The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-01-29
LEr1E Err FROM coRNUcopIA.
AReply to the Postman-Facts About
the Routes-Things About Town.

your many readers about this place and
its surroundings. In the first place We
must remember that
THIS PLACE Is IN ELKo COUNTY
and that there is town in the county
which is called Elko, and that in that
town resides "Postman" who claims
some title to journalism, and that he
publishes paper at that place-and as
sumes to dictate to the whole of "God 8
moral heritage" in this vicinity, if not
all over the world. Your correspondent
at this place. with many other citizens
here, have thought best to advocate the
Winnemucca route as a means of in
gress and egress. Such course on my
part aud many others here meets with
"Post-man, and he engages in sour
rilous attack upon me, as you will see
by his issue of January 18th, 1876. In
that article he says some pretty things,
which appreciate, coming as they do
from such source. AS far as patron
izing barrooms or saloons is concerned,
those that live in glass houses should
not throw the first stone. for it is no.
torious fact that while the Post man
was here on his late trip all spirits. and
especially Old Rye, had to suffer. In
proof of which see article referred to as
1.-The fast Iii ling slei his. suppose
be did glide, being helped by those
spirits which he got at Cornucopia.
Judge Bassett's stove is comfortable,
and visit it when in the Office on busi-
ness.
FACTS ABOUT THE ROADS.
This Post-man says they make the
trip with the express and mail in fifteen
hours. This is not saying anything
about freight teams. The truth is that
the express and mail leave Elko in the
morning and, Providence permitting,
they arrive here the next day--some
time long way after highland perhaps
not until the morning of the third day.
Here is where the Post-man's fifteen
hours come in. He also states in that
article that one team from Winnsmucea
has been on the road twenty-one days.
True, that was Dutch Henry's, the an
imais being sick, but at the same time
he did not tell you that one team that
started at the time Henry's did came
through heavily loaded in seven days.
And, further, he did not tell you that
Hogle has loads of lumber stuck on the
Elko road which was shipped from Elko
last November. Let the whole truth be
spoken, and you and your readers will
find that We do not want to Steele" or
otherwise take anything from Elko that
legi,imately belongs to her. But that
Post-man thinks he is power in the
land. He will do and undo Boards of
County Commissioners--no telling what
he will do.
''He feels, he feels
Like giant in strength.
grobdingnag in length.
little tin jasus on wheels"
Such is the character of his journalism.
THINGS IN GENERAL,
The quar.z teams are still running
and the mill supplied, and the prospect
now il that there will be no shut down
OF the mill. Dutch Henry started in
hauling quartz this morning. When
he Was coming in with his load from
Winnemueca he met with quite an nc
cident, broke one of the wheels to his
wagon, and when it was ont on the
road someone clan6estinely took there
from some 500 worth of goods. The
thief has bot been found yet.
All our merchants are doing we'll, or
appear to be doing so. There are some
parties here who talk of stocking the
"innemucca road early in the spring.
There is no great raise in the price of
provisions or cost of living yet. think
we have got over the worst of il. The
mines will not peter"
Reeves store was entered last Satur-
day night by burglars. supposed to be
Cinnamon. The canvass was cut and