Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-21
NOTES AND QUERIES.

and when Prince Lewis and Curly Bill ant
Big Jake and all that set were the drivers 0
the Pioneer stage line and when Joe Mage
and Al. Waterman and the Lloyd Brother
were so conspicuous here and hereabout; anc
when Badly Green used to meet road agen
every trip or two and have to hand out tina
box; and when"-here he was suddenl,
called away to moisten his ancient clay, anc
we escaped millionth repetition of the ole
story. 1t is getting trife moldy, is the old
stock of anecdotes, and one tires of its toe
frequent reiteration. But bye and bye it will
be precious history, and then our grand child
rem will be gratiied to have it served up to
them with all the adjectives and the single
handed personal pronouns and the wonder
fuis Even now it is not at all unacceptable
in the mild and mellowing atmosphere Of an
indoors winter night with the steamy punch
bowl within easy reach. We are glad to
see that our town is going to have something
besides mere surface drainage for carrying
off its accumulated impurities. These grad
ual improvements, each more substantial than
the other, are giving our little city certain
substantial as well as tidy and well regulated
air greatly to be enjoyed and admired. 1t
does no harm, my good friend with the hay
seed head, to be the least bit Gifted; for it is
in the cities that improvements are born of
that prolific mother of invention known as
Necessity, and We may, within our own means,
well afford to adopt them from time to time
1t is pity but our Gas Company could let us
poor folk afford to throw away our always
dangerous, unhandy and i'll smelling coal oil
lamps. If they only knew it, it is the neces-
sity for practicing more rigid economy which
keeps many family from becoming a custo-
mer of that very needful and well conducted
institution. One should never boast of
his superior natural gifts; but when their de-
velopment and self assertion are as much of
surprise to their possessor as to the admiring
world, why may not he with propriety take
note of them and express, in modest phrase,
his wondermcnt7 Now here, for example, is
our gift of a weather-see mortal, human
barometer, as it were. 1t is just as natural |
as the common gift of smell or taste or hear
ing. Months in advance-to say nothing of |
weeks or days, We have an instructive fore
knowledge of the coming Acknowledgment
the mere weather, but its scientific and tech
biological and pseudo anthromorphic, and, if
we may use the expression, diuretic, anti
spasmodic and hyper biologic phenomena
Look with what precision, at the very COM
mencement of this month we predicted the
coming on this very day, of the Equinoctial
storm We cannot help it. 1t is like know
ing chalk from cheese. Meantime we make
no extra charge for the exercise Of this prog
nostical faculty 1t goes, like dodgers and
funeral notices, with the paper. But it is
very rare gift and one we must confess we are
very proud of When this writer was in the
Bahamas in 1948-but this is too long
will postpone its narration
until a more fitting period. .....As S
to small showing of warlike temper t
on Carson street yesterday, this vehicle of I
moral suasion and organ of peace mentions it ]
merely to say that the least said the soonest i
axiom is used here for the Y
purpose of expressing the conclusion that r
when a serious difficulty has reached no fur r
,her than an armed cessation of hostilities, f
he press can best conserve the interests of b
1eacefulness by maintaining silence. A news h
oaper's talk can breed quite as much trouble t.
Is an idle tongue. The most important prov tt
nee of newspaper editor is to keep out of, s.
ather than cause to be put in, print very
aree class of facts and rumors. 1t is the G.
opinion of this Querist that too many things P
re sacrificed to the insatiate greed of the n
lewsmonger This world is gossiped in too A
RELY. 1T is noted that Senator Bogy of T
Missouri is dead. (His name is pronounced p
3d. jee-or very like it-with the accent on
he last syllable.) The deceased was of the W
Id French descent, very courteous, very II
fable and with the dignity of a Senator sit W
ing well upon him. Cleverly up in the d.
ixties, we should say, and very much re-
pected in Washington. A more thoroughly y,
espectable man than he it will be difficult
" the Missourians to seleot,. We note ~
lat Miss Rose Eytinge, the beautiful ac- ~
ess who was here several months ago, is about
eginning a dramatic season at Virginia City
7e trust she may be induced to make Carson "
brief visit, There was a false alarm of ga
ght last night Some reports as of the firing
onns ond nisto1s followed by what seemed