The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-29
oNE Of ..oul,s" HEARD FROM.

AlANA Ab
At the time Of his departure for his old
home III Kentucky, he agreed to reniem
ssr Ut, and the epistlo at hand is in cv-
ideuoe that his promise had been re-
deemed. We shall take i. rs n special
favor If he will edo So SOME more"
owESsBoKo. Ky, jan Goth, 1876.
EDlron ELKc ISpErESpXSI:-When l
left Elko I promised to write You; have
not been very prompt to comply with
tho promise; can't say hat l shall give
yoa N readable letter now, but here goes
for n trial: i arrived here about three
weeks since, bringing with mo letters
OF introduction to my father and mother,
whom l hal not seen for t~wcnty-four
years. Both recognized inc the moment
l entered the house, but my brothers
aud sisters could scarcely be made to Lc-
lieve that the stripping Of u boy who left
home so long ago could possibly have
grown into the bearded six-footer who
stood before them, but an examination
disclosed the strawberry mark" OH the
heel OF the left foot. Ny identity being
established all hands proceeded TO kill
tho fattcd turkey, und they have on
tinued to slaughter tho festive bird UNI
till am completely surtcited; it has
been roast turkey for dinner, cold sliced
turkey for supper and turkey hash "a
popular dish hcrcl for breakfast. In
my dreams l see hocks of turkeys cir
cling round mo in the air; they strut
and Sobbie md scrapc their wings
against the ground us they mcuacinSiy
surround Inc, occasionally walking up
Il down upon my PROSTATE body,
Glaring upon me and threatening TO
pick out my eyes,until Iawakr bathedin
Precipitation, and nln glad to find il nll
q dream. My bowels yearn not for tur-
key, nor for the flesh pots OF Egypt, but
for n piece of Ncvada's good beef.
This is the tobacco center Of the
State Of kentucky. This county
(Daviess) produces annually from ten
to twelve million pounds of the weed.
The price this season is considered
good. ranging from six to ten cents per
pound. Abe Mooser makes the bows
pay II quarter for aplug two inches long,
but Abe is q good fellow, and has to
pay q high tax to the Government and
q high rate for freight to the railroad.
This county produces more whisky, and
Of q better quality, than any other
county in tho State-I won't except the
far famed Bourbon-and it all comes
straight, nothing crooked about it ex-
ceps the way it makes u man walk after
he chambers about 80 scruples-3 scru-
plss | diam.
/ havo visited several distilleries, of
which thcro ere nine in o circuit Of
ten miles. Only think, nine sour mash
whisky distiileriCs turning out an average
OF thirty barrels OF whisky each per day
two hundred nnd seventy barrels--
enough to make ono hundred and fifty
thousand men drunk. II amt Of the
fighting kind, and when a fellow drinks
a good horn Of it no don't feel as il he
hnd had a paper Of lacks poured down
his neck; he can get "blind stayins
drunk" at night and get up in the morn
inS without any headache. I've tried
1t and know 1t is good, and will bring
You a bottle Of 1t when I return.
The telegraph has ere this informed
you OF tho result OF the Senatorial cor
test in this State. Beck is elected Uni
ted States Senator-had it been left TO
tho popular vote General "Cerro Gordo"
Williams would have been elected, but
you know how it is in c~ohvoutions ond
caucuses-and Williams stays at home.
I was in a drug store yesterday for
ono hour, and in that time thirteen per.
sons called, and each had n ten grain
prescription OF quinine put up; ell
CURED Of the druggist il tho people Of
the city were afflicted with the chills,
he said no, not to any great extent, bu,
that down on Green River they hnd
them bad. Greensboro has n population
Of 5000, and I'll bet that there is moro
q~uinine sold here in ono year than has
boon sold i'll the whole State of Nevada |
since tho Constitution was framed.
Kentucky hos pretty women, noble.
hearted mon, blooded horses, large to.
oHcco stemmerics aud immense whisky
manufactures, and her people are noted
for their hospitality. but l would not
give up my adopted Stato-Nevada-
with her rocky mountains, sage plains,
nlknli flats, mud.roofcd honses, her sill.
yer mines and her "wild cats" for u
thing that I have seen since l have been !
here, 1long for n snufr Of the fragrant
sngo.brush, and shall, Gro long, "light
out for the WoOt." Yours, etc,
II JoE.