Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-08


before ye Mystic Krewe of Comus by
Ney Churchman, on the 9th inst, at the
celebration in Phoebe. Some few altera-
tions have been made in the original
text, but the sublimity of the discourse
is left intact:
Ladies and Gentlemen, ticket of -leaye-
men, hoodlums and fugitives from JUS
tice. Owing to refusal of the Sheriff
to liberate the orator appointed for the
| occasion-he occupying n room in Flies
lodging house, under commitment in
default of BALL have consented to read
the address he had committed to mem.
ory. My voice is hardly fitted for this
oleaginous duty, having met with an ac-
| cident while standing on an insecure
platform at Sheritf's reception in a
neighboring county. by knot catching
under my left ear. Fast riding and diet
has, however, improved it enough to
allow me making myself impertinently
understood. Our presence here to-day
is due in great measure to the kind
| and considerative action of the Board OF
Pardon Commissioners of this State and
other States that have been unfortunate
enough to number US among their faith
| full and energetic and whilom accommo-
dating road agents and light-fngered
gentry of every shade and degree.
Fellow-refugees, we have gathered this
lovely afternoon under the shadow and
protecting egis of the minions OF the
| law, to give expression to noble feelings
and qualities that quicken our hearts
and thoughts with devotional pride. We,
as sons of ancestors whose names are en-
rolled in countless prison registers and
police court dockets, who under the
skull and cross bones and sundry letters
of-marque secured plumber enough to
enrich their posterity, and the names Of
such departed heroes as Lafitte. Captain
Kidd. Dick Turpin, Dutch Heinrique
and Patsy Marley; land l recognize in
the countenances before me many of
their descendants) men whose names
will descend to future ages as spell-words
sublime in the records of profane his
tory, and whose pictures are enshrined
in the albums OF every rogue's gallery.
Brother horse fanciers, while review
ing the history of the great men of the
past can but pay tribute to that noble
army of martyrs, who, in our late unea-
siness, having in mind the great princi-
pie, "He who fights and walks off on his
ear, may live to fight another year, but
he who is in battle slain, as q fighter has
no further claim. were always found
defending their firesides against the ruth
less hands Of invading cripples and or.
phans, always ready with cheering chin
music encouraging the bummers to the
front. And again. while speaking Of
army frauds, am reminded of the army
of able and efficient superintendent,
pre-Adamite qualifications of the Oar.
winian era. Like faithful sentinels on
the watch-towers of falsehood, theil
, voices are always heard in favor of levy.
! ing and collecting assessments, keeping
in mind that great truth OF the immorta
r Shakespeare, Beneath the rule OF trus
t tees entirely great, the telegraph il
: mightier than the pick and shovel" Evel
: watching and guarding the interests O
F. their respective trustees-as per instruc
J tions (see invoice lever ready to wax,
7, the honest miner when the end of hii
d shift approaches, and search him for ap
Q propriated candles, sons of honest toll
t future statesmen, who point back will
honest pride to epochs in their life 8 his
tory when the ace won four times, an,
> tell with bated breath of the night whel
. three kings took down the pot. Tn
IS press, ever ready with pen and type t
r record the good deeds, or sound tn
If praises Of recreant Arabs, that fold thei
II tents and coil their lariats, and stet
\. away in debt for board and gin, or civ
% half a column for tarantula juice cor
g. sideration.
r Chips of old faro blocks, call you
c. attention to the shining lights of Ii
legal profession, worthy associatiu
u trespassing on the patience Of sullen cl
he ents, under whose skillful manipulation
N Of their cases, many Of US that would
Is thrown upon the cold charities of Il
at lunch tables and soup houses of Il
IN world, are provided with boar
to clothes (striped) and the soft sit
,g of a plank at the States expens
working upon that great communist
!, principle Of taking from others to e
y. rich themselves, and when standi,
Ill upon some future scaffold. with sher
at ready to cut the brittle thread that W
IN launch us into the arms of the studep
ct of some medical college. and used in Il
er interests of sicence, then, fellow blac
legs, will fecollections crowd upon us
the pleasant walks from Jail to the cou,
q, house. to listen to the arduous efforts
be counsel to build up or demolish a cha
of acter we were possessed of, or of Il
II. floral tributes strewed upon the gray
at of the victims Of their long wind.
defy Evarts, or any other man, to bui
longer sentence.)
n Fellow cracksmen, never since 1 d
be time at Sing-Sing, or Moyamen-sine,
n. any other sing, or since / pardoned Il
III Governor, have l recognized SO mai
an old-time associates and familiar counte
ances. Men of the lariat, knights of 4
jimmey, I'm with you once again.
IS hold to you the hands you first behe
of to show they still are free-to crack
'as crib, or take dizzy of sway, as of yo
Remember, brave associates, fear of al
= thing but bailiffs and sheriffs is our Il
& thought, and the gathering of other p'
ng Piles shekels our first. Make money
say; the surest way to acquire com