Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-04-18

Especial Correspondence of the Times ]


DEAR TIMES There is great
lack of news in our good city. 1t
has got into one of its hum-drum.
pretty behaved states at present,
and nobody knows what to do with
themselves. One stock or other
jerks up little, and then falls back,
just to give little impetus to we'll
behaved Hope, who is trying to be
steady, and then all fall asleep
again. There is but little danger to
be apprehended from any effect they
may have upon the morals of the
community at present, and in fact.
in good society they are scarcely
even mentioned.
Good society is at present rejoicing
in private matinees, alias "kettle
drums," but as neither kettles nor
drums have anything to do with
them, one is mystified by the title,
and would like to understand the
why of the origin. Nevertheless,
the Coltons gave I" kettle drum"
on Saturday, invitations issued to
young ladies and escorts, reading
from three to six P. NJ" company
requested, ETC., etc. Now, as to
where the fun comes in, is ques-
ton. Gas-lighted rooms in broad
day light, supper and dancing, for
invalids and weak-nerved young
people, to whom night air is in
furious, it is probably satisfactory;
but for good, healthy man to shut
himself out of the day light, hurry
up his dancing, and get ready to go
to bed with the chickens, just at the
time when his preparations for mid
night amusement is wont to COM
mence, can't be so agreeable, unless
he proposes to save time, and make
a night of it, into the bargain.
The return of " Elaine" to Snow
& Mays gallery produced a sensa.
ton, and attracted for the remainder
of the week large gatherings. 1t is
a beautiful picture; but the subject
would have been better treated on
larger canvass. The fact of poverty
and the want of means from the
beginning to treat it as it should
have been, are apparent IN this, for
large sum of money would have
been required to have given it the
whole effect the picture merits. 1t
is a very dark, funerallooking pic
ture, and would not be cheerful
thing to look at if one was torment
ed with dullness. Nevertheless, in
a gallery appropriately hung where
it could be seen to better advantage,
1t would be more satisfactory, even
to those who persistently determined
to get their two bits worth, by
looking at it in rather bad light,
with tired feet, and heads aching
from their endeavor to catch peep
of it through the opening afforded
by the somewhat irregular move
ment OF the persons in front of
them. A hand with lilies, some
golden hair, and red-headed boy,
are indiscriminately mixed in our
remembrance, of an attempt to get
a good view of it, through an opera
glass, and an occasional intermiX
ture of feathers and flowers, on the
hats of the restless admirers, who
were also navigating their glasses in
us, did not help the idea that we
were regarding beautiful picture;
nevertheless, it is beautiful, and
might be enjoyed for much longer
period, than most persons were able
to enjoy it, provided one owned it,
and could take time enough to allow
it to grow upon them, as it undoubt-
edly would do under less trying
circumstances.
The powder explosion, and con-
sequent disaster, has caused every
one to wonder how people can be
so careless, and why, indeed, dis
asters are not even more frequent.
The smoking of pipes and cigars,
albeit so recklessly used, must be
under the protection and patronage
of Satan himself, or nothing would
be left of us. Smoking in crowded
thoroughfares, with ladies' thin
dresses, wooden sidewalks, high
winds, and everything apparently
to aid conflagration, is compara-
lively a harmless pastime but
smoking over powder, ready to
ignite and be ignited, was beyond
the patience of the Patron Saint, of
the careless man who sent so many
into eternity. Eight were killed,
others wounded, and larger
amount of property destroyed than
would have seemed to be possible,
did we not know what agents of
mischief fire and powder are, and
what little help there is really for
men to protect themselves from
their tendencies, whenever they get
really into active operation.
Ristori, Kellogg, and other stars,
are expected to illumine our coast
this summer; and to go or not to go
into the country for the season, is a
question with many, who otherwise
would not hesitate to leave the dust
and fogs behind them, to find refuge
in country life and sweet simplicity,
from the horrors of monotony in
he precincts OF San Francisco.
An undertOne of movement in
politics is beginning to be felt.
Democratic politicians are brighten
ing up, and great hopes entertained
that recent successes on the other