Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-11

| VI Old isGHS. ING / LHcGc TtEGT q Uil
the following: We have not been care
less observer OF lncn ana things, ana
our observations and inquiries Otter
bring to mind the socd old days 81 rs
never to lie forgotten, ncrer to retnin.
To those wLo have baletcl! the waves ..
misfortune or the Pacific coast but
a few years it is next TO impossible TO
comprehend how it is that a man could
have been so lon. iE Tie land Of gold
and silver withoat amassing untold
wealth Bat when those Who are so
dull Of comprehension shall have broken
new gyound-fought Indians, endured
priva.ion and braved every danger in
hunting better dig:g.inGs without finding
them they will appreciate the forlorn
, condition end circumstances of the old
| '43-er. In this and in every mining
/. camp on the Pacific coast, Old '49-ors are
to be found. Having "sone west" until
the impossible waters of the Pacific
have stopped their course, they have re-
| bounded and sought fortune in the
wastes of the saGebrush country. Many
| of them are men Of fiEe ca!ture and in
| tellectusl attainments, and not enc OF
! whom cannot relate incidents in his car
eer Of twenty-five years on this coast
| sufficient to make novelette,. But the
heart instinctively waring towards the
| old 'AO-er. To his intrepidity and dar-
ing is the world indebted for the opening
| up snd developing of the great gold and
silver mines on earth, the rearing OF
magnificent city en- the shores Of the Pa
cific, the construction of the continental
| telegraph and railroad. Though in time
the old '49-ers will have been gathered to
thsir fathers, while there is in the hu-
man breast an admiration for daring
deeds, will the memory of the old 'i9-ers
be reverei and honored.
A Fowl CoSsPiRAcY.-A Gold Hill man
who is striking illustration OF the doc
trine Of total depravity, while on the Car
son river the other day, put up the mean
est job on lot of barnyard fowls that has
vet come to orr knowledge. The Incl
dent which we are about to relate occur
ed in the following manner: The Super
intendent Of one Of the mills, at whose
house this man was stopping, invited him
to take walk out to the barn-yard for
the purpose Of showing him some choice
breeds of fowls The Gold Hill man as
certained surreptitiously that o large
white rooster was boss of the barn-yard,
whereupon he seized him and carried him
into the house. He then went to work,
and with the aid of brush and boot black
ing, polished the rooster until he was
black as a raven, after which he turned
him loose in the barn-yard. The dis
guise was 50 complete that none of the
other ROSTERS recognized the cock OF
the walk" There was war III that camp
directly. The position Of the disguised
bird was identical with that Of the BLACK
Knight, " al th. tournament described by
Sir Walter Scott in 'lvanhoe.' Every
one of those barn-yari fowls wanted 10 |
know who The newcomer was. The !
chief had plenty OF fights on his hands |
for the remainder Of the day. He was |!
greatly astonishei at the turn affairs were !
taking and thus communed with himself: |
What have ] done that all these people |
should lie picking on me to-day: All |
this time this wicked man from Gold Hill |
was leaning against the fence and enjoy
ing the spout Each one of the other
BOOSTERS in turn walked up to the strange
bird, surveyed him for moment with
critical eye, and then sailed into him.
There was an uproar in that barnyard
you bet, and that much abused chanti-
,leer was obliged to whip, in succession,
very rooster in the yard, to the number
# seven, before truce was declared.
The victor, shen he had finished his work
tapped his wings and gave Tremendous
w.-G0ld Hill Netrs.
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