Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-23
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Wit lie new ward schoolhouse On the Warm
Sprays road, There is already decided aca
demical air about it. Mr. DOn0hue, the Ell
ergetic contractor, is evidently devoting his
most vigorous energies to the work There
stand the outlnes-the skeleton framework
Of the believer, and the outer proportions
Of the structure seem to be in a very adj
vanced stage No doubt it will be ready for
occupancy when the Fall term is begun.
Messvs. Moore & Parker are brushing up the
Theater in a very thorough way. We had
hoped they might raise the roof, but they say
it is impossible. No doubt they intend making
ample arrangements for warming the audito-
rum when the cold weather sets in This is
very important consideration. The Ritch-
ings- Bernard Opera Company will open with
quite new scenery, and a fresh, clean, thor
oughly renovated house. 1900. Why don't we
have some races There hasn't been as much
as quarter dash within sight of the State
House, or within the boundaries of Ormsby
county, these three years two, anyhow.
Why cant we have some running and trot-
ting at our so-called Agricultural Park
What's become of the Carson Jockey Club
Where are the racers and the jockeys and the
trainers Even the Sardine Club has gone
out of sight and hearing Time was when
they used to bag a rabbit or two and here and
there sage hen and string of trout. We
have even tasted the luxury of jack-snipe at
their hands Now all is changed. To be
- y &
the Ormsby County Game and Fish Club
make an occasional sally into the sportsman's
field; and it must be acknowledged that they
have taken some very decided steps against
all nfractions OF the game law; but the CLAM
our and clamor Of the old times have passed
away. Somehow We should like to see Hal
Clayton and his pack Of fox hounds, and his
man Friday, Jimmy Moran, with the ''conch
shell horn, making stir among the pedeS-
TRANS and cabnlieros Of Carson street; but
Hal is dead and SO is Jimmy; and as to the
hounds, God knows what's become Of them.
But even if these might reappear upon the
scene, what would they show for without the
coming and going stages Of the Pioneer line,
and the thousand other scenes incident to d
bygone sgo--the age of Lance Nightingale and |
JOHN james and George Lewis and Billy VII |
son and the rest. No wonder we do not |
have any mole races. The old stock of rae
ing men has pretty nigh pinched out As to
the Lorses, they seem to have been innocu-
lated with sleepy Presbyterianism and to
make virtue of laziness. II there is an
virtue III ,.Iiy nUIsollIau III all tte5o pa is
shall he4l oI las making stir among people |
who tnInk enough Of the turf and its enllven-
ing snoIts to consider the probabilities ana
possibilities of a purse or two and some rNO
or three days OF smart activities on our yer
untried track Now and then tramp is
to DO seen at ones back door, footsOre, red O1
nose (fcOn sun lu.n), and with an appetit,
ct for . Cam bake or d funeral feast. Some
Of these carry about with Thorn a look Of hOn-
esty, and seem to take to the ways Of beggary
with bad grace and as d last resort. The
better appearing ones ask for work--a sort OF
grace before meat; bat the majority are bet
than at any woodpi!e (All this parentheti-
calIy. We have have healthy looking men
dicant in our mind 5 eye-a fellow with not
bad face and much modesty of demeanor, but
a most famine breeding appetite.) Indeed,
seeing these vagabonds eat and knowing the
cause of their eagerness for food suggests the
advice to dyspeptics and weak-stomach folk {
to break up all trivial, fond records and take 7
~ the road and the kitchen doors of private
dwellings, The ploddings of an outcast are
q rare sauce for the occasional meal Then, |
why not, oh debiIitated fellow citizen, cut
loose from your base of supplies, make your e
where your shoes may lead you, Il
and start out for adventures, tramplngs and t
q hungry nav y. Now observe with the l
naked eve the cumbersome ass who, having :
peeled his orange or his apple or his banana,
deposits the skin on the sidewalk for some
honest father with a literary mission to -
wrench his anatomy withal. For in this sort 9
of deposit is there danger to the up-headed 4
pedestrian and sudden sitting down upon g
he unswept walk is not conducive to morals r
or the integrity of ones pantaloons. Throw
,our peelings in the street, good friend; or, y
what's better, wrap them carefully in a paper -
nd take them home for a treat to your pet b
,ic The oncoming circus and the prom a.
sed season of English opera bid fair to wind L