Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-11
Sam

Sam Davis. the local editor Of the
Virginia City Chronicle, will, ct an
early date. repeat his humorous leo
ture on the Nutmeg State, In that city.
Sam is a genius In his way, and has
achieved success IS . playwright, poet,
local reporter. editor and Bohemian,
aud now seeks to add laurels to his
brow In the lecture field. We should
not be surprised of his soon being I'M.
der engagement to the Boston Bureau.
and starting u to inflict his quips
and quirks on . long suffering com
muniiy. WI knew Sam when he first
made his advent on this Coast. He
WAS connected with the Omaha Herald,
but the work was too toilsome to suit
him. and as he was religiously con-
hued TO facts by the editor, his
brilliant and comical fancies were
stified with an unrelentng hand.
The work was too methodical for him,
and he followed his father to the Pa.
cific States. His respected progenilor
is an Episcopal clergyman, and now
occupies q pulpit in Nevada CITY. This
fact accounts for Sans religious len.
denotes, his piety often interfering
with q successful prosecution of his
reportorial duties. His first Journal
istic essay on this Coast was under the
auspices of the San Francisco Chron-
'cte. and he was dispatched to Suisun,
Solsno county, to report an execution
that Was about to take place. The con-
demned man had been bowling with
anguish for weeks, and making the
most pitiiul appeals for mercy. Sam
was admitted to his cell, interviewed
birn, and after fifteen minutes con-
versation the man became entirely re-
signed, and begged to he allow ed to
ascend the scafiold. The criminal
WAS a Spaniard, and Sans ut.
tempt to talk with him in his ma
tive language Disguised him with
life. He wrote mp a brilliant account OF
the scens, bu forget to mention that
the mar was hung, an omission that
lost him his place. Soon after this, he
engaged in the publication of the open
Letter, a paper somewhat after the
style of the Meas Letter. Sans Jokes
we're the only merItorious articles that
appeared in its columns, and people
wearied OF the labor of searching them
out, although they were amply repaid
when they found them. The paper
died soon after, and Sam was again
adrift on the journalistic sea. He then
took to poetry and the Post, hat paper
paying him $50 per line for his effus-
ions. He was so prolific q vsrsitier
that the publisher saw bankruptcy
staring him in the face, and rather
than suspend publication he decided to
part with Sam. With considerable
forethought, our hero had invested his
earnings in Phil. Sheridan stock, and
for the next six months he lived off of
the dividends sccruing from that stock.
He was aided in this struggle for exist.
eDce by the help of the many free lunch
tables that are to be found in that city.
When his face had become familiar at
all the bibulous resorts, he was reluct-
antly compelled to leave, and decided
on Virginia City as the most promis-
ing field. Since his residence on the
Cornstock his career has been onward
and upward. His humorous sketches
have been copied all over the Union,
and his efforts and talent have in.
creased the circulation of the Chronicle
by thousands of copies. All tests
aside, Sam is II of the best reporters
On the coast. He is talented, genial
and cOmpanioDable, and the LATEST
man that ever welded Q Faber.