrevcrcNiiiza ion has
u foothold. Fro II the ticOl gia Ma ior.
who. in the oiien al costume of his
country bends tie pregnant hinges of
his knee before he throne of the King
Of Dahoinev. to the civilized savage who
builds his wigwam i'll oh>cnri V upon
the populou> banks OF the turbulent
RccSc--troiu the cvrrG AIDES of iahrl
dor To the >now-c tppcd pralric> OF Ten
OS-troni the Coliseum 4, Rome To hat
modern monument of the cntcrpri, Z
and cnligi;ennent of the American
people. the Citizens Mill at Aus in
from Alpha to Omega and from the
Pyramids of Egyp t" Silnp on's Park.
My fellow hoodlunis. There stands
Plymouth rock, and there stands Ply
mouth CEurch-probabiv two of the
best stands in the country. The liter
ttti of america have We'd with one an
other III doing homage, and giving to
: the guardian spirits of each a promin-
ent page upon the history of our be-
loved country. lougfellow has im,-
mortalizcd in verse the hliyhlcd love
OF Miles S;andi>h. while Victoria
WOodhull warhlr> sweet rctrain> coIn
mcmoratiNe of the tender bond, of
platonic affection which >anctiiy the
I lives of Henry Ward Bccchcr and Mrs.
Theodore lilton.
Hut. my fellow hoodlumS, all this is
dicrr>>ivc. We have not assembled
he, 'p-day for tho purpose of doing
hon To Il barren boulder. but to
cecb. the natal day OF hat great
North American bird which whipped
the universal game cock of creation.
and caused the crowned heads of Eu-
rope To shake in their boots worse than
did that sprrmaceti duck of old, when
the Apostle Paul shook his fist under
his nose and vociierated unto him.
"Thou art the man.
The great American Eagle that holds
down the galln,ceou> bird OF France
with one claw, the doublc-headed huZ-
zard of Gei MANY with the other. and
chawS up the British Lion into minct.-
meat, with the entire balance of the
European Inenagcria roo>tinI on his
tail feathers! And Yet this eX. riordin-
nrv hipedal cu>S has not Vet reached
his prime of life! In few wears more
he will coniisc;itt all the navic> of Eu-
rope to build himself Il nest. and COB
. ble up the armies of the world for
breakfast. and aferward use them to
fertilize the soil of his ranch-which
by that time will be bounded on the
mouth by the Aurora Boreali> and on
the south hy the Antarctic Circle. lie
VIII turn England into corral for his
oronchos, and stable his nlastouonS IN
! The Tullerics of France.
But to resume my digrc>sion. The
great principles of T. FuribuS furm
haN" never been mere beautifully il
ll>iratcd than in the growth and pros
btrtN OF our famous ci;v. Here but a
f:W short wears ago the gentle ShO-
Shone held undi>pu.ed sway. Clad in
me gorgeous costume OF his race
which consisted principally of an alb
breviated brccch clout and couple of
postage StampS-'!ie percgrina,ed peace
iuilN over his native hills, monarch of
All he surveyed. Scarcely IL .L,caClc of
years has elapsed since, where We NOV
stand. no sound broke the solemn and
>t rene stiffness of the air-eNc"pt he
occasional yelp ot the Noble cayot., rs
he stalked craudly over his native
heath. dragging his majestic tai be
hind him. y few short years and be-
hold the change! \ city to which al
the nations of Lander county pay
tribute. Her surrouudirS hiIl>i,ies
teciiling with the frui.iul saacbrliSh
aili huiriciou> pine nu:. \ lily sup
lorting three churche> anti thir,cen
Tar" banks; inrty-lwo 1in mills and
one 4i.ar!z mill. anl AL that is wanting
10 make II the coinncrci;. center of the
earth Is Il railroad from Battle Mount
am or high toned deck Of hurdy-
Snrdics from Eureka \ city whose
common schools will compare favor
a"iN with those of any nation on the
lace "f the earth. Where the standard
oi the moral culture of our youths has
attained such IA degree that the chances
afc, II They have good luck aud no
~ Backs, inai"rity Of tLem will