Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-30
A SATURDAY NIGHT.


0VMAO VI tmO NmoH 8CtOAD S0ok CVKhe
. Mining Camp.
Last Saturday night was uncom.
monty lively about town. Tho 50.
looms were filled with local politi-
clans and others less elevated in the
scale of general merit. The latter,
in this az in every other email town,
are ut times very interesting. They
include, Of course, all the peculiar
characters. There is quite number
Of these characters in Silver. What
would life here be without them :
What would life be, for instance,
without Or. Schrsmm aad his queer
sccentricities I How he would be
missed If by some chance be should
die. Tho other characters that rank
above or about Schramm are we'll
understood. 1t would be useless to
PARTICIPANTS in reference to them.
There 10 the young man who de.
lights in fighting the "tiger" and
being we'll up in oil cognate accom-
pishments. he 10 the most painful
specimen Of the whole category.
Not having sense enough to be orig
insl in anything, he makes . dis
pleasing exposure Of his stupidity in
trying to initiate those vino have
already made their mark. He has
the natural instincts in him for =
hoodlum, but as there is no element
of that sort in towns like this be
sspires to be q rough. 1t is too bad
to see promising young men thus
throw themselves away. They all
find out ultimately that there is, to
use phrase Of their own, nothing
10 it."
The old miner, who has struggled
so long and in so many different
camps to make a raise aud failed
that he Is disheartcned and to all
appearances quite neutral ana in
different to all that excites those
about him-this old miner is the
character next in the category. He
can give advice, predict about claims,
take Q drink and be a. Indifferent
to general consequences as any man
in the world. He is . man to stud y,
not TO despise.
Then there is the fellow who has
Just entered the intellectual domain
of draw poker and feels somewhat
as Fitzhuyh did when he wrote tina,
he was bigger man than Old Grant.
This young man is entertaining
rather than otherwise, especially il
he has just made a winning. His
use of the slang of the trade is we'll
nigh perfect. He is in the honey
moon of his draw poker career, and
it awaits but time TO convince him
that some players are better than
some other good players and that
the ways of the games are perplex'
ing and hard.
And then there are those who
would like to be regarded - bold,
defiant, desperate and dangerous
They never let an opportunity pass
for displaying courage when there il
in fact no danger. Of all classes in
the small mining town these fellows
are the least interesting. From
them must 10 separated those who
are absolutely fearless and who en-
body true manhood through every
inch OF their being. Of these there
are always . number. They are
quiet, gentlemsnly and never quar-
relsome. The histories of some OF
them, if woven into entertaining mar
rstive, would be read with avidity
almost anywhere.
OF such, then, is the average sa'
loon congregation in Western min
ing camp of Saturday night. Min
gled with them are all classes else
but they are Of course lot "chsrsc-
ters." On the night in question the
TINES reporter glanced in at several
Of the saloons of this place, and
these reflections presented them
selves. OF course. all references in
the foregoing are made in general
way, aud there 10 no allusion in.
tended tor any one. II is simply the
rough outlines Of picture that may
be seen any time In frontier mining
camp.
We mentioned DR.. Schramm at
the beginning because he could stand
it and because he has now become
in measure public property-and
prey.
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