Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-07
AROUND TOWN.
Incidenss ANA Happenings.

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A feeble imitator of the Father Of hi.
Country put in an appearance in Eu
reka Saturday evening, and was the
observed Of all observers during bi:
peregrinations around town. d
course, he had his little racket, a. the
boys would put it, and his costume
was part of It. From his three corner.
ed hat, surmounting a white wig and
peruke, to his knee breeches and slip
pers, he looked the character he as.
sumed. and acted it as we'll. Whether
the assumption obtained as to bis
moral traits we are unable TO say, but
should judge by the glibness with
] which he recounted his adventures,
that the little cherry tree episode, was
not one of the mountebank's character
Istics. No man il willing to make u
public spectacle Of himself knowingly,
unless there is coin in it, and this
mas uerading charlatan is peddling
fac simiiies of newspapers printed q
century ago, Declarations of Inde-
pendence, etc. He drives a thriving
trade, and numerous half dollars
gathered in from those who patronize
novelty and sensation swells his ex-
chequer.
A bucking horse, a full cargo of
lightning whisky, and two huge water
melons was more than one individual
could successfully manage at one and
the same time, but his attempts TO
grapple with these disturbing inhu-
ences furnished five minutes amuse-
men to the idlers on Clay SiInins'
corner Sunday evening. A sudden
hump in the steed's back caused him
to let go Of one of the luscious melons,
and as the colored bootblack OK pressed
It, its contact with mother earth done
busted it all to bits" a side Jump of
the charger, and its com panion shared
the same fate, and three more frantic
pluDges unseated the rider, aud let
him down to the ground with a shock
that would have killed, or permanent
ly disabled any one but q drunken
man. He managed to collect his
Jared and scattered faculties together,
in pursuit of the horse, while the OBJ
servant and thrifty Piute gathered in
the debris of the watermelon. So
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brothers misfortunes.
The absence Of Parsons Gray and
Crothers from their respective vine.
yards threatened to strand the regular
attendants OF the Sunday evening lee
lures high and dry on the shores of
dizziness. Faro games are all closed
on the Lords Day; billiards and pedro
are apt to pail on the taste when too
regularly pursued. and it has become
a necessity on the part of the man
around town to hoist in = modicum of
theological refreshment as a ballast for
his daily duties, and as a kind OF a set
of for certain sinful and immoral prac-
tees INDUCED in during the week.
Fortunately, Rev. s. NJ. Crothers re-.
tured on Saturday evening from his
sojourn in the Golden State, and held
forth at the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday evening to q crowded house.
The address was eloquent and to the
point, AMI the habitual lecture-goer de-
rived his usual s~ustenance from the
words of holiness dealt out to him.
There is no Sunday, as a day of rest,
for the workmen at the smelling fur
naces. Those institutions, like a wo
mans tongue, admit of no cessation
of operations as long as there is fuel
and ore to run them, or they remain
in working order. Unlike the female
organ of speech, however, they be-
come logged and worn out by con-
slant use, and have to be shut down
and repaired. The Consolidated has
got to be the fayorile haunt of all those
who seek exercise in the healthful
walk, and after the IL sinks over the
western horizon numerous pedestrians
put in an appearance in that vicinity.
There is a fascination in watching the
molten iron and Stag pour forth from
the huge furnaces, and one can gather
some idea Of the warmth of the eli
mate in the lower region if ell the
dodging and squirming of latter-day
theologians prove to be untrue and the
Bible statements are literal facts. A
at the fumes helps out the illus
demonstration of the powerful effects
system OF future punishment.
Sheriff Sias returned on Sunday
evening from his trip to Woodbridge
with the insane person, and took in
San Francisco and Carson while ab-
sent. Mining experts and mining
bosses were plentiful at the Bay, and
the assem- blage at the u. s. Circuit
Court rooms reminded him OF Q Eu-
reka prayer-meeting, so many familiar
Base Range p~ietists were present al the
trial; and, talking about the suit, Frank
Cleveland, who is a very keen observer
Of men and events, predicts that the
winning company will be the one In
whose favor the Judges decide. Frank
has been tackling a fish diet lately,
which accounts for the acuteness of his
intellect.
Lucious trout, speckled beauties
fresh from the limped waters OF the
Humboldt, find their way into Eureka
occasionally, the Indians devoting
their spare time to the ensraring OF
the finny tribe. Sheriff Sias procured
a string of them during his stay in
Palisade, and his fl lends who received
an invitation to breakfast with him