Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-25


This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like spear!
The Third approached the animal,
And, happening to take
The squrming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:-
al see," quoth he the Elephant
Is very like snake"
The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
''What most this wondrous beast is like
lis - clear lE enough potg' the nei Elephant
Is very ike tree!"
The Fifth, who CHANGED to touch the ear,
Said Zen the blindest
Can tell what this resembles most:
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like FAM"
The Sixth had begun
About the beast to grOpe
Than, seiZng on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope
81 see" quoth he, 'the Elephant
Is very like rope!
And so these of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong
Though each was partly in the right
And all were in the wrong!
As to the moral the Constant Reader can
apply it after his own fancy. The letter
alluded to in the foregoing, is herewith pre-
sented:
BoD1E, Cal October %, 1877.
EDITOR APPEAL: The town of Bodie is be-
yond compare lively camp. Buildings are
rising in all the majesty of advancing great
ness, at the rate of about ten day. So they
tell me and [ believe everything | hear.
Everybody is strictly reliable here. l have mt
paid cent yet for anything and get plenty to
eat and stop at George Gillson's Hotel 1t
has all the modern conveniences, elevator and
all that sort of thing but there are too many
goods for comfortable hotel accommodations.
The boys have tremendous lay out and are
doing rushing business. In fact Gibson &
Barber are the business men here. The pros
poets of the camp are excellent and everything
is booming Governor Blasdel, Messrs. Yer
tngton, Haynie and others are largely inter
ested and as far as blind man can see, Zone
who has been blinded in several new camps)
there are no extravagant ventures and things
are not over rated. l 60 to take a look at the
mines tomorrow. It's a difficult role for
newspaper correspondent, but I'm pretending
I'm an expert Don't think it will wash.
The first man [ met in camp was Col. bob.
Foulkes, who told me the Carson papers lied.
| denied the soft impeachment and he told
me lied, which latter, being well posted in
the matter, admitted Uncle Bob says he
isn't dead yet and can stand off whole grave
yard with double-deek tomb stones, and
wants the SANDER about his expiration denied
He is putting up two houses but they are not
his. He has taken up placer claim on the
other side of the gulch from the rest of the
people and says he will call it the General
Kittrell, because its away up DR.. Martin, |
late of Willis's, has perfectly beautiful drug
store. He opened up to-day. He will no
doubt make big success. Your correspon-
dent purchased few articles on credit But
Martin won't do. He is a fine physician of
course, but he is getting little out of the
regular line when he sets up for parson:
He presided with grace and dignity, and al
belt with remarkable success at the birth of
the first heir apparent, but, "alas for the
rarity of christian charity, under the sun.
Il mean of course charity to the ministerial
that unregenerate disciple of Es-
culapius actually had the audacity to assume
the functions of local preacher, and bap
TIED that child 'Bode." Where will he die
when he goes to- Frank Tagliabue showed
me map of the District and enlarged upon
all the salient points, all of which is entirely
and your readers may be assured
that Bodie is away up, in every respect The
triumphal chariot, or rather, the stage waits, {
30 au reservoir, JUNKET.