Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-14

IAxKs, Ell DORADO Co.. CALIFORNIA,
Angus: IL, 1919.

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Ed. ArPEsL: With a sense o. duty
strong upon me sit down 10 the task
Of furnishing given measurement of
copy" 1t is beginning to drag. The
first day or two, with the breeze in your
face and the beautiful water to inspire
you, You feel like yielding to the Sushful
emotions and putting them into shape.
Bat fresh water is tiresome. Pines and
all the resin producing trees have way
OF bringing on the monotopies. / now
discover the reason tor the prevalent
dizziness of very good people. They axe
overwhelmed and overwoTked by a tyr
annous slave-master of a conscience.
They let conscience whip them into dc
ing the things for whose performance an
inspiration is necessary. That's what 5
the matter with me. My inclination is
to sprawl and enjoy my soul. as Walt.
Whitman would say; but my tremendous
conscientiousness gives me- no res: till l
grind out letter for the APPEAL print
ers to immortalize.
came in from Falling Leaf Lake
about two hours ago. The sun was
upon it and made ii a beautiful mirror.
The steep banks were alive with lights
and shadows, and . good deal of outdoor
nature was there. The boys sent small
argosy upon its broad AMI beautiful
bosom-two shingles With pointed prows
and jury mast. carving sail from the
leaves of my now idle reporters book.
4 hopeful gunner came past and cha.ted
with US, and said nIodestly that he was
Silver City man and that he vas cab
lining over yonder by the shore Of this
little gem of a lake. Round the south
end of this Lake, up Though the canyon
there, is the soda spring that you hear
SO much about here. 1t is Mr.. Gilmore's
spring, believe. just now a party came
in from there. They report the road n
hard one to travel. The patrons Of the
another with the chiIis. The poor fellow
with the cough is past cure, they say.
As to the man with the chiils, don;
know. Probably he viii have to fall
back on quinine. after all. l don't be
ieve l shall so to the Springs. re-
member Willis and Lamb and Doctor
Fife and their perennial fount with its
many fiavors, and l reserve my efserves-
cinss for them and theirs Besides,
what s the sense of drinking crude soda
water jus. from the bowels Of the earth
when one can get it with the evidences
of civilization and culture in its favor
and its bubblement ?
Somewhere in the mountains near here
is certain Echo Lake. A California
ditch company is at work tapping the
same by dam and tunnel ard fiume.
You can hear the blasting explosions
from these precincts. A mining project
beliefs this tapping enterprise. There
are men about Echo Lake with vested
rights, as they call 'en. who don't relish
this drawing of Of its waters. So these
blasting sounds are not rrlished here
away and they would seem to be the
muttering portents of coming storm.
Our busy fellow townsman, Mr.. N. c.
Gardner, is pushing his railroad. Even
now it is in active use and operation, |
hauling logs to his breakwater by the |
lakes edge. Only shor: mile from
here is this breakwster. You hear the
shrill whistle of the old Ormsby' To-
connective as it invades these Piney soil
tudes. Gardner has contract for haul
ing $1,000, goo feet of timker for that
busiest Of lumber working concers. Yer
ington, Bliss and Company. The tract
which furnishes the greater part Of this
timber which Gardner is to deliver at
the lake side. is that which figures in
the lawsuit Of Bosco vs.. Davis. Davis
Geo. IT, and associates sold the tract
to Y, 3. 4 Co.
Buck Davis just left here. lie informs