Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-01
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0.s OF shs Peslers whs rhssght 81
his Neither.

II there is any occupation especially
calculated to blunt the finer feelings Of
q mans nature. and make him suspi-
cious. cold. e%allous, and calculating. II
is that OF Il policeman. A cheap board
ing or lodging house keeper is frequent.
ly victim'zed by his customers, aud
learns after a time to look upon the ma.
jority Of men a. so many g~ourmands.
Who for the sake Of filling their stom.
achs. are willing to stoop to all kinds OF
base receptions. He has been told
plausible stories OF the weeks wages
which would DO due ON such II day. by
the customer who wanted to 70 on tick.
but which day never arrived; has been
bamboozled by the man who brings
along a carpet sack oil ponderous and
wsighty trunk as security for his hon.
esty, and which upon inspection.
prove to be inflated with rags or
loaded with brick; has been hood.
winked by the bogus miner who takes
his dinner bucket and goes regularly &c
work at some prospecting mine away out
in the hills every morning. until pay
day comes. when he fails to put in AN
appearance; in short has had his conf
dence in the Commences OF mems pre-
tensions 80 often abused that after fol-
lowing the business for q number OF
years he becomes thoroughly saturated
with skepticism and will trust no man
until he has tested his honesty by u te-
dious probation.
The difference between the boarding
or lodging house keeper and the police
man il. that while the former often
meets with deep-dyed impostrrs and is
victimixed over and over again, his BUSH
ness brings him in contact with some
men Who possess sufficient honesty to
redeem the reputation VI mankind in his
eyes, while the latter 10 daily and hour
ly brought into contact with dishonesty.
vice. and brutality in their most disgust
ing forms. hence tho latter IL deserving
Of especial credit for tho manifestation
Of tenderness and consideration for the
feelings Of his fellows. We do not pre-
tend TO say that policemen are character
lied BY callous indifference, in fact from
personal observation we believe the con-
trary TO be the rule AMI not the excsp-
ton. Q thing which. however. does not
detract from the force OF what Is said
above.
A notable instance Of consideration
for the feelings Of another was display
cd Q day or two ago by a gentleman
on IA police force. He was In
tho lower part Of town and found
an old lady staggering along the
street in q state OF almost maudlin
intoxication. whilo q lot OF runians
standing on the side OF the street dis
played their ignorance and brutality by
jscring ut the poor old woman. When
the policeman approached and took the
old lady by the arm. the crowd, think.
ing she would DO taken to the lookup.
shouted with delight. Instead OF do
ing so. the officer led her quietly up
the street. and. finding where she lived.
took her home. On parting with her
at the door. he received her blessing.
and the evidently sincere assurance
TINT no was "a daeent ms "A re-
ward which he said was far more to him
than would have been tho fee for i've ar
rests. by tho way, it %transpired that the
old lady, although indiscreet ON the oc.
casion referred TO. bears an unblemished
character. and il the mother OF n promi-
nent and hishly.respected citizen-the
latter q circumstance unknown TO the
officer at the time. Such on net as the
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