Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-22
wAsHINGTON.s BIRTHDAY.

| Representative hasscu di0 tlmtiN
thing when he moved in the House Of
Representatives that February % be ssi
apart Is national holiday. AS liberal
minded writers are often found saying.
Our people have too few holidays-are
crowded and larried day by day with a
too constant attention to business and
the cares OF money getting. We sup
pose they are right. At all events, We
sympatize mos. fully with that ease
seeking habit, hope and impulse which
greet with a sense Of welcome the advent
Of Saturday nigh: and the dawnins Of
the Day Of Rest. As TO the hsalthful
results Of trequen: holidays. We do not
know 50 we'll. We are in doubt. An
army is never so free from disease as
when it is on the march. There is no
mercy in long Lalts and permanent
camps. Perhaps one day in seven, and
that SO kept as % restrain the grosser
impulses, is a sufficiently frequent holt
well 10 not relax the custom Of bestowing
marked louors upon the memories of
our heroes and most universally accepted
model men. Washington ; name means
the very round and top Of al that is
best in the Revolutionary life and period
which made the Republic of the United
States the separate and distinct power
that 1t has grown to be. When We man
ifest reverence for his name we show
living regard for the lofty ideal which
seems 20 have possessed, with rare full
ness. the minds Of The Fathers" The
custom of the hour is too much in the
direction of suspicion and distrust of
our usetuiest public men. ISLANDERS
which are born il malice and fostered
by unchaIity have belittled many of our
best men and caused the people to lose
faith in their servants, who in reality
have earned the right to be trusted,
whose coUusels are vel! worth needing
and whose services deserve our highes,
rewards rather than our most marked
and bitter uncharities Tina. there may
be better fashion of looking 1t the
men of the Republic who have made
conspicuous by the valor and
value of their lives, such holidays as
this which We celebrate to-day might |
we'll be kept with greater frequency and
ardor of observance. We should be
careful 70 whom We erect monuments;
but once having set them up We should
vindica.e the act and motive which !
placed them within the notice of the |
public eye.
ATTEMPTED AssAssINATIoS.- the Eu- !
reka Sentinel of February IS VS. ind the !
About half past o'clock Wednesday |
evening A. W. Atchirson was walking |
down Main street, and when little be- |
low Kinds store he met man, who, as |
be approached, raised his hand and /
struck at him. Mr.. Atkinson, who sup |
posed it Was some acquaintance ludulg-
ing in friendly Jest, raised his hand to
ward OF the supposed friendly blow,
when the fellow turned and ran across
The street, disappearing behind the old
Odd Fellows building. IN few mo-
ments Mr. Atkinson felt his right hand
paining him, and upon examination he
iound that he had been severely cut in
he palm of his hand, the incision run
1ing completely across It and penetrat-
ng to the bone. H. is at a loss to sur
mise who the attempted assassin was, or
he motive which prompted him, and
AN only account for the circumstance
upon the presumption that he was mis-
aiken for some other person.