Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-21
NOTES AND QUERIES.

ton MOBILES, and printed by the metropolitan
New York. This paper comes to the hand O.
this scribe with some blue-ink marks under
lining the nom de plume of the author Of
some verses headed with the words, ellis
explanation, which is made over glass oil
lager" Opposite the said nom de plume are
three marks of admiration or establishment,
also made with pen and ink. The literary
name thus underlined and marked is Vandyke
Brown. This Querist has in times past perpe-
trated some things over that pigmentish title.
But he is not the author of those verses cover
glass Of lager" The other object alluded to
as being before this Notary's eyes and claiming
his attention, is Charles Reades book, (''The
Eighth Commandment" "a series of chapters
upon the rights of authorship 1t is this book
whose presence is constant rebuke to all lit
erary thieves which adds reminder to impulse
and constrains the utterance of this confession.
The other Vandyke Brown is entitled to this
prompt and unequivocal disavowal. He and
not this Collector is the writer of those lines.
AS to the pseudonyme, it has been common
property ever since the father of English por-
traiture introduced into the brief catalogue of
those pigments which neither fade nor des-
troy, but which stand the test of time and the
action of the elements, the invaluable earth
color which bears his name. 49,. One week
ago the sky and the air and the temperature
threatened a season of rain and tempest. But
the week has come and gone and the Fair at
Reno has been held and largely visited, and
proved complete success-complete as things
60, we mean Now this is an evidence of the
old adage that Fortune favors the Brave.
This proverb has been adulterated into such
self-repetition as that Fortune favors the
Lucky but we will none of such paraphrases)
Having taken occasion to hold out and wave
with something of emphasis from the heights
of this Notable and Inquisitive structure the
olive branch of peace and good will in the di-
rection of that Exposition, we herewith ten
der our congratulations to the Renomaniacs
upon the success of their undertaking, hop |
ing that what has been done so well may be |
a forerunner of what shall be better done in |
the future. We note that the Reno Cattle
Show is not self-pestered with what is one
of the inevitable bores at such exhibitions
elsewhere held. We have reference to the
Annual Address, delivered amid the neighing
of stations, the bleating of calves, the grunt-
ing of swine and the braying of the whole ass
family. So far as the Fair offers good op-
for he a-bi of
quence by Mister Orator of the Day, 1t is
most admirable and favorable occasion But
the impatient crowd would rather hear the
word eco" than listen to the most elaborate
rhetoric; would rather look down the home
stretch at the oncoming ruck than see ever so
good showing of elocutionary gestures; and
always prefers sightseeing to being harangued
in the name of Cincinnatus, Horace Greeley
or any ether canonized plowman or seed-plan-
ter. So again we congratulate the Reno folk
this customary infection. "A young man
who takes decided interest in everything in t
the order of natural history informed this No
tary yesterday that he had seen in the fore .
noon very large flock of pelicans flying :;
southwark. We did not question our inform
ant closely as to why and wherefore he knew
those migratory birds to be pelicans, or if r
they might not be swans or geese or other C
wild fowl. Never look gift horse in the il
mouth. As one strolls in hungry mood in v
search of the raw material wherewith to re-
plenish constantly diminished store of the =
minor subjects of the newsman's pen, meet
ing at every hand that depressing look which
mems faces take on when the demon of dull F
ness has fallen upon a place, any profer of a
,uch materials should not be too closely Il
orobed and tested. Facts must preeede fan h
lies, else your fertile mind becomes sterile, g
ike unto field which has been too long '
planted with one sort of cereal or other agri- k
cultural product. Once this Inquisitor had a
,rief talk with Mark Twain upon the subject G
# humorous writing. (This was before Mark 9
lad made his European trip and become so .,
famous.) The name of ARENAS =
Ward came up in the course of the converse 6
ion. 1t was remarked that ARENAS, like
)oesticks, Orpheus G. Kerr and the other
writers was seeming to have drawn at
pom his fancy almost to self-exhaustion Tn
dark had also observed this; and he meant, m
70 said, never to oyer-strain his humor by